Last Year, Valley Patriot publisher Tom Duggan sat down with Jeff Riley, the man tapped by the Massachusetts Department of Education to run the Lawrence Schools after putting the city schools into receivership. This year we did a follow up interview to see what has changed for the good and bad. Here is Part I […]
By: DJ Deeb – September, 2014 As the 2014-2015 school year approaches, exciting changes are taking place in Methuen Public Schools. Members of the Methuen School Committee have been working hard over the summer with Superintendent Judy Scannell and Mayor Steve Zanni to ensure that our schools are prepared to service Methuen students and provide […]
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 1 CLICK TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 2 Tom and Paul spoke with Prospect Hill founder and drummer Mark Roberge about the band’s parting with lead singer dam Fithian. Alex Vispoli candidate for State Senate also came in to the studio in the second hour to […]
One of the must watch TV shows when I was growing up was “Happy Days.” I still remember the oldest brother Chuck Cunningham simply vanishing without a trace after the first season or so. I can still sing the theme song. I remember how and why the phrase “jump the shark” originated and I still […]
September, 2104 In Ferguson, MO a white police officer shot a black man named Michael Brown six times, killing him after a confrontation that resulted from Brown’s strong arm robbery of a cigar store. With no other evidence available, many among the black population of Ferguson took to the streets to loot, riot and commit […]
By: Christine Morabito – September, 2014 As much as I long for quiet solitude these days, there is something magical about New York City that keeps drawing me back. As a child, growing up on Long Island, my Aunt Annie would take me to the city’s posh restaurants. I credit her with introducing me to […]
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 1 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 2 Paying Attention is hosted by Valley Patriot Publisher Tom Duggan. Tom’s, Co-host is Paul Murano was off today. Paying Attention with Tom Duggan is produced by Chris Poublon of Dracut. Paying Attention airs on 980WCAP in Lowell,Massachusetts on Saturday’s from 10am to […]
By: Rick DeCarlo – August, 2014 Perhaps you have heard stories of people you know that have gone for a reading and had a very convincing experience. The reader seemed to know intimate details about their lives that seem uncanny in their precision and accuracy. This is what we strive for when we decide to […]
SALISBURY FREE CASH? – Why would Town Manager Neil Harrington and Sewer Commissioner/Selectmen transfer $460,000 from the Sewer Enterprise Fund (SEF) – and name it “free cash” when it absolutely is not free cash? On May 19th voters spoke up at Town Meeting saying Salisbury had special “Step 3” Federal Grant conditions in order to […]
By: Ana Debernardo – August, 2014 Six weeks ago, my sister Lucia, a rising junior at Harvard College, left for an eight week study abroad program in Italy. She spent her first four weeks in Milan, and later took the train to Siena where she would spend her last four weeks studying cultural economics. I […]
By: D.J. Bettencourt – August, 2014 Few states have endured a longer drought of electing a Republican governor than New Hampshire. In fact, that dry spell is unrivaled even in deeply liberal New England. New Hampshire has not elected a Republican to the corner office in a decade, and only once in the past 18 […]
By: Tom Duggan, August 30, 2014 Doris Rodriguez is in a three way primary race for the Democrat nomination for State Senate against failed state Representative Barbara L’Italian and Lawrence School Committeeman Pavel Payano. Rodriguez appeared on the Paying Attention Radio program for a debate but L’Italian and Payano refused to be int eh same room with […]
Sal Lupoli announces the Renovation of 600,000 More Square Feet of Office Space at Riverwalk By: Tom Duggan – August 27, 2014 Sal Lupilo of Sal’s Pizza and Lupoli Properties, owner of Sal’s Riverwalk on Merrimack Street in Lawrence has donated 700 square feet of office space for a police sub-station for the auxiliary police. Lupoli […]
By: Cheryl Hajjar – August, 2014 This past month, our community has been inundated with the Market Basket saga. A family feud that has been going on for decades. It is perceived by all of us as a good vs. bad battle, much like scenes from a Spiderman or Batman movie where the superhero fights […]
By: Attorney Timothy Stark – August, 2014 For this week’s column, I thought I would discuss some specific Massachusetts laws that make an involuntary termination from employment unlawful in Massachusetts. Please keep in mind, however, that as a general rule, Massachusetts is an employment at will state. Therefore many involuntary terminations, even though unfair, are […]