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Why I Love Lowell By Jacqueline Malone I’ve lived in Lowell longer than any other place—ten years longer than I lived in my home state, Tennessee, for the first 21 years of my life. Both Tennessee and Lowell have their own strong ties to my heart. But I recently left…
Read More »Educational offerings in Lowell – (PIP #56) By Louise Peloquin After last week’s peek into the past at Lowell High School (1), here are three articles on educational offerings. The first presents opportunities for Lowell workers. The second brings up the recurring “back to basics versus specialized course” debate. A surprising news item follows.…
Read More »The Lowell City Council met on Tuesday but as has been the case recently, nothing major stood out. There were several motions that I found deserving of comment which I’ll get to them shortly, but first some news about Mill No. 5. The long-awaited transfer of ownership of the upper…
Read More »Space, Time and God By Stephen O’Connor I’ve been cogitating over this whole “time” thing. Space, too. I heard a Nobel Prize winning physicist on the radio say that all the matter in the universe originally fit into a teacup full of super-dense material. This is a dubious theory, since…
Read More »Television Review: “Aaron Rodgers: Enigma” — An Abstruse Athlete Review by David Daniel This review originally appeared on The Arts Fuse (which is “Boston’s Premier Online Arts Magazine” – please check it out.) **** Near the end of Enigma, a new Netflix documentary about Aaron Rodgers, there’s a segment that…
Read More »LHS a century ago – (PIP #55) By Louise Peloquin To echo Richard Howe’s January 12, 2025 substack (1), here is a throwback into Lowell High School. L’Etoile – September 17, 1924 THE HIGH SCHOOL BARELY SUFFICES FOR ALL OF THE STUDENTS There are 2510 students this year. – That…
Read More »Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting was brief with just three motions and a handful of motion responses on the agenda. None seemed controversial. In the absence of any pressing council business, today I’ll provide a preview of the coming city election which will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.…
Read More »BOOK REVIEW: The Pride of the ACRE Book by Stephen O’Connor Review by Ed DeJesus Participants of this blog would agree that reading distinguished Lowell, MA author Stephen O’Connor’s short stories and novels is always a joy. But his latest, “The Pride of the ACRE, is a gem! Move over…
Read More »Watching the Merrimack By Jacqueline Malone Water takes what is given and makes visible the wind, the pull of gravity, time in the constant erosion of riverbeds, the constant deposit of gravelly isles. Water mixes, transforms, dissolves, and returns silt,…
Read More »Snow was general all over Lowell – (PIP #54) By Louise Peloquin These accounts of winter in New England demonstrate the newspaper’s regard for the local community. The reader shares the city’s concern for its citizens and for its public service employees as they pursue daily activities or revel…
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