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I visited the Kirk Street headquarters of Niki Tsongas last night after the polls had closed. Once it became clear that Jon Golnik would win the Republican primary, Tsongas wasted no time in bringing the fight to her opponent, highlighting Golnik’s failure to vote in local elections for eight years,…
Read More »Eileen Donoghue defeated Chris Doherty in the 1st Middlesex State Senate race. With all the votes counted but those from Pepperell, Donoghue received 6069 votes (62%) to Doherty’s 3699 (38%). Donoghue won every community in the district, taking Lowell 4241 to 2387; Dunstable 139 to 105; Groton 391 to 305;…
Read More »It’s finally here. Through the day I’ll update this post with my observations. Please use the comment feature to do the same. As I emerged from the house for my early morning run, I found a neon green card protruding from under the door mat urging me to “Vote Chris…
Read More »I arrived home from work to find an answering machine full of robocalls and one post card in the mailbox. That was from Eileen Donoghue and it featured a pair of shiny black men’s dress shoes with this: With serious issues facing the commonwealth such as job creation, the economy,…
Read More »Answer: Roof racks, matchbooks and newspaper ads Question: Name three things no longer used in modern political campaigns The Donoghue v Doherty state senate race has given those of us interested in politics much to contemplate. You have two capable candidates who have each raised more than $100,000, and the…
Read More »Boston Globe columnist Yvonne Abraham was in Chicago last week. Her column today compares the extraordinary commitment to public art by that city with the lackadaisical approach followed in Boston. This past July, I also visited Chicago and concur with Abraham. Above is a photo I took of “Cloud Gate”…
Read More »Please welcome Tony Sampas, the newest contributor to richardhowe.com. Tony grew up in Lowell and after two decades in the building trade now works as an archivist at UMass Lowell and as a reference librarian at The Pollard Memorial Library. In 2009 he began making a habit of capturing images…
Read More »With just 48 hours until the primary, local electioneering should peak today and tomorrow. There has been a noticeable uptick in the volume of political info flowing into my home. Friday, there was a robocall from Steve Panagiotakos in support of Guy Glodis, a candidate for State Auditor. Suzanne Bump,…
Read More »The above photo shows Mehmed Ali, a friend who continues to serve the US government in Iraq, presenting Dr. Salah Abdul Razak, the Governor of Baghdad, with several cans of Moxie as a gift to recognize the end of the month of Ramadan. No matter how far from Lowell he…
Read More »As Marie points out in her earlier post, today is the 50th anniversary of the death of Edith Nourse Rogers who represented Lowell in Congress from 1925 to 1960. She is buried alongside her husband, John Jacob Rogers, who preceded her in Congress (serving from 1913 until his death in…
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