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Lowell Municipal Elections: 1965-2015
Were you happy about Tuesday’s election results? Perplexed? Eager to put them in historical context? If you answer “yes” to any of those questions, you should get a copy of Lowell Municipal Elections: 1965-2015 which gives the full details of every city election over the past 50 years. The…
Read More »2017 Preliminary Election Results
2017 Lowell Preliminary Election Results Results from the September 26, 2017 preliminary election. 7680 people voted which constitutes 11.7 percent of all registered voters. Here is the order of finish and votes: Ed Kennedy – 3266 John Leahy – 3262 Bill Samaras – 3254 Vesna Nuon – 3095 Rita Mercier…
Read More »Election Results, 9/26/17
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Read More »Lowell Festival ’81
Lowell has a great tradition of festivals. Last week I posted the lineup of performances in the summer of 1990. Today, the schedule of “Festival ‘81”, a weeklong roster of events built around Memorial Day 1981. Friday, May 22, 1981 9 am to 9 pm: Acadian Traveling Art Exhibition –…
Read More »Lowell in World War One: Sept 24 – Sept 29, 1917
This is the 24th 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 24, 1917 – Monday – American troops in France…
Read More »Support Puerto Rico; Many Lowell Connections
My friend Juan Carlos Rivera posted this notice on Facebook, which I am sharing here. The people of Puerto Rico need a lot of help to recover from the fierce hurricane that hit them. People are suffering in Florida, Texas, Louisiana, the Virgin Islands—all part of the American family. And…
Read More »Lowell Week in Review: September 24, 2017
2017 Preliminary Election Lowell’s preliminary election for the city council is this Tuesday, September 26, 2017. Polls will be open from 7am until 8pm. If you want to vote in the preliminary election but are not sure of where you are supposed to vote, Secretary of State William Galvin’s website…
Read More »Lowell Cemetery Tours Today & Tomorrow
Lowell Cemetery tours today at 1 pm and tomorrow (Saturday, Sept 23) at 10 am. Both start at Knapp Ave entrance, alongside Shedd Park. Tours are free and last about 90 minutes.
Read More »“What Happened?” Clinton gets it by Marjorie Arons-Barron
The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. “What Happened?” It’s a question many have been asking at least daily for the last ten months. So it’s an apt title for Hillary Clinton’s new book, a reasonably clear-eyed analysis of the 2016 presidential election debacle. While…
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