11 Comments

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   Ted Hess-Mahan on July 8, 2012 at 9:10 am

   Mazel Tov!

2. 

   Julia Malakie on July 8, 2012 at 12:34 pm

   Wish Elsie were still here, but I bet she’s smiling somewhere.
   Great photo!

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     Greg Reibman on July 8, 2012 at 6:28 pm

     It is a great photo. And this appears to be the only video that so far has made it onto YouTube…
     

3. 

   Kim on July 9, 2012 at 2:27 am

   Apropos of nothing but what does Greer Tan Swiston think about this union?

4. 

   Ted Hess-Mahan on July 9, 2012 at 9:21 am

   Best comment I saw in the Twitterverse was from @pourmecoffee: “I bet Barney Frank and husband are working on their Gay Agenda, which right now is probably writing thank-you notes.”

5. 

   mgwa on July 9, 2012 at 3:00 pm

   Great tweet! Mazel tov to Barney.

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   Julia Malakie on July 11, 2012 at 12:09 am

   I met Jim Ready’s mother and sister today, for a story that should be in Wednesday’s Lowell Sun. (Ready grew up in Tewksbury.) They are both delightful and funny. After hearing how they’d met the President and Michelle Obama at the last White House congressional cookout, our reporter said there are some perks to having a family member married to a congressman, and Jim’s sister said the biggest perk is how happy her brother is. And apparently he has the same effect on Barney — she said people come up to Jim when’s he’s at Congress and say “I knew you were here; Barney Frank was nice to me today.”

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   Greer Tan Swiston on July 11, 2012 at 10:48 am

   @Kim not that I would want to judge anyone simply from a picture, but I think they look very happy. I wish our congressman a very happy retirement and best wishes for his new beginnings.

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   Julia Malakie on July 12, 2012 at 2:57 pm

   Our story about Jim Ready and the wedding ran today:
   http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_21058723/tewksbury-native-weds-congressman-barney-frank
   Our reporter Joyce Tsai reached Jim Ready for a phone interview.

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     Greg Reibman on July 12, 2012 at 3:32 pm

     Fantastic video Julia. I’ve posted to a new thread.

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   Kim on July 16, 2012 at 1:55 am

   Thank you for responding Greer.