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Gulf War Notebook (1991) By Paul Marion In early 1991, I was a freelance writer and editor, often working at home, which was the case during the early days of the Gulf War in the administration of President George H. W. Bush. I was drawn in to the media coverage.…
Read More »Barbers and Barbershops By Leo Racicot One of my favorite trips with Papa was when he’d drive the old Plymouth up to Cupples Square to Dick the Barber’s, to have my hair cut. Dick would give dad a quick clean-up then Papa would lift me up into the same barber’s…
Read More »Book Review: Running Deep: Bravery, Survival, and the True Story of the Deadliest Submarine in World War II by Tom Clavin. This book is about the USS Tang, a US World War II submarine operating in the Pacific. Tang sank more ships than any other US submarine during the war.…
Read More »Speeches, songs, poems, prayers, concerts, dances, lights, pushes, shoves and much more! – (PIP #99) – Louise Peloquin Celebrations have changed but the message is still Happy Birthday Lowell! __________ L’Etoile – Front page March 2, 1926 LOWELL CELEBRATES ITS CENTENNIAL IN SPLENDID STYLE __________ WITH WIDESPREAD AND INDESCRIBABLE…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans is a beautifully written novel in epistolary style, presented as a series of fictional letters, mostly penned by one Sybil Van Antwerp over eighty+ years. Even as a child, she wrote letters, finding it easier…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Call me a masochist. I watched all of Trump’s State-of-the-Union speech. The President painted a picture of the nation as he wanted to see it. It was a swirling mix of fantasy, twisted rhetoric and outright lies. We’ve…
Read More »Happy Birthday to Lowell! Two hundred years ago today the legislation that created the town of Lowell took effect. **** Debate over a proposed lease for the Lowell Senior Center dominated Tuesday’s city council meeting (February 24, 2026). In the end, it failed on a tie vote with Councilors Dan…
Read More »Time of the End of the Season Part Three By Bob Hodge Bob Hodge grew up in Lowell and went on to graduate from Lowell High (1973) and University of Lowell (1990). He was (and still is) one the greatest runners to come out of this region. He’s also a…
Read More »You Need to Work on Your Sweeping By Rich Grady It’s been nearly four years since my wife passed away. I think of her all the time. Every morning when I walk into the kitchen, I grab the broom and start to sweep, as she always did. I am always…
Read More »Diners By Leo Racicot Diners are as American as mom and apple pie. In the late part of the 18th century, an enterprising Providence, Rhode Island man, Walter Scott, began serving night workers (newspaper employees, nighttime vending hawkers, graveyard shift factory workers) sandwiches and coffee out of his horse-drawn wagon. The…
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