Jillian’s Nail Spa North Andover ~ Adapting to the New Normal to Keep you safe!

Jillian’s Nail Spa North Andover ~ Adapting to the New Normal to Keep you safe!

  As we face the challenge of the global health crisis, Jillian’s Nail Spa re-opened on June 22nd and is taking every precaution to follow prescribed CDC guidelines and insure the health of its workplace. As always, your wellbeing and safety is of primary importance at Jillian’s, where the customer always comes first. For those […]

HERO IN OUR MIDST, VALLEY PATRIOT OF THE MONTH ~ Dracut’s Alfred Araskiewicz: Paratrooper and Glider – 82nd Airborne

HERO IN OUR MIDST, VALLEY PATRIOT OF THE MONTH ~ Dracut’s Alfred Araskiewicz: Paratrooper and Glider – 82nd Airborne

By: John Cuddy – July, 2020 DRACUT – Born April 19, 1927, the youngest son of Polish immigrants, Dracut’s Alfred Araskiewicz was introduced to me by a fellow Scout leader, his neighbor, Paul Taylor. He graduated from Dracut High School with the Class of 1944. My first interview was with his granddaughter, Jennifer Phillips. She […]

What’s Next for Black LivesMatter?

What’s Next for Black LivesMatter?

By: Santiago Reyes Cruz, Jr. – July, 2020 So, what’s next for Leaders here in the Merrimack Valley? What steps will be taken as a strategy to bring positive change? Key Words “Positive Change” because across the Country we’ve seen protests become nothing but a showcase of violence and hate. Why? because many protests have […]

Lawrence General Awarded Cummings Foundation Grant

Lawrence General Awarded Cummings Foundation Grant

Lawrence General Hospital is pleased to announce it has been awarded a $100,000 grant over the next three years through the Cummings Foundation’s $20 Million Grant Program. The grant will help the hospital fund its community efforts to prevent cardiovascular disease, a leading cause of death and one of the major underlying health conditions leading […]

MA House Funds Veteran Food Support

MA House Funds Veteran Food Support

  By: State Rep. Linda Dean Campbell – July, 2020 The Massachusetts House of Representatives has passed a bill allocating $1.1 billion for our state’s COVID-19 response that will be reimbursed by the federal government. This money will be used for personal protective equipment, hazard pay for human services providers, contact tracing, food security, initiatives […]

Moulton Introduce Bill to Protect Consumers from Curious Smart Devices

Moulton Introduce Bill to Protect Consumers from Curious Smart Devices

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Seth Moulton (D-MA) partnered with Congressman John B. Curtis (R-UT) to introduce bipartisan legislation to put American consumers in the driver’s seat by giving them clearer knowledge about the technology they are purchasing. The Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act, introduced by Reps. Curtis (R-UT), Moulton (D-MA), and Bilirakis (R-FL), requires the creation of reasonable disclosure guidelines […]

Francisco Urena Made Scapegoat for Vets Deaths ~ VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL – JULY, 2020

Francisco Urena Made Scapegoat for Vets Deaths ~ VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL – JULY, 2020

July, 2020 Hero Marine and Purple Heart recipient, Francisco Urena resigned last month as Governor Baker’s Secretary of Veteran Affairs. He didn’t actually resign, he resigned the way most people in government resign: he was told to come in for a meeting with the Governor, was met by his flunkies upon arrival, and then handed […]

TOM DUGGAN’S NOTEBOOK ~ June, 2020

TOM DUGGAN’S NOTEBOOK ~ June, 2020

ANDOVER FIREFIGHTER IS A RACIST BECAUSE … HE’S WHITE Last month an Andover Firefighter was put on leave after an altercation with one of his neighbors. The firefighter saw someone he did not recognize taking mail from one of his neighbor’s mailboxes and confronted her saying he did not know her thinking she was stealing […]

Upload ~ TV TALK with BILL CUSHING

Upload ~ TV TALK with BILL CUSHING

By: Bill Cushing – June, 2020 Amazon’s latest series ‘Upload’ is a charming and endearing futuristic comedy series about the afterlife from Greg Daniels, the man who adapted ‘The Office’ for American audiences. ‘Upload’ is set in 2033 and centers on a man named Nathan Brown (Robbie Amell) who is killed in an accident of […]