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Meetings this week.. »

Monday night’s School Committee meets Monday at 7:00 at the High School Library.
It will be interesting to see if they have any sort of budget worked out yet. This morning’s paper continues to discuss the situation in an article by the Lowell Sun’s Bridget Scrimenti (Dracut’s new reporter) on teachers losing jobs in the recession.
Once [...]

Meadow Creek Golf Course Hike »

From The Open Space Committee:
The Open Space Committee is going to hike the new trail through the Meadow Creek Golf Course this Sunday, 22nd March, at 2:30PM. If you would like to join us, please park near the clubhouse and be dressed for hiking.

The golf course has a great walking/hiking trail that is open [...]

Town is handling Fiscal Crisis so far »

As the Lowell Sun reports this morning, Dennis Piendak feels that the town is handling things pretty well at least for this year.
Piendak is hoping to whittle that down, using contributions from the town school budget, Greater Lowell Technical High School and money from the FEMA disaster declaration in the wake of December’s ice storm.
“That [...]

Shaw responds to Sun Article this morning on 980 WCAP »

Warren spoke this morning in reaction to the front page article in yesterday’s Lowell Sun regarding his and Kathy DiTillio’s taking the health insurance retirement benefit.
His issue was not the article itself, which he found to be accurate and complete (except for a small correction they printed this morning), but the tone taken regarding the [...]

 
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Big noise over quiet perk »

By Dennis Shaughnessey, dshaughnessey@lowellsun.com
DRACUT — Known for its fiscal conservatism and frugal ways, the town has been quietly offering health-insurance perks to a former longtime selectman and the widow of a selectman who died while in office.
While legal, the benefits extension has rankled a local budget watchdog and raised the ire of several nonpartisan tax [...]

Open Space and Rec Plan Public Review »

A Draft copy of the Dracut Open Space and Recreation Plan is ready for viewing and comments by the residents, committees and anyone who has an interest in the future of open space and recreation for the Town of Dracut.
There is a Public Review and Comment Meeting scheduled on October 7, [...]

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