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Later this morning the new bridge across the Merrimack River that will connect Merrimack Street and University Avenue will be dedicated to my father, Richard P. Howe, in honor of his forty consecutive years on the Lowell City Council which included four terms as mayor. His final council term ended…
Read More »The new Richard P. Howe Bridge which will connect Merrimack Street and University Ave will open this Tuesday, November 19, 2013. The State Department of Transportation will host a ceremony to open and to dedicate the bridge which is named for my father who served forty consecutive years on the…
Read More »I’m pleased to announce that Robert Gignac has agreed to become a contributor to this site by submitting blog posts from time to time on a variety of issues. Here’s his first: Last week, OMR Architects presented the following information to the Facility Subcommittee (Chair Jim Leary, Kristin Ross-Sitcawich and…
Read More »I borrowed this title from Joe Donahue’s poem sequence about JFK in his 1989 book Before Creation. I imagine a drawer in an old bureau in the cellar or attic filled with collectibles from the Kennedy years. Campaign pins, scrapbooks, LIFE magazine issues. I still have in my office at…
Read More »It seems that everyone is still recovering from the election. Usually at this time of the year all attention shifts to the selection of the next mayor. This year, as I discussed last week, Rodney Elliott immediately lined up commitments from a majority of councilors so he should be the…
Read More »November 11, 2013 – Monday Veteran’s Day November 12, 2013 – Tuesday 883 Westford St for $49,000. Prior sale in 1967 36 Fulton St for $77,000. Prior sale in 1997 for $43,500 45 Atlantic St for $259,900. Prior sale in 1952 November 13, 2013 – Wednesday 53 S. Loring St…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The talking heads are calling this year’s snafus in the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act Obama’s Katrina, likening it to the FEMA debacle in responding to the deadly 2005 hurricane that wasted Louisiana. I think the handling of…
Read More »Following are excerpts from a seqence of poems titled “Purple Ritual” in Joseph Donahue’s first book of poems, Before Creation (1989). The sequence in much longer and more complex than these passages suggest, but today it seemed important to me to share part of this composition for the record. At…
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