WELLESLEY’S TRASH By: Aliana Brodmann E. von Richthofen A 2016 posting in the “The Swellesley Report” lamented the moral demise at the Wellesley Dump, otherwise known as the Take & Leave area within the town’s Recycling & Disposal Facility. Apparently certain volunteers on site had turned this genteel Wellesley institution into a contentious environment by looting […]
By: Brian Genest – Sept. 2018 There’s a lot to love about living in Dracut. I’m not going to talk about any of them in this column. Instead, here’s a rant about things that make this townie even more grouchy than usual. * Political signs littering the landscape like litter. Some intersections and properties in […]
Mega Millions jackpot at $367 million, Powerball jackpot at $229 million, in-state Megabucks Doubler jackpot at $3 million BRAINTREE, MA (OCTOber 1, 2018) – The Mega Millions jackpot for the Tuesday, October 2 drawing is an estimated $367 million, while the Powerball jackpot for the Wednesday, October 3 drawing is an estimated $229 million. The […]
By: Bill Cushing – September, 2018 The new TV season is upon us and just like every year there are lots of new shows. Which are worth devoting your time to? This column will hopefully help you decide the answer to that question. Here are some of the shows I think will be worth […]
VALLEY PATRIOT OF THE MONTH By: John Cuddy – September 2018 The Silent Service Middleton’s Douglas Bryant originally hailed from Amesbury, Massachusetts where his father worked in the automotive industry. Prior to World War II, Amesbury had a bustling automobile industry, but manufacturers such as the Walker Body Company did not survive the Great Depression. […]
By: Bharani Padmanabhan – Sept. 2018 Recently-retired Justice Kennedy once wrote: “Nineteen Eighty-Four has one of the most brilliant scenes in literature. The protagonist is being tortured by his communist or totalitarian interrogators, and they want him to say that “Two and two is five.” And finally he can’t stand the torture anymore, he says, […]
In his homily in 1972 on the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, Pope Paul VI made this ominous statement: “The smoke of Satan has entered the temple of God.” A few years prior, the pope wrote Humanae Vitae (1968), reaffirming the Church’s constant teaching against contraception. This should have been the dam to […]
WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE IT WRONG BUT YOU DON’T On two occasions last month we reported a story on line that we thought we got wrong after it was posted. In one story we reported that a shooting victim from East Haverhill Street had died. Minutes after we reported the victim’s death we were […]
By: DJ Deeb – September, 2018 The City of Methuen has gone through a very difficult few months. The latest involves the controversy surrounding Superintendent Judy Scannell not having a license to be Superintendent of Schools and prior to that no license to be Principal of the Tenney and Timony Elementary Schools. Deciding how […]
AG’s Office Sends Columbia Gas, NiSource Orders to Preserve Documents for Potential State Investigation BOSTON – Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey today announced new resources in her office to support Merrimack Valley residents and businesses recovering from the devastating fires and explosions that rocked the area two weeks ago. “I want residents and businesses […]
Sheriff Kevin F. Coppinger led a service on September 21, 2018 to commemorate National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Ceremony was held at the Essex County Sheriff’s Department (ECSD) Headquarters in Middleton next to the Vietnam War Veterans of Massachusetts Missing in Action Memorial which is the only monument in Massachusetts that recognizes the Vietnam War […]
Kelly Bruce, 14, of Byfield (Newbury) was last seen before 2 p.m. Monday and is feared to be in danger. WEST NEWBURY — Police Chief Art Reed and Newbury Police Chief Michael A. Reilly report that police are actively searching for a teenage girl who ran away from her home in Byfield. Kelly Bruce, age […]
West Parish Church extends an invitation to members of the public to hear the presentation. Sunday, September 23rd at 4:00 p.m. at West Parish Church, 129 Reservation Road in Andover. Former Lawrence City Councilor and candidate for mayor, Mr. Richard Lawrence will relate the struggles of growing up in Andover in the 1950’s and will share […]
The City of Methuen is in a serious crisis. Not just a funding crisis but a management crisis, a leadership crisis and most frightening a structural crisis as a municipality.First, we had the previous city council which was so corrupt and incompetent that it will take a decade or more to rectify the financial and […]
Sept. 18, 2018 METHUEN — Chief Joseph Solomon reports that the Methuen Police Department arrested a man last week for allegedly kidnapping and providing drugs to a juvenile. Charles W. Anderson of Manchester NH. was arrested and charged with: Possession of a Class B Substance Distribution of a Controlled Substance to a Minor Contributing to the […]