By Shawn on May 28, 2009 in DATV, Municipal | 1 Comment
I finally got to watch the section of the Board of Selectmen’s meeting from Monday night regarding the DATV recording of a meeting last week. (The Lowell Sun reports on this here). I’ve pulled it into my computer and should have clips of it up later tonite.
In this one, I have to fall on the [...]

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By Shawn on May 27, 2009 in DATV, Featured, Municipal | 0 Comments
I stopped in at tonite’s planning board meeting to see how things were going there.
Held at Harmony Hall, the place was packed. At least 50 in the audience, with the board up front (8-10 people) and DATV having 3 there as well (I hope they called ahead).
The entry way was loaded up with lawyers all [...]
By Shawn on Apr 23, 2009 in Municipal | 0 Comments
By admin on Apr 13, 2009 in Municipal | 0 Comments
Again, I this is one reason I hate civil service. Then again, the employees do need somewhere to go to when treated wrongly.
An officer was out sick, and it sounds like the administration at the police department did not treat her return according to the rules agreed upon between the admin and the union.
It feels [...]
By Shawn on Apr 13, 2009 in Articles, Municipal | 0 Comments
By Dennis Shaughnessey, dshaughnessey@lowellsun.com
DRACUT — A state arbitrator has ruled that police administrators violated several provisions of a collective bargaining agreement when they asked an officer to submit to a fitness-for-duty evaluation, part of which required drug testing, as well as several other violations.
Geraldine Casey, an arbitrator with the state’s Division of Labor Relations [...]
By Shawn on Mar 1, 2009 in Articles, Municipal | 0 Comments
By Dennis Shaughnessey, Lowell Sun
DRACUT — A Dracut police officer with more than 10 years of service on the force was placed on Chapter 41, Section 111F disability status for an ankle injury sustained on duty on Dec. 31, 2008.
Although Officer Wren Maddox had substantial documentation from an orthopedic surgeon to prove her injury existed, [...]