By Shawn on Jun 28, 2009 in Articles, Organizations | 0 Comments
By Bridget Scrimenti, bscrimenti@lowellsun.com
DRACUT — Seniors living on fixed incomes sometimes have to choose between medication and food.
Senior housing units at Louisburg Square on Mammoth Road will hopefully ease that burden.
“Our seniors deserve it,” said Selectman Joe DiRocco, who serves on the town’s Affordable Housing Partnership Committee. “They work hard all their lives and, at [...]
By Shawn on Jun 23, 2009 in Articles, Schools | 0 Comments
By Keith O’Neil, Sun Correspondent
DRACUT — In a 3-2 vote, the School Committee approved a budget of $26.59 million for fiscal 2010, but some feel the budget is not enough to properly run the school district.
Voting in favor of the budget were Chairman Matthew Sheehan and members Michael Miles and Ronald Mercier. Bonnie Elie [...]
By Shawn on Jun 22, 2009 in Articles, Schools | 0 Comments
By Bridget Scrimenti, Lowell Sun
While many Greater Lowell school districts have been forced to lay off hundreds of teachers, some say union concessions could have helped save jobs and eased painful budget cuts.
In Dracut, the teacher’s union refused to renegotiate its recent three-year contract to include a wage freeze for 2010, which would have [...]
By admin on Jun 21, 2009 in Articles, Massachusetts | 0 Comments
By Matt Murphy, Lowell Sun
BOSTON — The state sales tax is going up.
So is the meals tax, taxes on alcohol, satellite TV and possibly hotels.
Both the House and Senate yesterday delivered an on-time budget to Gov. Deval Patrick that hikes the state sales tax from 5 percent to 6.25 percent and lifts the exemption [...]
By Shawn on Jun 19, 2009 in Articles, Local Businesses | 0 Comments
By Dennis Shaughnessey, Lowell Sun
The economic downturn has left some local restaurants struggling to pay state meal taxes.
And the bills are piling up.
According to Robert Bliss, a spokesman for the Department of Revenue, the state is owed $91.5 million in meal taxes — now 5 percent of every customer’s bill.
The list of [...]
By Shawn on Jun 10, 2009 in Articles, Local Businesses | 1 Comment
By Ed Burns, Sun Correspondent
DRACUT — Closing time will come a little earlier for a local pub after selectmen voted to punish the establishment for repeated complaints.
Selectmen voted, 3-1, to move back the closing time of the Rally Cap Pub on Pleasant Street to midnight for 30 days. It presently closes at 2 a.m. [...]
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