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Continuing our “Lowell preliminary election week,” here are the results of the 1983 Lowell City Council preliminary election: 1. Richard Howe 6838 2. Armand LeMay 6353 3. Robert Kennedy 6202 4. Raymond Rourke 6178 5. Edmond “Gus” Coutu 6087 6. M. Bendan Fleming 5743 7. Edward Kennedy 5637 8. Brian…
Read More »September in odd-numbered years is traditionally the time for city of Lowell preliminary elections. Since there aren’t enough candidates to require a preliminary this year, I thought I would post the results of some past preliminary elections this week starting with the 1963 Lowell City Council preliminary election. The first…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Yes, it’s past Labor Day, but it’s still summer weather. And, while the calendar is getting more cluttered, it’s still easy to cling to the image of long walks in the sunshine, leisurely reading and cold soups…
Read More »The following was distributed earlier today as my weekly Substack newsletter on Lowell politics. If you’d like to receive this weekly update by email in the future, sign up here. **** In my newsletter of August 27, 2023, I reviewed the Lowell City Council’s discussion of the possible use of the…
Read More »PIP #1 – “Banks & bills” By Louise Peloquin For months, the media has been covering news about inflation, utility costs, tax hikes, bank failures and credit ratings. Here is a “peek into the past” (PIP) at bygone bills and banks. ********* On August 22nd, “A Star on Prince Street”…
Read More »“I’m Nothing Special, in Fact I’m a Bit of a Bore…but I Have a Talent, a Wonderful Thing” By Malcolm Sharps I’m nothing special, in fact I’m a bit of a bore If I tell a joke, you’ve probably heard it before But I have a talent, a wonderful thing…
Read More »As is our Labor Day tradition, we’re reposting the lead editorial from the September 7, 1992 edition of The New York Times – A Labor Day piece about the then-recently opened Boott Cotton Mills Museum which is thirty years old this year. The Boott Cotton Mills Museum is open daily…
Read More »The following was distributed earlier today as my weekly Substack newsletter on Lowell politics. If you’d like to receive this weekly update by email in the future, sign up here. **** The Lowell City Council held a special meeting on Monday, August 28, 2023, to continue work on the proposed Accessory…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons Barron’s own blog. Going Back to T-Town: The Ernie Fields Territory Big Band by Boston journalist Carmen Fields is a memoir of her father, trombonist, pianist, music arranger and band leader of the Ernie Fields Big Band. The saga covers many of…
Read More »Special Friends By Jack McDonough I have had a few special friends in my life and I suspect that’s probably true of everybody. You enjoy each other’s company, you share common interests and, especially, the same sense of humor. One of my special friends was a guy named Donn, whom…
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