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Interview of Pierre V. Comtois by David Daniel Prolific Lowell author Pierre V. Comtois has a new book. David Daniel recently sat down with Pierre to discuss his just-published Marvel Comics in the Early 1960s. **** Daniel: Marvel Comics in the Early 1960s is the fourth entry in your popular…
Read More »The city council met on Tuesday night and while the meeting lasted for more than three hours, no single issue dominated. Most of the time was spent on 14 motion responses and 18 new motions from councilors. With Mayor Dan Rourke absent, the meeting was capably run by Vice Chair…
Read More »Mary Bacigalupo Park – Shattuck Street – Mary Bacigalupo was an educator and community activist who died of cancer on November 7, 2001. After teaching English and social studies in the Lowell public schools for many years, Mary became the coordinator for the Center for Field Services at the University…
Read More »William Aubut Square – Broadway and Wilder streets – William Aubut was killed in action on February 23, 1945, near Selgersdorf, Germany, while serving with the U.S. Army’s 119th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division. He was 27 years old and is buried in the American Cemetery in Margraten, Netherlands. Aubut…
Read More »A school, a platform, a beacon – (PIP #39) By Louise Peloquin A series of texts on Lowell’s French newspaper L’Etoile started on August 22, 2023. The first, “A Star on Prince Street”, presented editor/proprietor Louis-A. Biron. https://richardhowe.com/2023/08/22/a-star-on-prince-street/ Here is a speech guest speaker Biron delivered, probably in the ’40’s, at…
Read More »No city council meeting last week so today we have another look back: Lowell is a great place for history tours because if you look hard enough, you can connect almost anything in world history to some person, place or event in Lowell. I was reminded of this last week…
Read More »The Olympics Now . . . and Then By David Daniel I was sitting at a restaurant bar last Saturday afternoon, the corner seat, having a martini. Tanqueray No. 10, a whisper of dry vermouth, stirred, not shaken, and a single olive—the way a New York bartender explained as she…
Read More »Only Five Percent – (PIP #38) By Louise Peloquin The last couple of weeks have offered followers of the world’s political scene a pretty exciting roller-coaster ride. Headlines like “Starmer In, Sunak Out as Labour Wipes out Conservatives” dominated UK news on July 5th. Reformist lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian won…
Read More »The city council resumed meeting on Tuesday night after a three week break. Several issues that arose warrant mention. MOU with WinnDevelopment for HCID – The council authorized City Manager Tom Golden to execute a memorandum of understanding with WinnDevelopment regarding Parcels 11 and 12 of the Hamilton Canal Innovation District.…
Read More »Living Madly: The Summer of ‘92 By Emilie-Noelle Provost The excessive heat this season reminds of the summer after my junior year of college. I don’t know if it was as hot back then, in 1992, but it certainly felt like it. The house in which I grew up was…
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