Dracut Forum

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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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 [...]

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, [...]

And let it.
This guy is upset that our Board of Selectmen decided that they didn’t want to have him representing Verizon, because he never seemed to have his stuff in order, and responded repeatedly to questions with “thats above my level” or some such.
I got tired of it myself.
This first step in the process was [...]

By Lisa Redmond, lredmond@lowellsun.com
LOWELL — A North Andover lawyer, banned from appearing before the Dracut selectmen because of the misleading maps he provided, has won an initial legal battle in his lawsuit against the town.
Lowell Superior Court Judge Christine McEvoy on Monday rejected Dracut’s motion for a summary judgment to have Joseph Gleason’s lawsuit dismissed.
Gleason [...]

The discussion goes beyond Dracut.
As a community, we were one of the first to take advantage of this program with a 57% vote at town meeting in May of 2001. With our own 2% tax levy and state matching funds, we have amassed a good fund that can be used for a number of projects [...]