By: Paul Murano – November, 2013 November is the month when religious traditions remember the dead. It is a fitting month to do so. The clock gets turned back an hour and the world becomes a darker place; leaves fall, grass dies, birds evacuate, and various mammals hibernate until spring. Death is in the air […]
Chanukah events with Chabad: November, 28 Menorah lighting in Middleton December, 2 Menorah lighting in North Andover December, 3 Jewish Heritage Night December, 4 Menorah lighting in Boxford. The Jewish holiday of Chanukah is right around the corner and the Chabads of North Andover and Merrimack Valley are busy preparing for it. All throughout Chanukah […]
The 20th Festival of Trees will kick off with the Emerald Anniversary Taste of the Festival on Friday, November 22, 2013 with special guest, celebrity Chef Mary Ann Esposito, of the famed cooking series Ciao Italia. This culinary celebration, officially opening the 20th Anniversary Festival of Trees, will showcase signature dishes from many local restaurants […]
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CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 1 In the first hour of today’s program we had a debate between Methuen Mayor Steve Zanni and City Councilor Jen Kannan. The candidates talked about the Peter McQuillan debacle, the schools, public safety, the contentious Internet Technology department, the Health Director’s job and MORE! […]
By: Phil Lahey, October, 2013 When it comes to drug addiction, who is public enemy #1? You might guess the drug dealer, or the one who introduced our kid to drugs, a so-called friend. Maybe it is the addict himself. The fault could be the easy access to obtain the drugs. If you guessed any […]
By: Bill Cushing – October, 2013 When Breaking Bad premiered in January, 2008 on AMC, there was very little fanfare. The reviews were good, even excellent to be sure, but the show barely made a blip in the ratings. The show’s main character of Walter White was played by Bryan Cranston, who previous claim to […]
By: Lonnie Brennan – October, 2013 “You up for a quiz?” my friend Tim gruffed as he shuffled egg bits around on his plate, once again, in a reflective mood as it had been months since we had caught up at the local breakfast nook called Theo’s (best omelets around) right off Central and […]
By: Paul Murano – October, 2013 There are two basic ways through which we have certitude about anything: faith and reason. In short, reason trusts the mind and faith trusts the word of another. While reason is the natural ability of all human beings to understand and discern the truth, faith trusts an authority as […]
By: Helen Mooradkanian – October, 2013 TEWKSBURY – Nineteen-year old George A. Flibotte, U.S. Army Air Corps, now of Tewksbury, was with the Ninth Air Force stationed across the English Channel from Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. As part of the 1925th Ordnance Ammunition Company, he was loading bombs onto convoys of trucks […]
EDITORS NOTE: This month we are resurrecting our Teen Talk column with 15-year-old Ana DeBernardo of Danvers who tells us she is very excited to write about being a teenager and a Latina. We have asked Ana to write about her life, experiences and her perspectives on life. Our last Teen Talk columnist, Tyler Dumont, has gone on […]
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 1 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 2 Today Tom took on the Bob Leblanc controversy in Methuen but spent the majority of the show reading from court documents and explaining parts of his breaking story in the Erin Cox case in North Andover. Stunning […]
October, 2013 The Trauma Intervention Program of Merrimack Valley, Inc. (TIP) is a group of specially trained citizen volunteers who are called by police officers, fire fighters and hospital personnel to provide on scene, emotional and practical support to child and adult victims of traumatic events in the first few hours following a tragedy co-founded […]
Parents of Murdered Children of the Merrimack Valley (POMC) held a candlelight vigil and remembrance last month on the steps of Lowell City Hall. This was the fifth annual remembrance held in Lowell. Former Lowell Mayor Rita Mercier, a regular attendee at the annual event, addressed the group of more than 40 people gathered to […]
By: Cheryl Hajjar – October 2013 Having it all. That quintessential line brought on by the feminist movement that has been driven in every young girl’s mind including myself over the last 25 years. Lucky us. In today’s world, there are many more opportunities for women than ever before in history and we as women […]