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…

Party & Pay – (PIP #104) By Louise Peloquin From January 20 to March 3, seven peeks into the past presented L’Etoile’s coverage of Lowell’s centennial celebrations. See the links below. (1) Here is a financial follow-up. L’Etoile – April 3, 1926 CENTENNIAL BILLS SUSPENDED __________ The mayor provisionally suspends…

Perhaps the most important thing to arise at last Tuesday’s Lowell City Council meeting was an announcement that City Manager Tom Golden, on behalf of the city, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Solar International Core Canada Ltd (SICC) of Toronto, Canada, in which SICC will serve…

Nana By Leo Racicot Our beloved Nana. Her name was Adele but everybody called her Lena. My friend, David Bowles used to get a kick out of that. I still do. Nana was born in Alexandria, Egypt. As young girls, she and her twin sister, Mariam, emigrated to Paris where…