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The Globe’s Tale of Two Cities article
The Boston Globe yesterday in “A tale of two cities, and both of them are Lowell,” examined the competing views of what Lowell should look like moving into the future. The in-depth article, with quotes from former Mayor Bud Caulfield to recent Lowell High graduate Elmer Martinez, and many in…
Read More »Books for Sale This Saturday
If you don’t yet have a copy of History as It Happens: Citizen Bloggers in Lowell, Mass, stop by Mill No. 5 this Saturday from noon until 4 pm. We’ll have a table there as part of the now every-Saturday “A Little Bazaar at Mill No. 5.” Besides History as…
Read More »Lowell in World War One: Sept 3 – Sept 8, 1917
This is the 21th weekly 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 this week: September 3, 1917 – Monday – Labor Day Programs. Labor…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: September 3, 2017
Lowell School Committee vs City of Lowell The full name of the case is Lowell School Committee versus City of Lowell, by and through its City Manager and the Lowell City Council, Docket Number 1781CV02593. It was filed in Middlesex Superior Court on August 31, 2017, and was assigned to…
Read More »Harry was saved from Harvey, but questions remain by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. After three harrowing days, our cousins and their dog, Harry (see photo from drier days), were rescued Monday from their home in the Meyerland section of Houston. They live but a stone’s throw from a bayou in a gracious…
Read More »Lowell in World War One: August 27 – September 1, 1917
This is the 20th weekly 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 this week: August 27, 1917 – Monday – Many Lowell people visit…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: August 27, 2017
MSBA Defers Lowell High Decision The Massachusetts School Building Authority’s Board of Directors took up the Lowell High School project on Wednesday. The relevant item on the agenda said “recommendation for preferred schematic design for the city of Attleboro, the city of Fall River, the town of Harvard, the city…
Read More »Lowell City Council Meeting: August 22, 2017
Response to Council Motions Maintenance of school and city boilers. City Manager Murphy says he has engaged the Collins Center at UMass Boston to do a study on options the city has for building maintenance, whether it involves combining school and city maintenance departments, outsourcing it, or some other option.…
Read More »The hacks want their city back . . .
Elected to the Lowell City Council in 1971 as a 20-year old Lowell State College student, Gail Dunfey lost her 1973 reelection campaign, but as this brochure from that 1973 election makes clear, she went down fighting. Although she only served one term on the council, Dunfey is a key…
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