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On Tuesday the City Council voted unanimously to prohibit the use of “second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides” (SGARs) on city-owned properties. Eight residents spoke in support of the ordinance, and one spoke against it. A rodenticide is a pesticide intended to “prevent, destroy, repel or mitigate rodents that are declared to be…

Opinion: Destruction of Smith Baker Center is Short Sighted Suicide By Cameron DaCosta This piece is a guest contribution from UMass Lowell Class of 2022 alumnus Cameron DaCosta. The views and opinions expressed herein are the author’s own, and do not necessarily reflect those of Richard Howe Jr. I want…

Why I Love Lowell By Jacqueline Malone I’ve lived in Lowell longer than any other place—ten years longer than I lived in my home state, Tennessee, for the first 21 years of my life. Both Tennessee and Lowell have their own strong ties to my heart. But I recently left…

Educational offerings  in Lowell –  (PIP #56) By Louise Peloquin     After last week’s peek into the past at Lowell High School (1), here are three articles on educational offerings. The first presents opportunities for Lowell workers. The second brings up the recurring “back to basics versus specialized course” debate. A surprising news item follows.…

The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson is a relatively short, exquisitely written novel (published five years ago) about two Black families, divided by economic status, whose lives become joined when their children conceive a baby. Iris, 16, insists…

The Lowell City Council met on Tuesday but as has been the case recently, nothing major stood out. There were several motions that I found deserving of comment which I’ll get to them shortly, but first some news about Mill No. 5. The long-awaited transfer of ownership of the upper…

Space, Time and God By Stephen O’Connor I’ve been cogitating over this whole “time” thing. Space, too. I heard a Nobel Prize winning physicist on the radio say that all the matter in the universe originally fit into a teacup full of super-dense material. This is a dubious theory, since…

Television Review: “Aaron Rodgers: Enigma” — An Abstruse Athlete Review by David Daniel This review originally appeared on The Arts Fuse (which is “Boston’s Premier Online Arts Magazine” – please check it out.) **** Near the end of Enigma, a new Netflix documentary about Aaron Rodgers, there’s a segment that…

LHS a century ago – (PIP #55) By Louise Peloquin To echo Richard Howe’s January 12, 2025 substack (1), here is a throwback into Lowell High School. L’Etoile – September 17, 1924 THE HIGH SCHOOL BARELY SUFFICES FOR ALL OF THE STUDENTS There are 2510 students this year. – That…

Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting was brief with just three motions and a handful of motion responses on the agenda. None seemed controversial. In the absence of any pressing council business, today I’ll provide a preview of the coming city election which will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.…