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More than $9 million spent on statewide ballot questions in 2012

More than $9 million was spent to influence three questions put before the voters on the 2012 statewide ballot, according to disclosure reports filed by ballot question committees with…

November 29, 20122 CommentsRead More

Tom Duggan’s Notebook – November, 2012

FROM THE PAGES OF VALLEY PATRIOT PUBLISHER, TOM DUGGAN’S NOTEBOOK November, 2012 PANTS ON FIRE AWARD – Of all the candidates telling all the lies they could this election…

November 28, 20125 CommentsRead More

Termination Hearing for Lawrence Firefighter Tim Atwood

PREVIOUS STORY Lantigua Takes Medical Benefits, Will Terminate Hero Firefighter Tom DugganTom Duggan is president and publisher of The Valley Patriot Newspaper in North Andover, Massachusetts. He is…

November 28, 201215 CommentsRead More

Lantigua Takes Medical Benefits, Will Terminate Hero Firefighter

By: Tom Duggan – Nov. 27, 2012 Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua has scheduled a termination hearing for Lawrence Firefighter Tim Atwood on Wednesday, claiming he is incapable of doing the…

November 27, 201247 CommentsRead More

Video & Photos – 2012 North Andover Santa Parade

Photo Gallery of Santa Parade Video by Tom Duggan Tom DugganTom Duggan is president and publisher of The Valley Patriot Newspaper in North…

November 24, 20128 CommentsRead More

Plan Ahead for Your Pets When Traveling, Unexpected Inclement Weather

By: Tracey Zysk, Doggie Columnist – November, 2012 Traveling for the holidays? Leaving your pets in the care of family, friends or a pet care service? Or if you are…

November 23, 20126 CommentsRead More

Boys and Girls Club of Greater Lowell 15th Annual Holiday Auction

November – 2012 LOWELL – The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Lowell presents the 15th Annual Holiday Auction Thursday, November 29 at 5:30 pm at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium.…

November 23, 20125 CommentsRead More

The Walk for Hunger supports hunger relief programs throughout the state

November, 2012 Project Bread, the state’s leading antihunger organization, has awarded $226,650 in grants to emergency food programs in the northeastern part of the state through funds raised by the…

November 23, 20122 CommentsRead More

Random Thoughts with Ronnie Ford

By; Ronnie Ford – November, 2012 My good friend Steve Zanni, duly authorized and sworn in as Mayor of Methuen, is finding himself in little battles here and there.…

November 23, 201270 CommentsRead More

That 47% Was Not Far Off

By: Ralph Wilbur – November, 2012 Well, I guess the outcome of the election proves that Romney was right about that 47 percent. Perhaps it is even more. It…

November 23, 20122 CommentsRead More

The Priorities of America’s Youngest Voters

By: Zack Murray, November 2012 By the time this column is printed, we will know who was elected into office. 2012 has marked a stunning surge in young voters,…

November 23, 20124 CommentsRead More

Military Connection, Inc.

By: Anne Knowles – November, 2012 The Military Connection, Inc., is an organization with a mission to reach out to anyone who has served or is currently serving in…

November 23, 20125 CommentsRead More

It’s all About Government Retirement

By: Lonnie Brennan – (November, 2012) The year 2011 was a sweet year for some of the 560+ taxpayer-funded employees of the little Town of Georgetown. And salary is just…

November 20, 201223 CommentsRead More

American Training Honors Dan Barter

Dan Barter of Raymond, NH, founder and President of Summit Records Management, a division of Northeast Reclaiming Services, Derry, NH, was presented American Training’s highest honor last month, the Life…

November 20, 20125 CommentsRead More

Voter Fraud in Lawrence, Why Can’t they See?

By: Peter Larocque – November, 2012) I guess I shouldn’t be shocked that in the very Election Office in Mayor Lantigua’s Palace, known as Lawrence City Hall, an Election Department…