The Massachusetts Republican Assembly (MARA) and Sharron Angle, former candidate for United States Senate and President of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA) proudly endorse Daniel Grayton of Methuen for Republican State Committeeman in the First Essex Massachusetts State Senate District (including Methuen, Haverhill, Newburyport, Merrimac, Salisbury, and N.Andover Pcts 1-4). Both MARA and the […]
As the year draws to a close I thought it appropriate to highlight some of the highs and lows that took place in Methuen in 2014. IT PRIVATIZATION It took two different councils and three different proposals for the Mayor to finally pass a measure restructuring and privatizing the city’s IT Dept- a move designed […]
By: Dan Grayton, Methuen City Council November, 2014 Last October, Councilor Tom Ciulla introduced a resolution which would have eliminated the three parking spots at City Hall reserved for Councilors. The resolution would ultimately fail unanimously, but the spirit of it, which is “how do we make City Hall more accessible to the residents?” should […]
By: Dan Grayton – October, 2014 It has been said that patience is a virtue. If so, the residents of the west district have experienced many opportunities to build their character. Thankfully, their patience is being rewarded as numerous projects long in the making are finally becoming a reality this year. Ground was broken on […]
By: Dan Grayton – September, 2014 30,000. That number is a conservative estimate of how many sheets of paper the Methuen City Council will use this year alone. A vast majority of those sheets are used in the making of the “packets” that councilors, including myself, receive in preparation of each council meeting. This is […]