Veteran talk radio personality Jeff Katz will return to the airwaves on a regular basis starting on Monday April 29. Katz, a three time Associated Press award winning broadcaster will contribute a daily commentary for the legendary New England station WCAP-AM 980 which is licensed to the Boston suburb of Lowell. The Katz Commentary will […]
WILL BE CHARGED WITH METHUEN BANK ROBBERY OTHER CHARGES TO FOLLOW By: Tom Duggan – April 23,, 1013 (7:44pm) A multi-jurisdictional task force made up of local law enforcement in the Merrimack Valley and the Boston Office of the FBI captured the Merrimack Valley Bandit on Tuesday. According to photos the bandit is responsible […]
ALL PHOTOS (C) COPYRIGHT RON MUSHOW PHOTOGRAPHY & THE VALLEY PATRIOT (PHOTO GALLERY) More than 400 people tuned out Friday night to attend the Valley Patriot 9th Anniversary BASH where the editors of the monthly newspaper (Tom Duggan, Dr. Charles Ormsby and Ralph Wilbur) honored police officers, firefighters, veterans, and those who […]
LOWELL — As part of Gov. Deval Patrick’s Gateway Cities Education Agenda, the Lowell Public Schools were awarded $365,000 in grant funding last week that will directly benefit students. Lowell was awarded a $325,000 English Language Learners Enrichment Academies grant that will be used to fund a summer ELL academy aimed at providing additional support […]
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD HOUR 1 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD HOUR 2 Today Tom Duggan interviewed State Senator Jamie Eldridge (HOUR 2) on WCAP’s Paying Attention Radio Program. TOPICS: Public records Laws, The City of Lawrence, those missing paintings at the State House, The corruption at the Department of Agriculture infested with […]
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) penalized Triumvirate Environmental (Merrimack), Inc. $17,250 for hazardous waste management violations found at the company’s hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal facility at 263 Howard Street in Lowell. On September 21, 2011, a MassDEP inspection found: a double-stacked pallet of hazardous waste that was not stored […]
February 2013 BOXFORD: Alexander Dzwil, Junior at Bentley, Business major. Margeaux Guercia, Junior at Bentley, Marketing major. Michael Mahalati, Junior at Bentley, Marketing major. Joshua Stavis of Boxford, Junior at Bentley, Economics-Finance major. David Hall of Boxford, Junior at Bentley Economics-Finance major. Lauren Vorwald of Boxford, Wentworth Institute of Technology BRADFORD: Samantha Kelleher, Sophomore at […]
BOSTON -The Million Veteran Program (MVP) is a trailblazing VA effort to consolidate genetic, military exposure, health, and lifestyle information together in one single database. The database will be used by authorized researchers with VA, other federal health agencies, and academic institutions within the U.S., in a secure manner, to conduct health and wellness studies […]
LOWELL – The Gloucester-based non-profit that has saved Lowellians more than $20,000 in prescription costs through its drug discount card since partnering with the city in December 2011, has announced it will now also offer a FREE Helpline Number for residents who need assistance locating health care resources. “We are pleased to be able to offer […]
THIS BOOK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, READ FIGHTING SPIRIT HERE By: Tom Duggan – January 2013 Five-time Golden Glove boxing champion, Bobby Christakos may live in a modest home in a quiet neighborhood in Lowell, but once visitors get a look inside it is clear that this is not the home of any ordinary Lowell […]
November – 2012 LOWELL – The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Lowell presents the 15th Annual Holiday Auction Thursday, November 29 at 5:30 pm at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium. Tickets are on sale now for $100 each, and are available by contacting The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Lowell at 978-458-4526 or by […]
November, 2012 Project Bread, the state’s leading antihunger organization, has awarded $226,650 in grants to emergency food programs in the northeastern part of the state through funds raised by the 44th annual Walk for Hunger. The grants will support programs such as food pantries, schools, farms, food banks, food salvage programs, and other community organizations […]
November, 2012 INTERVIEW WITH DARYL C. SILVA on 980WCAP in LOWELL (Nov. 17, 2012) On Sunday evening December 9th @ 6pm, Chunky’s Cinema Pub on 150 Bridge Street in Pelham, NH will be Hosting Methuen Resident & six time Award Winning Filmmaker Daryl C. Silva along with his Partner Lisa Willice in the Screening […]
If you can’t beat them with ideas or logic, try slander! By: Charles Ormsby, Professor UMASS~Lowell Last August I went to my mail box in the Mathematics Department at UMass Lowell (UML) and opened up the letter Letter1OConnor, My initial reaction was a combination of amazement, pity, and laughter. Only after some reflection […]
Click here for full gallery and become a Fan on Facebook. Valley Patriot Reporter/Photographer Allan Knowles was at the Scott Brown, Elizabeth Warren Debate at the Tsongas Arena in Lowell. VIDEO OF THE DEBATE