BREAKING… Haverhill Police Looking for Your Help Identifying, Finding Bank Robbery Suspect

BREAKING… Haverhill Police Looking for Your Help Identifying, Finding Bank Robbery Suspect

Haverhill Police are searching for a bank robbery suspect who held up the Pentucket Bank located at 395 Lowell Ave at approx 11:45am today. Police say the suspect fled into a grey car, possibly a Hyundai Sonata with Massachusetts plates . Anyone with information on the suspect is asked to call Haverhill Police at 978 373 […]

An Interview with MTV Star, Brittany Baldi of Methuen

An Interview with MTV Star, Brittany Baldi of Methuen

MTV’s Brittany Baldi took time out of her busy schedule doing reality television shows and all her other projects to talk with Valley Patriot publisher and Paying Attention Radio! host, Tom Duggan, who broadcasts his show on 980WCAP in Lowell. The Methuen native had already shot her final appearance on MTV’s Battle of the Ex’s […]

 $200K to Lawrence for Abandoned Rail Redevelopment Promise of Future Jobs and Rail Trail

 $200K to Lawrence for Abandoned Rail Redevelopment Promise of Future Jobs and Rail Trail

March 27, 2015, Lawrence, MA – Today Nancy Barmakian of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Congresswoman Niki Tsongas join Mayor Daniel Rivera to announce a $200,000 grant to plan for the future reuse and revitalization of the Manchester & Lawrence Rail Road (MLRR) line. Lawrence was one of 20 communities nation-wide selected to receive […]

Haverhill Mayor Fiorentini Elected President of Mass Mayors’ Association

Haverhill Mayor Fiorentini Elected  President of Mass Mayors’ Association

Haverhill Mayor James J. Fiorentini was unanimously elected President of the Massachusetts Mayors’ Association (MMA) during the Annual Meeting of the Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA) held in Boston on January 23 and 24, 2015. Mayor Fiorentini was elected by his fellow mayors to lead the Mayors’ Association, which meets regularly throughout the year so that […]

When Teachers are Bullied, Do Teachers Unions Care? ~Paying Attention with Tom Duggan

When Teachers are Bullied, Do Teachers Unions Care? ~Paying Attention with Tom Duggan

Do teachers’ unions really care about the teachers they are responsible for protecting and defending? It seems like every time I see a story about teachers unions they are always painted, and painting themselves, as caring about “the children” and “unwavering” defenders of teachers who are bullied by savage administrators and superintendents. Meet Lawrence Public […]

Newspaper Grants Awards to Cops, Vets, Firefighters, 1st Amendment Defenders at Annual BASH

Newspaper Grants Awards to Cops, Vets, Firefighters, 1st Amendment Defenders at Annual BASH

2015 VALLEY PATRIOT AWARD WINNERS From the Valley Patriots 11th Anniversary BASH 3-20-15 State Auditor Suzanne Bump welcomed the crowd as the keynote speaker at The Valley Patriot newspaper’s 11th Anniversary BASH last Friday, to a more than sold out crowd at the Lawrence Firefighters Relief’s In. The annual BASH is held each year to thank the […]

Newspaper Bestows 1st Amendment Award to 980WCAP Radio Station Owner Colonel Sam Poulten

Newspaper Bestows 1st Amendment Award to 980WCAP Radio Station Owner Colonel Sam Poulten

1st Amendment award Winner Colonel Sam Poulten (Ret.) The Valley Patriot newspaper honored Ret. Army Colonel, Sam Poulten, owner of 980WCAP radio in Lowell with the 1st Amendment Award lat Friday for his courage to defend free speech and a free press during a 1st Amendment lawsuit filed against the station. “It really is my […]

State Rep. Jim Lyons Receives Newspapers 1st Amendment Award

State Rep. Jim Lyons Receives Newspapers 1st Amendment Award

  FIRST AMENDMENT AWARD WINNER JIM LYONS The Valley Patriot newspaper bestowed its’ highest honor Friday to Andover State Rep. Jim Lyons (R) of Andover. Lyons received the Valley Patriot newspaper’s 1st Amendment Award for his dedication to the releasing of public documents to the public in the face of stonewalling by government officials.  Lyons is […]

Newspaper Bestows 1st Amendment Lifetime Achievement Award to Michael Sweeney

Newspaper Bestows 1st Amendment Lifetime Achievement Award to Michael Sweeney

Valley Patriot 1st Amendment Lifetime Achievement Award The Valley Patriot bestowed its highest honor Friday to Michael R. Sweeney with the 1st Amendment Lifetime Achievement Award. The Award ceremony was held at the Firefighters Relief In. Presenting the award to Sweeney were 1st Amendment warriors and media personalities Michele McPhee and The Guy From Boston […]

Valley Patriot Newspaper Honor Hero Veteran Bruce Arnold Salvucci at Annual BASH

Valley Patriot Newspaper Honor Hero Veteran Bruce Arnold Salvucci at Annual BASH

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQwSQ240x0g&W=380&h=285] Valley Patriot Hero Veteran Award Winner Bruce Arnold Salvucci (3-22-15) The Valley Patriot newspaper gave away one Hero Veteran Award at their annual BASH on Friday to WCCM radio legend Bruce Arnold Salvucci. The Award was presented by Massachusetts Secretary of Veterans Services Francisco Urena who himself is a 2014 winner of the Valley Patriot […]

Hero Police and Firefighter Receive Valley Patriot Officer Tom Duggan Memorial Award at Annual BASH

Hero Police and Firefighter Receive Valley Patriot Officer Tom Duggan Memorial Award at Annual BASH

OFFICER TOM DUGGAN SR. LAW ENFORCEMENT AWARD Each year, The Valley Patriot newspaper gives awards at the annual BASH to members of the community and members of The Valley Patriot family who do outstanding things.  Throughout the evening of the Valley Patriot’s 11th Anniversary BASH, publisher Tom Duggan gave out two awards in 6 categories, […]

Newspaper Honors Woburn Police Officer Bob DiNapoli with Officer Tom Duggan Sr. Law Enforcement Award

Newspaper Honors Woburn Police Officer Bob DiNapoli with Officer Tom Duggan Sr. Law Enforcement Award

  Retired Woburn Police Officer Bob DiNapoli was given the Valley Patriot newspaper’s highest awards Friday night during the newspaper’s 11th Anniversary BASH where he was honored with the Officer Tom Duggan Sr. Law Enforcement Memorial Award. Valley Patriot publisher Tom Duggan is the son of former Officer Tom Duggan Sr. who was killed in […]

Member of Lawrence Kidnapping Crew, Edgar Acevedo Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison

Member of Lawrence Kidnapping Crew, Edgar Acevedo Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison

BOSTON—Calling his crime “heinous” and “dastardly,” a U.S. District Court Judge sentenced a Lawrence man to 16 years in federal prison yesterday for his role in a 2012 kidnapping. Edgar Acevedo, 34, was sentenced to 16 years in prison and two years of supervised release. In December 2014, Acevedo pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit […]