Dracut Forum

By Dennis Shaughnessey Lowell Sun
DRACUT — It’s a classic Catch-22.
Skate-park organizers in Dracut want a place that is free from the trouble that plagued the park’s opening last August, when police responded to 30 calls for disorderly conduct, vandalism, drug possession and distribution.
The park reopened this month. In order to maintain order, users are required [...]

By Dennis Shaughnessey, Lowell Sun
DRACUT — When $300,000 was cut from the School Department’s 2008 budget, the School Committee voted to implement a plan to recoup the loss.
The school system will no longer contract with Merrimack Education Center in Chelmsford, leaving as many as 22 special-education aides in limbo. However, the plan calls for many [...]

State may expand CPA money uses
By Connie Paige, Boston Globe Staff June 17, 2007
Norwell has a problem.
Sports are big — so big that the town’s many athletic teams are running out of places to play. “We have tremendous demand and only a finite number of fields,” said James Boudreau, town administrator.
Norwell and many other [...]

And who has been most vocal against supporting Special Education spending for the last two years?
At last week’s meeting of the Dracut School Committee, I noted that long time member Nancy Mendonca voted against the cutting of athletic fees when the committee was voting to approve budget adjustments recommended by the finance subcommittee.
At the time, [...]

A note, and request, from Library Trustee, Dracut Photographer and all around good-guy, John Dyer:

As some of you may already know, my nephew, Justin Brace suffers from ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. It is a terrible, debilitating disease which over the last two years has attacked his nervous system and [...]

When I first heard about the proposed changes to the CPA (allowing fund use for “recreational” purposes… ie, end-around of prop 2-1/2), I forwarded the info over to Barbara at CLT. She has obviously followed through on this and is sharing her views now (as she did when it was first created).
Beware those who control [...]

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The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic men’s fraternal benefit society that was formed to render financial aid to members and their families. Mutual aid and assistance are offered to sick, disabled and needy members [...]

By Kirk Boutselis, Sun Correspondent Lowell Sun
DRACUT — The investigation into the disappearance of $80,000 in marijuana that went missing four years ago from one of two police storage sheds will get “a kick in the pants” if the town’s newest selectman gets his wish.
Selectman George Malliaros shocked board members last night by submitting a [...]

By Chris Camire, ccamire@lowellsun.com, Lowell Sun
DRACUT — The finish line is in sight for a $2.2 million project to reconstruct part of Lakeview Avenue and add traffic lights at three major intersections.
The Massachusetts Highway Department, which is overseeing the project, is expected to finish the majority of sidewalk construction in the next two weeks, according [...]