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Reminder for next GLAD Meeting Greater Lowell Area Democrats Regular Breakfast Meeting This Saturday May 19, 2012 8:00 AM SHARP Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel Rte. 110 in Chelmsford Special guests: Candidates for Governor’s Council in 5th and 6th Districts Former State Rep Barbara L’Italien Candidate in the new 18th…
Read More »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.…
Read More »Given the recent spate of good news about the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the GOP nominee for President and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney should be embracing his Bay State association instead of running away from it or re-characterizing it. Although it’s not a new stance for Mr. Mitt. During the last part of…
Read More »This past Saturday the Wilmington Democratic Town Committee held its annual Scholarship Breakfast to raise money for scholarships for the town’s young people. Speakers at the event included Congressman John Tierney, State Senator Ken Donnelly (who spoke on behalf of US Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren), State Representatives Jim Miceli and…
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Read More »After ten days of rain and dampness, the South Common was busting out of its green suit this bright morning. A red-tailed hawk glided down the tree-lined walkway leading in from Summer Street. The combination of fully new-leafed trees and severe clear sky seen through their crowns reminded me of a…
Read More »With President Obama’s historic declaration that he now favors same sex marriage, it’s good to remember that this all began here in Massachusetts nearly ten years ago with the Supreme Judicial Court’s decision in Goodridge v Department of Public Health in November 2003. Up until that time, I was of…
Read More »In this age of social media where dialogue and exchange between and among individuals is nearly instantaneous and global, it is important to note that the Boston Globe’s “Housekeepers Column” was first published on this day – May 11, 1884. The column evolved by 1922 into the iconic and widely…
Read More »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…
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