We were joined this morning by incumbent candidates for office Selectman Ken Cunha and School Committee Member May Paquette.
Ken spoke very well on his ideas in regard to the Town Hall issue (the most important one in town at the moment) and responded easily to the questions on CPA spending, the Town Manager, the library, [...]

 

 Ken Cunha on WCAP [21:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 May Paquette on WCAP [25:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Looks like Sunday is going to be a busy day in Dracut.
A fundraising party for Selectman Ken Cunha is being held on Sunday from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at the Lo Kai restaurant on Lakeview.
I believe the Harmony Hall Open House is the same afternoon in that area as well around the same time. Stop [...]

Join us this Saturday Morning, from 8:00 am to 9:00 am as we welcome School Committee Candidate May Paquette, and Candidate for Selectman Ken Cunha.
Each of these guests are incumbents in their respective races, thus brining a level of experience to thier race.
What do they consider their successes? Where do they think they have not [...]

From 2:00 pm to 8:00 pm on SundayApril 1.
The Committee to Elect Mike Miles to the Dracut School Committee is holding a fund raiser at O’Hara’s Tavern at 1734 Lakeview Ave.
Stop in and meet the candidate. Let him know your issues, get your voice heard.

Police Department Move Delayed
During the Dracut Board of Selectmen Meeting this evening, Town Manager Dennis Piendak reported that the opening of the new Police Station will be delayed for a few weeks as they work out problems with the plumbing and smoke detectors in the cells. The rest of the building seems to be ready [...]

 

 Selectman Cox discusses Golf Course Lawsuit [2:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

As the number of votes has dwindled down in the polls to the right, it is now time to allow people to vote again!
All the original votes are still in there, now is the time to put in your vote for your second candidate.. or you can repeat your vote for your favorite.
I will continue [...]

The Dracut School Committee issued their annual (well, at least this year’s) review of School Superintendent Elaine Espindle last night. Dennis Shaughnessey did a nice write-up of the presentation in this morning’s paper.
The “point value” of the review did go down a small amout since her last review (almost a year and a half ago).
In [...]

The Lowell Sun picked up on this event that occurred a number of months ago.
During the interview with Jim O’Loughlin yesterday, I brought up this issue (somewhere around minute 22:00 in the audio pod) and he was reluctant to go into it because it involved his challenger’s husband. (I had not known this when [...]

Dracut Selectman Jim O’Loughlin appeared as our first guest on WCAP ’s Saturday Morning Live this week.
Also scheduled for this week was School Committee Candidate Joe Campbell, but he had to cancel at the last minute due to another commitment.
Attached is a copy of the interview with O’Loughlin.
Listen next week during the 8:00 to 9:00 [...]

 

 Jim O'Loughlin on WCAP [28:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download