By: Tracey Zysk – October, 2015 On the morning of August 15, 2015 Catlyn Wright woke up to a sick baby. Not one of her human children, but her fur baby. Dozer, her 6yr old, 142 lb Laberdane was whimpering. In fact, Dozer was more than wimpering, he was in serious pain. No mother ever […]
By: Tom Duggan – Oct. 23, 2015|7pm For the second time in two days, Methuen Public School students have been arrested for threatening to shoot up a school and kill other kids. (High School Student Arrested). This time it was two 8th grade students at the Tenney Middle School. Methuen police say they arrested the 8th grade […]
October 23, 20115|1:15pm HAVERHILL – Haverhill Superintendent James Scully said today that a student at the John Greenleaf Whittier Middle School was arrested for bringing a knife and an airgun to school. “The Haverhill Police were immediately notified and responded,” Scully said in a press release Friday morning. “The student was removed from the building and […]
By: Senator Kathleen O’Connor Ives – October, 2015 The State Senate recently passed additional reforms aimed at combatting the substance abuse epidemic in Massachusetts. Senate Bill 2020, which passed unanimously, focuses on prevention and early intervention, responsible pain management, expanded drug take-back programs by manufacturers, and reducing the number of opiate pills in circulation by […]
By: Tom Duggan – Oct. 21, 2015|6pm A 16 year old Methuen High School Student was arrested on Tuesday after making threats to harm himself and others, including shooting up the school. Sources at the high school say that the student admitted he had attempted suicide the night before and made threats to other students. […]
School Committee Member’s Son Accused of Getting Special Treatment SEE VIDEO OF Nkimbeng SPEECH By: Tom Duggan, October 10, 2015 Black Lowell High School student Anye Nkimbeng was called a “nigger” in text messages by one of the losing candidates in the senior class presidential election, Tuesday, September 29th. Nkimbeng won the election. The text was […]
By: Oscar Camargo – Sept., 2015 The opiate crisis in the Valley has had a chilling effect on the whole community. The town of Andover alone has laid seven of its citizens to rest – several of them children. Elected leaders, school officials, and families seem paralyzed by a sense of uncertainty. For me, this […]
BOSTON—Five members of Teamsters Local 25 were arrested today in connection with attempting to extort a television production company that was filming a reality show in the Boston area in spring 2014. The United States Attorney Carmen Ortiz has indicted Mark Harrington, 61, of Andover; John Fidler, 51, of Holbrook; Daniel Redmond, 47, of Medford; […]
Legislation Comes in Response to Recent FDA Approval of OxyContin to Children under Age 17 (BOSTON) – State Representative Diana DiZoglio (D-Methuen) has filed legislation in the Massachusetts House of Representatives prohibiting the prescription of OxyContin to children under age 17. DiZoglio’s bill comes in response to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s August 13 […]
By: Ana DeBernardo – Sept. 2015 Students strive to do their best, and be their best in school. They join extracurriculars for the sake of being more involved than their friends. They play sports AND audition for the musical to become as “well-rounded” as humanly possible. Some even spend fortunes on tutors and sacrifice hours […]
By: Cheryl Hajjar – Sept. 2015 With the 2015 school year underway, our children are all headed back to new classrooms. That means many of them might be a little anxious or have fears on going back. A sense of nervousness is pretty common and to be expected. Some of the thoughts that might be […]
This year marks the 35th anniversary for the B-Street Bombers, a legendary local band from Lawrence. Last month, Valley Patriot publisher Tom Duggan and his assistant Stephanie Jaskot sat down with the Bombers in Plaistow, NH before an afternoon summer concert at town hall. Present were: *John Tomaselli from Lawrence, *Jimmy Bass from Lawrence, Mandy […]
HAVERHILL – According to Haverhill Police, at about 8:30pm Tuesday night, a white male approximately 5′, 8″ to 5’10” tall, entered Cumberland Farms at 426 Lowell Ave , grabbed a can of Coke and approached the clerk, threatening him with an uncapped needle, pointing it at the clerk, and demanding all all of the money. According […]
By: Joe D’Amore – Sept. 1, 2015 She was a woman in love with a man who could not help her with her addictions At the age of 11 she took her first drink and from there a nightmarish escalation materialized starting with prescription drugs, cocaine and eventually heroin. Even the methods to deliver the […]
By: Senator Katy Ives – August, 2015 The Massachusetts State Senate debated the Fiscal Year 2016 state budget last month, where I advocated for key provisions that will be beneficial to the constituents of my district. The items below are a number of the district-specific priorities included in the final budget: Fixing the MBTA Over […]