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In a letter to his department members, Chief Richardson has asked them to submit to polygraph analysis. He has not required it, and has offered to be the first to be tested.

Chief Kevin Richardson summarized the situation in his letter to the members of the Dracut Police Department:
I am asking you to go beyond the [...]

 

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“Homeward Bound”, a highly successful program based in Brewster (Nickerson Park) which continues the programs and experiences of the historic “Outward Bound” program has been cut in the latest state budget.
From this morning’s Boston Globe:
According to a Homeward Bound survey of 190 probation officers and state Department of Youth Services caseworkers, 68 percent of [...]

Many say regimen has changed lives
By Michael Levenson, Boston Globe Staff  |  June 28, 2007
Homeward Bound, which for nearly four decades has sought to break the cycle of violence by taking teenagers in trouble with the law into the woods of Cape Cod for a month of camping, hiking, canoeing, and self-reflection, is closing [...]

By Dennis Shaughnessey, Lowell Sun
DRACUT — The Police Department and town officials have lived with the embarrassment of $80,000 in stolen drugs for four years.
Appearing before the Board of Selectmen last night, Police Chief Kevin Richardson called on all officers who were on the force when the incident occurred in April 2003 to submit to [...]

I missed our own selectman’s meeting last night, but did catch a report on Stoneham’s in the Boston Globe this morning.
Last week, the town voters had rejected a Proposition 2-1/2 override, after being warned of the large number of cuts that would be required if it had failed. These cuts included school sports.
Now, after the [...]

The Lowell Sun listed not only the 5 members of the Superintendent’s Selection committee, as we did last week, but also got the list of all people who showed interest in the position.
In an article in yesterday’s Lowell Sun, it was good to see some of the usual suspects (Bonnie, Donna, Hank… all good people [...]

By Dennis Shaughnessey, Lowell Sun
DRACUT — Dracut School Committee Chairman Ron Mercier has named the committee to search for a new school superintendent.
The superintendent committee consists of five members: two parent representatives, Jacqueline Epstein and Denah Toupin; a teacher representative, Leon Grande; a community representative; Ken Martin; and a representative from the administration, Frank D’Addario. [...]

Ok, so it’s a quiet week.
The email circuit is reminding people to attend the Monday School Committee meeting, but so far there is nothing posted on the school website or in the Lowell Sun community meetings announcements.
I’m assuming there is a meeting, until I can get over to the town hall tomorrow to check the [...]

Ron Mercier has announced his selection of the members of the “Superintendent Selection” committee this week:
Ken Martin—Community Rep and Chairperson (DHA)
Leon Grande—Teacher Rep (Music Director)
Frank D’Addario—Administrator Rep (Lakeview JHS VP)
Denah Toupin—Parent Rep
Jacqueline Epstein—Parent Rep (Pop Warner)
There seems to be a lot of Martin family influence here (in that [...]