Archive for April, 2007

Incumbent Candidate May Paquette on Town Talk »

School Committee member May Paquette joined Dennis Ready on Town Talk, a regional talk show produced in Chelmsford and played throughout the Greater Lowell area.
Racing from meeting to meeting, Paquette fit in an interview with Dennis just prior to heading over to Dracut to participate in the Candidate’s Forum.
Dennis and May covered some of the [...]

 
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Ogonowski gets clear track to Republican Nomination in MA-05 »

“With Sullivan and Smerlis on my side, the Republicans can win this race. — Jim Ogonowski”
With the news yesterday that Lawrence Mayor Mike Sullivan and talk show host Fred Smerlis have decided not to run for the Massachusetts 5th District seat being vacated by Marty Meehan, Ogonowski is being green lit to get the Republican [...]

Dracut hopefuls debate some of town’s top issues »

By Dennis Shaughnessey, Lowell Sun
DRACUT — A new town hall, revamping Town Meeting and the school superintendent’s contract.
All grist for the mill as candidates for selectmen and School Committee in the May 7 town election squared off last night in a debate that was televised on Dracut Cable Access Television and sponsored by the Candidates [...]

A Split Board works best for Government »

Just as I like gridlock at the federal level, I like the current situation at our own Board of Selectmen.
At the federal and state levels, gridlock works best to stop them from doing much damage. We’ve pretty much seen that whenever the government tries to solve a problem they just make matters worse and raise [...]

Dracut selectmen rethink liquor store’s suspension Divided board opts for less-stringent three-day penalty »

By Dennis Shaughnessey, Lowell Sun
DRACUT — Going back on their original decision to suspend a liquor store’s license for 30 days for selling to minors last year, selectmen last night imposed what amounts to a three-day suspension on Muldoon Liquors, located at 312 Pleasant St.
Applying Solomon’s wisdom, the board suspended the license for 15 days, [...]

Ogonowski announces run to succeed Meehan »

Tuesday, April 24, 2007
By Globe Staff
Jim Ogonowski became a symbol in Massachusetts of the human toll of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks because his older brother was captain of one of the planes commandeered by terrorists and flown into the World Trade Center. The Dracut resident, whose face is familiar from tributes and memorials, announced [...]

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