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Lowell Politics: June 1, 2025

Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting mostly involved adopting the city’s fiscal year 2026 budget. Today, I’ll highlight some of the discussions that took place and otherwise share some thoughts on city finances. For those who want more granular information, City Manager Tom Golden’s overview of the budget and the detailed…

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Memorable Teachers

Memorable Teachers By Leo Racicot See photos at end of story.  Mr. Trull was a terrifying man. For one thing, to our young freshmen minds, he looked like he was a hundred years old. This was confirmed for me when I came home and my mother asked me how my…

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“Onto the Other Side” (2 Oct 1924)

“Onto the other side” –  (PIP #71) By Louise Peloquin Visitors traditionally gather at cemeteries during Memorial Day weekend to pay homage to loved ones passed “over unto the other side.” (1)      Last year, a “peek into the past” covered the 1917 procession which gathered thousands at St.-Joseph Cemetery.…

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Lowell Politics: May 24, 2025

The Lowell City Council met Tuesday and covered several issues deserving of comment. Councilor Corey Belanger moved that the city “work with community partners to organize a regional fundraiser to benefit the Lowell Folk Festival Foundation.” Addressing the council on this motion, Art Sutcliffe, the Foundation chair, explained that the…

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History of Kittredge Park

  As the weather warms and the outside turns vibrant green, my thoughts go to the many parks in the city of Lowell and their history. This is a republication of a story I wrote several years ago about Kittredge Park at the corner of Andover and Nesmith streets.  In…

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Morning Mondo and a Question

Morning Mondo and A Question  By Jim Provencher  What’s the plan, Poppy, now that you’re getting up there, you going to ash or ground? My six-year-old grandson hits me with these questions out of nowhere, no holds barred morning mysteries, no filter, no curb, no screen. Ashes, I guess—why take…

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Last Outpost Layover

Last Outpost Layover By Jim Provencher   Stalled at a kind of boundary line awaiting orders Another afternoon of pink grapefruit, soda & gin People die, places endure In a space of dead treelines and dry creekbeds Chipping away at dense blocks of gravity Noguchi-gouged granite, brutally knocking into the heart…

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