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The following was distributed earlier today as my weekly Substack newsletter on Lowell politics. If you’d like to receive this weekly update by email in the future, sign up here. **** The Lowell City Council held a special meeting on Monday, August 28, 2023, to continue work on the proposed Accessory…
Read More »Special Friends By Jack McDonough I have had a few special friends in my life and I suspect that’s probably true of everybody. You enjoy each other’s company, you share common interests and, especially, the same sense of humor. One of my special friends was a guy named Donn, whom…
Read More »The following was distributed earlier today as my weekly Substack newsletter on Lowell politics. If you’d like to receive this weekly update by email in the future, sign up here. **** Although not on the agenda for Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting, the possibility that migrants in need of emergency shelter…
Read More »On Saturday, August 12, I attended History Camp Boston at Suffolk University Law School. It’s an annual event organized by The Pursuit of History, a national nonprofit that holds several of these in-person events each year and also weekly History Camp Discussion online interviews with noted authors. The first Boston…
Read More »A Star on Prince Street By Louise Peloquin On March 1, 1826, Lowell was incorporated as a town. The run-up to the bicentennial is a propitious time to “meet” people who have contributed to our hometown’s cultural heritage. Let’s take peeks into the past with posts on Louis-Alphonse Biron, an…
Read More »The following was distributed earlier today as my weekly Substack newsletter on Lowell politics. If you’d like to receive this weekly update by email in the future, sign up here. **** There was no Lowell City Council meeting last week so today we’ll catch up on some other items. The city…
Read More »Living Madly: Hello? By Emilie-Noelle Provost I’ve read several articles lately that discuss the problem of loneliness and what can be done about it. Over the past several years, it seems, the lack of human connection has become a problem for people of all ages. Even if loneliness doesn’t affect…
Read More »Song lyrics by Charles Gargiulo: BAG LADY This was originally published by the New Lowell Offering in 1977. She drifts from the depots and bus stops To still the chill in her bones. She has to keep moving constantly To hide the fact she’s alone. When she stops to rest…
Read More »The following was distributed earlier today as my weekly Substack newsletter on Lowell politics. If you’d like to receive this weekly update by email in the future, sign up here. **** The Accessory Dwelling Unit zoning ordinance amendment was to be the big topic at Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting, but…
Read More »The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley By David Waldstreicher Review by Richard Howe Readers of this website will be familiar with my interest in history so it should come as no surprise that I often read biographies since they are a type of history. But it’s not just any biographies. For…
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