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October 26, 2007
Backtalk
GO SOX: Congratulations to the Red Sox. They proved they were the best. Now, let's win the World Series.
Dracut
OVER-EXCITED: I love the Red Sox and am delighted they won the American League championship. But once again, Jonathan Papelbon has gone over the top. It's absolutely ridiculous that he would pour beer over the trophy. It shows disrespect.
Lowell
KEEP BRIDGE OPEN: Shouldn't the prominent Tyngsboro bridge be open for emergency vehicles only? Especially on weekends.
Tyngsboro
ENOUGH ALREADY: More public servants pushing for higher pensions? We can't afford the pensions we're paying them now. Most of us working people don't get a pension anymore. When are these people going to realize what they have?
Tewksbury
FIGURE IT OUT: City Councilor Rodney Elliott is right: The shelter isn't going anywhere; nor should it go anywhere. The councilors have to work this out and do their job.
Lowell
VOTER APATHY: We had a special election Tuesday for the teachers' contract (which
was not recommended by the board) and only 727 residents bothered to vote. I guess the teachers have spoken.
Pelham, N.H.
TOO MANY SIGNALS: Whose bright idea was it to put all those lights on Lakeview Avenue in Dracut? I could travel from Dracut to Boston by the time I'm through all the lights and traffic on Lakeview Avenue in the morning.
Dracut
FOCUS ON VALUES: Don Ordway's letter to the editor suggests the school is taking away parental control by giving birth control to middle-school students. I agree. But, his solution is to make sure children know God, which takes away my parental rights as an atheist. It's about good parents teaching their children good values; God has nothing to do with it.
Lowell
RULE REVISIONS: It's not about the 25 cents for coffee at the Chelmsford Senior Center, it's about the director, changing the rules every single day.
Chelmsford
KEEP GYMNASTICS: The Pelham School Board should leave gymnastics in the school budget for next year. Interest has grown in that program and it deserves to continue.
Pelham, N.H.
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Posted by Admin at October 26, 2007 12:09 PM
Comments
My child is one of many being bullied and harrassed in the Tewksbury Ryan school. The school's solution is to punish the children being bullied by seperating them.Their are 3 students I know of that were being bullied and made to move their lockers away from their peers. The school claims these victims must have issues. The school is blind to the fact that these victims of bullying are often being set up by the bullies.The victims of bullying usually are the ones who get in trouble when they defend themselves. Bullies are sneaky and cunning enough to hit someone then tell them their victim did the hitting .This gets the bullies victim in trouble for hitting.
Posted by: Anonymous at October 26, 2007 9:49 PM
