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Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting was dominated by the debate on a motion jointly filed by Councilor Kim Scott and Mayor Dan Rourke requesting “the Council, through the Mayor, bring forward a motion requesting the School Committee to begin the process of vacating the consent decree to accommodate changing of…
Read More »Yesterday I posted a review of the Apple TV series, “Masters of the Air” a drama about US Army Air Force aviators flying B-17 heavy bombers over occupied Europe during World War II. Many men from Lowell served in the USAAF during the war and endured experiences much like those…
Read More »Masters of the Air Review by Richard Howe Masters of the Air is a World War II miniseries on the Apple TV streaming service. There are nine episodes in all, released weekly beginning on January 26, 2024. If you’re into binge watching, all are now available. The show follows pilots…
Read More »In pencil – (PIP #28) By Louise Peloquin L’Etoile published many accounts of young locals serving abroad during World War II. Here is an example: L’Etoile – June 30, 1944 Soldier Marcouillier proud of his experiences Words of gratitude addressed to the Franco-American Club of Dracut which is interested in…
Read More »Much of Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting was devoted to the need for sidewalks on Campbell Drive, a 1960s-era residential street in the Highlands that’s home to the Bailey Elementary School. The school, which was constructed in the 1990s, is set back from the road and connected to Campbell Drive…
Read More »I Won’t Have To Shave By Ed DeJesus My father, Tony DeJesus, was born in Lowell in 1910. He served eight years in the Mass National Guard until his 26th Infantry Yankee Division was mustered into the Army in 1941 to join the WW II European forces. He was an…
Read More »Living Madly: Natural Wonders By Emilie-Noelle Provost Looking directly at the sun for more than a few seconds will damage your retina. Because I didn’t have protective glasses to wear during the solar eclipse on April 8, I used the camera on my phone to watch the moon gradually overtake…
Read More »Alison By David Daniel At six p.m. the bar in the hotel lobby in Montego Bay is already busy, revelers tuning up to ring in the New Year. Passing, carrying my suitcase and a large gym bag, I hear someone call my name. Carl and Babs, a couple I got…
Read More »In last week’s newsletter I wrote of the coming confrontation between the Lowell City Council and Sal Lupoli over his failure to commence work on one of the two buildings he had agreed to construct in the Hamilton Canal Innovation District (HCID). The Council’s Economic Development subcommittee heard from Mr.…
Read More »Actually, I almost died four times that summer By Charlie Gargiulo After me and mom finally got kicked out of one of the last apartment buildings left in Little Canada, we got placed in an apartment next door to where our old building still stood, waiting for the wrecking ball…
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