Dracut Forum

This morning’s paper focuses on some of the local restaurants and businesses trying to survive in this recession and having a tough go of it.
Many are having trouble keeping up with the costs and expenses, and the taxes are just another thing throwing them over the edge.
Our own Bob Cox is trying to survive this [...]

To all our friends in Suffolk County.. the city of Boston, and of course the State House,
all of us out working today want to wish you a Happy Bunker Hill day.
Its the celebration of a battle the colonials lost, yet made a strong point to the Brittish, and embolded the revolutionaries to go on.
Sort [...]

Today and tomorrow is a charity event and fundraiser being held at the Collinsville Beaver Brook Mills.
Starting at 11:00 and going until 9:00 today, and more time tomorrow as well, the local businesses have come together to have a fun family event to help raise funds for the Lowell Wish Project, the Transitional Center, and [...]

Word has arrived that at the meeting of the Greater Lowell Regional Technical High School Committee last night, the board voted to reduce our transportation assessment from over $72,000.00 to $0.00.
In fact, they voted to eliminate the transportation assessment from all the other member communities as well.
From Victor Olson this morning:
The school administration in fact [...]

This morning’s Lowell Sun brings the report on the passing of one of our friends, Ronnie Breault.
Im not going to say much here, as I didn’t know him as well as others.
We worked together for about a year on the skate park, and he was instrumental in bringing that group together and energizing it.
He [...]

During last nights Board meeting the Selectmen voted to reduce the Rally Cap’s closing time to midnight for 30 days in response to all the problems coming from that establishment.
Selectman Zimini called for a harsher punishment, but was not joined in his motion.
While the owner of the establishment tried to blame the neighbor for [...]