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The following is a republication of a post by Paul Marion that first appeared here on July 28, 2013. It is being reposted in advance of this year’s Lowell Folk Festival which begins Friday, July 26, 2024, and runs through Sunday, July 28, 2024. Lowell Folk Festival Rates Five Starts…

Paris 2024 – Maximum security By Louise Peloquin Security agents from all over the world are joining the 35,000 French police officers and 18, 000 military to ensure maximum security during the Paris Games expected to welcome more than 15 million visitors. The French Ministry of the Interior is supervising approximately 1,800 agents…

Go jump in the…Seine!  By Louise Peloquin       Rehema Ellis closed NBC’s July 17th Nightly News with it, The New York Times published a brief and other news outlets covered the story. No scoop ahead, just a third update on the River Seine in the run-up to the Summer Olympics.…

Editor’s Note: English singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse died in London on July 23, 2011, at age 27. When Amy Winehouse Died By David Daniel Black lipstick made sense. Passwords were changed; phones silenced. Fans got her name tattooed on their hearts. My old lady said let’s do a bump…

Another summer gap for Lowell City Council meetings so let’s revisit Lowell political history this week. Not long ago while researching Civil Rights lawsuit brought against Lowell for segregation and unequal treatment of minority students in the public schools in the mid-1980s, I was struck by how many other things…

David Daniel offers this story in honor of the anniversary of the July 20, 1969 Moon Landing. Hasselblads on the Moon By David Daniel In a bar last night, dude I know says: You want a pristine Hasselblad camera? You can have it for free. Okay, wise guy, I say.…

Living Madly: Enchanted Dawn By Emilie-Noelle Provost For most of my life, I didn’t consider myself a morning person. Getting up before seven o’clock always felt like work, a sentiment that was reinforced when my daughter was a toddler. She refused to sleep later than five a.m. no matter what…

Olympic happy hour ahead! Seine River water for sale at 10 euros a bottle By Louise Peloquin      On July 9th, “The last lap” covered a major player in the upcoming Summer Olympics – La Seine, the venue to host the sure-to-be-spectacular opening ceremonies. Readers can find it on this…

Tuesday night the Lowell City Council discussed how to fill a vacancy on the council. The precipitating cause was the coming resignation of John Leahy, something reported by the Lowell Sun last Sunday and confirmed by Leahy during this meeting. He said he would begin his new job with the Lowell School…

Allen Ginsberg in Lowell By Leo Racicot      A sad irony — the first time Allen Ginsberg came to Lowell, it was to help bury his beloved friend, Jack Kerouac. The two met in 1944 at Columbia University when they were students there. They hit it off instantly, traveled…