State Rep. Candidate Roger Twomey Posts Photo Misleading Supporters to Think Other GOP Candidates Supported him at a “Fundraiser for Me”

State Rep. Candidate Roger Twomey Posts Photo Misleading Supporters to Think Other GOP Candidates Supported him at a “Fundraiser for Me”

By Tom Duggan – August 31, 2014 A social media post by Republican Lawrence City Councilor Roger Twomey is causing controversy after Twomey mislead his supporters to believe that the photo he posted on a social media site Twitter was at a fundraiser for himself.   Twomey (R)  is in a three-way race with former Lawrence Mayor William […]

PODCAST Doris Rodriguez Says She Will Lower Sales Tax, Fight for Local Control and Exposes Pavel Payano as a Lantigua Candidiate

PODCAST Doris Rodriguez Says She Will Lower Sales Tax, Fight for Local Control and Exposes Pavel Payano as a Lantigua Candidiate

By: Tom Duggan, August 30, 2014 Doris Rodriguez is in a three way primary race for the Democrat nomination for State Senate against failed state Representative Barbara L’Italian and Lawrence School Committeeman Pavel Payano. Rodriguez appeared on the Paying Attention Radio program for a debate but L’Italian and Payano refused to be int eh same room with […]

PICK UP THE VALLEY PATRIOT AT THESE MARKET BASKET LOCATIONS!

PICK UP THE VALLEY PATRIOT AT THESE MARKET BASKET LOCATIONS!

  Pick Up The Valley Patriot at the following Market Basket Locations:  (3) LOWELL (Bridge St., Fletcher St., and Wood St.)(1) CHELMSFORD: (Chemlsford St)(3) BILLERICA: (700 Boston Rd., 496 Boston Rd., and 199 Boston Rd.) (2) METHUEN – (Haverhill St, The Loop) (1) NORTH ANDOVER (Rt. 114)(1) LEOMINSTER: (71 Sack Blvd)(1) TEWKSBURY: 1900 Main St., (1) SALEM NH (S. Broadway, […]

Sal Lupoli (of Sal’s Pizza) Donates Space At Riverwalk to Lawrence Police, Pays Utilities, Expenses for New Police Sub-station

Sal Lupoli (of Sal’s Pizza) Donates Space At Riverwalk to Lawrence Police, Pays Utilities, Expenses for New Police Sub-station

Sal Lupoli announces the Renovation of 600,000 More Square Feet of Office Space at Riverwalk  By: Tom Duggan – August 27, 2014 Sal Lupilo of Sal’s Pizza and Lupoli Properties, owner of Sal’s Riverwalk on Merrimack Street in Lawrence has donated 700 square feet of office space for a police sub-station for the auxiliary police. Lupoli […]

LARE Institute Offers Free Customer Service Certification

LARE Institute Offers Free Customer Service Certification

LARE Institute offering free Customer Service Certification training and assessment for qualified Lawrence residents, as made possible through Santander Foundation grant. Opportunity is knocking at the doors of Lawrence residents looking to get back to work or advance in their careers. LARE Institute, a branch of American Training, is now offering National Professional Certifications in […]

Wrongful Employment Termination Laws in MA

Wrongful Employment  Termination Laws in MA

By: Attorney Timothy Stark – August, 2014 For this week’s column, I thought I would discuss some specific Massachusetts laws that make an involuntary termination from employment unlawful in Massachusetts. Please keep in mind, however, that as a general rule, Massachusetts is an employment at will state. Therefore many involuntary terminations, even though unfair, are […]

Bigger is Definitely Not Better – Dr. Frank MacMillan

Bigger is Definitely Not Better – Dr. Frank MacMillan

By. Dr. Frank MacMillan – August, 2014 Health care consolidation is a bad deal for Massachusetts’s consumers. Over the past two decades, our hospitals, physicians, and health plans have been concentrating market power to a degree that is unprecedented, and this trend has been stimulated and accelerated by government intervention. This has led to monopoly […]

State Senator O’Connor Ives Working Into Final Day of Session

State Senator O’Connor Ives Working Into Final Day of Session

By: Senator Kathleen O’Connor Ives – August, 2014 July is one of the busiest months in the legislature because the legislative session comes to a close on July 31, 2014. As such, the Senate acted on a number of notable pieces of legislation. S. 2337 An Act Relative to Unsolicited Loans This bill was one […]

YE GAY Ol’ VALLEY – Human Rights Campaign Survey Proves LBGT Youth Need Support

YE GAY Ol’ VALLEY – Human Rights Campaign Survey Proves LBGT Youth Need Support

By: Dani Langevin Whether or not you agree with or even understand a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered (LGBT) lifestyle the American youth who identify themselves as part of it still needs our guidance and support. All youth do in our country. Recently the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) conducted a “ground breaking” survey of over […]

Culture Clash of the Middle East and the West: Anger vs. Apathy – BENEATH THE SURFACE with PAUL MURANO

Culture Clash of the Middle East and the West: Anger vs. Apathy – BENEATH THE SURFACE with PAUL MURANO

By: Paul Murano – August, 2014 There are different ways of understanding the clash of cultures between the Middle East and the West today. I will offer one perspective. The culture clash relates to the two sides of hate: anger vs. apathy. Anger is a reaction to perceived injustice that if left unchecked can quickly […]

American Marine & Boat Sales Sells The Boats of Your Dreams!

American Marine & Boat Sales Sells The Boats of Your Dreams!

By: Rebeccah Pearson – August, 2014 newburyportguide.com Newburyport falls on the most beautiful riverfront around. Here in Newburyport and the Greater Newburyport area, there is no better way to enjoy the shoreline then taking a nice boat ride in the harbor. Even better would be on the deck of our very own boat. American Marine […]

Legislature Goes Through – Not Around – Tough Issues

Legislature Goes Through – Not Around – Tough Issues

By: State Rep. Linda Dean Campbell – August, 2014 This session produced many important pieces of legislation: On-line voter registration and challenges to Citizens United that require a listing of the top contributors to Political Action Committees (PACs) on TV ads. This will help us sort through some smoke in this coming election; Increased legal […]

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