Sen. Brown To Seniors: “Your Medicare is Safe”

Sen. Brown To Seniors: “Your Medicare is Safe”

Senator Scott Brown Says Warren “Desperate” Talks About Medicare, Social Security, Budget   PHOTO GALLERY FROM EVENT By Tom Duggan, August, 2012  “Desperate” United States Senator Scott Brown said his opponent Elizabeth Warren was “desperate” Monday during a visit to the North Andover Senior Center where he spoke for about thirty minutes on Medicare, taxes, […]

Paying Attention! with Tom Duggan: Jen Cooper

Paying Attention! with Tom Duggan: Jen Cooper

Today Tom Duggan interviewed Jen Cooper of the Lawrence School Committee who resigned this week and moved out of Lawrence saying that the Lawrence Public Schools because of the shenanigans of the State Department of Education and Receiver Riley. Tom also played debate clips from the State Senate debate this week sponsored by the Valley […]

Jewish Film Festival Shows Movie Tribute to Yoni Netanyahu

Jewish Film Festival Shows Movie Tribute to Yoni Netanyahu

Last month the Merrimack Valley Jewish Federation held a Jewish Film Festival at Osgood Landing in North Andover, attracting more than 150 people from around the area. The film festival’s feature presentation “Follow Me, The “Yoni” Netanyahu Story,” left many in attendance with tears in their eyes as they left the theater at Osgood Landing. Yoni Netanyahu was the […]

Republican Candidates Spar in NH Governor Debate

Republican Candidates Spar in NH Governor Debate

Ovide Lamontagne and Kevin Smith Spar Over Who Should be Governor By: Tom Duggan, August, 2012 Last month republican candidates for Governor of New Hampshire, Ovide Lamontagne and Kevin Smith, sparred over who was “more republican” and their different set of priorities for their state. The debate was sponsored in part by The Valley Patriot […]

Our Gay Government

Our Gay Government

By: Dani Langevin, Lesbian Columnist August, 2012 My disclaimer for this column is that I am simply stating fact. So, if you are against rights for the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) communities then you will have more reason to continue disliking our present government and if you are for these rights then, well, […]

The United States of Tyranny?

The United States of Tyranny?

By Paul Murano, August 2012 Although the title of this column admittedly seems a bit alarmist, this nation is coming closer to this end. Two poignant events illustrate this, both occurring on the same day: August 1, 2012. Chick-Fil-A’s owner was asked a question and he answered it. He said he supports traditional marriage. On […]

Valley Advocates Lead the Way in Child Protection Legislation

By: Eva Montibello For more than a decade several pieces of child protection legislation have been in front of Massachusetts’s leadership, typically dying in the Judiciary Committee. Finally, many pieces of legislation are progressing through the process with help from Merrimack Valley advocates Laurie Myers, Founder and President of VOICES, Joseph DiPietro, Founder and President […]

An Open Letter to Mitt Romney

An Open Letter to Mitt Romney

It is Time to Stop Oppressing the Downtrodden! THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX! By: Dr. Charles Ormsby, August, 2012 Dear Governor Romney, America is currently enduring its second Depression in the last hundred years. Seventy percent of us have escaped with just moderate wounds. The value of our assets has declined. Our prospects seem diminished. We […]

Chick-Fil-A, The Intolerance of “Tolerance”

Chick-Fil-A, The Intolerance of “Tolerance”

By: Jeff Katz – August, 2012 “I believe that marriage is the union between a man and a woman. For me as a Christian, it is also a sacred union, you know? God is in the mix.” With those words, Dan Cathy the Chief Operating Officer of Chick-Fil-A started a firestorm. The press declared those […]

The Tea Party on Trial, Again

The Tea Party on Trial, Again

By: Christine Morabito – (August, 2012) With predictable swiftness, the mainstream media rushed to blame the Tea Party following the movie theater murders in Aurora, Colorado. This time the stone was cast by ABC news correspondent Brian Ross, who apparently slept through his journalism class on libel law. When their researchers conducted an online search […]

Freedom of Information: Enforce the Law

Freedom of Information: Enforce the Law

VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL   August – 2012 The Valley Patriot submitted document requests to the City of Lawrence under the Massachusetts Public Records Law on February 22, 2012. The documents we requested are public documents that must be turned over within ten days by law. Yet, as of the date we published this edition, (August […]

Let me Take the Gloves off: Just be Responsible!

Let me Take the Gloves off: Just be Responsible!

PUPPY LOVE WITH KATE WHITNEY    By: Kate Whitney – August, 2012 I consider myself an even tempered, even light-hearted person. Only a few things have the ability to make me really mad. If you don’t mind, I’d like to talk about a few of those things in today’s article. Please keep in mind that […]