Archive for December, 2007

2007 A year in Review.. »

This is a list, probably not all-encompassing, of issues that occurred in Dracut across 2007.
Did I miss any? Do you have a differing point of view? Feel free to comment below 
Selling Liquor to Minors
The year started with all the hubub regarding liquor stores selling to minors, and the ABCC’s lack of support for the local [...]

Dracut land deal is a bad one for taxpayers »

Letter to the Editor, The Lowell Sun
As a fairly new resident to Dracut I was stunned by what I witnessed at Town Meeting recently. A proposal was put forward to purchase 14 acres of land from a Lowell developer for use as a sports field complex. The money was to come from the Community Preservation [...]

Searching for Dracut’s voices »

By Dennis Shaughnessey, Lowell Sun
DRACUT — The thing about singing is you never forget how to do it.
So says Dracut resident Leon Grande, who is gathering a group of singers to form the first-ever Dracut Community Chorus.
Grande, who heads the Dracut High School Music Department, has thought about the concept for several years.
“It was one [...]

Positive Parenting.. and Underage Drinking »

Just a note to encourage everyone to check out a couple websites that I ran into recently regarding underage drinking and how to deal with it.
Check out Anheuser Busch’s Positive Parenting site at: http://www.myspace.com/positiveparenting
Also, the Federal Trade Commission has put up a good Don’t Serve Teens site at http://www.dontserveteens.gov

 
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Sun Letter to the Editor: Board member explains resignation »

Despite your assertions otherwise, my reason for stepping down from the Dracut Housing Authority because I could no longer devote the necessary time that the position deserved has not been “questioned” by any resident of Dracut known to me. Sub-Head:
As The Sun acknowledges, I am retired. I am also a disabled veteran. Yet, for many [...]

Gookin Responds to Sun Editorial »

In a letter to the editor this morning, former Dracut Housing Authority Commissioner Jim Gookin responded to a recent editorial by the Sun.
The Sun’s editorial was actually a little less severe than I had expected. Here, and on the local radio show, I have been fairly critical of the whole process over at the Dracut [...]

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