By Shawn on Dec 29, 2006 in Dracut | 0 Comments
Browsing through the archives of the last year, I’ve chosen 12 topics to list as our top issues of 2006 for Dracut.
1. Dracut Town Hall Proposal
The proposal grew, the deadline approaches.. the town leaders rallied to the cause. Alternatives were recommended, temporary breakups, surprising bedfellows.
Ultimately.. the proposal was never accepted by the taxpayers and the [...]
By Shawn on Dec 29, 2006 in Dracut Forum | 0 Comments
I did a small update to the site layout. If you’re browser is not displaying properly, you should be able to fix the problem by pressing “Ctrl-R” to reload the stylesheets. Otherwise, if you continue to have problems..try widening your window a little.
By Shawn on Dec 28, 2006 in Massachusetts | 0 Comments
This is just too much…
I really hope Senator Kerry gives it up and ends any attempt at another run for President.
This photo has been floating around the web for a few days now (I’ve enhanced it via photo editing software to bring out the detail in the shadows, you can see the original at: http://www.areavoices.com/hottalk/?blog=5053)
By Shawn on Dec 28, 2006 in Massachusetts | 0 Comments
From the Boston.com report:
The Supreme Judicial Court said yesterday that while state lawmakers have a constitutional duty to vote on a ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage, the justices could not order the Legislature to vote.
“No Controlling Legal Authority” as Al Gore would put it.
I guess it never ends. When it comes to the “public [...]
By Shawn on Dec 28, 2006 in Sports | 0 Comments
The Dracut High School All Sports Boosters are currently in the process of
conducting a fundraising event.
Local businesses will be contacted over the next several weeks to sponsor an ad in the 2007 Program Booklet, to be distributed at our benefit basketball game featuring Current and Former Patriot players.
This game will take [...]
By Shawn on Dec 28, 2006 in Events, Local Businesses | 0 Comments
Just got this note through the Contact form:
Agora Gallery Presents: Six Degrees of Abstraction. Opening on January 26th,the exhibition showcases Dracut artist Michael W. O’Malley.
The paintings of Michael W. O’Malley are an intensely personal journey of discovery through which he has gained the freedom to create works of pure light, color [...]
By Shawn on Dec 27, 2006 in Events, WCAP | 0 Comments
On WCAP’s Saturday Morning Live, Warren Shaw was discussing the detonation last week of old blasting caps found at the Dracut Water District.
On deck were the Professor, Dennis Ready and Bill Dalton (current Chelmsford Selectman and former Fire fighter), as well as Tommy Burne.. one of WCAP’s regulars.
As they concluded their analysis, Dracut Selectman John [...]

Zimini Calls in to WCAP [10:45m]:
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By Shawn on Dec 27, 2006 in Dracut | 0 Comments
News of the Wierd with Tim Bomil.
From WCAP, AM 980 in Lowell, MA Saturday Morning Live program

News of the Weird, December 23, 2006 [3:53m]:
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By Shawn on Dec 23, 2006 in Events, VideoCasts | 0 Comments
I couldn’t let these last two Dracut people get left out, and it gives me one more chance to appeal to readers to donate to the Sun Santa fund.
With these pods, you can catch State Representative Colleen Garry and Lowell Sun reporter Dennis Shaughnessey performing for the Sun Santa program.

Rep Colleen Garry [2:32m]:
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Dennis Shaughnessey [2:38m]:
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