40 Year Anniversary of the Still Unexplained Death of Elias J. Menkes MD at New England Deaconess Hospital

40 Year Anniversary of the Still Unexplained Death of  Elias J. Menkes MD at New England Deaconess Hospital

By: Aliana B. E. von Richthofen – -May, 2021 Elli had stopped at the hospital, before returning home from February break looking happier than all week away from his patients. He had been hired the previous year, barely 31 years old, as co-director of Intensive Care and director of Respiratory Therapy at the New England Deaconess […]

DCF Must be Reformed ~ IN YOUR CORNER with SENATOR DIZOGLIO

DCF Must be Reformed ~ IN YOUR CORNER with SENATOR DIZOGLIO

Hello Valley Patriot Readers, In late March, we were all devastated to learn of the tragedy involving David Almond, the 14-year-old autistic boy who died last October after being found living in abhorrent conditions. Fall River police went to the Almond house after receiving a report of an unresponsive person. There, officers found David, bruised, […]

Some Legislation I Am Filing This Session

Some Legislation I Am Filing This Session

By: State Rep. Linda Dean Campbell – May, 2021 The Massachusetts House of Representatives is in high gear working on newly filed legislation and passing a state budget. I have filed new bills this session pertaining to the environment, public safety, substance abuse prevention, mental health, Veterans, our National Guard, and more. One issue I […]

ABOVE AND BEYOND ~ Three Local Restaurants Getting it RIGHT While So Many Are Getting it Wrong!

ABOVE AND BEYOND ~ Three Local Restaurants Getting it RIGHT While So Many Are Getting it Wrong!

By: Valley Patriot Restaurant Gurus – May, 2021 Since businesses have reopened from the Coronavirus lockdowns, we have noticed that most of the restaurants we used to love to go to are now just mailing it in. While we understand that service is not going to be as good as it was before the lockdowns […]

Racist Term “Latinx” Must be Rejected by the Media ~ VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL (5-21)

Racist Term “Latinx” Must be Rejected by the Media ~ VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL (5-21)

May, 2021 Political activists have created a new term to label and stereotype Latinos in an attempt to find a “gender neutral” term of referring to Spanish speaking Americans from South or Central American countries. We recognize this term “Latinx” as blatantly racist and an affront to everything that is Latino culture. We refuse to […]

Illegal Alien Jose Villar of Lawrence, Gets 18 Months Sentenced for Fentanyl Possession

Illegal Alien Jose Villar of Lawrence, Gets 18 Months Sentenced for Fentanyl Possession

BOSTON – A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Jose Villar, 29, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young to 18 months in prison and four years of supervised release. Villar will face deportation upon completion of his sentence. On […]

MA Lottery Processes First Remote Ticket Cashing Transaction in Mobile App

MA Lottery Processes First Remote Ticket Cashing Transaction in Mobile App

Function will provide multiple benefits to customers as well as the environment DORCHESTER, MA (May 5, 2021) – The Massachusetts State Lottery has successfully processed its first remote ticket cashing transaction through the Mass Lottery mobile application, a significant step in the introduction of digital technology that will provide multiple benefits to customers as well […]

Quincy Veteran Receives Vehicle Repaired by Greater Lawrence Tech Students

Quincy Veteran Receives Vehicle Repaired by Greater Lawrence Tech Students

  ANDOVER — A Quincy veteran now has a car he can drive to work, thanks to Greater Lawrence Tech and nonprofit Second Chance Cars. Superintendent John Lavoie, Second Chance Cars Executive Director Dan Holin, School Committee Member Marilyn Fitzgrald, car donor Luanne Goehring of Carlisle, Rep. Tami Gouveia of Acton, and others gathered on […]

U.S. Army Chris Coakley and U.S. Air Force Vet Stephen O’Donnell ~ HEROES IN OUR MIDST, VALLEY PATRIOT OF THE MONTH

By: John Cuddy – April, 2021 Dracut American Legion Executive Board Members US Army Veteran Chris “Scrubs” Coakley and US Air Force Veteran Stephen “Professor” O’Donnell are both also members of a patriotic motorcycle group known as the Nam Knights. During the summer of 1989, a small group of Harley Davidson riders, who were also […]