Month: November 2022

1. Fire Department Overtime Budget Most of last night’s calories were burned on a vote relative to the Fire Department overtime budget: That the amount of Nine Hundred Thousand and 00/100 ($900,000) Dollars be hereby further appropriated by raising from the FY2023 tax levy, additional local receipts, and offset receipts and appropriating to the Lowell…

1. Kalamata, Greece: Sister City Update Our new “sister city” relationship with the city that gifted us both Yanni and its olives is already bearing more fruit. In April of this year, Lowell formally entered into an agreement with Kalamata based on a “collective interest to broaden and strengthen ties between the two cities.” As,…

1. Guns N’ Lowell As an American, I’ve pretty much come to terms with the fact that I’m going to die in a hail of bullets someday. Nevertheless, it seems that many of my fellow citizens still had some hope that their communities’ laws could protect them. I imagine many were disappointed this past June…