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A Kerouac Thanksgiving by Suzanne Beebe Thanks, Jack, for helping keep the city On the map; for showing us what growing up Was like in 1920s/1930s Lowell of throbbing neighborhoods and mills Where workers fed machines with wool and cotton To feed their always-hungry children at home. Thanks, too, for…
Read More »When the site of the stadium was still a vacant lot, it acquired the name Merrill Field after Herbert A. Merrill who had once owned the property. In the absence of anything else, the name Merrill Field stuck, at least while the permanent stadium was under construction. Even after the…
Read More »Throughout the 1930s, football fans in the city of Lowell clamored for a stadium in which the Lowell High School football team could play, especially after the city of Lawrence built its Veterans Memorial Stadium in 1927. By 1937, with the annual Lowell High versus Lawrence High Thanksgiving Day football…
Read More »The real estate that forms the Cawley Stadium complex is a patchwork of parcels that have been compiled by the city over more than one hundred years. These are the major parcels that make up the complex: Cawley Stadium Soccer Field Alumni Baseball Field Practice Fields Martin Softball Field These…
Read More »After cancelling meetings because of Halloween and the City Election, the City Council resumed its regular meeting schedule last Tuesday which also saw the debut of a new format for the meeting agenda. The biggest change was that City Council motions were bumped up to near the start of the…
Read More »Living Madly: Hyggeligt By Emilie-Noelle Provost A couple of years ago, I wrote a post for my professional website (emilienoelleprovost.com) called Everyday Magic. I wrote the piece after my husband, Rob, and I came across a barred owl at Harold Parker State Forest in Andover. The owl was perched on…
Read More »They trained, they served, they sacrificed (PIP #8) By Louise Peloquin On Veterans’ Day 2023, we extend our gratitude to all of the people who have given of themselves in service to our country and who continue to do so. We honor each and every one. To mark November 11th,…
Read More »Here is today’s Substack email. There was no City Council meeting this week. The Council cancelled it because it fell on Election Day. Speaking of which, here are the results of the 2023 Lowell Municipal Election: CITY COUNCIL At Large (top three win) Erik Gitschier – 3,837 Rita Mercier – 3,723…
Read More »Portrait of the Artist as a Junk Worker By Malcolm Sharps Two things stopped me from going stark staring mad working in the packing department at the mobile phone factory where I made boxes and filled them the whole day. One was my ever-vivid imagination in those days and the other was the…
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