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The Lowell City Council met on Tuesday night. The longest and most intense discussion involved a proposed amendment to the city’s “Peace and Good Order” ordinance that would impose a new limitation on already-legal “needle exchange programs” by prohibiting such programs from operating within 1000 feet of a school. In…

 I Give Thanks for Kindness Rev. Steve Edington [This is the text of an editorial that was published in the November 26, 2025 issue of the New Hampshire Union Leader.] Strange as it may sound, my most uplifting experience in recent days was a memorial service I attended at the…

My Thanksgivings By Leo Racicot      Artist Norman Rockwell wasn’t far off-the-mark in his wholesome, homespun depictions of how Thanksgivings were celebrated in the middle years of the 20th century. His illustrations of families gathered together around the table, gazing hungrily at the turkey being carried in by a doting…

This is another of our Lowell Stories series, which we hope to make a regular feature on this website. If you have a story to share, get in touch and we’ll help preserve it in print. We’ll even write it for you if that would help.  Richard Howe Lowell Stories – Keeping…

How much? – (PIP #88) By Louise Peloquin      How much would a Thanksgiving dinner have cost the American manufacturing industry worker earning a weekly average of $24.41 in November 1926? (1)      “Peeks into the past” #7 and #49 have also provided examples of early 20th-century (1917) grocery prices as well as…

The Lowell City Council met on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. The agenda was relatively light considering there had been no meeting the previous week due to Veterans Day and the meeting before that had only lasted seven minutes because it coincided with the city election. On Tuesday, the Council did…

Living Madly: Quiet Blessings By Emilie-Noelle Provost Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. There’s always been something special about waking up on Thanksgiving morning: the low-slung angle of the sun as it lights up the bare trees, multicolored leaves scattered along the ground, the quiet street, the delicious smell of sage…

“Fait divers” – (PIP #87) By Louise Peloquin Daily news coverage has always included briefs about accidents, crimes and unexpected events. These human interest stories fed reader curiosity much like social media does today. Here are examples of L’Etoile’s “faits divers.” L’Etoile – December 24, 1924 TWO LOWELL WOMEN  ARRESTED YESTERDAY IN…

There was no city council meeting this week due to Veterans Day falling on Tuesday, so I’ll do another dive into Lowell history. In two recent city council meetings, City Manager Tom Golden has talked optimistically about redevelopment plans for the former Lowell District Court and its neighbor, the UMass…