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What’s on Tonight? By Jacqueline McDonald The sun set in the winter of 1968 on my part-time job as the uncredited TV reporter for the Lowell Sun. The unsupervised job was to copy licensed show summaries and format them for the paper’s TV section. Not much fun in that. Instead,…
Read More »Dry Spell – (PIP #81) By Louise Peloquin Weather news has always ignited readership interest. L’Étoile – October 28, 1924 THE DANGERS OF THE PROLONGED DROUGHT _____ Hunting permits could be suspended in order to avoid the dangers of forest fires. _____ For several weeks now, drought has…
Read More »The entry below is being cross-posted from Marjorie Arons -Barron own blog. Help me out here. I’m struggling with conflicting messages about Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA and inspirational leader especially to young, college-age conservatives. In our ever-escalating culture of violence, his horrific assassination has become the latest…
Read More »Last Saturday I traveled to Springfield for the Massachusetts Democratic State Convention, a decidedly niche event for most readers. However, with no city council meeting this week and with the city’s preliminary election behind us, today’s newsletter will look ahead to next fall’s state election. Unless you’re obsessed with politics,…
Read More »Back in the USA By Rev. Steve Edington There was never the slightest doubt in my mind that I’d be on the plane from London’s Heathrow airport to Boston when it was time to leave. Five of the major reasons were getting on board with me: My wife, son, daughter-in-law,…
Read More »On Saturday, September 20, and Sunday, September 21, 2025, both at 10am, I will lead walking tours of historic Lowell Cemetery. The tours cover the same material and both begin at the Knapp Avenue entrance of the cemetery (use 77 Knapp Ave on your GPS).
Read More »Living Madly: Night of the Treefrogs By Emilie-Noelle Provost The other night, I heard a chorus of gray treefrogs coming from the oak trees in my backyard. Native to the Northeast, these small frogs normally begin their mating calls in May after hibernating all winter. But because environmental conditions in…
Read More »With his book Estate Sale, Dan Murphy won the 2024 Agha Shahid Ali Prize in Poetry at the University of Utah Press. A writer with Lowell roots, he lives in the region with his family. Former US Poet Laureates Natasha Trethewey and Robert Pinsky call the book “a lovely…
Read More »Is target practice necessary? – (PIP # 80) By Louise Peloquin Coverage on Lowell police training. L’Étoile – December 5, 1924 THE POLICE DOES NOT NEED REVOLVER PRACTICE ——- Deputy Downey says using this arm is a rather simple affair. ——- Responding to journalists yesterday, Deputy Superintendent…
Read More »The Lowell City Council resumed meeting last week for the first time since August 12, 2025. Before getting to that, let’s look at last Tuesday’s preliminary election results. Preliminary elections were required in just three council districts. Here are the results with incumbent councilors indicated by “(I)” and the candidates…
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