Mayor Says Sarah Perez Asked Him to Use Influence to Make Criminal Charges Go Away

Mayor Says Sarah Perez Asked Him to Use Influence to Make Criminal Charges Go Away

  Mayor DePeña Also States Denial of Public Grants led to Slanderous Public Accusations Against Him LAWRENCE, MA – Mayor Brian A. DePeña is strongly denouncing a series of false and malicious allegations made by Ms. Sara Pérez, describing them as “a calculated campaign of retaliation and misinformation motivated by personal grievances, not by truth […]

El Alcalde De Peña Confiesa Que Sarah Perez Le Pidió Usar Su Influencia para desaparecerle Cargos Criminales .

El Alcalde De Peña Confiesa Que Sarah Perez Le Pidió Usar Su Influencia para desaparecerle Cargos Criminales .

El alcalde DePeña también afirma que la denegación de subvenciones públicas llevó a acusaciones públicas difamatorias en su contra LAWRENCE, MA – El Alcalde Brian A. DePeña rechazó con firmeza una serie de acusaciones falsas y malintencionadas hechas por la Sra. Sara Pérez, describiéndolas como “una campaña calculada de represalias y desinformación motivada por intereses […]

OPINION: Mayor DePena Lacks Integrity, Does Not Keep His Word

OPINION: Mayor DePena Lacks Integrity, Does Not Keep His Word

11/3/25 This is what really happened to us because we unfortunately relied on Brian DePena, the candidate who smiles and looks believable. Brian DePena irreparably harmed us, cost us an enormous amount of money, and ultimately had us lose our family home that our parents bought in 1942 when they married and our father opened […]

Methuen City Council At-Large Debate

Methuen City Council At-Large Debate

Methuen City Council At-Large Debate Six candidates are vying for three open seats in the city-wide race for Methuen City Council. All six candidates appeared on Valley Patriot publisher Tom Duggan’s podcast Paying Attention! to debate the issues facing the city. The candidates are: Jana Zanni Pesce, Frank Surillo, Wanda Santos, James Sarcione, Ryan DiZoglioi, […]

LAWRENCE ELECTIONS 2025: Handicapping the City Council Races

LAWRENCE ELECTIONS 2025: Handicapping the City Council Races

11/3/25 The Lawrence City Council is made up of nine councilors: six district councilors and three at-large (city-wide) councilors. The only elected councilor not running for reelection this year is District “A” City Councilor Fidelina Santiago who is sitting in a prison cell serving eight months for stealing mail-in-ballots and forging signatures of voters to […]

DePENA vs GONZALEZ: Handicapping the 2025 Lawrence Mayor’s Race for November 4th

DePENA vs GONZALEZ: Handicapping the 2025 Lawrence Mayor’s Race for November 4th

11/3/25 LAWRENCE  – On November 4th, Lawrence voters have a choice between current mayor Brian DePena who is serving his first four-year term, and challenger, hero firefighter Juan “Manny” Gonzalez. According to the Lawrence city charter the mayor serves a four year term and can only serve two terms. The duties of mayor include running […]

Creeping Fascism at the Local Level, You Are NOT Paying Attention! ~ VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL (10/25)

Creeping Fascism at the Local Level, You Are NOT Paying Attention! ~ VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL (10/25)

  While Lawrence, Methuen, Haverhill, and Lowell voters are all going to the polls on November 4th to choose local leaders, there’s one critical issue that no local candidates are talking about: local government overreach. While partisan Democrats here in the valley cry on social media about ICE and call federal agents; “fascists” and “secret […]

Methuen School Committee Member Says Email Was a Mistake

Methuen School Committee Member Says Email Was a Mistake

1/1725 Methuen School Committee member Kristen Maxwell says she called the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office Friday to notify them that she responded to an official school committee email earlier in the day and mistakenly hit “reply to all” which constituted a technical violation of the state’s open meeting law. The open meeting law states that […]

OPINION: Our Elections Aren’t Safe, Someone Should Tell Bill Galvin

OPINION: Our Elections Aren’t Safe, Someone Should Tell Bill Galvin

By: Lenny Mirra 9/25 Sitting politicians have a vested interest in convincing people that our election systems are perfectly safe and that there is absolutely no voter fraud to worry about. This is especially true for our Secretary of State Bill Galvin who, after more than 30 years in that office, is clearly more concerned […]

Lawrence Officials/Candidates Declare Their Campaign Finances

Lawrence Officials/Candidates Declare Their Campaign Finances

Campaign Expense Accounts per The Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance  This month Lawrence and Methuen are held preliminary elections for mayor, city council and school committee. State law mandates that candidates who raise or spend money on their campaign file a financial report with the State Office of Campaign and Political Finance. This report […]

Lawrence City Council Cancels Mail-In Ballots After Fellow Councilor Sentenced for Voter Fraud

Lawrence City Council Cancels Mail-In Ballots After Fellow Councilor Sentenced for Voter Fraud

By: Tom Duggan- 9/19/25 LAWRENCE CANCELS VOTE  BY MAIL After Lawrence City Councilor Fidelina Santiago was convicted and sentenced this week to six months in prison for stealing mail-in ballots and committing voter fraud in the 2023 city council race, Lawrence Councilors voted last night to cancel mail-in voting for that city’s November 4th municipal […]