By: Councilor Dan Grayton – April, 2015 The early months of 2015 are proving to be expensive for the City of Methuen. In addition to the approval of a 4.6 million dollar bond for the long-awaited renovation of Nicholson Stadium, the Mayor began to present his Capital Improvement Plans (CIPs) for various departments throughout the […]
Last month, The Valley Patriot held our 11th Anniversary BASH at the Firefighters Relief’s In in Lawrence. As we celebrate our amazing success over 11 years we would be remiss if we didn’t thank our sponsors, readers, advertisers and those who donated to our raffles. This was our biggest and most successful BASH ever and […]
The friends and family of a child murdered in 1985 are desperately trying to raise money for her headstone 30 years later. By: Tom Duggan – 4-26-14 In 1985 a middle school student at the Kane Jr. High School in Lawrence was brutally stabbed to death by her step father after she came forward to school […]
CLICK TO LISTEN TO OR DOWNLOAD HOUR 1 CLICK TO LISTEN TO OR DOWNLOAD HOUR 2 Today Tom and Paul interviewed the sister of Michelle Pimentel a 7th grader girl who was murdered by her step father 30 years ago and still does not have a grave stone on her grave. Other topics, should 16 […]
THE PULSE With John MacDonald and Tom Duggan Today John MacDonald and Tom Duggan talk about new revelations about Hillary Clinton, The detention of a Lawrence man who was video taping police, The MBTA, Charlie Baker, and why government workers should never be allowed to go on conferences or “professional development”. NOTE: During the […]
UPDATED 4-23-15 – CLICK ALL 4 IMAGES ABOVE TO READ According to documents obtained by the Valley Patriot, the man involved in videotaping police officers and walking between police and suspects during a a drug arrest, (see initial story below) is himself on charges for drugs. Initially, identified as Jay Carattz by an on […]
By: Dr. Jin Sung – April, 2015 Magnesium is a mineral used by every tissue and organ in your body, especially your heart, muscles, and kidneys. If you suffer from unexplained fatigue or weakness, abnormal heart rhythms or even muscle spasms and eye twitches, low levels of magnesium could be the underlying cause. Routine blood […]
Lawrence City Councilor Marc Laplante (District F) has filed an Opening Meeting Law complaint to the City Clerk claiming that the city council approved the use of the South Lawrence Common (O’Connell Park) for a carnival without giving proper notice to city residents. The Lawrence City Council has held several illegal meetings without notifying the […]
By: John Macdonald – April, 2015 Every so often I like to sit back and observe local elected officials. I often rate them for their real leadership ability, political courage (if any) and potential for higher office. I’ve come to the realization that we have some real political stars in our midst. Some of these […]
By: Alex Talcott – April, 2015 Chylothorax is unfortunately not the genus of a beautiful spring flower. It’s the congenital lung disease that took the life of a day-young Durham child two Aprils ago. Kristin and Alex Talcott, parents of the late Acadia Jeanne Talcott, still think of their daughter as strong and of early […]
By: Tracey Zysk – April, 2015 April is “Adopt a Greyhound Month” but there is one local rescue that makes this their mission year round. GO – Greyhound Options, Inc. was formed in 1995 by a small group of volunteers devoted to finding loving homes for retired racing greyhounds. GO has chapters located all over […]
By: Alex Talcott, April 17, 2015 (Expected 2016 presidential candidate Carly Fiorina was chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Company from 1999-2005 after positions at AT&T and Lucent Technologies. She was the 2010 Republican U.S. Senate nominee in California and now resides in Virginia. Since 2014, the Unlocking Potential Project has been her primary political cause, […]
LISTEN TO THE SHOW HERE Tonight John MacDonald and Tom Duggan are outraged over comments made by the Massachusetts jury on the Aaron Hernandez case, also discussed Hillary Clinton, the incompetent news media and Cathy Richardson of Dracut.
Licensed Asbestos-abatement Contractors Working at Commercial Building BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) penalized two asbestos-abatement contractors $46,150 each for violations found during a routine inspection of a work site at 64 Cambridge Street in Burlington. All State Abatement Professionals of Plaistow, N.H. and Cruz Abatement and Contracting Services of Lawrence had […]
By: Tom Duggan – April, 2015 Earlier this year The Valley Patriot published a report concerning the health dangers of leaking windows and the long term effects of the leaking roof at the Haverhill Police Station. These issues have existed going back to the actual construction of the station in 1998 and resulted in mold […]