To the Editor, I wanted to send a note of gratitude for receiving the Officer Thomas Duggan, Sr. Law Enforcement Hero Award. (VIDEO) It is an honor to be recognized by your paper and organization, but more so to be placed at such high regard as to consider me an embodiment of what Officer Duggan, […]
By: Tom Duggan 6-23-14|3PM According to Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety Andrea Cabral, at least seven flights landed in Massachusetts recently containing illegal aliens transported from the Mexican border prior to April 18, 2014. Five flights landed at Hanscom Air Force base, two landed at Logan. “These flights were routine transports of detainees either to […]
By: Tom Duggan June 23, 2014 2PM ORIGINAL STORY Three Suspects in Custody After Wild Chase Leads to Stolen Cruiser and Threats of “Killing Any Cop I See” Pennsylvania resident Robert Zygarowski was arraigned in New Hampshire today after assaulting a police officer and stealing his cruiser Saturday night. Zygarowski lead police on a high speed chase that […]
UPDATE FROM CHANNEL 5 – Police say Penn. man assaulted officer, stole cruiser. Suspect also allegedly threatened to shoot police 6-21-14 1:08AM|Tom Duggan PHOTOS LAWRENCE – Salem NH police lead a chase through the streets of Lawrence early Saturday morning after a Salem Officer was assaulted on a routine traffic stop. The driver, with at least […]
Full Video below VIDEO|PHOTOS By: Tom Duggan – June 19, 2014 Lawrence State Representative Marcos Devers, a Democrat, held his official reelection kickoff Thursday night as Salvatore’s Restaurant at Sal’s Riveralk with a cast of who’s who in attendance supporting the two term representative. Candidate for governor Steve Grossman was on hand to support Devers […]
By: Bharani Padmanabhan MD PhD – June 18, 2014 Justina Pelletier, one of four children of Lou and Linda Pelletier, was diagnosed with Mitochondrial Disease by Dr Mark Korson at Tufts Medical Center 2 years ago. Her elder sister Jessica also has the same disease and almost died from it before the family, from West […]
Doris Rodriguez, is a democratic candidate for the State Senate seat of the 2nd Essex and Middlesex District. The district includes Andover, Dracut, Lawrence, and Tewksbury. “We need a leader who has the capability to be the vocal bridge between communities. A leader who will work hard to advocate equally for all and represent the […]
By: Tom Duggan – June 18, 2014 Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera has only been the city’s top political figure for five months but he is already injecting himself into political contests across the state, first endorsing Warren Tolman for Attorney General and today endorsing State Treasurer Steve Grossman for governor. The endorsement comes just three days after […]
By: Tom Duggan – June, 2014 The Valley Patriot sat down with Methuen’s Brittany Baldassari, known in the entertainment business as Brittany Baldi to talk about her success, and see if she had any advice for our readers who want to model, star in TV, movies or music videos. Brittany went to Methuen High School […]
Twenty-seven year old North Andover resident Phil DeCologero is running for the Democrat nomination for the 14th Essex District State Representative’s race. In September, DeCologero will face off against incumbent State Rep. Diana DiZoglio, and North Andover veteran, Oscar Camargo. DeCologero appeared on the Paying Attention radio program with Tom Duggan last month. Duggan asked […]
By: Atty. Timothy Stark – June, 2014 I often have clients come into my office seeking advice concerning issues of retaliation in the workplace. I usually begin, after listening to the client’s story, with an analysis of what is considered unlawful retaliation, compared to conduct by a boss or co-worker that is actually motivated more […]
By Dr. Bharani Padmanabhan – June – 2014 Valley Patriot readers know about the LeapFrog Score fraud. LeapFrog is intimately associated with Dr. Lucian Leape and his close friend Sir Donald Berwick. Both are very close with Dr. Charles Denham whom Leape turned to when honest folks pointed out that Leape’s Score is an unscientific fraud that […]
THIS IS PART II. (READ PART I) The Valley Patriot’s Tom Duggan and Justess Jacobson sat down with former US Senator Bob Smith who is once again running for the Senate. He will face former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown in the Republican Primary. Transcribed by Kathleen LaPlante TD: Why do you think in this country, […]
By: Christine Morabito – June, 2014 We ask the men and women serving overseas to make the ultimate sacrifice, to protect the rights you and I take for granted. And how do we thank them? – by asking them to waive their right to a secret ballot. Under MA General Laws: Chapter 54, Section […]
VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL – JUNE – 2014 It seems like there is a new scandal every single day highlighting the neglect, incompetence or corruption in the Obama Administration. The Obama-lead IRS targeted people for their political beliefs to get revenge for opposing Obama’s politics. They purposely targeted conservative activists in a move that would […]