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Living Madly: Goldfinches By Emilie-Noelle Provost Late summer has always been a relief. By this time of year, I’m sick of hot, muggy weather. I’m tired of air conditioning, and of eating salad for dinner because it’s too hot to use the stove. I long for cool breezes and early…
Read More »Dear Mary Lou by David Daniel Dear Mary Lou, it’s been a long time since you’ve heard from me & vice versa. Why I’m writing now—a total shot in the dark—today I drove across one of the bridges on the Merrimack, the big river here where I live in Lowell,…
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. **** Cornelius F. Kiernan (1917-1996) The Lowell Justice Center was formally dedicated to former Judge and State Representative Cornelius F. Kiernan…
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 Lowell Justice Center was formally dedicated to former Judge and State Representative Cornelius F. Kiernan (1917-1996) on Friday, September…
Read More »The Lowell Justice Center was dedicated yesterday (September 15, 2023) as The Cornelius F. Kiernan Justice Center. Kiernan served as a state representative for nearly a quarter of a century. Here are the results of the various state elections in which he was a candidate. (Through most of his career,…
Read More »Here are the results of the 1993 Lowell City Council preliminary election: 1. Laurie Machado 7310 2. Stephen Gendron 6245 3. Richard Howe 6169 4. Tarsy Poulios 5873 5. Michael Geary 5224 6. Matthew Donahue 4928 7. Brian McMahon 4822 8. Grady Mulligan 4339 9. Edward Bud Caulfield 3916 10.…
Read More »Continuing our “Lowell preliminary election week,” here are the results of the 1983 Lowell City Council preliminary election: 1. Richard Howe 6838 2. Armand LeMay 6353 3. Robert Kennedy 6202 4. Raymond Rourke 6178 5. Edmond “Gus” Coutu 6087 6. M. Bendan Fleming 5743 7. Edward Kennedy 5637 8. Brian…
Read More »September in odd-numbered years is traditionally the time for city of Lowell preliminary elections. Since there aren’t enough candidates to require a preliminary this year, I thought I would post the results of some past preliminary elections this week starting with the 1963 Lowell City Council preliminary election. The first…
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. **** In my newsletter of August 27, 2023, I reviewed the Lowell City Council’s discussion of the possible use of the…
Read More »PIP #1 – “Banks & bills” By Louise Peloquin For months, the media has been covering news about inflation, utility costs, tax hikes, bank failures and credit ratings. Here is a “peek into the past” (PIP) at bygone bills and banks. ********* On August 22nd, “A Star on Prince Street”…
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