Dracut Forum

By Erin Smith, esmith@lowellsun.com
DRACUT — The race for selectmen is shaping up as a four-way showdown, with two challengers facing off against two incumbents.
“I want to return communication and family values back to the town,” said challenger Pete Wilde, a Collinsville resident who wants to add more fire hydrants in East Dracut. “We need [...]

By Erin Smith,  Lowell Sun
DRACUT — The officials in charge of Community Preservation funds don’t want to spend any more money studying Greenmont Avenue farmland until the current owners set a price tag for turning the farm into affordable housing for seniors.

The Community Preservation Committee is considering a proposal to buy 17 acres of farmland [...]

State sides with Dracut on 42-day license suspension

By Erin Smith, Lowell Sun
DRACUT — State authorities sided with the Board of Selectmen’s decision to suspend the liquor license of a store allegedly caught selling beer to a minor.
The Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission handed down the decision Monday against Dracut Center Convenience at 1388 Bridge St.
Dracut Center [...]

By Erin Smith, Lowell Sun
DRACUT — Selectmen canceled last night’s meeting, citing a “lack of agenda items.”
Before the cancellation, Police Chief Kevin Richardson was scheduled to appear before selectmen to talk about the alcohol policy for off-duty police officers and provide an update on the internal investigation into who stole $80,000 worth of marijuana from [...]

by Erin Smith, Lowell Sun
DRACUT — Evaporating federal funding, budget constraints and struggling test scores are just some of the issues that Dracut’s next schools superintendent will face.

Schools Superintendent W. Spencer Mullin retires in March and school officials are predicting that looming budget problems will face both interim Superintendent Elaine Espindle and the next permanent [...]

By Erin Smith, esmith@lowellsun.com
TYNGSBORO — Those applying to be the next superintendent of Greater Lowell Technical High School would find a salary less than $130,000 “insulting,” said School Committee member Victor Olson of Dracut.
School officials’ debate on salary range seemed to center at times on setting a price above the current salary for Mary Jo [...]

By Nancye Tuttle, ntuttle@lowellsun.com, Lowell Sun
DRACUT — Jeff Perry makes a mean corned beef hash. His three-egg omelets, breakfast sandwiches and eggs benedict are to die for. And the fluffy pancakes he flips on the griddle are as big as the plate they come on, four to a stack.
Breakfast is the meal of the day [...]

By Erin Smith, Lowell Sun
DRACUT — Since November, school officials have said school lawyers worked out a deal for embattled Dracut High Vice Principal Hank Golec to retire as of today.
But Golec is still on the school district’s payroll until the end of the month.
“Well, that’s news to me,” said School Committee Chairman Matthew Sheehan [...]

By Erin Smith, Lowell Sun
DRACUT — The head of Dracut schools has rebuffed attempts to throw him out of the job before he retires in March.
“Spencer wants to stay here. He wants to finish out his contract,” said School Committee Chairman Matthew Sheehan.
Last month the committee asked school attorneys to negotiate with Superintendent [...]