By Shawn on May 31, 2008 in Recreation | 0 Comments
I got an email from Bob this morning, responding to our request for his response to the Lowell Sun article indicating that Brian Martin had been cleared of charges.
I am currently in London on business and will not be back to the states until June 9th.
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By Shawn on May 30, 2008 in Dracut | 0 Comments
The weather’s been good, there’s not a lot on the warrant that will draw people in.
There is a lot of fear this week that we will not have enough people in attendance to meet the quorum requirement of 250 to hold town meeting on Monday Night.. June 2nd.
A good number of parents will be off [...]
By Shawn on May 28, 2008 in Dracut | 1 Comment
As of this afternoon, Brian Martin has informed me that he has been cleared of any questionable activity at Dracut Pop Warner, and has been reinstated in his position of Vice President of the program.=
When I spoke to him today, he said “I had provided a document that showed that what I had said was [...]
By John Dyer on May 27, 2008 in Dracut | 0 Comments
On behalf of American Legion Post 315, I was pleased to offer the welcome and thanks to the many groups who marched in the parade and attended the ceremonies hosted by Tom Keefe at the monument. As part of the program, I also attempted to thank the committee members who worked so hard to put [...]
By admin on May 27, 2008 in Events | 0 Comments
The Dracut Community Chorus Presents Its First Public Concert this Sunday at 2:30.
Presented at Harmony hall, this group of about 60 men and women from the community are under the direction of Leon Grande from Dracut High School.
From an email I received recently promoting this event:
We have had a lot of fun.If you are able [...]
By Shawn on May 22, 2008 in Massachusetts, Schools | 0 Comments
Finally, someone at the state level is saying something logical and reasonable.
Tim Cahill, the state Treasurer is now in control of the new School Building Assistance program.
He spoke up yesterday, after hearing that Wellesley is now planning a $159 million dollar high school. This, along with Newton’s now $197 million dollar project is raising too [...]
By admin on May 21, 2008 in Dracut Elections | 4 Comments
A letter to the editor this morning by DJ Deeb gives us all a reminder why we voted against him.
A list of what he sees as failures of the school system.. who’s responsible for those? The school committee who let them happen.
Unfair news coverage? Maybe he just refused to see what everyone around him saw.. [...]
By Shawn on May 19, 2008 in Dracut | 2 Comments
I’ve provided for your perusal a PDF file of the June 2008 Town Meeting warrant.
I don’t see a lot of surprises here, but things change as we learn more about the details.
Article 14 talks about purchasing equipment for the fire and police departments.. don’t know what that is about yet.
Chapter 80 betterment assessments request in [...]
By Shawn on May 19, 2008 in Schools | 0 Comments
Simple as that.
Price is a teacher at the Greater Lowell Tech in the Culinary Arts Department, and has known both Deeb and Sheehan for years. He has written a letter to the editor in defense of Sheehan over The Sun’s poor use of the term “cook.”
He was right in taking the Sun to task for [...]