The entry below is being cross-posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. “Press coverage of Africa is essential, good and insufficient,” Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson told a group of editorialists from the National Conference of Editorial Writers Monday in Washington. The head of the Bureau of African Affairs called…
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Here is a candidate citizen journalist video posted by angkorat0505 showing the aftermath of an accident between a motorcycle and car in Lowell. I’m not sure of the location.
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This video was originally posted by CopleyMedia. Three artists from the Brush Gallery help senior citizens in nursing homes express themselves independently and with each other by making cards that they can send to family and loved ones.
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A variety of stories from today were from or related to the city of Lowell: Probation Officer Arraigned: Benjamin Okiwe, who formerly worked in the probation office at Lowell Superior Court, was arraigned in Lowell District Court on charges of larceny over $250 and larceny by scheme arising out of…
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When they come six days before an election, robocalls are annoying; when they come six months prior, they’re entertaining. Such was the case today when I pressed the “play” button on my home answering machine and heard city council candidate John MacDonald wishing all the mothers in hearing distance a…
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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum President Kennedy’s daughter Caroline Kennedy with the help of a group of fourth and fifth graders from the Winship School in Brighton, opened a new wing of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum today in an official ceremony. The new wing adds…
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The first tours of Lowell Cemetery for this year will take place this weekend: Friday, May 6 at 1 pm Saturday, May 7 at 10 am The tours are free and open to the public and begin at the Knapp Avenue entrance to the cemetery which is off Rogers Street,…
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By May 6, 1861, Washington DC was safe from immediate capture by Confederate forces. When Fort Sumter was fired upon, Washington was without any organized and reliable military force while Confederate forces began gathering across the Potomac in Alexandria and Arlington. The Sixth Massachusetts Infantry, the unit from Lowell that…
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I’m curious to know how folks first learned of the death of Osama bin Laden. I saw it on Twitter at 10:31 pm in the midst of multiple tweets announcing the President’s speech. That sent me scurrying to the TV. In the following hour (the President didn’t go on until…
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