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Senator Ives Passes Tax Relief for Military Personnel
BOSTON – Today, the State Senate passed an omnibus property tax relief bill S2124 – An Act improving real property tax abatements, application deadlines, and deferrals. This bill improves the…
HERO IN OUR MIDST – Joseph Salvatore LaGrasse ~ VALLEY PATRIOT OF THE MONTH
By: Beth D’Amato – July, 2017 NORTH ANDOVER – As far back as the American Revolution, the bravest of men would run onto the battlefields under enemy fire to…
North Andover Police Seek Public’s Help Finding Breaking and Entering
North Andover Police are looking for the public’s help identifying and locating a man who broke into the Richdale convenience store at 75 Chickering Road. The B&E occurred sometime around…
Carter, MaGuire Win Valley Patriot Hero Veteran Award
$1,600 from BASH Proceeds Donated to Veterans for Wheelchairs and Groceries Each year The Valley Patriot holds a charity BASH on the anniversary of the newspaper’s birth. “I’m so…
Tom Duggan’s Notebook – April/May 2017
NECC TO START 2 FREE SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMS Two, free, grant-funded educational programs designed to train unemployed and under-employed individuals in high-demand manufacturing positions, will be offered through Northern Essex…
Early Voting Can Be a FUNDED Mandate – IN YOUR CORNER WITH SENATOR KATY IVES
By: State Senator Katy Ives – April, 2017 Early Voting passed into law in 2014 and this past presidential election was the first in which residents were allowed to vote…
Common Sense Updates to State Zoning Laws – IN YOUR CORNER WITH SENATOR IVES
By: State Senator Kathleen O’Connor Ives – Feb. 2017 Last session, as co-chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses, I was tasked with reviewing proposals for…
Housing That’s Affordable for First Responders ~ IN YOUR CORNER with SENATOR KATY IVES
By: Senator Katy Ives – Feb. 2017 As regular readers of this column may know, last session I filed a bill to reduce housing costs for veterans by offering a…
North Andover Police Officers, Firefighter of the Year
Each year the Lawrence Exchange Club bestows their highest public safety awards to Police Officers, Firefighters and EMTs in Andover, Lawrence, and North Andover. Last month, The Exchange Club held…
Local Veterans Honored in New Book “Heroes in Our Midst” ~ From The Pages of The Valley Patriot
BUY NOW Each month since March of 2004, The Valley Patriot newspaper has published a front page story about the bravery and dedication of a local veteran called “Valley Patriot…
Massachusetts Senate Opposes Trump’s National Security Measures
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Senate unanimously passed a resolution Thursday to condemn the recent Executive Order issued by President Donald J. Trump which bars entry to the United States for…
Reducing Exposure to Toxins ~IN YOU’RE CORNER WITH KATY IVES
By: State Senator Katy Ives (D-Newburyport) In my effort to continue to focus these columns on bills that I will file in the next legislative session, I want to discuss…
Merrimack College Urged to Add “Hindu” to its Jewish-Christian-Muslim Center
Hindus are urging renowned Merrimack College in North Andover (Massachusetts) to add “Hindu” to its Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations Center to be inclusive for its Hindu students and the community. Hindu statesman…
Tom Duggan’s Notebook ~ Heroes and Bozos of the YEAR (12/16)
HEROES AND BOZOS OF 2016 HERO CHARLIE BAKER – One of the most important things that happened in Massachusetts this year was the passage of a new public records law…
Former Lawrence Councilor Arrested Again, Says Lawrence Police Show Too Much “Disrespect”
Dec. 19, 2106|10PM Former Lawrence City Councilor Sandy Almonte has been arrested again, this time in Lawrence after police learned she had a warrant for her arrest out of North…
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