SUE PIAZZA’S BOOK REVIEWS – Growing Up Under the Nazi Boot and the Greek Civil War, 2nd Edition

SUE PIAZZA’S BOOK REVIEWS – Growing Up Under the Nazi Boot and the Greek Civil War, 2nd Edition

Growing Up Under the Nazi Boot and the Greek Civil War, 2nd Edition By: George Kakridas © 2023 George Kakridas Genre: Autobiography Bookmarkers: 4 of 5 I have read both of Mr. Kakridas’ book editions. The first touches on his life under occupation while the second deals entirely with his growing up under the occupation […]

Ballardvale Native, Former Lawrence City Councilor Richard Lawrence to Share Stories of His Life as Multiracial Black-Man

Ballardvale Native, Former Lawrence City Councilor Richard Lawrence to Share Stories of His Life as Multiracial Black-Man

West Parish Church extends an invitation to members of the public to hear the presentation. Sunday, September 23rd at 4:00 p.m. at West Parish Church, 129 Reservation Road in Andover. Former Lawrence City Councilor and candidate for mayor, Mr. Richard Lawrence will relate the struggles of growing up in Andover in the 1950’s and will share […]

SUSAN PIAZZA’S BOOK REVIEW ~ Dark Matter By Blake Crouch

SUSAN PIAZZA’S BOOK REVIEW ~ Dark Matter By Blake Crouch

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch © 2016 by Blake Crouch Published by: Crown Publishing Group, New York Hardcover: $26.99. At 342 pages it includes an Acknowledgement. This book is also available as an eBook and as an audio book from Penguin Random House. Genre: Science Fiction, Suspense 5 out of 5 Bookmarkers If you like […]

Heroes In Our Midst ~ SUSAN PIAZZA’S BOOK REVIEWS

Heroes In Our Midst ~ SUSAN PIAZZA’S BOOK REVIEWS

Heroes in Our Midst: From the Pages of The Valley Patriot Copyright © 2017, The Valley Patriot Genre: Nonfiction Softcover: 449 pages includes index Rating: 5 out of 5 Bookmarkers Available on Amazon or Barnes and Noble or at the Valley Patriot Office in North Andover.  By: Sue Piazza – June, 2017 Since the first […]

Hollywood Actor, Jazz Singer Steve Blackwood to Perform at Salvatore’s in Lawrence March 3rd

Steve Blackwood is one of the most talented jazz singers in the country and is scheduled to perform at Salvatore’s in Lawrence on Friday, March 3rd. Blackwood has performed for events across the country and says he is as comfortable with a small trio as he is with a 10 piece orchestra. He now lives and performs […]

Local Veterans Honored in New Book “Heroes in Our Midst” ~ From The Pages of The Valley Patriot

Local Veterans Honored in New Book “Heroes in Our Midst” ~ From The Pages of The Valley Patriot

BUY NOW  Each month since March of 2004, The Valley Patriot newspaper has published a front page story about the bravery and dedication of a local veteran called “Valley Patriot of the Month, Heroes in Our Midst”. In the 13 years we have been publishing The Valley Patriot, we’ve amassed quite a collection of stories […]

BOOK REVIEW ~ THE NEW HARRY POTTER

BOOK REVIEW ~ THE NEW HARRY POTTER

By Sue Piazza – Dec. 2016 “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two” Based on an Original New Story by J.K. Rowling. John Tiffany & Jack Thorne © Text 2016 by Harry Potter Theatrical Productions Limited, Harry Potter Publishing and Theatrical rights © J. K. Rowling, Published by: Arthur A. Levine Books […]

Local Author’s book to be launched at National Convention

Local Author’s book to be launched at National Convention

Peter E. Randall Publisher and ATS Communications are pleased to announce that local authors Tom and Ellen Zappala of Merrimac, MA, along with writer John Molori of Methuen, MA, and hobby experts Steve Grad and Joe Orlando of PSA/DNA Authentication Services, have collaborated on a new book. This beautiful coffee table format publication entitled The […]

BOOK REVIEW: Unraveling My Father’s Suicide

BOOK REVIEW: Unraveling My Father’s Suicide

By: Tom Duggan, Feb. ’16 Local author Kathleen LaPlante’s book, “Unraveling My Father’s Suicide” is an emotionally heart-wrenching story about her life experiences after the loss of her father to suicide on her 21st birthday while she was away at college. Her journey for answers courageously brings you through her mental health struggles, including the […]

Book On A Mission: “Ward of the State” to Raise Money for Local Foster Kids

Book On A Mission: “Ward of the State” to Raise Money for Local Foster Kids

The story of one foster kid is on the shelves to raise money to help hundreds more. A small non-profit is taking aim at a huge goal. The Foster Kids of the Merrimack Valley is raising money to open a halfway house for kids aging out of the foster system. At the center of their […]

Hollywood Star Steve Blackwood Coaches Local Actors at the Act Theater Company in North Andover

Hollywood Star Steve Blackwood Coaches Local Actors at the Act Theater Company in North Andover

  By: Tom Duggan – Jan. 2016 He’s a Hollywood actor, an author, a musician and a singer, but Steve Blackwood says his latest passion is teaching and he has started up his own actors studio in North Andover to teach local talent what it takes to make it in show business. “It’s funny,” he […]

VisionMax-Cinema 95 in Salisbury to show Christian Film: “Faith of our Fathers”

VisionMax-Cinema 95 in Salisbury to show Christian Film: “Faith of our Fathers”

Next month The Valley Patriot will be publishing an interview with one of the writers of Faith of Our Fathers, Tom Saab of Salisbury. The movie will be shown at Visionmax on Rt. 110 in Salisbury, MA on July 1st-5th. Any group interested in purchasing 750 tickets can contact Tom Saab to bring a movie […]

The Warning Signs of Financial Abuse ~ BABIES AND BRIEFCASES

The Warning Signs of  Financial Abuse ~ BABIES AND BRIEFCASES

By: Cheryl Hajjar – June, 2015 Many of us at one point in our lives have either been in an abusive relationship or have known someone in an abusive relationship. When we think of abuse however, we think of it as either physical or mental. What about financial? Financial abuse is the silent form of […]

Call Down the Moon – A BOOK REVIEW by Susan Piazza

Call Down the Moon – A BOOK REVIEW by Susan Piazza

By Suzanne Piazza  – June 2015 “Call Down the Moon” Soulmate Series Book 1 by Mary Gillgannon Published by: The Wild Rose Press 2014 through their First Faery Rose Edition Genre: Reincarnation / Time Travel Available in both Tablet and Paperback Rating: 4.5 bookmarkers out of 5 for writing. Some violence. Some sexual content. Connar, […]

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