We’re Moving

richardhowe.com will be migrating to a new hosting site over the next few days so we’ll be offline during that period. We hope to be back in business on Monday. In the meantime, check our respective Facebook pages and Twitter feeds for Lowell news and commentary. Dick

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Lowell City Council Meeting: January 10, 2017

Unfinished business: Motion by Councilor Elliott, request City Manager contact state regarding installation of “rolling barrier system” for intersection of Gorham St and Lowell Connector. Unfinished business; Motion by Councilors Elliott and Leahy, request city council vote to implement legal measures against National Grid for delays associated with bridge projects…

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Lowell Week in Review: January 8, 2017

New City of Lowell Website Congratulations to all involved in the launch of the new city of Lowell website. It has a great look with plenty of pictures. It also has a responsive design which means it automatically rearranges itself to better fit the screen of your tablet or cell…

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Lowell City Council Meeting: January 3, 2017

Forty-eight hours late, but here is my report on Tuesday’s (relatively) short council meeting: There were a number of reports from the city manager in response to council motions in this week’s packet. There was limited discussion on the reports and several were referred to subcommittees for future meetings. Safe…

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Tough to Take a Walk

Tough to Take a Walk By Mimi Parseghian While reading one of those end of the old year, beginning of the new articles – you know, one of those focusing on finance, career, relationships, health and exercise – I saw an item that I liked: go for a walk outside…

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