The Methuen Fire Department and Methuen Firefighters Local 1691 teamed up with Columbia Gas to hand out 88 coats, hats, and gloves to children as part of Operation Warm at the Greater Lawrence Community Action Council Head Start, 24 Gill Ave. in Methuen. The kids were thrilled to receive their new winter gear, meet […]
[youtube https://youtu.be/T8cMqT0FVL4&h=280&w=380] By: Tom Duggan – Dec. 30, 2017 In the -3 degree cold early Saturday morning, Lawrence Police raced to 34 Springfield Street responding to a call of “shots fired”. The caller stated that they heard five shots in the area near Parker Street “no vehicle description” the dispatcher said, revealing that it was […]
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In his last days as Mayor of Methuen, The Valley Patriot sat down with Steve Zanni for an exit interview to see what he thought of his six years as mayor and if he was able to accomplish what he set out to do in 2011. Q: When you came into office you had some […]
LOS ANGELES— iBorrow, a private direct lender for commercial real estate, has provided a $5.7 million loan for the purchase of a 559,868-square-foot high-end manufacturing facility that was formerly the Polartec plant. The property, which is housed on 14.49 acres of land, is located at 46 Stafford Street in Lawrence, Massachusetts. As textile manufacturing has largely moved […]
Cashed More Than $7 Million in Fraudulently Obtained IRS Refund Checks WASHINGTON — A illegal alien who had been twice deported and sentenced for re-entry to the US, (Dominican citizen) who resided in Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 11 years in prison today after pleading guilty mid-trial to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service […]
Scola’s Restaurant was originally a deli & sandwich shop from the North End Of Boston (then established in 1991 in Dracut, Massachusetts). Back then, Scola’s started as a deli with paper plates and a takeout counter, but grew into what it is today. They specialize in Italian-American cuisine as chef/owner Tony Furtado likes to […]
On Thursday, Methuen Police received a tip from a concerned parent that there was a social media posting threatening to shoot up a school shooting the next day. During the course of the Methuen police investigation, detectives determined that the posting originated from the geographical area of the Haverhill High School. Methuen Police contacted Haverhill police, […]
Authorities Seized Over $1 Million in Laundered Gambling Proceeds, the Largest Seizure in the History of the Money Laundering Statute SALEM – The owners of a North Andover company have pleaded guilty and been sentenced in connection with operating an illegal gaming and money laundering scheme, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today. William Morley, age 62, […]
How quickly Salisbury officials forget. In 1985, Salisbury officials signed a “U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Sewer Special Grant” condition agreeing “[Salisbury] shall prohibit connections to the sewerage system from any new development built within a 100-year flood plain, wetland, or barrier beach (Salisbury Beach)”. Salisbury received $18 Million in federal and state grants to construct […]
By: Tom Duggan – Dec. 13, 2017 LAWRENCE – Four men are in custody this morning after leading police on a chase through North Lawrence in a car stolen from Farnham St. Lawrence Police Officer Saindon spotted the car with four individuals inside it near Haverhill and Broadway and ran the plate. The plate came […]
VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL December, 2017 Last month this editorial page highlighted the problem of corporate social media tech-giants (like Facebook and Twitter) censoring political messages their employees don’t agree with. We were inundated by reader emails telling us that this was a manufactured crisis, claiming that Facebook and Twitter don’t censor messages based on the […]
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has penalized CIL, Inc., a metal finishing business in Lawrence, $18,690 for several hazardous waste management and air quality violations. MassDEP inspected the 400 Canal Street facility on October 26, 2016 and found hazardous waste violations, including that the satellite and main accumulation area hazardous waste […]
By: Tom Duggan – Nov, 2017 Normally this space is reserved for paying tribute to living veterans who have gone off and served our country and then come back to help other veterans. Last month, however, when the Valley Patriot learned a member of the Valley Patriot family, Ray Wilson had passed away, we also […]