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This is the 57th installment of my Lowell in World War One series which commemorates the centennial of the entry of the United States into World War One. Here are the headlines from one hundred years ago for the past two weeks: May 27, 1918 – Monday – Germans renew…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Candide says, “We must cultivate our garden,” and it’s all the more important today as an escape from Donald Trump and the malevolent cacophony he brews. My garden is one reason I shall never move out of our…
Read More »UPDATE: Tonight at 6:30 pm there will be a public meeting of the Lowell City Council’s Ad-Hoc Subcommittee on Election Laws at the Dr. An Wang School, 365 West Meadow Road in Lowell. The purpose of this meeting is to hear the opinions of residents about the city’s form of…
Read More »Democratic State Convention The Massachusetts State Democratic Convention was held Friday night and yesterday at the DCU Center in Worcester. In a gubernatorial election year like this one, the purpose of the convention is twofold: To nominate Democratic candidates for statewide office, and to endorse one of those candidates for…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian shares her observations on past week in Lowell politics: The FY 2019 Lowell City Budget is on line. This year’s edition has 682 pages, the largest ever. With the ability to use software that presents graphs, tables, side bars, images as well as eye-catching and easy to read…
Read More »Mimi Parseghian provides a preview of tonight’s Lowell City Council meeting: The City Manager’s section of the Agenda dominates this week’s City Council Meeting. It is mostly in preparation for the submittal of the FY 2019 Budget. It is essential information; not just for policy wonks but for all of…
Read More »Today at the Centralville Veteran’s Park in Lowell, a new monument was unveiled in honor of Normand Brissette of Lowell who died in the atomic bomb blast at Hiroshima. A survivor of that blast, Shigeaki Mori, who was 8 at the time of the explosion, devoted his life to uncovering…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The nickname for any Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance is “Deputy Governor.” Jay Gonzalez, A & F Secretary under Governor Deval Patrick, wants to remove the “deputy.” He’s working hard to defeat lifelong activist and minister Bob…
Read More »Here are the remarks I delivered yesterday at the Greater Lowell Veteran’s Council Memorial Day Ceremony at Lowell Memorial Auditorium. I serve as the Council’s historian. One hundred years ago today, the Allied armies in France faced a crisis. The new Soviet government in Russia had signed a peace treaty…
Read More »Memorial Day This morning the Greater Lowell Veterans Council will host its annual Memorial Day Remembrance Service. The first part of the event begins at 10 am at the Ladd and Whitney Monument in front of City Hall. There, the roll of local veterans who have died in the past…
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