Dracut Forum

The latest talk around the campfires this weekend was that the figures from the state that came to the town after the conference committee completed its job and the budget was sent on to the Governor to be signed showed another cut of $600,000 to Chapter 70 school aid.
Town Manager Dennis Piendak notified the school [...]

We hear that studies in opposition to the global warming crowd are now being suppressed by the EPA.
Emails released by the Competitive Enterprise Institute show that a recent study not only suppressed, but other groups looking to comment on it were instructed not to as well:
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a non-profit, free-market public
policy organization, [...]

From yesterday’s Antique and Classic car show, I took a bunch of pictures.
The event was packed, with people having to park across the street and down by Broadway Convenience to get in. The weather was perfect as well. Great event.

At this week’s Board of Selectmens’ meeting, we earlier heard that Dracut suspened the liquor licenses of two local establishments that flunked a police sting thie May.
The Sun editorial board congratulated the board on its decision:
We also applaud the Dracut Board of Selectmen for sending a message of zero tolerance by voting to suspend the licenses [...]

The Lowell Sun’s political gossip column had an item this week summarizing the happenings at last week’s Board of Selectmen’s meeting when the DATV Board of Directors
and staff arrived to defend thier operation from what they considered and unfair attack on the integrity of them and their operation:

IN AN INTENSE and heated discussion, selectmen and [...]

This morning’s Lowell Sun describes the current situation with regard to the Louisburg Square project off of Mammoth Road.
As Dracut (and all the other communities around us) work to try to create more housing for our elderly community, this project will at least get some units for that purpose. And although they are already mostly [...]

By Bridget Scrimenti, bscrimenti@lowellsun.com
DRACUT — Seniors living on fixed incomes sometimes have to choose between medication and food.
Senior housing units at Louisburg Square on Mammoth Road will hopefully ease that burden.
“Our seniors deserve it,” said Selectman Joe DiRocco, who serves on the town’s Affordable Housing Partnership Committee. “They work hard all their lives and, at [...]

3 Major topics tonite.. Lites at Veterans Park.. again, Convenience stores failing a sting, and DATV defends their honor.
Lights at Veterans Park
I think the people of this town are just about giving up on believing that this town can be trusted to keep its word.
We had a number of youth sports people speak to allowing [...]

By Keith O’Neil, Sun Correspondent
DRACUT — In a 3-2 vote, the School Committee approved a budget of $26.59 million for fiscal 2010, but some feel the budget is not enough to properly run the school district.
Voting in favor of the budget were Chairman Matthew Sheehan and members Michael Miles and Ronald Mercier. Bonnie Elie [...]