Dracut News

Count Jamison Tomasek among the many local Republicans energized by Scott Brown's recent special election victory for U.S. Senate.

Police said David Diaz of Lawrence was driving drunk when he struck and killed a 56-year-old jogger yesterday morning.

Kenneth W. Pfeiffer of Dracut was installed a District Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts at the fraternity's Boston headquarters and will preside over eight lodges in the 14th Masonic District for the year.

Fire officials are still investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a house in a rural part of town.

A 58-year-old employee in the Dracut Tax Collector's Officer is charged with embezzlement after Dracut police allege she stole more than $1,000 in cash, then tried to secretly replace most of the money after the theft was discovered.

Dracut Police Officer Nick Laganas said he always knew he would join the Army Reserves after he graduated from UMass Lowell.

A forgotten Japanese hand grenade -- a soldier's souvenir from World War II -- sent a Dracut woman into a panic and the bomb squad into action around her home recently.

The city has awarded the latest round of two-year towing contracts to five tow firms, sparking an outcry from one of the two highest bidders, both of whom were rejected.

The howling sounds echoed throughout the first-session courtroom. The disturbance officials say Nathan Woods created in the basement lockup in Lowell District Court yesterday was so bad his arraignment on charges of armed assault to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and malicious destruction of property had to be postponed.

The last time Scott Brown visited the Hu Ke Lau, a sprawling Chinese restaurant and comedy club along Route 33, he barely caused a stir, shaking a few hands in the dining room before settling into a booth with an aide for a quiet meal.

Republican Scott Brown won big here in the Jan. 19 special election, besting Democrat Martha Coakley by a 7,658 to 3,166 margin to claim the U.S. Senate held for decades by the late Edward Kennedy.

The lights are back on at Tony & Ann's, although at a new location. In the late 1950s, Tom Murray and his high school friends had a tradition.

Sen.-elect Scott Brown is planning a three-day tour to thank and speak with Massachusetts voters.  The surprise winner of last week's race to replace the late Edward Kennedy will visit Chicopee and Falmouth on Friday; Saugus, Dracut and Worcester on Saturday; and Foxborough on Sunday.

A massive two-alarm fire destroyed a home in East Dracut Tuesday night, with the state fire marshal's office being called in to help investigate.

Police don't stop checking up on sex offenders just because they skip town. On Saturday morning, police arrested a Dracut, Mass., man, charging that he failed to notify them when he moved out of Nashua last month.

The Dracut Food Pantry is open Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., for any Dracut resident struggling to put food on the table.

A Tyngsboro mom who started a school to give her autistic son a nurturing place to learn said she's found a mission at Kenwood Academy.

Police said a Dracut teen rented a Cambridge hotel room and packed it with booze with plans for a two night-high school bender last weekend.

Jeffrey R. Paquette has been promoted to the rank of captain in the U.S. Air Force.

There was an Elvis Presley sighting in Dracut on the same day in which the King of Rock 'n' Roll would have turned 75.