Dracut Forum

Senator-elect Scott Brown will be making a stop in Dracut this Saturday on a “thank you” tour as he travels around the state to thank those who helped him win the election.
Stop in to see him at Lenzi’s this Saturday, Jan 30th at 3:30 p.m.
Thank you very much for all your support. Together we achieved [...]

The Open Spaces committee is sponsoring a presentation by nationally acclaimed naturalist Mark Fraser of Dracut.
Wednesday, Jan 27th at 6:30 p.m. at the Dracut Library, the talk “will provide a glimpse of the varied wildlife right outside out doors and simple things that can be done to protect and enhance the environment.”
See the library announcement [...]

If you’re not interested in watching the Board of Selectmen meeting on Tuesday, you may be interested in another large project that will soon be making a huge impact to Dracut.
There has been an effort underway to reconstruct the rotary at 110/113 and 93 over in Methuen for the last few years.
The project has moved [...]

A note from Rebecca on next weeks meeting at the Dracut Historic Society:
The Historical Society has changed its monthly meetings to the second  Sunday of each month at 3 pm instead of the second Monday at 7 pm.
So next Sunday January 10th I’ll be talking about Shay’s Rebellion and  of course Dracut’s [...]

Five towns, six hours.. lots of logistics, and Tim keeping it all together.
This morning we took the morning show on 980 WCAP on the road. With Tyler Dumont and Tim Bomil keeping the production center under control, Warren Shaw, Brian Bradbury and I took the Salvation Army on a trip throughout the Greater Lowell Area [...]

The Salvation Army Captain in San Francisco had resolved, in December of 1891, to provide a free Christmas dinner to the area’s poor persons. But how would he pay for the food?
As he went about his daily tasks, the question stayed in his mind. Suddenly, his thoughts went back to his days as a [...]

One excellent resource in the search for family history is the Registry of Deeds in the local courthouses.
Ours is an example of modern efficiency and technical excellence through the efforts of Dick Howe Jr.
He has moved a great deal of the registry deed and records online, in a simple to search format for the most [...]

I had four meetings scheduled for tonite… so I had to choose. Funny thing was, two of them were in the same building.
At the Dracut Historic Society this evening, the society invited Dracut Teacher Rebecca Duda to make a presentation to their monthly meeting.
Her selection was Dracut African Americans in the American Revolution.
In attendance were [...]

Chairman Malliaros was still out on sick leave.. so we had Joe DiRocco chairing.
The meeting did review the articles for the upcoming Town Meeting.
TOWN MEETING MONDAY, 7:30 at the HIGH SCHOOL
There are only a few, and some are being tabled until June.
There is one fairly important one though. Back in June, the town meeting voted [...]