Menu
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The dueling Demoulas brothers remind me of nothing so much as the hot new Fox dramatic series called Tyrant. Bassam “Barry” Al-Fayeed, the son of a corrupt and murderous Middle Eastern dictator/president (pick your model), has fled to the…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barrons own blog. Islamic extremists yesterday posted a video purporting to show the beheading of GlobalPost.com photojournalist James Foley, a New Hampshire native in Syria nearly two years ago. U.S. intelligence is still not confirming the grizzly death as of 7 a.m. this…
Read More »This past Tuesday night I served as moderator of the debate of the five candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for the 18th Middlesex State Representative District. For 90 minutes, the candidates – Brian Donovan, Jim Leary, Rady Mom, Dave Ouellette and Paul Ratha Yem, answered questions about some of the…
Read More »This Friday, August 22, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., a Benefit to assist the victims of the devastating fire that struck 77 Branch Street on July 10, 2014 will be held at the United Teen Equality Center (UTEC), 34 Hurd Street, Lowell, MA. The funds raised at the benefit will…
Read More »A year ago today the voters of Tewksbury at a Special Town Meeting spoke for quality of life and other community concerns. A gathering of 2,563 voters officially assembled at Tewksbury High School for a Special Town to Meeting. The issue – a Slots Parlor proposal… it was to be build on the…
Read More »This entry is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. This month has brought several scam calls from a man with an Indian or Pakistani accent claiming to be from the IRS. FTC take notice! Also, proving what a fraud the national Do Not Call Registry is, there have…
Read More »Photos by Tony Sampas.
Read More »Julie Mofford, a former staffer at the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, who currently lives in midcoast Maine where she writes and works as a museum and historical society consultant, shares another story from Lowell’s past . . . Most readers are familiar with Harriet Hanson Robinson, author of Loom &…
Read More »This coming Tuesday night, August 19, beginning at 7:00 pm, there will be a debate of the five Democratic candidates for state representative in the 18th Middlesex District. The debate will be televised live on Lowell cable channels 8 and 99 and will be streamed live on ltc.org. The debate…
Read More »Last night in the Lowell Summer Music Series at Boarding House Park, Lyle Lovett and friends performed for the third time on the iconic pavilion stage, giving us a stunning and sterling display of musicianship and joie de vivre—a dose of happiness like others that are supplied over and over,…
Read More »