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Date Posted: 11:26:36 10/02/01 Tue
Author: Caroline B.
Subject: Parties on Primrose Hill

(This is a long post, but I think it's worth a read)

Did you all see this article in the Sunday Sun?

DRACUT POLICE SEEK FOUR FOLLOWING CONTFRONTATION By Dana Willhoit, Sun Staff
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DRACUT -- A group of teenagers fled a keg party in the woods Friday night after four people from Lowell showed up with a 9-mm Beretta pistol and baseball bats, Dracut police said.

Dracut police started receiving phone calls from some of the panicked teenagers, who were at a party in the Primrose Hill area, at around 11:20 p.m. The teens called police on their cellular phones, according to Dracut Officer Mike Williams.

"When we arrived, the kids were going everywhere because they were just afraid," Williams said. At least 40 teenagers were running out of the woods, Williams said. Many of them are Dracut residents who had attended a football game earlier in the night between Dracut High and Lowell High, won by Lowell.

Four men, possibly teenagers, showed up at the party with baseball bats and a gun, witnesses told police. They were yelling, and they stuck a gun several inches from one boy's head, police were told. Then they started beating up one of the boys with a baseball bat. Police found scattered beer cans and kegs, but they did not find the assault victim, who was gone from the scene when they arrived.

One of the teens, whose father is a police officer, identified the type of weapon to police, Williams said. Another person recognized the four people who had showed up. They are all from Lowell, according to Williams. Police are searching for the suspects. No motive for the assault is yet known.
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Besides the obvious, this is of great concern to me, as a resident of the neighborhood surrounding this area. Allow me share some personal experiences:

For as long as we've lived in Dracut (17 years), there have been parties at this "fire pit" on Primrose Hill. The Dracut Police are well aware of this spot, according to two officers I've spoken to. These parties usually mean a handful of teens, a campfire and drinking; but generally the party-goers are quiet, and have never been a problem. Until recently.

Over the past month or so, the parties have become increasing loud, rowdy and heavily attended. On the Friday after the horrible events of Sept. 11th, a violent throng of 40+ partiers were screaming and chanting "U-S-A!" and "F--- the Arabs!" This was extremely disturbing to us, and we were fearful of what might happen next…vandalized houses and cars? We called the police at 10:30 p.m., and 11:30 p.m. and both times the dispatcher said they would take care of it. The party was still going at 12:30, and nothing was done to stop it.

Last Friday night, as stated in The Sun article, another huge party was taking place on Primrose Hill, and this time they were shouting obscenities at the loudest possible volume. "F--- you!" was heard loudly resounding though the woods and the neighborhood. Again, I called the police at around 10:15, and again, they said they would take care of it. An hour later, the party continued as loud as ever.

The Sun article and these events disturb me for several reasons:

- It seems that these parties are allowed to continue despite complaints from neighbors (perhaps because one of the party-goers is the child of a police officer?).
- The fire pit is so well-known that it attracts teenagers from other towns.
- There is no mention in the article that the fire pit on Primrose Hill is private property, and that perhaps the land owner should be held accountable.
- The party-crashers from Lowell are the only ones characterized as breaking any laws. Hmmm. The "victims" in this story were trespassing, disturbing the peace, drinking under-age, burning illegally, etc.,etc. I wonder who bought the kegs?

My hope is that this incident is a wake-up call for the Dracut Police, the participating teenagers, the teenagers' parents, AND the other residents of this neighborhood (Primrose Hill Lane, Hillcrest Ave, Oxford Road, Nottingham Road, and Patricia Lane). If you live in this area, please call the police as soon as the party starts getting out of hand (or even sooner). The more calls they get, the sooner they'll do something about it. None of us want to live with the fear of what might happen next. We have enough of that to deal with these days.

Thank you for listening.

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