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Here’s another excerpt from the book about the origin and impact of Lowell’s national park that I’ve been working on for the past two years. With luck, the book will be available by the end of 2014. The search is on for a publisher that can distribute the book widely,…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. One need look no further than Joe Fitzgerald’s column in today’s Boston Herald to know why City Councillor John Connolly’s mayoral bid is such an uphill race. Fitzgerald looks at Menino through his wife Angela’s eyes. Angela is…
Read More »Some of our readers know that I’ve been working on a book about the origin and impact of Lowell National Historical Park for the past two years. Following is an excerpt from the section about preserving the historic structures and places in the city. Michael Leary is an urban studies…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Senator Elizabeth Warren, in office for less than two months, remains a breath of fresh air. She comes to the body with experience, intellect and relative sophistication for a newcomer to the club. She has been there before but is now calibrating…
Read More »Reminder: Today you can go to the 2nd Annual Lowell Writers and Publishers Winter Roundup at the Old Court Irish pub at Central & Middle streets in downtown Lowell, where at least 12 publishers and many more writers will be hanging out from 12.30 to 4 pm. This is Winterfest…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. It’s hard not to think positively of Cardinal Sean O’Malley’s being mentioned as a contender to succeed Pope Benedict. Media interest (see Vatican reporter John Allen’s recap in the National Catholic Reporter about how Italian media have fueled…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. President Barack Obama’s state-of-the-union speech was as much a liberal manifesto as I’ve heard in decades. Not surprising then that so many of the talking heads take the speech as evidence that Obama is trying to move the…
Read More »Reminder for next GLAD Meeting This coming SATURDAY! Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting Members of 3MAD Will Join Us! Saturday February 16, 2013 8:00 AM Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel Rte. 110 in Chelmsford Please join us at this meeting of area Democrats. Marie Sweeney, GLAD Chair…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. City plows have made a token pass down our street, scooping out a rut the width of a sedan. It will probably be tomorrow before we’re plowed and shovelled out. For now, the neighborhood is breathtakingly beautiful. Tranquil. Pristine. No distant sounds from Route…
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