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THE INVESTIGATION into the missing drugs from a Dracut Police Department storage shed in 2002 is heating up, and so are officers’ emotions.
Deputy Chief David Chartrand last week confirmed that lie-detector tests were being administered by the Northeast Middlesex Law Enforcement Council, which is conducting the investigation. He would not [...]

University Ave. span repaired
By Jennifer Myers, Lowell Sun
LOWELL — There is one more gift under the Christmas tree.
To: The residents of Pawtucketville and Dracut
From: The City of Lowell
The Textile Memorial Bridge, which has undergone $900,000 in repairs over the past four months, is slated to reopen on Tuesday morning, according to Assistant City Manager and [...]

Lowell Sun Editorial
With the national economy continuing its downward spiral, job losses increasing and new positions difficult to come by, area charitable organizations were concerned about meeting the region’s needs over the holidays.
They shouldn’t have worried.
Despite the dismal financial picture, Merrimack Valley residents and businesses once again came through for those needing a helping hand.
Thanks [...]

Giving charity another try
By Christopher Scott, cscott@lowellsun.com
LOWELL — The good guys who ran Saturday’s Salvation Army Radiothon on WCAP couldn’t be happier, even though their fundraising efforts fell short by about $40,000.
“Considering most folks were either worrying about getting their electricity back or were cleaning up tree limbs, we were very excited about raising about [...]

Case Pits Free Speech Against Redress for Defamation
By Henri E. Cauvin Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
In a First Amendment case with implications for everything from neighborhood e-mail lists to national newspapers, an Eastern Shore businessman argued to Maryland’s highest court yesterday that the host of an online forum should be forced to reveal [...]

The Lowell Sun
We commend Dracut School Committee member Nancy Gagnon for having the courage of her convictions.
Gagnon was the only one of five committee members to vote against approving a teachers’ contract that amounts to an 8 percent raise over three years, retroactive to July 1.
It is rare for a member of any [...]