I  saw this article in this months Pediatrics Journal. It didn’t surprise me, but I had hoped differently.
The sexual behavior of virginity pledgers does not differ from that of closely matched nonpledgers, and pledgers are less likely to protect themselves from pregnancy and disease before marriage. Virginity pledges may not affect sexual [...]

Hopefully, you won’t notice a thing, but I just completed a massive software update to the forum.
This is to install some security updates and upgrade to the latest version of Wordpress and the associated plugins that I use.
If you see any problems, please dont hesitate to email me at sjashe@comcast.net or through the contact form [...]

I have always witnessed that the people of New England are some of the most charitable I have ever seen.
Whenever studies come out to attack the Northeast, saying that because of tax return studies it is believed that we give the least to charity.. I scoff.
The people of our area give without care of getting [...]

I had heard last week that someone named Paul Nutt had decided to run for Dracut School Committee. I knew that I knew the name.. but just couldn’t place it.
After I did some research I realized that I did know him, and had spoken with him a number of times over the years at his [...]

Busy with the holiday, I didn’t get to note last week about this Christmas Present that the Lowell Sun political column left to Bob Cox:
FOR DRACUT Selectman Robert Cox: a parade for the Dracut High School football team complete with Boston Duck Boats on Beaver Brook and a wide open Broadway Road with neon signs [...]

Yesterday’s Saturday Morning Live included a discussion of local elections around the valley. Of course, Dracut’s is interesting in that the focus of this year’s election will probably be on the School Committees.
The Sun’s Political gossip column this morning focuses on this as well, starting with the Martins:

EXPECT A concerted effort by certain political insiders [...]

From years gone by, a favorite Christmas event was the annual reading of Dylan Thomas’s A Child’s Christmas in Wales.
This was Jerry’s annual Christmas present to his listeners – a reading of the Dylan Thomas poem. By this time, WRKO’s Bill Smith added sound effects and music to the presentation. Jerry said, “it was just [...]

 

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Trisha Moussa wrote:
I am so proud of Dracut high school football player Anthony Morin, all the way from Texas.  He will do great things, I hope he chooses University of Texas in Austin.  We would love to have him!
Fan? Family? College? Either way, good for him