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Lowell recites “A Visit from St. Nicholas”
Here’s a 2011 video of local residents reciting “A Visit from St. Nicholas”
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New Book about Greater Lowell Veterans
Yesterday’s Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium featured the release of Community and Country: Greater Lowell Veterans Council, 1919-2019. Co-authored by former Veterans Council commander Bob Casper and me, the book tells the story in text and photos of the many organizations that are or have…
Read More »The Waitresses of America
The Waitresses of America By David Daniel The trucker crumpled his napkin, dropped it on the Formica counter, and rose. “You’re brave, young lady,” he said. The waitress smiled tentatively. “I am?” “Serving food this bad? Shit, yeah.” From where I sat three stools away I saw her cheeks warm,…
Read More »Vesna Nuon for Mayor
Here’s a communication received from the Vesna Nuon Committee: Major change is coming to Lowell, and I would like to lead us through this change as the city’s next mayor. In the next two years, Lowell will see the adoption of a new form of government, the beginning of the…
Read More »2019 Lowell Election (Unofficial) Results
UPDATE: This post reflects City Hall number which differ substantially from those shown above which were previously posted here. City Council Rita Mercier – 5191 Vesna Nuon – 4821 John Drinkwater – 4788 Rodney Elliott – 4738 Sokhary Chau – 4321 John Leahy – 4182 Dave Conway – 3738 Bill…
Read More »Letter on US Troop Withdrawal from Syria
The following is a statement from the undersigned Veterans of the U.S. military on the President’s recent decision to withdraw U.S. armed forces from Syria: Pres. Trump’s Recklessness Near the end of The Great Gatsby, the book’s narrator, Nick Carraway, notes about the Buchanans, whose heedless actions have led to…
Read More »“Talking to Kids about Drugs”
Talking to Kids about Drugs By David Daniel David Daniel draws on his career as a school teacher for this fictionalized conversation with students. “Mr. Dunn—back in the day—did you do drugs a lot?” Leo Dunn loves high school students. Loves their curiosity, their smarts, the way their minds work.…
Read More »Lillian Lamoureux, SFCC (1925-2019)
Earlier this week I noticed an obituary for Lillian Lamoureux. The name was immediately familiar from my Lowell history research. I don’t recall ever meeting Lillian, but my two co-bloggers, Marie Sweeney and Paul Marion, have mentioned her frequently in past conversations. Here’s what Marie posted on her Facebook page…
Read More »Friends of Libraries Week
This is National Friends of Libraries Week. The Friends of the Pollard Memorial Library will be observing this occasion with two events: Thursday, October 24 at 6pm in the Community Meeting Room: Friends of the Pollard Memorial Library Meet & Greet. This is your chance to learn more about the…
Read More »Lowell High Class of 1959
Lowell High Class of 1959 By Kendall Wallace Lowell—-There is a very special feeling one gets when you have the opportunity to see people you knew 60 years ago as teenagers walking the halls of Lowell High School. Last week nearly 100 classmates from the LHS class of 1959 gathered…
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