Dracut News

In a much-loved scene from the movie It's a Wonderful Life, friends turn out in droves with funds for George Bailey during his time of need.

In this Memorial Day issue, we honor a local WWII veteran who survived the brutality of the Japanese POW camps and the "Hell Ships." Although he passed away February 3, 2013, shortly before his 93rd birthday, his story of courage and endurance lives on.

An empty lot marked the spot this week at 147-151 East Merrimack St. on the corner of Fayette Street in Lowell where a building once stood containing the law office of Colleen Garry on its second floor.

That's what Kelly Petka, chairwoman of a concerned school parents group and School Committee Chairman Michael McNamara each told about 150 residents attending the group's first public meeting at Harmony Hall Monday night.

Mention the word "chocolate," tie it into helping someone in need, and there's one person you could always count on to be right there: Donna Sullivan.

Matthew S. Praetz, 29, 135 Washington St., Apt. 1, Peabody; operating after suspension , speeding, operating a motor vehicle without license in possession, no proof of insurance and false name/address. -- Gerson Manzueta, 33, 21 Cottage St., Dracut; manufacturing/dispensing Class B substance, possession of a Class B substance with intent to ... (more)

Kristy Williams was a healthy 23-year-old walking to help cancer patients, when out of nowhere she suffered an excruciating headache.

Dennis Tourville kicked softly at the surface of the road in front of his home at 30 Partridge Road, easily breaking off several chunks of asphalt from the crumbling top layer.

Dracut High's Jack McKenna looks like he's having a blast as he slides safely into third base after tripling against Tewksbury at LeLacheur Park.

It was only after John Pierro had completed a flawless, four-minute drive from home and parked his older- model Chevy Impala in a space front of the Dracut Senior Center on Mammoth Road that the 99-year-old committed his first noticeable physical error on Wednesday.

Dennis Tourville kicked softly at the surface of the road in front of his home at 30 Partridge Road, easily breaking off several chunks of asphalt from the crumbling top layer.

Middlesex Community College student Gabrielle Davis of Dracut has been named one of the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education's "29 Who Shine," an annual program to recognize outstanding students representing each of the state's 29 public campuses, which include 15 community colleges, nine state universities and five University of ... (more)

Ratepayers of the Dracut Water Supply District shot down a proposal to double the pay of water commissioners on Saturday, saying the raise and subsequent pension increases would add to customers' burdens.

Gerald Ward of Dracut and Gail Ward of Nashua, N.H., announce the engagement of their son, TIMOTHY J. WARD, to BRIDGET A. BARAN, daughter of Fred and Barbara Baran of Holyoke.

The Littleton High baseball team got caught up in a hitfest on Friday as the Tigers and Murdock combined for 27 hits in a 10-7 LHS victory.

Bishop Guertin scored 9 runs in the first inning -- thanks in large part to a grand slam home run by senior Kenzie McCabe --and cruised home from there, posting a 10-3 N.H. Div.

A 20-year-old North Andover man has been charged with impersonating a police officer after a witness alleges he saw Fabian Rojas, wearing what appeared to be a gun in a holster, pull over a car motorist for speeding in Dracut.

A teacher's discovery of a "non-specific" threat written on a wall of a girl's bathroom at Dracut High caused administrators to order a temporary "soft lockdown" of the school for almost two hours Friday morning, Superintendent Steven Stone reported.

Ratepayers of the Dracut Water Supply District will be asked Saturday to vote on a proposal to double the yearly stipend paid to the three-member Board of Water Commissioners from $2,500 to $5,000,. Commissioner William Zielinski, who authored Article 12 -- "To see if the District will vote to set the annual salary stipend of as follows: $5,000" -- ... (more)

Equipment East will distribute Doosan heavy excavators, wheel loaders, articulated dump trucks and attachments in the Dracut, Mass., area.