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I called my wife from work the other day and asked her one question:
“Hi Honey. Hey listen, how would you feel about adopting a little boy?”
There was extended silence on the other end of the phone.
“Honey? You there?”
Diane and I [...]

I read Dennis’s Copious Notes this weekend regarding the boy who had been tortured by his mother’s maggot of a live-in boyfriend.. and I agreed with him.
Dan Phelps took some similar swipes last week as well, and I agreed with him as well.
And Dennis knows me, I am the first to defend the Department of [...]

With another successful completion to the annual Scholarship Foundation Telethon, we now move back into our regularly scheduled program.
Tuesday evening we finally have the joint meeting between the School Committee, the Board of Selectmen, the Finance Committee and the Capital Planning committee to make a decision as to how, if at all, we should start [...]

Our own Dennis Shaughnessey once again performed for the Dracut Scholarship Foundation on Friday evening.
This year he performed one of my favorites, Harry Chapin’s “Cat’s in the Cradle”
Congratulations and thanks go out to all those who performed in this year’s telethon for such a great cause.

 

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Final reported figure: $113,743.00 
I stopped in yesterday to tape the competitors for the Dracut Scholarship Foundation’s “Dancing with the Dracut Stars” dance competition.
I understand that in the end, Selectman John Zimini brought in the most votes.
Congratulations to all the contestants:

 

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 Jim Genneroso: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

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Did I really read that?
Is our legislature.. our governor.. really looking at replacing expensive overtime officers with civilian flagmen?
April 1st is next week, I’m not sure what to believe here.
The next thing you know the government will be sending us checks to help improve the economy!

By Hillary Chabot, Lowell Sun
BOSTON — Drivers could see civilian flagmen replacing police details on secondary streets throughout the state within months thanks to new reforms lawmakers introduced Thursday morning.The change is part of a multi-faceted transportation overhaul meant to save the state millions to address crumbling roads and bridges. The changes will be tacked [...]

I was pretty impressed this morning when I stopped in to the local convenience store to pick up my morning papers and found a stack of flyers placed at the register calling for customers to contact their senator to fight the proposed increase in cigarette tax (another $1.00 per pack).
“This outrageous tax increase will jeopardize [...]

The high school was a busy place tonite. I stopped by for a short time to get some “behind the scenes” pictures to show off some of the people working hard to make it such a success.
Tomorrow is the “Dancing with the Dracut Stars” event that is generating a lot of excitement.
I understand that [...]