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The article below concerning UMass Lowell student Paula Bustus of Andover and the Bridgewell Day Center first appeared in the Andover Townsman. It is an interesting read. Local engineer-to-be develops fun tool to help developmentally disabled UMass Lowell electrical engineering student Paula Bustus of Andover had had no experience with…
Read More »The Annie E. Casey Foundation* whose focus is on “helping vulnerable kids and families succeed” has just released its National KIDS COUNT program report. The report evaluates the status of “kids” using 10 indicators: Percent low birth weight babies Infant mortality rate Child death rate Teen death rate Teen birth rate…
Read More »According to a story at SouthCoastToday.com – the Governors of Massachusetts and Rhode Island have signed a memorandum of understanding about any development of off-shore wind farms. The Governors see this as a move to protect the interests of both states and to position them to best take advantage of every economic and environmental…
Read More »Uncle Dave is stirring it up again over there at the NYT. Today he’s channeling his young liberal self in a green army jacket who got practical along the way older and turned “kinda conservative.” What’s really going on is that he admires President Obama. He wants to see him…
Read More »Marie posted a link to the boston.com story about today’s historic decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in the case of Papadopoulos v Target Corporation. The case involves not a controversial social issue but the nuances of tort law, but it’s repercussions for property owners are far-reaching. Mr Papadopoulos…
Read More »Some observations about this year’s Lowell Folk Festival from a casual observer (me) who can remember the first one many years ago: The many performance sites – Boarding House Park, JFK Plaza, Lee Street Stage, St Anne’s, Market Street Stage and Dutton Street Dance Pavilion – make the festival more…
Read More »It has become common since the beginning of the Tea Party movement to hear Thomas Jefferson’s “Tree of Liberty” letter quoted. Specifically, the sentences about the need for shedding the blood of patriots and tyrants and about the need for a rebellion every twenty years or so. I had always…
Read More »Is anyone surprised by today’s version of the “Pentagon Papers” released in New York, Berlin, and London? I once worked for a guy who had as one of his management aphorisms: “Be careful not to manage a mistake.” When Bush and Cheney took their eyes off the ball in 2003 and shifted…
Read More »It’s been a while since I dragged Frank Rich over from the NYTimes to rh.com, but his column published yesterday is one that has to be spread around. Rich keeps calling what’s going on out there in politics for what it really is—in my book. He stubbornly keeps connecting the…
Read More »According to a report from the Boston Globe MetroDesk on-line, a unanimous ruling from the Supreme Judicial Court written by Justice Ralph Gants changes rules that have guided Massachusetts “slip and fall” lawsuit cases for the last 125 years. In a unanimous ruling written by Justice Ralph Gants, the Supreme Judicial…
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