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Pailin Park Watching the city council’s discussion Tuesday night of the proposal to change the name of Clemente Park on Middlesex Street to Pailin Park left me confused. That’s probably because many of the councilors themselves seemed confused about what was going on. The matter came before the council as…
Read More »Historian Paul Hudon, the author of The Valley & Its Peoples: An Illustrated History of the Lower Merrimack and All in Good Time, his poetry collection, shared the following essay: Context Rules paul hudon Somewhere in the past George Burns and Gracie Allen are talking politics. George is asking Gracie…
Read More »Armand LeMay: Spring Training at 90 By Kendall Wallace LOWELL—-Working at The Sun for nearly 60 years I had the great opportunity to meet nearly every major mover and shaker in Greater Lowell for nearly six decades. I liked most of them, admired some. They were leaders in government, business, banking,…
Read More »ROLL CALL – all present CITY CLERK Minutes of Senior Citizens SC March 12th; City Council Meeting March 12th, for acceptance. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY MANAGER Motion Responses (see Monday’s City Council preview for details on the motion responses) Motion Response – Police Retiree Details – The city proposes to follow…
Read More »Impressions of Lowell: 20 Months and Counting By Emily Ferrara A recent addition to our Literary Lowell roster, Emily Ferrara writes about her initial impressions of Lowell: I once wrote a poem that referenced “the smokestacks of Kerouac’s Lowell”, but it was only a fleeting image in a journey to…
Read More »Motion Responses Police Retiree Details – There was a prior council motion to allow retired police officers to do special details. This response includes proposed Special Legislation modeled on that in effect in Cambridge. Homelessness and Sustainable Housing – There was a prior council motion asking the City Manager to…
Read More »Recycling On Thursday we posted a report (“Recycling Revisited”) from Judith Durant on the new rules of recycling as presented by Gunther Wellenstein, the city’s Solid Waste/Recycling Coordinator at Monday’s Highlands Neighborhood Association meeting. At that meeting, Judith obtained a “Massachusetts Universal Recycling List” handout but was unable to find…
Read More »Judith Durant, a resident of the Highlands, shared this report on recycling from Monday’s Highlands’ Neighborhood Association meeting: Monday night I attended the Highlands Neighborhood Association monthly meeting, mainly to hear Gunther Wellenstein, Solid Waste/Recycling Coordinator. Mr. Wellenstein is making the rounds to neighborhood meetings to explain changes that have…
Read More »ROLL CALL – all present. MAYOR’S BUSINESS – Presentation – 2019 Winterfest Soup Bowl Awards. Award winners by the judges were Purple Carrot, House of Hope, and Cobblestones. Also the “people’s choice awards” went to Cobblestones, Lao’De Café and Purple Carrot. CITY CLERK – Minutes of City Council Meeting March…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian previews tomorrow night’s Lowell City Council meeting: The agenda for this week’s council meeting is one of the briefest in quite a long time with only one Council motion and two Administration Responses to Council Motions. The evening will begin with Presentations for the award winners of the…
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