Eagle Tribune.com Live Web Chat

Title: The State of the Union
Date: Wednesday January 27, 2010
Time: 8:45PM EST

Follow election results live Tuesday evening with The Eagle-Tribune staff online on Eagle-Tribune TV. Beginning at 8 p.m., Eagle-Tribune TV will stream live video online from The Eagle-Tribune newsroom with guests, commentary and election results as they are announced.

State Sen. Steven Baddour and state Rep. Brian Dempsey, along with a rotating panel of other local commentators, will be on hand as The Eagle-Tribune staff reports election results from Lawrence, Haverhill and Methuen.
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METHUEN — After sparring for an hour over how each would do a better job running the city, the two candidates for mayor agreed wholeheartedly on one tough decision — that family sacrifices are always part of the job.

“Unfortunately, the choice has been to go to the important City Council meeting,” Mayor William Manzi said in response to the 13th and final question of the night — deciding whether to go to a children’s event or a crucial council meeting. “As I told my kids, duty comes first,” said Manzi, who is seeking his third, two-year term.

Al DiNuccio, co-owner of East Coast Cabinet in Lawrence, confessed to being “a workaholic” and missing special family moments over the years because of job. “I would not be in this race if my family didn’t give me the thumbs up,” DiNuccio told the crowd of more than 200 who assembled inside Mann Orchards Farm Store and Bakery last night for free hot cider, coffee, doughnuts and pastries as they participated in a town hall style mayoral debate hosted by The Eagle-Tribune,

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