Tom Duggan’s Notebook ~ HEROES and BOZOS OF 2019

Tom Duggan’s Notebook ~ HEROES and BOZOS OF 2019

VALLEY PATRIOT BASH The Valley Patriot’s 16th Anniversary BASH! will be held at the Firefighter’s Relief In (2 Market St. in Lawrence) on March 27th. Tickets will be available on Eventbrite.com. MARK YOUR CALENDAR. If you enjoy our news  coverage please consider making a $1 donation HEROES AND BOZOS OF 2019  HERO – SENATOR DIANA DIZOGLIO Newly […]

Police Arrest Suspect in Christmas Eve Shooting in Methuen

Police Arrest Suspect in Christmas Eve Shooting in Methuen

If you enjoy our news  coverage please consider making a $1 donation UPDATED December 27, 2019 The suspect in the Christmas Eve shooting on Broadway and Center Street has been taken into custody less than 48 hours after the incident that sent a Methuen resident to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.  Methuen police took a 17 […]

Royal House of Roast Beef, Giovanni’s ~ JOEL’S METHUEN FOOD CORNER

Royal House of Roast Beef, Giovanni’s ~ JOEL’S METHUEN FOOD CORNER

This is the premier column from our new foodie columnist, Methuen City Councilor Joel Faretra. Each month Joel will visit restaurants in Methuen and rate their best dishes. By: Joel Faretra – December, 2019 Since I was born and raised in Everett, I grew up on roast beef sandwiches. The two places we would go […]

Mayor Delays Police Superior Officer’s Union Arbitration – Perry Says He is Looking Forward to Settling Dispute

Mayor Delays Police Superior Officer’s Union Arbitration – Perry Says He is Looking Forward to Settling Dispute

If you enjoy our news  coverage please consider making a $1 donation December 18, 2019 Methuen Mayor Jim Jajuga has asked the courts to delay – once again – the December 16th arbitration of the Police Superior Officer’s Union Contract dispute.   The city has asked for the postponement until March 10th-12th putting the controversy square in the […]

Methuen Man Arrested for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl

Methuen Man Arrested for Conspiracy to Distribute Fentanyl

BOSTON – Two men were arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, and charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. Steven Perez, of Lowell, and Anthony Holloway, of Methuen, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Following an initial appearance in federal court in Boston, Perez and Holloway were […]

Lawrence Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution And Possession of Fentanyl

Lawrence Man Pleads Guilty to Distribution And Possession of Fentanyl

BOSTON – A Lawrence man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with selling fentanyl. John Mena, 24, pleaded guilty to one count of distribution and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl before U.S. District Court Judge William G. Young, who scheduled sentencing for April 6, 2020. According to court documents, Mena […]

This is No Way to Move Methuen Forward ~ VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL 12-19

This is No Way to Move Methuen Forward ~ VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL 12-19

Last week, a Methuen City Council meeting degenerated into a circus, complete with an orchestrated political attack on newly elected mayor Neil Perry. First, City Councilor Steve Saba (who campaigned against Perry) had his brother get up at public participation to lay the groundwork for a later discussion about Perry’s “rumored” choice for a new […]

Lion Air Crash Report Destroys Leape’s Fake Dogma

Lion Air Crash Report Destroys Leape’s Fake Dogma

By: Bharani Padmanabhan – Nov. 2019 In order to provide the intellectual pretext for the takeover of the profession of medicine by conglomerates and the destruction of physicians committed to their patients and profession, Lucian Leape fabricated the fake dogma that doctors are just like pilots and must also be turned into compliant, replaceable, cogs. […]

Entrepreneurship in the City of Lawrence

Entrepreneurship in the City of Lawrence

By: Tomas Gabriel Michel Diving into a business venture and becoming an entrepreneur is one of the most excruciating tasks an individual can partake into, but also, one of the most fulfilling ones. There are many requirements to meet, and many conditions to satisfy, in order to be successful. Knowing a platform’s break-even point is […]

VALLEY PATRIOT of the MONTH ~ Gerard Boucher US Marine Corp-Retired; Still Serving Brother & Sister Veterans!

VALLEY PATRIOT of the MONTH ~ Gerard Boucher US Marine Corp-Retired; Still Serving Brother & Sister Veterans!

By: John Cuddy – November, 2019 Haverhill’s Gerard Boucher joined the US Marine Corp to avoid getting drafted by the US Army. On the wall of his home sits a Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts, so he certainly picked an unusual way to avoid the draft. Talking to Gerard and his close friend Carolyn […]

Methuen Superior Officers Claims Retaliation Over Contract Dispute

Methuen Superior Officers Claims Retaliation Over Contract Dispute

If you enjoy our news  coverage please consider making a $1 donation As part of the ongoing arbitration between the Methuen Superior Officer’s Union and the City of Methuen, the union is asking for a financial award of damages for what they say is retaliation. The superior officers says that there is a pattern of actionable claims […]

Education Reform ~ In Your Corner with Senator DiZoglio

Education Reform ~ In Your Corner with Senator DiZoglio

If you enjoy our news  coverage please consider making a $1 donation Hello Valley Patriot Readers, It has been 25 years since the state’s education funding formula has been updated. A lack of reform has left school districts significantly underfunded, with insufficient support for special education, English-language learner programs, and school building construction and renovation, among other […]

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