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Hero in Our Midst – Francisco Urena – Valley Patriot of the Month Sept. 2007
By: Tom Duggan, September, 2007 Most Lawrence residents know Francisco Urena as the city’s Veterans’ Services Director, but long before Urena came to work for the city of Lawrence…
Ethics Charges Made Against Councilor Nunzio DiMarca
By: Tom Duggan (09/05/07) An ethics complaint has been filed against Lawrence City Councilor Nunzio DiMarca for a trip he admittedly took to Italy last spring. DiMarca’s plane fare and expenses…
Lawrence Mayor Mike Sullivan Shows Class
VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL September, 2007 Thanks to Lawrence Mayor Michael Sullivan, police officers in Lawrence will not be laid off this year, a firehouse will not close and DPW workers…
Pro-Override Group’s Embarrassing Obfuscation: An Admission of Guilt
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – September 05, 2007 In our July edition, I wrote an article entitled “Snookered” that analyzed a highly questionable pro-override campaign…
Sullivan Gets State Approval for Budget Renders Blanchette, City Council Irrelevant
PAYING ATTENTION EXTRA! (video here) By: Tom Duggan – August 28, 2007 Lawrence Mayor Michael Sullivan marched into city hall Thursday night to a packed city council chambers. Hundreds of…
Goal Setting Institute Opens in Lawrence
By: Tom Duggan – August, 2008 James Desrosiers does not like to talk about his troubled childhood growing up in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, but mentions that he had lacked any…
BARRY FINEGOLD CONDEMNS FIRING OF ADL REGIONAL DIRECTOR
AFFIRMS SUPPORT OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNITION WEB EXTRA By Tom Duggan – August 21, 2007 State Representative and Congressional Candidate Barry Finegold condemned the national Anti-Defamation League’s firing…
Lawrence’s Councilor Silva Cleared in Hand-Gun Incident
VALLEY PATRIOT EXCLUSIVE Tom Duggan August August, 2007 Almost exactly one year after a gun was found at the home of Lawrence City Councilor Grisel Silva, the Massachusetts State…
Hero in Our Midst – Methuen’s Mike Beshara – US NAVY
By: Tom Duggan – August,. 2007 When Methuen resident Mike Beshara tried to join the Navy in January of 1942, he was initially told that he could not join the…
Laboy: Race Politics is Ruining Lawrence
Tom Duggan (07/03/07) Lawrence Superintendent of Schools Wilfredo Laboy has been under fire by critics over the last month for his decision to house newly arrived immigrant students with lack of…
North Andover Selectmen’s Tax Bills Went Down in ’07
June 5, 2007 NORTH ANDOVER – While property taxes in North Andover continue to rise each year, and with an override on the horizon, and the average taxpayer in the…
Hero Veteran Speaks at Memorial Day Service in North Andover
Local Hero Speaks on War on Terror Monday, May 28, 2007 Memorial Day Services were held all around the Merrimack Valley today in honor of those who lost…
Front Runner Tsongas Calls For Immediate Withdrawal from Iraq
PAYING ATTENTION! with Tom Duggan Former Congressman Jim Shannon Endorses Tsongas By: Tom Duggan, May 16, 2007 Niki Tsongas, the front runner in the race for the 5th…
Spanish Newspaper Siglo21 Misleading Latinos
PAYING ATTENTION! with Tom Duggan By: Tom Duggan -Monday, May 7, 2007 Last week Siglo 21, (a partially bilingual newspaper) printed the following paragraphs about the ACLU and our…
Hero in Our Midst, Captain Thomas J. Hudner, Jr. U.S. Navy – Korean War, Medal of Honor
Valley Patriot of the Month By: Ted Tripp – May, 2007 CONCORD/ANDOVER – Tom Hudner was sitting in the commons area after lunch at Phillips Academy in Andover when word…
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