Dracut Forum

This ongoing investigation of the loss of $80,000 worth of drugs now nearly7 years ago by the Dracut Police Department continues.
An article this morning in the Lowell Sun tells us that a federal organization is also involved.
A retired Police Chief from Tewksbury, Donovan, has been performing the investigation for our own Chief Richardson.

Donovan, Tewksbury’s recently [...]

Pick up this morning’s Lowell Sun to read an editorial that supports the retaining of Elaine Espindle for the interim Superintendent position.
This is no surprise, as the Sun has had a long history of having great respect for Espindle, and was just as dissappointed with Mullin as the rest of the press.
Dan Phelps column has [...]

The Lowell Sun
Tensions between superior officers in the Dracut Police Department and members of the police union were exposed like never before in the recent internal investigation that cleared Deputy Chief David Chartrand of wrongdoing in responding to a domestic incident.
Chief Kevin Richardson took umbrage at the union’s leadership for what he believed was a [...]

The only planned meeting of the Board of Selectmen is Tuesday evening this week.
It was moved up because of the election next week.
The agenda includes approval of all the licenses in town, as well as another cell tower discussion.. looks like a lot of fun…
The meeting is posted at the town hall, but did not [...]

Union’s potshot at deputy not its first
No Love is lost between Jerry Flynn, executive director of the New England Police Benevolent Association, and Dracut Deputy Police Chief David Chartrand, who Flynn accused last week of being under the influence of alcohol when he was off duty and showed up at a 911 domestic call for [...]

Its a tough one to listen to. I heard about this coming last week.
This morning’s paper discusses an investigation over a September incident where Deputy Chief Chartrand removed a shotgun from a home following a domestic disturbance.
The question, however, was whether he should have been involved because of his having alledgedly been drinking at a [...]

The Board of Selectmen voted to call for one more meeting, a joint meeting of the Finance Committee and Housing Authority and themselves, to have one last discussion on the Louisberg Square project.
This meeting, to be held next Wednesday (the 16th) will finally get all the people together, and let each group make their final [...]

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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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 [...]