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Wellness 101 ~ THE DOCTOR IS IN!

Wellness 101 ~ THE DOCTOR IS IN!

By: Dr. Pierre Ghassibi, MD. – June, 2022 Greetings all.…

EYE ON DRACUT ~ It’s Not Charlie Baker’s GOP Anymore, Thankfully

EYE ON DRACUT ~ It’s Not Charlie Baker’s GOP Anymore, Thankfully

By: Brian Genest June, 2022 What do Massachusetts Gov. Charlie…

Banning Guns Will End the Same as Banning Drugs ~ VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL (6-22)

Banning Guns Will End the Same as Banning Drugs ~ VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL (6-22)

June, 2022 Every time there is a mass shooting, Democrat…

Michel Saredi-Munoz Moronta of Lawrence Sentenced in Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy Using U.S. Mail

Michel Saredi-Munoz Moronta of Lawrence Sentenced in Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy Using U.S. Mail

A Lawrence woman was sentenced in federal court in Boston…

KANE’S CORNER ~ Tom Mattox Hypno Comedy

KANE’S CORNER ~ Tom Mattox Hypno Comedy

By: Kane – June, 2022 Kane met with Tom Mattox,…

MA Loses Millions on Sports Betting in Massachusetts ~ IN YOUR CORNER with SENATOR DIZOGLIO

MA Loses Millions on Sports Betting in Massachusetts ~ IN YOUR CORNER with SENATOR DIZOGLIO

Hello Valley Patriot Readers, Right now, it is illegal to…

When Does Citizenship Begin? ~ YE GAY OL’E VALLEY

When Does Citizenship Begin? ~ YE GAY OL’E VALLEY

By: Dani Langevin- June, 2022 Why does the unborn child need to be protected? And why, if we are working to…

By ValleyPatriot on July 1, 2022Comments Off on When Does Citizenship Begin? ~ YE GAY OL’E VALLEY

Soldiers’ Home Reform Remains a Top Priority

Soldiers’ Home Reform Remains a Top Priority

By: State Rep. Linda Dean Campbell – June, 2022 In the Massachusetts Legislature, we are continuing to work diligently to bring…

By ValleyPatriot on June 28, 2022Comments Off on Soldiers’ Home Reform Remains a Top Priority

Desiree Daigle of Salisbury Pleads Guilty to Sexually Exploiting Infant

Desiree Daigle of Salisbury Pleads Guilty to Sexually Exploiting Infant

Desiree Daigle of Salisbury invited another individual to sexually abuse…

By Tom Duggan on June 27, 2022Comments Off on Desiree Daigle of Salisbury Pleads Guilty to Sexually Exploiting Infant

Methuen Democratic City Committee Straw Poll Shows Strengths & Weaknesses for Local Candidates

Methuen Democratic City Committee Straw Poll Shows Strengths & Weaknesses for Local Candidates

6-11-22 The Methuen Democratic City Committee held their annual straw…

By Tom Duggan on June 11, 2022Comments Off on Methuen Democratic City Committee Straw Poll Shows Strengths & Weaknesses for Local Candidates

MA Dems Betray Minorities, Women at State Convention ~ PAYING ATTENTION! with TOM DUGGAN

MA Dems Betray Minorities, Women at State Convention ~ PAYING ATTENTION! with TOM DUGGAN

Did the Democrats in Massachusetts give in to White Supremacy…

By Tom Duggan on June 8, 2022Comments Off on MA Dems Betray Minorities, Women at State Convention ~ PAYING ATTENTION! with TOM DUGGAN

PDF of the June, 2022 VALLEY PATRIOT PRINT EDITION

PDF of the June, 2022 VALLEY PATRIOT PRINT EDITION

PDF of the JUNE, 2022 VALLEY PATRIOT PRINT EDITION…

By Tom Duggan on June 7, 2022Comments Off on PDF of the June, 2022 VALLEY PATRIOT PRINT EDITION

‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ ~ TV TALK with BILL CUSHING

‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ ~ TV TALK with BILL CUSHING

By: Bill Cushing – June. 2022 In 2011, Matthew McConaughey starred in ‘The Lincoln Lawyer,’ a big-screen adaptation of Michael Connelly’s series of legal thrillers featuring Mickey…

By Tom Duggan on July 1, 2022Comments Off on ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ ~ TV TALK with BILL CUSHING

The Roe Leak and Its Response ~ BENEATH THE SURFACE with PAUL MURANO

The Roe Leak and Its Response ~ BENEATH THE SURFACE with PAUL MURANO

By: Paul Murano – May, 2022 There seems to be two basic reasons for the hysteria now being witnessed in Leftist women over the potential overturn of Roe…

By Paul Murano on June 4, 2022Comments Off on The Roe Leak and Its Response ~ BENEATH THE SURFACE with PAUL MURANO

Paying Attention!

20 Years Later – America Disgraces Our 9/11 Heroes ~PAYING ATTENTION with TOM DUGGAN

20 Years Later – America Disgraces Our 9/11 Heroes ~PAYING ATTENTION with TOM DUGGAN

Sept, 2021 Twenty years ago this nation was attacked by Muslim Terrorists who hate this country because we…

By Tom Duggan on September 10, 2021Comments Off on 20 Years Later – America Disgraces Our 9/11 Heroes ~PAYING ATTENTION with TOM DUGGAN

Methuen’s Councilor Saba Says He Would Rather People Go Hungry

Methuen’s Councilor Saba Says He Would Rather People Go Hungry

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRpoMpiLgOc&w=380&h=280] Methuen City Councilor Steve Saba (who is Chairman of the city council) says that he would rather…

By ValleyPatriot on August 22, 2021Comments Off on Methuen’s Councilor Saba Says He Would Rather People Go Hungry

More People Would Get Vaccine if Not for All The Lies! ~ PAYING ATTENTION! with TOM DUGGAN

Aug. 2021 If you’re looking for someone to blame for all the unvaccinated deaths in this country, look…

By Tom Duggan on August 13, 2021Comments Off on More People Would Get Vaccine if Not for All The Lies! ~ PAYING ATTENTION! with TOM DUGGAN

Valley Patriot Settles Lawsuit with Former Methuen Mayor ~ PAYING ATTENTION! with TOM DUGGAN

Valley Patriot Settles Lawsuit with Former Methuen Mayor ~ PAYING ATTENTION! with TOM DUGGAN

July, 2021 The Valley Patriot has put yet another libel lawsuit behind us. The most recent suit, brought…

By Tom Duggan on July 28, 2021Comments Off on Valley Patriot Settles Lawsuit with Former Methuen Mayor ~ PAYING ATTENTION! with TOM DUGGAN

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Whittier Tech’s Grace Parsons Receives $4,275 Scholarship At Annual BASH!

Whittier Tech’s Grace Parsons Receives $4,275 Scholarship At Annual BASH!

The Valley Patriot’s Whittier Tech Scholarship was started…

By Tom Duggan on May 7, 2022

Amesbury Spreads The Love

Amesbury Spreads The Love

AMESBURY – It’s said that love is best demonstrated…

By Tom Duggan on May 6, 2022

Sand & Sole Opens in Downtown Amesbury

Sand & Sole Opens in Downtown Amesbury

AMESBURY – Sophorn Phy was a high school…

By Tom Duggan on April 10, 2022

Gov. Charlie Baker Praises Career Tech Education Efforts at GLTS

Gov. Charlie Baker Praises Career Tech Education Efforts at GLTS

ANDOVER — Gov. Charlie Baker announced last week the…

By Tom Duggan on February 24, 2020

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Greater Lawrence Tech. Awarded $220k State Grant to Expand Advanced Manufacturing and Metal Fabrication Program

Greater Lawrence Tech. Awarded $220k State Grant to Expand Advanced Manufacturing and Metal Fabrication Program

Gov. Baker Highlights School’s Excellence as Impetus for Expanded…

By Tom Duggan on September 2, 2021

Quincy Veteran Receives Vehicle Repaired by Greater Lawrence Tech Students

Quincy Veteran Receives Vehicle Repaired by Greater Lawrence Tech Students

ANDOVER — A Quincy veteran now has a…

By ValleyPatriot on May 5, 2021

Rep. Tram Nguyen (D) Andover, Files 27 Bills

Rep. Tram Nguyen (D) Andover, Files 27 Bills

Representative Tram T. Nguyen (D-Andover) met the February 19th…

By ValleyPatriot on March 31, 2021

Gr. Lawrence Tech School Approves Plan for Partial, In-Person Learning for Career and Technical Education

Gr. Lawrence Tech School Approves Plan for Partial, In-Person Learning for Career and Technical Education

ANDOVER — Superintendent John Lavoie reports the Greater Lawrence…

By Tom Duggan on March 22, 2021

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Boxford Plumbing Company Owner Jared “Jay” Derrico Sentenced to ONE YEAR in Prison for Tax & Fraud Schemes

Boxford Plumbing Company Owner Jared “Jay” Derrico Sentenced to ONE YEAR in Prison for Tax & Fraud Schemes

06/02/22 Defendant fraudulently billed customers and evaded taxes by…

By Tom Duggan on June 2, 2022

Boxford Plumbing Company Owner Charged with Tax Evasion and Mail Fraud

Boxford Plumbing Company Owner Charged with Tax Evasion and Mail Fraud

Defendant allegedly fraudulently billed customers and evaded taxes by…

By ValleyPatriot on January 13, 2022

Local Police Chiefs: Despite Stats, Opioid Crisis Continues to Grow in the Valley

Local Police Chiefs: Despite Stats, Opioid Crisis Continues to Grow in the Valley

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By Tom Duggan on January 27, 2020

7 Year Old Suffers Permenant Brain Injuries in Boxford Crash, Mother Charged with OUI-Drugs

7 Year Old Suffers Permenant Brain Injuries in Boxford Crash, Mother Charged with OUI-Drugs

BREAKING….. UPDATE FROM YESTERDAYS CRASH IN BOXFORD By:…

By Tom Duggan on June 26, 2018

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EYE ON DRACUT ~ Dracut Voters Elect Positive Newcomer Jennifer Kopcinski

EYE ON DRACUT ~ Dracut Voters Elect Positive Newcomer Jennifer Kopcinski

By: Brian Genest – May, 2022 From the time…

By Tom Duggan on May 29, 2022

Lazy River Fires up Craft Cannabis Cultivation ~ EYE ON DRACUT

Lazy River Fires up Craft Cannabis Cultivation ~ EYE ON DRACUT

By: Brian Genest – April, 2022 Don’t be…

By Tom Duggan on May 6, 2022

Dracut Isn’t Buying What Phil Thibault’s Selling

Dracut Isn’t Buying What Phil Thibault’s Selling

By: Brian Genest – March 2022 When does a…

By ValleyPatriot on March 30, 2022

Celebrating Dracut’s Legacy of Farms and Freedom

Celebrating Dracut’s Legacy of Farms and Freedom

By: Brian Genest – Feb. 2022 Break out the…

By ValleyPatriot on March 2, 2022

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VALLEY PATRIOT OF THE MONTH, HERO IN OUR MIDST ~ Haverhill’s Frederick “Buddy” Hansen, Jr.

VALLEY PATRIOT OF THE MONTH, HERO IN OUR MIDST ~ Haverhill’s Frederick “Buddy” Hansen, Jr.

A Veteran, Father, Husband, Brother, and Hero By: John…

By Tom Duggan on June 3, 2022

Early Voting Can Be a FUNDED Mandate – IN YOUR CORNER WITH SENATOR KATY IVES

Early Voting Can Be a FUNDED Mandate – IN YOUR CORNER WITH SENATOR KATY IVES

By: State Senator Katy Ives – April, 2017 Early…

By ValleyPatriot on May 2, 2017

Common Sense Updates to State Zoning Laws – IN YOUR CORNER WITH SENATOR IVES

Common Sense Updates to State Zoning Laws – IN YOUR CORNER WITH SENATOR IVES

By: State Senator Kathleen O’Connor Ives – Feb. 2017…

By ValleyPatriot on April 5, 2017

Health Care Prices

Health Care Prices

By: State Rep. Lenny Mirra – Feb. 2017 Getting…

By ValleyPatriot on March 4, 2017

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Owners of Groveland Companies Sentenced for Defrauding Government Contracting Programs

Owners of Groveland Companies Sentenced for Defrauding Government Contracting Programs

BOSTON – Three men were sentenced today in federal…

By Tom Duggan on June 17, 2020

Groveland Murder Suspect Leedell Graham Arrested

Groveland Murder Suspect Leedell Graham Arrested

GROVELAND – Groveland Police Chief Jeff Gillen report that…

By Tom Duggan on June 28, 2019

A Special Gathering of 3 Sisters

A Special Gathering of 3 Sisters

By: Joe D’Amore – April, 2019 My wife and…

By ValleyPatriot on May 3, 2019

Town vs. City Government: The Governing Pros and Cons

Town vs. City Government: The Governing Pros and Cons

By: Casey Pratt – August, 2018 Groveland and Boston…

By ValleyPatriot on September 1, 2018

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State Money Flowing to Our Communities

State Money Flowing to Our Communities

By: State Rep. Linda Dean Campbell The Massachusetts House…

By ValleyPatriot on May 5, 2022

PRIDEStar EMS Paramedics Honored by City of Haverhill for Reviving Resident

PRIDEStar EMS Paramedics Honored by City of Haverhill for Reviving Resident

LOWELL – PRIDEStar EMS is proud to share that…

By Tom Duggan on April 10, 2022

Bernardito Carvajal of Haverhill Sentenced to 10 Years for Fentanyl Distribution

Bernardito Carvajal of Haverhill Sentenced to 10 Years for Fentanyl Distribution

BOSTON – A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday in…

By Tom Duggan on March 18, 2022

Convicted Felon Ramon Silvelo-Miles of Haverhill Charged with Firearms, Drug Offenses

Convicted Felon Ramon Silvelo-Miles of Haverhill Charged with Firearms, Drug Offenses

Defendant allegedly possessed loaded firearm and over 300 grams…

By Tom Duggan on January 22, 2022

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Saury Rodriguez-Ruiz of Lawrence Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

Saury Rodriguez-Ruiz of Lawrence Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Trafficking Conspiracy

BOSTON – A Lawrence man has pleaded guilty in federal court…

By Tom Duggan on May 31, 2022

KEEPING PROMISES ~ $2M for Gr. Lawrence Family Health Center

KEEPING PROMISES ~ $2M for Gr. Lawrence Family Health Center

May, 2022 – Last month, Lawrence Mayor Brian A.…

By Tom Duggan on May 29, 2022

REP. MARCOS DEVERS: Supporting The Work and Family Mobility Act

REP. MARCOS DEVERS: Supporting The Work and Family Mobility Act

April in the State House is centered around the…

By ValleyPatriot on May 29, 2022

Trinitarios Gang Member Arismendy Gil-Padilla of Methuen Sentenced to 11 Years for Trafficking Guns, Ammunition, Cocaine, Fentanyl

Trinitarios Gang Member Arismendy Gil-Padilla of Methuen Sentenced to 11 Years for Trafficking Guns, Ammunition, Cocaine, Fentanyl

Convicted felon sold at least 16 guns, ammunition, a…

By Tom Duggan on May 29, 2022

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US Army Afghanistan Veteran Jeannette Mason: Life is About Choices ~ VALLEY PATRIOT OF THE MONTH, HERO IN OUR MIDST

US Army Afghanistan Veteran Jeannette Mason: Life is About Choices ~ VALLEY PATRIOT OF THE MONTH, HERO IN OUR MIDST

By: John Cuddy – April, 2022 EDITORS NOTE: Army…

By ValleyPatriot on May 6, 2022

A Job Well Done by MASSPORT Police Officer Matt Flynn

A Job Well Done by MASSPORT Police Officer Matt Flynn

By: Jerry Flynn, NEPBA Executive Director Last night I…

By ValleyPatriot on May 6, 2022

M.V. Food Bank – Feeding Families Since 1991

M.V. Food Bank – Feeding Families Since 1991

By: Kane Peaslee Merrimack Valley Food Bank is…

By Tom Duggan on April 10, 2022

Sheilds Health Care & Lowell General Open Surgery Center for Merrimack Valley

Sheilds Health Care & Lowell General Open Surgery Center for Merrimack Valley

CHELMSFORD – Lowell General Hospital and Shields Health Care,…

By Tom Duggan on April 10, 2022

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YE GAY O’LE VALLEY ~ LBGTQ+ Makes Donation to Media Center

YE GAY O’LE VALLEY ~ LBGTQ+ Makes Donation to Media Center

By: Dani Langevin – April, 2022 “If you can…

By Dani Langevin on May 31, 2022

Twins From Gr. Lawrence Tech Receive a Total of $4,570 for College from Valley Patriot Readers

Twins From Gr. Lawrence Tech Receive a Total of $4,570 for College from Valley Patriot Readers

This scholarship was started when (then) Greater Lawrence Tech…

By Tom Duggan on May 7, 2022

Veteran Jason Gilbert of Clear Path Receives the John Ratka Hero Veteran Award

Veteran Jason Gilbert of Clear Path Receives the John Ratka Hero Veteran Award

Because honoring veterans is so much a part of…

By Tom Duggan on May 7, 2022

Improving Safety and Transparency at Our Veterans’ Homes ~ IN YOUR CORNER with SENATOR DIZOGLIO

Improving Safety and Transparency at Our Veterans’ Homes ~ IN YOUR CORNER with SENATOR DIZOGLIO

Hello Valley Patriot Readers, During the COVID-19 pandemic, 77…

By ValleyPatriot on May 6, 2022

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Dan Coady Memorial Scholarship Given to His Son Patrick Thanks to a Stranger with a Heart!

Dan Coady Memorial Scholarship Given to His Son Patrick Thanks to a Stranger with a Heart!

Four years ago, one of our readers, Al Veilleux…

By Tom Duggan on May 7, 2022

School Choice Options are Changing in North Andover

School Choice Options are Changing in North Andover

If you’re reading this, chances are you’re a parent,…

By ValleyPatriot on January 30, 2022

Gladys Araceli Ceron of North Andover Sentenced for Performing Illegal Silicone Injections

Gladys Araceli Ceron of North Andover Sentenced for Performing Illegal Silicone Injections

Defendant injected individuals with silicone oil, which can cause…

By Tom Duggan on October 9, 2021

North Andover’s Hogan Graduates U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

North Andover’s Hogan Graduates U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Christina Shea Hogan of North Andover recently graduated from…

By Tom Duggan on August 27, 2021