Author Archive

“Meanderings” by Jim Peters

Frequent contributor Jim Peters sent the following essay: I was just thinking of some of the things we should be remembering, and they may pass us in the wind. Remember the smell and taste of Educator Cookies? I have a friend who remembers going to the area where they dumped…

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Enforcing “No Right on Red”

A letter to the editor in today’s Sun caught my eye this morning. A suburban resident had been ticketed for taking a right turn on a red light at the intersection of Chelmsford and Plain Streets. The intersection has “No Right on Red” signs, but the writer said the sign…

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John Leahy to run for City Council

The Lowell Sun is reporting that School Committee member John Leahy will not seek reelection this fall but instead will run for the Lowell City Council. (Gerry Nutter is attributing the same news and the news that Leahy’s School Committee colleague, Dave Conway, who was rumored to be considering a…

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The Road to Baltimore

Shortly after 11 am on April 19, 1861 as the Lowell-based Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment marched through Baltimore on its way to reinforce the nearly undefended Washington DC, a pro-Southern mob attacked the soldiers from Lowell. Within an hour, Luther Ladd, Addison Whitney, Sumner Needham and Charles Taylor were…

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Lowell High Photography Blog

A group of talented Lowell High students taking an after school photography class conducted by noted area photographer John Boutselis have posted their photos online. From time to time I’ll be posting some of their work here. Below is “Church Street Bridge, Winter”

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“Picking Winners and Losers” by John Edward

John Edward, a resident of Chelmsford who earned his master’s degree at UMass Lowell and who teaches economics at Bentley University and UMass Lowell, contributes the following column. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has a government agency described as “the state’s venture capital firm.” I can’t put my finger on it,…

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