Northern Essex Community College Failed to Address Recommendations to Improve Tracking of Property, Audit Finds

Northern Essex Community College Failed to Address Recommendations to Improve Tracking of Property, Audit Finds

BOSTON – In an audit released today, the Office of State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump (OSA) found Northern Essex Community College (NECC) has failed to take steps previously recommended by the office to better safeguard and track the college’s valuable property. The audit also showed NECC did not always obtain required documentation, including approvals, for expenditures. […]

Warren Urges CFTC to Investigate Google for Manipulation of Online Advertising Market

Warren Urges CFTC to Investigate Google for Manipulation of Online Advertising Market

“Today, the advertising market is functionally unregulated. It is a market worth hundreds of billions of dollars per year, and it is the main revenue driver for some of the country’s largest companies.” “Given the power of a company like Google to unilaterally manipulate the online advertising market, it is critical that the CFTC ensures […]

Congressman Moulton Encourages Small Business Transportation Companies Hurt by the Pandemic to Apply for Federal Grants

Congressman Moulton Encourages Small Business Transportation Companies Hurt by the Pandemic to Apply for Federal Grants

The grants for companies that operate buses, passenger vessels and pilot vessels are available now, but business owners will need to act fast; the application period closes July 19.  June 30, 2021 – Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) encouraged business owners who operate charter buses, passenger vessels, school buses and pilot vessel services to apply for grants […]

Governor Baker Scapegoats Hero Marine – Protects Political Insiders

Governor Baker Scapegoats Hero Marine – Protects Political Insiders

How Rich People of Privilege Set Up a Hero Marine From Lawrence By: Tom Duggan – June, 2021 Veterans and politicians in Massachusetts are demanding answers and an apology for Purple Heart recipient Francisco Urena, the former Secretary of Veterans Services for the Commonwealth, after a legislative report and a Boston Globe expose proved he […]

The Holyoke Tragedy: Demand Accountability

The Holyoke Tragedy: Demand Accountability

By: State Rep. Linda Dean Campbell – June, 2021 The Special Joint Oversight Committee charged with investigating the COVID-19 related deaths of veterans at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home released a comprehensive report in late May outlining both the immediate and underlying causes of this tragedy. The committee, which I co-chaired with a fellow veteran, Senator […]

Illegal Alien, Manuel Maria German Familia of Lawrence Pleads Guilty to Misusing a Social Security Number

Illegal Alien, Manuel Maria German Familia of Lawrence Pleads Guilty to Misusing a Social Security Number

BOSTON – A Dominican national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to fraudulently using another person’s Social Security number. Manuel Maria German Familia, 30, who previously resided in Lawrence, pleaded guilty to one count of false representation of a Social Security number. U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris scheduled sentencing for Sept. […]

Lawrence Man, Yunior Darismir Prandys Torres Sentenced in Federal Court for Fentanyl Distribution

Lawrence Man, Yunior Darismir Prandys Torres Sentenced in Federal Court for Fentanyl Distribution

June 18, 2021 BOSTON – A Lawrence man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for distributing and possessing fentanyl. Yunior Darismir Prandys Torres, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to five years in prison and five years of supervised release. In October 2020, Torres pleaded guilty to one […]

Disabled Persons Protection Commission is Not Effectively Administering Investigations of Alleged Abuse, Audit Shows

Disabled Persons Protection Commission is Not Effectively Administering Investigations of Alleged Abuse, Audit Shows

Commission has not effectively addressed recommendations from previous audit BOSTON – In an audit released today, the Office of State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump (OSA) showed the Disabled Persons Protection Commission (DPPC) has been consistently missing required state deadlines for abuse investigations and did not have a system for identifying persons with repeated allegations of […]

US Navy Veteran Louis McAloon – Lifeguard Duty off the Coast of Vietnam ~ VALLEY PATRIOT OF THE MONTH ~ HEROES IN OUR MIDST

US Navy Veteran Louis McAloon – Lifeguard Duty off the Coast of Vietnam ~ VALLEY PATRIOT OF THE MONTH ~ HEROES IN OUR MIDST

By:  John Cuddy – June,  2021 NORTH ANDOVER – North Andover’s Louis McAloon served in the US Navy during the Vietnam War, enlisting shortly after graduating from North Andover High School. He completed Basic Training at the Naval Base Great Lakes with Recruit Company 190. After Basic, he was sent to Naval Air Station Memphis, […]

History Will Judge Us Harshly on COVID Response ~ VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL (June, 2021)

History Will Judge Us Harshly on COVID Response ~ VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL (June, 2021)

June,  2021 Dr. Anthony Fauci is the top health official in the country and has shaped public policy on how the United States government responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to the massive spread of COVID-19 in the U.S., Fauci said that wearing a store-bought mask did nothing to stop the transmission of the deadly […]

LETTER TO THE EDITOR ~ LETTER: Local Officials Should Embrace The Valley Patriot, Paying Attention Podcast

LETTER TO THE EDITOR ~ LETTER: Local Officials Should Embrace The Valley Patriot, Paying Attention Podcast

To the Editor: I recently purchased ads for the Valley Patriot and Paying attention podcast, not because we need the business but because we want to support both mediums. In my opinion the Valley Patriot and Paying Attention Podcast provide a valuable service to the citizens of the Merrimack Valley. That said I and many […]