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This is another of our Lowell Stories series, which we hope to make a regular feature on this website. If you have a story to share, get in touch and we’ll help preserve it in print. We’ll even write it for you if that would help. Richard Howe Lowell Stories – Keeping…
Read More »How much? – (PIP #88) By Louise Peloquin How much would a Thanksgiving dinner have cost the American manufacturing industry worker earning a weekly average of $24.41 in November 1926? (1) “Peeks into the past” #7 and #49 have also provided examples of early 20th-century (1917) grocery prices as well as…
Read More »The Lowell City Council met on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. The agenda was relatively light considering there had been no meeting the previous week due to Veterans Day and the meeting before that had only lasted seven minutes because it coincided with the city election. On Tuesday, the Council did…
Read More »Living Madly: Quiet Blessings By Emilie-Noelle Provost Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. There’s always been something special about waking up on Thanksgiving morning: the low-slung angle of the sun as it lights up the bare trees, multicolored leaves scattered along the ground, the quiet street, the delicious smell of sage…
Read More »Chath pierSath is the author of several books including the poetry collections “Echoes Lost to the Wind,” “On Earth Beneath Sky: Poems & Sketches,” and “This Body Mystery: Paintings and Poems.” His paintings have been exhibited in Europe, Asia, and North America. He holds a graduate degree in community social…
Read More »“Fait divers” – (PIP #87) By Louise Peloquin Daily news coverage has always included briefs about accidents, crimes and unexpected events. These human interest stories fed reader curiosity much like social media does today. Here are examples of L’Etoile’s “faits divers.” L’Etoile – December 24, 1924 TWO LOWELL WOMEN ARRESTED YESTERDAY IN…
Read More »There was no city council meeting this week due to Veterans Day falling on Tuesday, so I’ll do another dive into Lowell history. In two recent city council meetings, City Manager Tom Golden has talked optimistically about redevelopment plans for the former Lowell District Court and its neighbor, the UMass…
Read More »Bottled Milk My family moved from a declining factory city to a rural town in 1956, from Lowell, where the ancestors had been since 1880, to nearby Dracut, Mass. The communities were established in 1826 and 1701, respectively. The English colonists had been in the area since the early 1650s.…
Read More »Young Stomachs By Leo Racicot Some days, when the walk from the bus stop to home feels too long, I stop in at Tasty Dumplings for an order of their pan-friend wonders, as I did today. I like waiting at the table that looks out onto their outdoor cafe. Beyond…
Read More »Lowell born and based author Pierre Comtois is out with a new book. The Boy Who Invented Himself is a ‘Tween novel about growing up in Lowell in the 1960s and serves as a prequel to another of Pierre’s books, Sometimes a Warm Rain Falls. More information about Pierre and…
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