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Instruction

Instruction – (PIP #41) By Louise Peloquin A hundred years ago, a call for instruction. L’Etoile, September 3, 1924 Instruction  (Of Liberty)         Our little schoolchildren, with schoolbags strapped over their shoulders, will soon return to school.      Vacation time and endless games will have lasted the lifespan of…

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Lowell Politics: Sept 29, 2024

At Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting, councilors received a comprehensive presentation from a representative of Commonwealth Care Alliance, a 20-year-old Boston-based nonprofit corporation that has contracted with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to operate the family emergency shelter program housed in the former UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center in downtown…

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Lowell Politics: Sept 22, 2024

There was no Lowell City Council meeting this past week, so I’ll pick up where I left off in my last newsletter and share some more thoughts on elections and mail-in voting. In the aftermath of the September 3, 2024, primary election, people asked me, “Were you surprised by the…

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Living Madly: Harvest Home

Living Madly: Harvest Home By Emilie-Noelle Provost *This essay is dedicated to my sister Morgan who loves fairs so much she got married on the Ferris wheel at the Franklin Country Fair in Greenfield. **** When I was very young, my family used to go to the Marshfield Fair every…

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Review of “Portraits Along the Way”

Portraits Along the Way: 1976-2024 by Paul Marion. Reviewed by Richard Howe For more than a dozen years I’ve been leading tours of historic Lowell Cemetery. If it’s not raining, we average 80 to 100 people on each tour with many return visitors. Although Lowell Cemetery is a beautiful place,…

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