December 12, 2013 Elect Dan Rivera’s Inauguration Committee announced its schedule of events and celebrations for the 2014 Lawrence Inauguration, including a beautiful Inaugural Ceremony outside of City Hall at noon on Friday, January 3rd. U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren will be on hand to administer the oath of office. This ceremony is open to the public […]
Chairman of the Andover Board of Selectman, Alex Vispoli announced that he is running for the Massachusetts State Senate in the Second Essex and Middlesex district comprising of Tewksbury, Dracut, Lawrence and Andover. “I am running for the State Senate because it’s time to give the people of our district a break from compulsive tax […]
By: Peter Larocque – November, 2013 First let me say congratulations to Mayor Elect Dan Rivera. I am so proud of the kind of campaign that you ran. You kept it clean! You didn’t go down to your opponent’s level and play in his backyard. You stayed above the negativity and stayed the course! You […]
By: Tom Duggan – November 25, 2013 Lawrence Mayor Willie Lantigua took to the Spanish Language airwaves today to concede defeat to Lawrence City Councilor Dan Rivera just two days after Rivera won a heavily scrutinized recount by 82 votes. Lantigua said after the concession that he is going to support a smooth transition and […]
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Lawrence leaders will begin a community conversation about the future Lawrence – With the Lawrence recount just days away, Mayor-elect, Dan Rivera has already put together a transition team in anticipation of holding his 57 vote victory on election day. The Lawrence recount will be held on Saturday morning at 10 AM at the […]
By Kenneth Willette – November, 2013 This is the mission statement of the Common Core Standards (CCS) that has been adopted by the Massachusetts Department of Education. “The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to […]
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 1 Lawrence Mayor Elect Dan Rivera calls in to talk about how he is calling for a hiring freeze in Lawrence and also will stop paying indicted city employees. A stunning interview with the man who beat Willie Lantigua. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO […]
Lawrence Mayor Elect, Dan Rivera on Audits, Investigations and Lawrence’s Future By: Tom Duggan – Movember 9, 2013 Less than 24 hours after the Lawrence Board of Registrars finished tallying up absentee and provisional ballots in the mayor’s race showing Dan Rivera the winner by 57 votes, Rivera appeared on WCAP’s “Paying Attention” radio program saying […]
By: Tom Duggan – November 8, 2013 CLICK HERE FOR PHOTO GALLERY The Lawrence Board of Registrars met Friday evening to vote on whether or not provisional ballots and absentee ballots would be added to the election totals of Lawrence Mayor Willie Lantigua or Challenger Dan Rivera. On Tuesday Rivera was declared the winner by […]
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November 5, 2013 7:35PM Methuen Mayor Steve Zanni defeats Jen Kannan for Mayor 4,967 votes to 3,693….. Council Races will be posted shortly….. MAYOR (one to be elected) Precinct Zanni Kannan 1 457 337 2 153 107 3 348 359 4 419 287 5 301 215 6 395 […]
November 2, 2013- Senator Elizabeth Warren is endorsing Dan Rivera for Mayor of Lawrence, announcing her support just three days ahead of Tuesday’s election. Senator Warren’s endorsement follows that of Congresswoman Niki Tsongas, who publicly endorsed Rivera on October 8th. In a prepared statement, Warren said “I am proud to call Dan Rivera my […]
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! […]
October, 2013 Central District voters will vote for two of the three candidates for district council and this year’s election. Two incumbents are running for re-election (Atkinson and Ferry) and the former district councilor (Jack Cronin) is running for his old seat after being term limited from running two years ago. Cronin topped the ticket […]