I just gotta wonder if this wasn’t another case of Travaglini and DiMasi teaching the new Governor a lesson.
They knew that Patrick’s attempt to trade cash for support for his initiatives would make him look dirty.
In articles all over the state it was revealed that negotitions this weekend quietly were dropped that involved giving the [...]

Joe Campbell really stepped in it this week.
His comments that seemed to attack the town for not treating “safety” as a real issue did not make him look too good.
We are now building sidewalks along all of Lakeview. We pay for crossing guards. We are building lights at the intersections of both the school and [...]

 

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I have to admit, he came across pretty poorly at the last school committee meeting.
He ranted on for a considerable amount of time about the amount of spending directed towards Special Education students.
He even got to the point where he was saying that regular education students are getting less of an education because of this.
If [...]

 

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I think some of these people need to tone down the rhetoric if they are looking from sympathy from the rest of the town.
They live on a majestic hill, within an 18 hole golf course that is ready to open in April.
All the homes seem to have perfect landscaping, the streets are some of the [...]

The Dracut School Committee, after reviewing the proposed budget for an additional 2 weeks, has voted to accept the proposed budget as their “working document.”
This document is what will go into negotiation with the town as we move towards a new town budget for the upcoming year.
It was sort of funny watching them spend 15 [...]

As we mentioned last week, the Board of Selectmen voted to move forward on starting the process to see if the town wants to have an election to form a charter commission.
We took the opportunity on WCAP Saturday Morning Live program to discuss this with Selectman John ZImini (face it, if he comes in he [...]

 

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Dracut Selectman John ZImini joined us on WCAP’s Saturday Morning Live program to discuss the decision of the Massachusetts ABCC (what we’ve come to know as the Alcoholic Beverage Corruption Commission) in regard to Muldoon’s Liquors.
Earlier this year, Muldoons was caught selling liquor to minors. It wasn’t an employee, it was the owner, and it [...]

 

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By DENNIS SHAUGHNESSEY, Sun Staff Lowell Sun
DRACUT — Several selectmen are throwing up their hands in frustration after the state’s liquor commission remanded a 30-day license suspension back to the board.
The Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission indicated that while they agree that Muldoon Liquors sold alcohol to minors in 2006, the 30-day suspension was excessive for [...]

News of the Wierd with Tim Bomil.
From WCAP, AM 980 in Lowell, MA Saturday Morning Live program

 

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