The Community Preservation Committee decided not to support the article on the Town Meeting Warrent that would require a minimum of 5% of CPA funds be spent or put aside annually for recreation. Earlier they had decided to recommend a 10% annual cap, but they re-convened this week to discuss the ramifications of that decision.
During [...]

 

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I expected the usual suspects.. 7 to 10 people might show..
Pride Night at the High School was scheduled for 7:00, yet the School Committee planned a special meeting to work out a process on starting a selection process for a new Superintendent at 6:00 pm.
Instead of only a few, over 50 Parents, PTO Leaders, past [...]

 

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Tom Tierney’s joining the race for the 5th congressional district improves the situation for Dracut’s Jim Ogonowski.
While the Democratic candidates have been having ongoing debates and forums, the lone Republican has tended to be overlooked (intentionally or not), while he has to wait for the primary election to be over to have his place in [...]

You gotta wonder..
It was announced during the last Board of Selectmen meeting that Gary McCarthy could not attend the first Town Meeting this year because he has to be operated on that day (a situation he found out about on election day).
Now, as the Sun Reports today, Kathy Graham plans to start off the Town [...]

A special meeting of the Dracut School Committee is being held on Wednesday, May 30th at 6:00pm at the Community Room of the Lakeview JHS.
A posting on the calendar at the town website lists the purpose of the meeting as “Discussing selection process of hiring a new Superintendent of Schools”
As noted elsewhere, this meeting is [...]

It looked like rain at first, but the sky cleared in time for this year’s Memorial Day Parade.
I only got as far as Hannafords this year (parking at the annex seemed the best move, to be able to get out later).
I got some pictures of setup over at the Greenmont, and then found a Verizon [...]

As you know, Memorial Day is a time to honor deceased American Veterans. Each year after the parade there is a ceremony at the monument in the High School parking lot. Generally there is a guest speaker, taps and the National Anthem is played, and veterans who’ve died the previous year are recognized. [...]

Hmm.. no mention of the name, but it is clear that outgoing Librarian Susan Schwarz is referring to Dracut Forum when she mentions an outside web site in her latest article in the Valley Dispatch.
The info did get to me fairly quickly and I’m sure she never was too happy with my support of the [...]

Big long discussion about this yesterday on WCAP’s Saturday Morning Live.
The last School Committee meeting, and the resulting effects of it (Espindle deciding not to renew her contract, Deeb already starting the process to replace her) seem to be the talk of the town.
Everyone seems to be blaming each other, but we all know that [...]