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Reminder ~ the next GLAD Meeting is this coming SATURDAY! The next regular breakfast meeting of Greater Lowell Area Democrats (GLAD ) will be held this Saturday June 21, 2014 in our usual location in the Independence Grill at the Radisson Hotel Rte. 110 in Chelmsford. This is the last regular meeting before our summer break. AGENDA: The regular agenda will…
Read More »Welcome to the new format for richardhowe.com which is a custom design by Lowell’s own Stellar Web Studios. We will continue to bring you the steady stream of new posts that has characterized the site but the new format will also make it easier to locate and retrieve past content.…
Read More »Congratulations to my sister, Martha Howe, for being selected Lawyer of the Year by the Greater Lowell Bar Association at its annual meeting on June 9, 2014. Martha was unable to attend the meeting and sent this video instead. The video contains cameo appearances by a number of familiar faces.
Read More »BY JULIE MOFFORD Soon after starting my job with Cultural Affairs at Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, Catherine L. Goodwin stopped by the office to discuss a Cultural Grant proposal. She showed me the catalog from the Samuel P. Howes exhibition at the Whistler House Museum (April 6-May 31, 1986) that…
Read More »Summary: The City Council adopted the City Manager’s FY15 Budget as proposed without any changes. The budget amount is $333,987,477. Meeting begins at 6 pm. Councilor Mercier mentions letters from electrical provider to residents about switch in electricity supplier. Assures everyone this is nothing to be concerned about. Budget session…
Read More »From the archives we remember that today June 17 is “Bunker Hill Day” ~ Bunker Hill Day marks the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, also known as the Battle of Breed’s Hill, on June 17 each year. This battle, which occurred in 1775, was part of the Siege…
Read More »The following is excerpted from a notebook in which I wrote about the first Iraq War or Gulf War. With talk of a third Iraq War, I went back to look and decided to share these fragments from 23 years ago.—PM Gulf War Notebook (1991) Feb. 15. Iraq’s Revolutionary Command…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. President Obama said Friday the United States will not be sending American troops back into Iraq. That was firmer than his earlier comment that every possible response to the sectarian war was on the table. The difference is a important. Insanity, we are…
Read More »June 9, 2014 – Monday 200 Market St Unit 3112 for $96,000. Prior sale in 2005 for $154,888 200 Market St Unit B51 for $245,000. Prior sale in 1988 for $110,000 June 10, 2014 – Tuesday 200 Market St Unit 113 for $185,000. Prior sale in 2009 for $187,500 417-419…
Read More »Last night I posted the results of the delegate voting at yesterday’s Democratic State Convention and Friday I wrote about that night’s speeches by Elizabeth Warren and Deval Patrick. Tonight I’ll wrap up my convention reports with short summaries of the speeches given by the various candidates: Deb Goldberg (Treasurer)…
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