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The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out here. It would have been easier for Barack Obama to wait until after the election to announce that he thinks gays should have the right to marry. He could have let people assume that V.P.…

This is an interesting video. 7th grade students in Massachusetts took a trip to the Chelmsford, MA water treatment plant to see water treatment in action and how the new solar field is powering the process. Their teacher, Sarah Nitsche, had spent a summer with Stantec’s Westford, MA office as…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Every day at around 4:30 in the afternoon, my hand reaches for the phone to call my mother. Traditionally, it was my way of heading off a call from her that would inevitably interrupt either my work or…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Check it out here. Apparently, virtually everyone born in Oklahoma is part Native American. According to Oklahoman Sarah Burns, a writer for Politico,  “Most families that are at least three generations Okie are related to one tribe or…

“Impossible Journey” Wood, Saplings, Handmade Stones by Andy Moerlein, UMass Lowell South Campus. Photo by Tony Sampas.

Here is a well done video on the City of Lowell produced by Marc Duci, Steve Brogan and Lowell Telecommunication. This video was originally posted on YouTube by cheffy101

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. High-level State Department work requires intelligence, sensitivity, and a healthy dose of optimism. This is what I took away from last week’s State Department briefings of 22 members of the Association of Opinion Journalists, formerly the National Conference…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Elizabeth Warren is a stronger candidate than Martha Coakley was in 2010, but Scott Brown is a far better candidate than he was back then. He was in full campaign mode at today’s New England Council luncheon. His…

Yes, you’ve probably seen the highlights of President Obama’s speech at this year’s Correspondents’ Dinner, but, the president gave the audience many more laughs than the one minute version shown on TV. Take a look