Valley Patriot Multi-Media “Summer Bonus” Ad Package – Newspaper, Radio & Internet for ONE LOW PRICE!

Valley Patriot Multi-Media “Summer Bonus” Ad Package – Newspaper, Radio & Internet for ONE LOW PRICE!

Need Exposure for your Business? Get Print, Radio AND Internet for ONE LOW PRICE of $629! FOUR MEDIA HITS! * Valley Patriot Newspaper * 980WCAP radio spots * Valley Patriot ON LINE * 980WCAP ON LINE For advertisers who are looking to get additional MULTI-MEDIA exposure – The Valley Patriot an 980WCAP Radio have partnered up with a […]

Tom Duggan’s Notebook (May, 2015)

Tom Duggan’s Notebook (May, 2015)

CNN – WHERE FACTS GO TO DIE – Bad enough that Brook Baldwin appears on CNN every day to slant the news and attack our veterans, Solidad O’Brien and Anderson Cooper cheerlead for one side and demonize another side when they are supposed to be presenting objective news. But it’s even worse that so called […]

Sister of Murdered Child in 1985 Raises Money for Headstone, Ceremony Slated for July

Sister of Murdered Child in 1985 Raises Money for Headstone, Ceremony Slated for July

Tom Duggan, May, 2015 The friends and family of a child murdered in 1985 have privately raised nearly $4,000 for a headstone, 30 years after the murder of Michelle Pimentel in 1985. Pimentel’s friends and family raised the money in less than one week after appearing on 980WCAP’s Paying Attention Radio program to tell their […]

Super PACs Spend More Than $20M on 2014 Elections

Super PACs Spend More Than $20M on 2014 Elections

Independent Expenditure “Super” PACs and other independent groups spent $20.4 million in the 2014 election, according to an OCPF review of disclosure reports filed by those entities. It was the first statewide election in Massachusetts in which Super PACs played a role. The total in 2014 is twice the amount spent by independent entities in […]

What is Urgent Care?

What is Urgent Care?

What do you do when you have a deep cut that requires stitches? Or when you’ve taken a tumble and injured an arm or leg? Here in the Merrimack Valley, the answer to these questions has long been to find the nearest emergency room. Long waits, increased costs, and general discomfort often awaited patients as […]

STEAM Presentation at Hampstead Academy

STEAM Presentation at Hampstead Academy

Hampstead – On Tuesday, April 21st, Hampstead Academy hosted a presentation by Kyle Scofield, IT Manager at Technology Seed, to talk about the future of careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM). The presentation provided students with an opportunity to hear about the ever-changing world of technology and participate in some hands-on demonstrations. […]

Andover Teen’s Eagle Scout Project Benefits Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence

Andover Teen’s Eagle Scout Project Benefits Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence

May, 2015 For his Eagle Scout project, 16-year-old Henry Duerr of Andover wanted to work on a project that was personally meaningful to him and beneficial to local kids. The result: a new traverse rock-climbing wall at the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence (BGCL). “My little brother donated a bunch of basketballs to the […]

MassDEP Penalizes Commonwealth Motors $15,000, Suspends Automobile Emission Inspections for 2 Years Due to Fraud

MassDEP Penalizes Commonwealth Motors $15,000, Suspends Automobile Emission Inspections for 2 Years Due to Fraud

Individual Inspector Also Penalized Separately for 6 Fraudulent Emission Tests   BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) penalized Commonwealth Motors of Lawrence $15,000 for issuing six fraudulent motor vehicle inspection stickers between July 16 and November 7, 2014. In addition, Commonwealth Motors’ license to conduct automobile emissions was suspended for up to […]

North Andover Voters Reject Measure to Let 16 Year-Olds Vote, Run for Office in Town Elections

North Andover Voters Reject Measure to Let 16 Year-Olds Vote, Run for Office in Town Elections

  By: Tom Duggan – May 18, 2015 North Andover voters rejected a measure at Annual Town Meeting Tuesday night, that would have allowed 16 and 17 year-olds the right to vote in local elections, at Town Meeting, and even run for local office. Had the Warrant Article passed at Town Meeting, the question would have gone […]

House to Conduct Biometrics Study to Prevent Welfare Fraud

House to Conduct Biometrics  Study to Prevent Welfare Fraud

House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (R-North Reading) has secured language in the fiscal year 2016 House budget aimed at detecting and reducing fraud in the state’s public assistance programs through the use of a biometric authentication system. The language, approved unanimously as part of an omnibus budget amendment on April 28, requires the […]