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Mayor Samaras requests suspension of rules so that City Manager may address response to recent snowstorm. Manager Murphy says DPW did a tremendous job in a tough storm. Says he walked around downtown today. The parking and sidewalks looked good. However, he suggests a presentation at next week’s meeting by…
Read More »Tomorrow night (Wednesday, Jan 10, from 7 to 9 pm), I will be the guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Merrimack River Watershed Council. The meeting, which is free and open to the public, will be held at Navigation Brewing Co. at 122 Western Ave in Lowell (inside…
Read More »This is the 38th weekly installment of my Lowell in World War One series which commemorates the centennial of the entry of the United States into World War One. Because of last week’s snowstorm, I missed posting this, so here are the headlines from one hundred years ago last week:…
Read More »Mayor Samaras On Tuesday morning, City Councilors elected William Samaras to be the next Mayor of Lowell. Here is how the roll call vote went: Councilor Cirillo: “Bill Samaras” Councilor Conway: “John Leahy” Councilor Elliott: “John Leahy” Councilor Kennedy: “William Samaras” Councilor Leahy: “John Leahy” Councilor Mercier: “John Leahy” Councilor…
Read More »Tomorrow (Saturday, January 6, 2018) from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Lowell Telecommunications Corp at 246 Market Street, Lowell, there will be an artist reception for “Objects and Architectures: Photography of Tony Sampas.” The photos on exhibit are from Tony’s Master’s Degree thesis in the Visual Arts program at…
Read More »Time for another “storm blog” in the tradition of our team post of January 26, 2015 on the Blizzard of ’15. We’ll collectively update it through the day as the storm progresses. I begin this post at 6 a.m. on Thursday, January 4, 2018. The temperature is 17 degrees –…
Read More »Minutes of Zoning SC December 12th; City Council Meeting December 12th, accepted. Communication-Appoint Cormac Hondros-McCarthy to Sustainability Council. Appointed unanimously by council. REPORTS (SUB/COMMITTEE) – none. CITY COUNCIL – MOTIONS Councilor Mercier – Req. City Mgr. allow people of Laotian descent to acquire a site at the JFK Plaza to…
Read More »Lowell High School – Future Location Cawley or Downtown? Like weekly episodes of a dramatic television miniseries, that was the question that confronted the people of Lowell throughout 2017. The process was slow to start, but then one group of residents mobilized a vigorous campaign to build an entirely new…
Read More »This is the 37th weekly installment of my Lowell in World War One series which commemorates the centennial of the entry of the United States into World War One. Here are the headlines from one hundred years ago this week: December 24, 1917 – Monday – American armies constitute reserves…
Read More »A Christmas tradition here at richardhowe.com is posting Henri Marchand’s “The Perfect Tree” essay which was originally composed for the Sunrise radio program. We begin the holiday season engaged yet again in a debate of vital importance. It’s an annual and endless argument and we look forward to every December—what…
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