WASHINGTON ¯ The Internal Revenue Service today announced the adoption of a “Taxpayer Bill of Rights” that will become a cornerstone document to provide the nation’s taxpayers with a better understanding of their rights. The Taxpayer Bill of Rights takes the multiple existing rights embedded in the tax code and groups them into 10 broad […]
By: Christine Morabito – June 10, 2014 When Justin Bilton asked his English class to read the memoir, “All Souls: A Family Story from Southie,” something amazing happened. Even his least enthusiastic readers read the book from cover to cover. In fact, they were so moved that they wrote letters to author Michael Patrick […]
By Tom Duggan – June, 2014 Lawrence City Councilor Roger Twomey is running for state representative as a Republican making this a three way race among himself, incumbent Marcos Devers (Democrat) and embattled former Mayor, Willie Lantigua (Independent). Some say Twomey is only in the race to divide the anti-Lantigua vote and help the […]
Ask anyone who attended American Training’s Celebrate Good Times Gala what their favorite part of the formal evening was and you’ll get the same answer every time – the ear-to-ear smiles on the beaming Guests. “It was really a feel good night, seeing everyone dancing and just the pure happiness. It was just a room […]
Photos and Video of Peruvian Night in Lawrence as part of Semana Hispana (Hispanic Week) was held at the Everett Mills on Sunday June 8, 2014. Click Photo for photo gallery, video below. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j8fYEdGKEU&feature=youtu.be&w=480&h=420]
Paying Attention is hosted by Tom Duggan, Co-host Paul Murano and is produced by Chris Poublon. Paying Attention and airs on 980WCAP in Lowell. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD HOUR 1 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD HOUR 2 In the first hour Tom and Paul talked about how Salisbury Town Manager Neil Harrington is concealing public documents as […]
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Several days ago, Massachusetts state troopers along with federal agents and local police officers developed intelligence that a large quantity of cocaine was en route from the Dominican Republic, through Florida, to Lawrence, Mass. The intelligence indicated that the cocaine was secreted between the walls of cardboard boxes that contained various types of produce. On […]
Paying Attention is hosted by Tom Duggan, Co-host Paul Murano and is produced by Chris Poublon. Paying Attention and airs on 980WCAP in Lowell. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD HOUR 1 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD HOUR 2 Today Tom and Paul talked with State Rep. Candidate Phil DeCologero in the studio. Other topics: Christians and Jews United for […]
A One on One Interview with Former Senator Bob Smith PART 1 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. THIS IS PART 1. PART 2 is […]
The State Ethics Commission approved a Final Order and Disposition Agreement involving former State Representative Demetrius Atsalis. According to the Agreement, Atsalis admitted to violating M.G.L. c. 268B, the financial disclosure law, by failing to timely file his 2012 Statement of Financial Interests (“SFI”), and paid a $100 civil penalty. On March 6, 2014, the […]
The Forest of Assassins, a new novel by David Forsmark and Timothy Imholt, PhD, now available from Amazon.com, shows for the first time a detailed and thrilling account of the Navy SEAL operations that led to the escalation of America’s involvement in the Vietnam War. Thomas Fleming, former President of the American Society of Historians, […]
Phoenix Report Confirms Dishonest Scheduling Procedures ‘Systemic’ The American Legion National Commander Daniel M. Dellinger has called for criminal investigations of all Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees responsible for “secret” waiting lists at VA hospitals linked to the preventable patient deaths, after a May 28 interim report by VA’s Office of Inspector General found […]
MA DEMOCRATS PATHETIC LACK OF LEADERSHIP Massachusetts is a one party state. Democrats hold every executive elected state office from Governor all the way down to State Auditor. Democrats also control both the State Senate and the House of Representatives. Yet with 133 children missing from DCF care (the Department of Children and Families), with […]