By Shawn on Dec 20, 2006 in Local Businesses, Teens | 0 Comments
I guess I don’t harp on this enough, but Dan Morrell at the Lowell Sun had a great article pointing out the issue this week.
Too many times, kids in a tough situation spiral down too quickly to the point where they have no chance to get out of the pit they’ve dug for themselves.
Often, from [...]
By Shawn on Dec 20, 2006 in Local Businesses, Municipal, Town Committees/Boards | 1 Comment
Well, we need to take a little more time to work out the kinks.
If you were watching the Board of Selectman’s meeting tonite, you may have noticed that we were getting an excellent picture.
The new High Definition cameras and portable studio did an excellent job delivering the picture. More than excellent. It was the best [...]

Jack Lyons talks Cable Access Corp [4:03m]:
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By Shawn on Dec 17, 2006 in Events, WCAP | 1 Comment
As Warren noted earlier:
Just got a call from our friends doing the accounting.
We did it. Latest number is over 50k
The Salvation Army gave us a target of fifty thousand dollars this year for the WCAP Salvation Army Radiothon. Last year, we reached $38,000 by the end of the day.
2539
This year, we added some new people [...]
By Shawn on Dec 17, 2006 in Dracut Elections | 0 Comments
From the Lowell Sun Column:
DRACUT ATTORNEY George Malliaros will run for selectman in May. Malliaros will challenge incumbent Selectmen O’Loughlin and Kenneth Cunha, who is finishing out the term left vacant by the death of Jack DiTillio in 2005.
“I don’t care who else is running, Malliaros said while leaving the polls at the M.G. Parker [...]
By Shawn on Dec 14, 2006 in Dracut | 0 Comments
By DENNIS SHAUGHNESSEY, Sun Staff Article
Last Updated:12/14/2006 06:23:36 PM EST
DRACUT — A Middlesex Grand Jury indicted former Dracut Town Treasurer James Doukszewicz today on charges that he embezzled more than $60,000 over a two-year period.
“It’s really disappointing when a public official breaks the public trust,” said Dracut Deputy Police Chief David Chartrand, who assisted in [...]
By Shawn on Dec 14, 2006 in Dracut Elections | 0 Comments
Dracut Board of Selectmen Chair Jim O’Loughlin took a turn on WCAP’s Morning show with George Anthus this morning.
It being the day after the failure of the proposal for a debt exclusion, this was obviously the topic of discussion for the morning.
I caught parts of the show.. but not all.
First of all, Jim was quick [...]
By Shawn on Dec 13, 2006 in Sports | 2 Comments
I just got a this note from Mike Y. through the Contact form:
I have moved to Dracut recently and would love to find a mens basketball league or just weekly pickup games. Do you know of any?
I don’t know of any myself, but maybe someone else on here does. I’m not sure if there [...]
By Shawn on Dec 13, 2006 in Dracut Elections | 0 Comments
The special election on a Proposition 2-1/2 debt exclusion for the construction of a new town hall failed today, with the votes coming in nearly 2 to 1 against the proposal.
With 3369 people voting (about 17% of registered voters), 2176 voted against the proposal, and 1193 voted for it. There were no blanks. These numbers [...]

Selectman Cunha Responds [0:34m]:
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By Shawn on Dec 13, 2006 in Dracut Elections | 0 Comments
I’m not going to tell you how to vote..all the facts have been out there for weeks now.
There are people who have good arguments on both sides.
All I can say is that you should go vote.
Wednesday, Dec 13th.. the Polls Are Open
We get to decide today whether to accept this Prop 2-1/2 debt exclusion to [...]