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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…
Read More »It’s been a quiet week in Lowell politics and with this Christmas Eve falling on a Sunday, today I opted for nostalgia over current events. Here is a sampling of Christmas Eve newspaper headlines, weather observations, and advertisements over the past 100 years. Please check back next Sunday when local…
Read More »By David Daniel, from Inflections & Innuendos, a collection of very short fiction. I knocked on the door of the small trailer set up on a city lot amid a mini-forest of cut trees. There were plenty of them still there, not a good sign on the day before…
Read More »This is the 36th 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 17, 1917 – Monday – Germans sink 11 ships…
Read More »Discussion of two proposed modifications to the city’s zoning code dominated last Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting. Both involved parking and both were rejected by councilors. The first would have eliminated the parking requirement for a microbusiness, meaning a business in a small space with few employees. This amendment was…
Read More »This is the 35th 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 10, 1917 – Monday – Jerusalem Surrenders. Holy City…
Read More »Mayor’s Business Recognize Mayor’s Holiday Fest Committee. The Mayor’s Holiday Fest was held at the Zorba Room on November 28, 2017. Mayor Kennedy reads list of bands that performed and then introduces all members of the committee. Unfinished Business: Council abandons an interest in Montreal Street. Approved. Manager’s Section Efforts…
Read More »Last evening more than 120 people gathered at the Lowell Senior Center in an ongoing effort to improve public education in Lowell. This event, named “Your Voice Matters: Community Action Forum on Issues in 21st Century Education,” was part of a year-long process to obtain ideas and opinions from the…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian looks at the agenda for this coming Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting, which begins at 6:30 pm and will be televised live on LTC channel 99 and streamed live on LTC’s website. And if you can’t attend the meeting in person, or watch it live, check back here…
Read More »This coming Tuesday will be the last city council meeting of the year and of the 2016-17 council term. The first item on the agenda, under Mayor’s Business, is “Recognition – Mayor’s Holiday Fest Committee.” That event – the First Annual Mayor’s Holiday Fest – took place on November 28,…
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