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Read More »South Common, May Morning
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 »Marriage Equality: Remembering “Goodridge”
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 »More Than a Century of “Confidential Chat”
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 »Chelmsford Students Visit Water Treatment Plant
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…
Read More »A Mother’s Day Remembrance by Marjorie Arons-Barron
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…
Read More »Jury Duty
Yesterday I traveled to Concord, Massachusetts for jury duty in the district court in that town. My name seems to reliably pop-up on the jury commissioner’s roster every three years – last time it was at Lowell Juvenile Court. The easy, non-highway drive through Chelmsford and Carlisle to Concord got…
Read More »Score! Bobby Orr!
Bobby Orr of the Bruins scoring the Stanley Cup-winning goal against the St. Louis Blues while airborne 40 seconds into overtime at Boston Garden. May 10, 1970 On this day May 10, 1970, Bobby Orr iconic defensive player for the Boston Bruins scored one of the most famous goals in…
Read More »Warren’s ancestry fumble sidetracks her campaign by Marjorie Arons-Barron
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…
Read More »Gráinne Murphy and Kathleen Boyle at The Old Court
Gráinne Murphy and Kathleen Boyle, both members of the critically acclaimed Celtic band, Cherish the Ladies, will perform this Friday, May 11 at 8 p.m. upstairs at The Old Court, 29-31 Central St., in Lowell. Our friends at Howl in Lowell caught up with Ms. Murphy for a Q &…
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