Dracut Forum

MIDDIES WIN
OFF TO THE SUPERBOWL
With the win Dracut advances to play in the Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium on Saturday against Marshfield High, which beat Framingham 14-7 in the other 1A playoff game.
The big game we will all be watching is this Tuesday.
Although the guys didn’t quite make it on Thanksgiving, the Tuesday night [...]

The Middies have won every league game, as they said they would.. but they still have to face Methuen on Thanksgiving.
They’ve already clinched the division, but because of thier goal to win them all, they are determined to win this one as well. From the Sun:
“The kids want to finish what they started,” said Moore. [...]

Last week on 980 WCAP, we heard an interview with Eli from Dracut House of Pizza explaining their Project Helping Hands.. their annual service project to provide Thanksgiving dinners to over a thousand families in the Greater Lowell area.
Hannafords has been running an ad lately as well, describing their food bank project. They have a [...]

Selectman John Zimini has set up a meeting for Monday evening with the police to talk with residents about the rescent increase in crimes involving car break-ins in the east Dracut neighborhoods.
As reported in yesterday’s Lowell Sun, Zimini has been canvassing the area with flyers announcing the meeting. This was in reaction to the number [...]

By Dennis Shaughnessey, Lowell Sun
DRACUT — A rash of car break-ins in east Dracut over the last several weeks — the latest town in a long line reporting such crime — has prompted town officials to call a neighborhood meeting on Monday.
Deputy Police Chief David Chartrand couldn’t put a definitive number on the breaks, but [...]

“That is the way the game is played. First you come in with huge toll increases, and after everyone gets all upset, they do what they plan to do in the first place, and that is to raise the gas tax. Then everyone says thank heaven, thanks Sal DiMasi, I am just a dumb Massachusetts [...]

The paramedics at Saints sent out a reminder to everyone about their annual Holiday Blood Drive:
Our Paramedic Department celebrates its 25th Anniversary this month and will host a “Holiday Blood Drive” on Friday, November 21, from 10 am – 6 pm in the First Floor Conference Room. For questions or to make an appointment, please [...]

Dracut High building isn’t fit for 21st-century learning, officials say
By Dennis Shaughnessey, dshaughnessey@lowellsun.com
DRACUT — The list is long. The bill could total $40 million to $50 million.
When the state School Building Authority begins a feasibility study at Dracut High School, the first thing members will see is the canopy that extends the length of [...]

The Boston Globe today tells us that our own Selectman John Zimini will be performing with his daughter in Merrimack College’s production of Oliver! (a great show)
Zimini is one of several parents who will be performing alongside their children in the production. Zimini plays Mr. Bumble, the caretaker of the orphans’ workhouse. His daughter, 17-year-old [...]