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With just 24 days to go until the September 14 primary election, time is growing short for the candidates. The calendar presents a real challenge: prevailing wisdom is that “no one pays attention until after Labor Day”, but this year, Labor Day comes late (September 6) and once it passes,…
Read More »Another in our continuing series of images from Lowell’s political past: Front row from left: Laurie Machado, Larry Martin, Richard Howe Sr (mayor), Steve Gendron Back row from left: Bud Caulfield, Mike Geary, Matt Donahue, Grady Mulligan, Tarsy Poulios The 1993 election saw six new city councilors elected. Only Caulfield,…
Read More »I joined the steady stream of visitors and well-wishers dropping by St Patrick’s church in Lowell yesterday to get a glimpse of the archeological dig now in progress. Three professors from Queens University in Belfast, Northern Ireland are engaged in a joint venture with UMass Lowell the object of which…
Read More »Work continues at the Middlesex Superior Courthouse on Gorham Street in Lowell, where an elevator is being constructed to bring the building into full compliance with contemporary rules of accessibility. For the past several decades, as series of chair lifts and ramps have served as an inadequate substitute for an…
Read More »When Richard Nixon selected Brad Morse to be the Under Secretary General of the United Nations in 1972, it made for a wild election to select the next Representative for the Fifth Congressional District. The Democratic Primary results (district wide vote totals follow candidate name; Lowell vote follows in parenthesis:…
Read More »After Ed LeLacheur’s passing last week, I began researching his electoral history and was reminded that prior to 1978 there were four state representatives for Lowell. That all changed as a result of a Constitutional referendum that appeared on the state election ballot in 1974. The question addressed the redistricting…
Read More »Thanks to Paul S for sharing some of his excellent photographs from the August 16, 2010 debate between First Middlesex State Senate Democratic candidates Chris Doherty and Eileen Donoghue (pictured above). The debate was sponsored by Lowell radio station WCAP and was held at Lowell High School’s “Little Theater.” The…
Read More »Tonight’s WCAP-sponsored and broadcast debate between Democratic State Senate candidates Chris Doherty and Eileen Donoghue was a spirited affair that touched on some of the major issues identified thus far. The format and the setting (Lowell High School’s “Little Theater”) both worked well and allowed the focus to remain on…
Read More »[youtube]WiQ9bd3t-fI[/youtube] I don’t play or follow golf, but all the stories about the controversial ending to yesterday’s PGA Championship caught my attention. A golfer named Dustin Johnson was leading by one stroke on one of the final holes. All he had to do was shoot par and he would win…
Read More »Here’s the eighth installment of my Twitter “tweets” of Charles Cowley’s “Illustrated History of Lowell.” We’ve almost reached the city’s incorporation in 1826 (as a town). Much happened here before Lowell even existed. In 1819 Moses Hale + Oliver Whipple built a (gun) powder mill on Concord River in Lowell…
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