Dracut News

Black Friday is still a draw for shoppers across the state, but a sputtering economy kept crowds smaller than in years past, unless you cater to Massachusetts shoppers.

The Rotary Club of Dracut is hosting its third annual Gingerbread House competition on Saturday, Dec.

Kenneth R. Sheehan Sr., 70, a resident of Las Vegas, and a former resident of Dracut, Mass., California, and Albuquerque, N.M., died Sunday, Nov.

Barely two years after local politicians ousted former Superintendent of Schools Elaine Espindle, some school officials are hoping to bring her back as interim leader of Dracut schools.

Teacher John Givens gives a hug to Claudia Bach, stepping down as superintendent in Andover.

What does it say about American society and the lessons children are being taught that to expend some pent-up anger, a teenager decides to desecrate a cemetery and topple 87 headstones? Later, seeing photographs in The Sun of the destruction he wrought, the teen allegedly felt remorse and admitted his involvement to police.

Lowell Spinners owner Drew Weber was barely able to contain his anger as he told a federal judge on Thursday that former Lowell businessman Kurt Sanborn stole nearly $300,000 from his company -- putting him in financial peril -- at a time when he was consumed by his wife's battle with cancer.

Lakeview Junior High School teacher Rebecca Duda joined an elite club on Wednesday morning, receiving the Milken Educator Award in a surprise ceremony Wednesday morning.

The house at 156 Pine St. might soon become 136 Pine St. But the numbers aren't switching - the house will be moving.

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 late-September domestic incident while off duty.

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.

Temperatures flirted with the freezing mark as students from UMass Lowell braced themselves for a long night outside.

Police Chief Kevin Richardson said Tuesday he has opened a preliminary inquiry into whether the town's off-duty deputy chief had been drinking when he showed up to a 911 call for a man with a shotgun, wound up almost getting shot by his own officers and then tried to cover up his involvement in the late night September incident.

Linda Trouville wants to be Dracut's next school superintendent. The 40-year veteran educator made a play for the head of Dracut schools last night, offering to serve as interim superintendent without a pay raise while School Committee members search for a permanent replacement for Superintendent of Schools W. Spencer Mullin.

Dracut residents have a lot of questions regarding the lengthy absence of Dracut High School vice principal Hank Golec.

The Housing Authority may have a new leader at its helm as early as next month. The agency launched a search for a new executive director after Theresa Georgopoulos resigned from the post to take another job.

Continuing with a brisk pace in its hunt for a new superintendent, the School Committee last night laid most of the groundwork for the search process.

It's a little over one-tenth of a mile on University Avenue in Lowell from the corner of Riverside Street to White Street.

Thanks to all who contributed to the "Make a Difference Day Food Drive" sponsored by the Dracut Food Pantry.

In the wake of a PTO mom's embezzlement of nearly $13,000 from the Parker Avenue School's fundraising coffers, town officials want the volunteer parent organizations to run more like businesses, with an independent accountant double-checking the books.