In northern San Diego, south of Delmar and on a hill tucked in between historic U.S. Highway 101 and the Pacific Ocean is Torrey Pines State Reserve. It is also immediately north of the golf course with the same name. The name comes from a rare type [...]
...bitter much?Democrat scandals boost Revolution 2010
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Democrat scandals boost Revolution 2010
By CYNTHIA STEAD
November 19, 2009 - 11:55 AMI knew it was different [...]
That didn’t take long.
Like I said a few days ago, I had heard they were close to selecting a replacement.
Looks like Gary, who has been running the annual Dracut Scholarship Foundation Telethon, will be taking over at DATV as Executive Director.
This is probably a good [...]
DRACUT — Well, that was fast.
Weeks after DATV executive director Steve Russo announced he was leaving his post, the local cable-access station that broadcasts town meetings has hired his replacement.
Dracut native Gary Meuse has been hired to head the station, according to Jack Lyons, chairman of DATV’s [...]
A. Watch college football
B. Watch soccer at the Banshee or Phoenix Landing?
c. Rake leaves
D. Prepare for Thanksgiving
E. Drink by yourself and mumble incoherently about big guvment
F. Participate in our LIVE blogging of the health care debate in the Senate
You [...]
Everyone needs to recognizeyour government health care worker on sight; Obama decreed by fiat they will have a special insignia to make them stand out. Look for it every time you go for care or to pay your taxes.
The Federal Bureau of Insurance Compliance Offices has this Logo on [...]
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Republican Brady blasted Geithner:
It’s been a year since the President was elected,” the panel’s ranking Republican, Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, said at a hearing this morning featuring Geithner. “It’s appropriate for the American people to [...]
By Erin Smith, Lowell Sun
DRACUT — If you didn’t know Rebecca Duda teaches eighth-grade history, you would have assumed she was a rock star.
“Duda! Duda! Duda!” chanted her students after Duda received the Milken Educator Award in a surprise ceremony at Lakeview Junior High School Wednesday.
The [...]
He was once a shaggy-haired 12-year-old growing up in Wakefield, drifting into trouble. His parents divorced when [...]
The decision to try Khalid Sheik Mohammad in Federal courts is another stunning display of Obama administration incompetence.
Here’s Sen. Lindsey Graham questioning Attorney General Holder on the legal precedents involved in the decision:
Senator Graham: … Can you give me a case in United States history where an enemy combatant [...]
GOUVERNEUR, NY - The computerized voting machines used by many voters in the 23rd district had a computer virus - tainting the results, not just from those machines known to have been infected, but casting doubt on the accuracy [...]
When the Moonbats tip over, the thud they make hitting the floor is quite sodden. It sounds as if I dropped putrefying brains from 10 storeys up on to concrete.
Where would I get these brains?
Right here at “Leahy Lunacy” courtesy
of Powerline. This pas de [...]
Our legislature eliminated the only good idea Deval Patrick ever had - to eliminate the 'Suffolk County' holidays for budget reasons - late last night. State Workers will continue to enjoy paid holidays in March and June,' [...]
The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development released the latest state unemployment figures today, reporting that the jobless rate dropped from 9.3 percent in September to 8.9 percent in October, despite the fact that Massachusetts lost another 900 jobs last month.
Last week's bombshell revelation, that Baker campaign insiders may have offered the spot of number two to Commonwealth Treasurer Tim Cahill, has sparked off some heated debate about who the Lieutenant Governor should be and about Baker's commitment to the Republican Party with in GOP circles statewide. While some [...] If you think not, ask why they want [...]
Senate Democrats unveiled their Health Care bill yesterday. The "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," or H.R. 3590, is 2,074 pages long.
According to the Congressional Budget Office it will cost $849 billion and reduce the deficit by $130 billion over the first 10 [...]
A vote recount has shown that Lynn Mayor Edward Clancy lost [...]
President Obama sat down with the Fox News Channel Senior White House correspondent Major Garrett today in China. I've included some' [...]
From all corners of the Proper Political Party, one hour of singularly enthralling acts currently appearing in Congress and the Cabinet, interspersed with [...]
Can you believe it? We just started covering the efforts of this teacher over the last few months. We were extremely impressed with her ability to bring history alive to her students, as well as her efforts to save the Claypit Cemetery.
I guess word somehow got out.. because she has [...]
There's serious resistance from doctors, the American Cancer Association, etc... who recommend more frequent mammograms and at an earlier age.
Possibly, some insurance companies will adjust their reimbursement policies and [...]
First, health care legislation would not restrain costs. Rather it would make care more costly. [...]
The first ad is entitled JFK. It highlights Kennedy's call for lower taxes [...]
A radio debate between the two Republican candidates for US Senate is being rescheduled according to all parties involved. The debate between State Senator Scott Brown and Jack E. Robinson, originally scheduled for Thursday at 9:30am on WTKK on the Jim & Margery Show, was postponed due [...] According to ABC News, the Obama administration’s stimulus-tracking web site has reported 30 jobs saved in Arizona’s 15 congressional district. Is that the area where Sheriff Joe Arpaio tries to keep law and order? Or one of the Hopi, Navajo or Hualapai reservations? Or maybe a national park such [...]
Erin Smith is going full bore.
Dracut has been all over the paper lately, not only with the “summary” story listing every issue from the last six months that appeared in yesterday’s paper, but today we get to learn the results of two issues (one from that list, and another [...]
DRACUT — The man in charge of DATV, the town’s cable-access station that broadcasts local meetings and residents’ homegrown studio shows, recently announced he’s leaving his job in Dracut at the end of the month.
Here’s the problem: When [...]
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DRACUT — Embattled Dracut High Vice Principal Hank Golec is officially retiring in January.
Golec recently submitted his papers to retire as of Jan. 21 and Superintendent W. Spencer Mullin has [...]
"We expect a spirited debate tomorrow on this" [...]
Senate Minority Leader Richard R. Tisei has announced that members of the Senate Republican Caucus will file an amendment today to reinstate the death penalty in Massachusetts. The amendment is being offered as part of a mandatory minimum sentencing bill scheduled for debate in the Senate [...] One excellent resource in the search for family history is the Registry of Deeds in the local courthouses.
Ours is an example of modern efficiency and technical excellence through the efforts of Dick Howe Jr.
He has moved a great deal of the registry deed and records online, in a simple [...]
Its this bullet point from the Herald's summary got made me jump:
Issue "state" [...]

‘MEEP’ BANNED AT HIGH SCHOOL
DANVERS, MA – In a story that made headlines last week, Danvers High School Principal Thomas Murray has banned the word “meep” from his school because he says students were using the word to interrupt classes.
In an Associated [...]
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DRACUT — The chairman of the Board of Selectmen is questioning why police union officials waited more than a month to accuse Deputy Chief Dave Chartrand of being intoxicated when he responded to a [...]
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John Lysak, former Vice-Chair of the Massachusetts Federation of Young Republicans recently won his race to be a Ward Councilor in Springfield. His margin of victory was narrow enough that his opponent had the ability to ask for a recount, and has done so. I just received this [...] While it may "feel good" for some to take such a position, from my point of view, such [...]
I'm a proud product of the UMass system - being an alumnus of UMass Dartmouth (Class of '01) & Boston' [...]
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There exists one fault line in American politics that causes more division than any other policy disagreements that exist in our public forums, and that issue inarguably is abortion. While a great many Supreme Court cases win unanimity of the country through the passage of time(Brown v Board of [...]
Equals don't prostrate themselves to one another. You're President, could you please start acting like it.
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Today's Globe contains a story on the collapse of the Plymouth Rock Studios project. The Globe reveals that: http://www.boston.com/news/loc...
a look behind the breathtaking vision of Plymouth Rock Studios reveals a project marred by over-the-top [...]
Its hard to get away from this story, but what seems like a continuing rivalry between Dracut’s Deputy Chief Dave Chartrand and the Union Executive Jerry Flynn has a history that’s hard to forget. Headlining today’s Lowell Sun political gossip column was the Chartrand story.
The article [...]
Union’s potshot at deputy not its first
No Love is lost between Jerry Flynn, executive director of the New England Police Benevolent Association, and Dracut Deputy Police Chief David Chartrand, who Flynn accused last week of being under the influence of alcohol when he was off duty and showed up at [...]
There are some things that always hold value, simply because they cannot be minted…
Barrick shuts hedge book as world gold supply runs outAaron Regent, president of the Canadian gold giant, said that global output has been falling by roughly 1m ounces a year since the start of the decade. [...]
Governor Patrick says there’s no quid pro quo between he and Robert Kraft. It’s just a coincidence that large donations to Patrick and the Democratic Party are quickly followed with taxpayer dollars into Mr. Kraft’s pocket:
Last year, Robert Kraft gave similar donations to Patrick and the party as the state was designating his [...]
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Earlier today, letschange3 posted this which he credited to Citizens for Limited Taxation asking why Mihos was supporting Carla Howell and the tax rollback with his 'campaign' funds -
Carla Howell's tax fight pays off
Activist, pal [...]
Former Democratic State Representative Philip Travis of Seekonk has endorsed Steven Howitt who is running for the seat which encompasses Norton, Rehoboth, Seekonk, and Swansea. The endorsement was reported by the Sun Chronicle.
Former state Rep. Philip Travis has crossed party lines to endorse Republican Steve Howitt for [...]
DRACUT – In a new report, a patrolman says he came close to shooting off-duty Deputy Chief Dave Chartrand after both responded to a late-September domestic incident.
Officer Derek Scribner responded to a 911 call for a possible hostage situation involving a man [...]
I’ll continue the same theme that Brian did.
At the last call for a bone marrow drive in Dracut to help find a donor for Alexis Gorman, over 500 people came forward to be tested and added to the bone marrow database.
Soon after, a matching donor was found in [...]

The ongoing controversy regarding the on-again, off-again speaking engagement by convicted terrorist Ray Luc Levasseur has struck an emotional chord with many of those critical of the decision to allow Levasseur a platform to speak at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. In the end, Levasseur [...]
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Barack Obama is just so clearly in over his head. Or at least that’s true when he isn’t stooping to kiss some royal’s ass:
Can’t wait to hear Gibbs explain this one. Barack saw a nickle on the ground? This guy is such a disgrace to the office. We are [...]