Intervened with a tow company operator in an effort to have a tow charge reduced for a family member, then retaliated against the tow company On May 21, 2015, the State Ethics Commission (“Commission”) voted to find reasonable cause to believe that Massachusetts State Police Trooper Seth Peterson violated the state’s conflict of interest law […]
LAWRENCE – Concrete fell from the upper deck of the Rt 495 (S) bridge over the Merrimack River down onto the lower deck of the bridge closing the bridge off to traffic Tuesday afternoon. Police closed off the bridge and rerouted traffic causing backups for miles in each direction.
NORTHANDOVER: SANTANDER BANK ROBBERY| MAIN STREET North Andover police are looking for a White man, 5’10”-6′ tall with scarred cheeks below the eyes (possible burns or acne), who walked into Santander Bank, 149 Main St. at approximately 3:37pm on Tuesday. The robber passed a note to a taller and no weapon shown. An undetermined amount of cash […]
July 28, 2015 The Massachusetts State Ethics Commission has fined Methuen City Councilor Joyce Campagnone, $1,000 civil penalty for the violation of conflict of interest laws and was ordered to pay restitution to the City of Methuen in the amount of $4,000. Campagnone, a Methuen City Councilor, is also a full-time paid employee of the Greater Lawrence […]
More than 125 people showed up last night at the Lowell VFW, as Veterans Assisting Veterans held a memorial service for the four marines and one navy seaman who were killed last week by a Muslim Terrorist at a Tennessee recruiting center. Air force veteran and WCAP radio host John MacDonald organized the event after Massachusetts […]
Former Lawrence School Committeeman Jim Vittorioso has passed away. Vittorioso was a teacher in the Lawrence public schools and at the Greater Lawrence Technical School. He served as a school committeeman under Dr. Gene Thayer’s reign as superintendent in the mid to late 80’s. He then returned to the school committee in the early 2000’s […]
Demolition of the Bradstreet School on Main St. in North Andover began Friday. The town has sold the property and in it’s place will be a mixed use business and residential building.
An Adams, Massachusetts, man has been charged in an indictment in connection with a plot to engage in terrorism on behalf of ISIL. The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz of the District of Massachusetts and Special Agent in Charge Vincent Lisi of […]
Legislative panel oversees consumer protection, alcohol licensing policy BOSTON — Sen. Barbara L’Italien has been appointed the new Senate chairman of the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, succeeding the late Sen. Thomas Kennedy, who passed away last month. Senate President Stanley Rosenberg, D-Amherst, announced the appointment Thursday following a formal session […]
July 23, 2015 9:45PM|UPDATED 10:45PM BREAKING… METHUEN…. Multiple shots fired on Tenney Street. Methuen Police responded late Thursday night to a call of “shots fired”. When Methuen Police arrived at the scene they found multiple shell casings on the ground. Witnesses say that two kids were seen fighting in the street when one shot at […]
By: Tom Duggan – July, 2015 Methuen resident Christine Prescott went to the Methuen police station last month to thank the officer who saved her life when her heart stopped while working out at a local fitness center. “I had just finished my 45 minute spinning class at the gym,” Prescott told The Valley Patriot. […]
By: Tom Duggan – July, 2015 Salisbury Town Manager Neil Harrington has once again violated state laws governing public records. This time, laws governing the retention of public records as part of a lawsuit. The lawsuit in question was filed by the Tomaselli sisters. Harrington is claiming that permanent documents being sought by Gracemarie and […]
July, 2015 Now that his pal Willie Lantigua is out of office, you will hardly find another politician in Lawrence as slick and sleazy as City Council President Modesto Maldonado. Maldonado was a part of the Lantigua machine. His job in that span of four years on the council was to advance Lantigua’s agenda and […]
July 16, 2015 BOSTON – Next Wednesday, the state’s public records law will be one step closer to being a real law with real penalties, after forty years of being merely a suggestion for public officials to turn over public documents when requested. MGL Ch. 66 mandates that public agencies turn over public documents within ten […]
July 14, 205 11PM Lawrence Police responded to a murder suicide late Tuesday night at133 Park St. at the back of 187 Lawrence Street near the corner of Park and Lexington. Police sources confirm that two people are dead. Sources told the Valley Patriot late Tuesday night that when Lawrence Police arrived at the scene they […]