“Meanderings” by Jim Peters

Some observations from Jim Peters:     I have not written about the meanderings of my mind for quite a while.  It is probably time that I do so.  I was thinking of how peaceful it is in Lowell’s politic since Kevin Murphy became City Manager.  Kevin definitely knew how…

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“Howl Against Censorship” by Julie Mofford

Julie Mofford, a former staffer at the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, who currently lives in midcoast Maine where she writes and works as a museum and historical society consultant, shares this story about government censorship with a Lowell connection: As Lowell Historic Preservation Commission’s representative on the Kerouac Committee, I…

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Coakley v Baker by precinct in Lowell

Although Charlie Baker defeated Martha Coakley in this year’s gubernatorial election, Coakley won Lowell with 10,364 votes to Baker’s 8,915.  As for the others on the ballot for that office, Falchuk got 661 votes; Lively got 208; and McCormick got 210. Here are the precinct-by-precinct results for the governor’s race…

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