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Richard Howe Substack – Sept 10, 2023

The following was distributed earlier today as my weekly Substack newsletter on Lowell politics. If you’d like to receive this weekly update by email in the future, sign up here.  **** In my newsletter of August 27, 2023, I reviewed the Lowell City Council’s discussion of the possible use of the…

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PIP #1 – Banks & Bills

PIP #1 – “Banks & bills” By Louise Peloquin For months, the media has been covering news about inflation, utility costs, tax hikes, bank failures and credit ratings. Here is a “peek into the past” (PIP) at bygone bills and banks. ********* On August 22nd, “A Star on Prince Street”…

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The Mills Weren’t Made of Marble

As is our Labor Day tradition, we’re reposting the lead editorial from the September 7, 1992 edition of The New York Times – A Labor Day piece about the then-recently opened Boott Cotton Mills Museum which is thirty years old this year. The Boott Cotton Mills Museum is open daily…

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Richard Howe Substack – September 3, 2023

The following was distributed earlier today as my weekly Substack newsletter on Lowell politics. If you’d like to receive this weekly update by email in the future, sign up here.  **** The Lowell City Council held a special meeting on Monday, August 28, 2023, to continue work on the proposed Accessory…

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Special Friends

Special Friends By Jack McDonough I have had a few special friends in my life and I suspect that’s probably true of everybody. You enjoy each other’s company, you share common interests and, especially, the same sense of humor. One of my special friends was a guy named Donn, whom…

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History Camp Boston 2023

On Saturday, August 12, I attended History Camp Boston at Suffolk University Law School. It’s an annual event organized by The Pursuit of History, a national nonprofit that holds several of these in-person events each year and also weekly History Camp Discussion online interviews with noted authors. The first Boston…

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A Star on Prince Street

A Star on Prince Street By Louise Peloquin On March 1, 1826, Lowell was incorporated as a town. The run-up to the bicentennial is a propitious time to “meet” people who have contributed to our hometown’s cultural heritage. Let’s take peeks into the past with posts on Louis-Alphonse Biron, an…

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