The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Years ago, when Martha Raddatz was Martha Bradlee, we were colleagues at WCVB-TV, Channel 5 in Boston — she in the newsroom chasing stories, I in the editorial department, commenting on the news from a safe distance. Millions…

The Lowell City Council met this past Tuesday evening; however, I was away and didn’t have time to watch the meeting, so I’ll write about it in next Sunday’s newsletter. Today’s topic is “title theft” the term used to describe the fraudulent transfer of real estate. The prompt for that…

Music! Music! Music! By Leo Racicot The very first music concert I attended was at Freedomland, an amusement park in The Bronx. My sister, Diane and I, were in White Plains, New York visiting our aunt, uncle and cousins for three weeks in the summer of 1962. One of the acts…

A weekly report on things I’ve read, heard and seen since last Wednesday.  Article: “AI’s Market Dominance comes With a Warning” by Jeff Sommer, New York Times, July 12, 2026 – This is the “Strategies” column in the Business section. Despite relatively high inflation driven by tariffs and the war…

Mother Earth Grumbles – PIP #111 By Louise Peloquin      “Peeks into the Past” #11 and #54 were a sampling of a local newspaper’s coverage of climate concerns. (1)      As the summer of 2026 is punctuated by horrifying images of extreme weather all over the globe, these two stories…

There was no city council meeting this week so today we have more Lowell political history . . . **** Over the course of four weeks earlier this summer, I posted mini biographies of those who have served as mayors of Lowell since the receipt of the city charter in…

What Haberman and Swan’s New Trump Book Gets Right Rev. Steve Edington [Text of this op-ed as it ran in the July 17, 2026, issue of the New Hamshire Union Leader] I tried to purchase a copy of Maggie Haberman’s and Jonathan Swan’s Regime Change at my local Barnes &…