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“Lowell has responded splendidly” – (PIP #75) By Louise Peloquin The National Defense Day program was one of the items on the September 3rd 1924 Lowell City Council meeting agenda. (1) Posting it seems appropriate on the eve of America’s 250th birthday. L’Étoile – Front page, September 12, 1924 A PARADE OF 7000…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. Lost and Found: Coming of Age in the Washington Press Corps by Ellen Hume captures the idealism of a young reporter, from her early days as a cub in California, moving to the L.A. Times and its Washington Bureau, and…
Read More »The Lowell City Council met on Tuesday night. As is often the case with the summer schedule of just two meetings per month, the council did not get through the meeting agenda before its 10 pm deadline. Although the council can waive the 10 pm rule, doing so requires a…
Read More »Television in the 1960s By Leo Racicot My earliest memory of television is watching Big Brother Bob Emery, a local kids show out of Boston. Bob Emery was a broadcaster who hosted a live audience of children. My favorite part of his program came when Big Brother Bob told us kids…
Read More »“More Pride Please!” – (PIP # 74) By Louise Peloquin L’Etoile regularly published pieces on Franco-American identity – being American of French-Canadian descent. On this June 24th, when French-Canadians north and south of the border celebrate Saint Jean-Baptiste’s feast day, here’s a throwback with an editorial excerpt. L’Etoile – April 4,…
Read More »The entry below is being cross posted from Marjorie Arons-Barron’s own blog. The Known World by Edward P. Jones , published in 2003, is a richly woven saga set in antebellum South between 1840 and 1860. The central focus is the Townsend family headed by Augustus and Mildred, who are freed former…
Read More »There was no Lowell City Council meeting this week due to the summer schedule so today’s newsletter will dip into Lowell history. Two weeks ago, I wrote about the history of Clemente Park, the three-acre parcel on Middlesex Street that has become a center of social, cultural and recreational activity…
Read More »Popular Eateries, Lowell, 1960s By Leo Racicot Once our circle of friends got our driver’s licenses, it enabled us to socialize beyond the confines of school. A frequent gathering place was Skip’s Restaurant, out on Chelmsford Street. It was also a magnet for families wanting good, plain, American fare, or…
Read More »After the Rallies By Rev. Steve Edington Said Joe what they could never kill went on to organize. “Ballad of Joe Hill” by Alfred Hayes As I went home from the two No Kings rallies I attended last Saturday (6.14)—one at Kerouac Park in Lowell and one in my…
Read More »Drowning Out the End of Democracy By Bill O’Connell I’d rather trim my grass and sit when I want to than tackle the world gone rogue — Trump’s hawking crypto and missiles in the Middle East, abetting genocide. I’d rather clip a rosebush, plant more peas — I’d rather keep…
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