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The Tuesday, May 5, 2026, council meeting lasted just over two hours with no single issue dominating the meeting. Perhaps the central theme of council discussions on Tuesday and at other recent meetings has been the fiscal challenges the city faces in the coming year. Related to that, the council…

Time of the End of the Season Part V By Bob Hodge Bob Hodge grew up in Lowell and went on to graduate from Lowell High (1973) and University of Lowell (1990). He was (and still is) one the greatest runners to come out of this region. He’s also a…

The Town & The City: Origins & Reunions By David Perry The gang’s all here. On this Saturday night, the final evening of the three-day Town & The City Festival, The Attic of The Worthen feels particularly like a clubhouse, packed with old friends. Their numbers, like hairlines, have thinned…

My “Movie Career” By Leo Racicot I was foundering in Las Vegas, couldn’t find suitable work to save myself. One afternoon, I was idling in the lobby of The Riviera Hotel when I spied a vending table manned by an attractive gal. Her name tag read: Frankie. Frankie was recruiting…

Public Art: Eternal Flame sculpture – On Saturday, May 2, 2026, Lowell Cemetery dedicated a new public art piece by Lowell artist Jay Hungate. The cemetery commissioned the sculpture, hand carved from blue and pink granite, to anchor the newly created West Meadow section which will add more than 900…

Wheels for Lowellians – (PIP #105) By Louise Peloquin Carpools, public transportation, and bicycle paths somewhat relieve today’s urban congestion. In 1926, the term “carbon footprint” had not yet been coined. Car ownership was desirable and gradually, more accessible. The increasing number of private vehicles forced cities to modify infrastructure…

Several items discussed by Lowell City Councilors at their Tuesday meeting deserve comment: Method of Electing the Mayor – A memo from City Solicitor Corey Williams responded to issues raised at an earlier meeting of the council’s rules subcommittee regarding the method of electing the city’s mayor. From the adoption…

This weekend’s Lowell Cemetery tours will be held despite the rain showers in the weather forecast. Just bring your umbrella. The tours are Saturday, May 2, 2026 and Sunday, May 3, 2026, both at 10am from the Knapp Avenue entrance of the cemetery.

Those Who Marched Before Us By Rich Grady, April 2026   Whatever of true life there was in thee Leaps in our age’s veins; Wield still thy bent and wrinkled empery, And shake thine idle chains; To thee thy dross is clinging, For us thy martyrs die, thy prophets see,…

A Walking Tour of Lowell’s Acre, Then and Now By Leo Racicot      The Lowell Acre neighborhood streets I walked as a boy are much changed as I walk them now. True, the look of the landscape is pretty much the same –when I stand in my yard or go…