Dracut Forum

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 [...]

Voters in North Andover voted overwhelmingly to change their form of government in a non-binding referendum (Eagle Tribune story):
Residents also voted overwhelmingly in favor of a nonbinding question on whether the town should replace the Open Town Meeting form of government. The question, which brought out passionate arguments on both sides during the campaign, received [...]

Its not on the town calendar, but the Sun reports that the Board of Selectmen, Finance Committee, Capital Planning and School Committees are scheduled to meet MondayTuesday, April 1st to discuss what our next step should be.
From the Lowell Sun article:
Little has changed in that time, although Superintendent of Schools Elaine Espindle did lay out [...]

By Dennis Shaughnessey, Lowell Sun

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