Dracut Isn’t Buying What Phil Thibault’s Selling

Dracut Isn’t Buying What Phil Thibault’s Selling

By: Brian Genest – March 2022 When does a perennial candidate become a town laughingstock? In Dracut, you don’t have to look any further than Phil Thibault for the answer. All over town, when people hear the eight-time loser is running for office again this year, they laugh and laugh and laugh. In case you’ve […]

If You Don’t Agree with Me You Are A Nazi! ~ VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL (3-22)

If You Don’t Agree with Me You Are A Nazi! ~ VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL (3-22)

03-22 In the link below you will read a column by Valley Patriot columnist Dani Langevin. COLUMN HERE Langevin is a left-wing teacher in the Methuen Public Schools who went on an angry rant because of our editorial last month. That editorial called out her school system for trying to remove Valentine’s Day and replace […]

YE GAY OL’E VALLEY: Let the Kids Do What They Want?

YE GAY OL’E VALLEY: Let the Kids Do What They Want?

By: Dani Langevin – March,  2022 Last month someone wrote an editorial about public schools interfering in the socialization of students. I’m having a hard time understanding what this person is talking about and the point of their whining. The writer asked the question, “Why can’t our school leaders just back off and let kids […]

Andover, Lawrence Man Among 6 Indicted in Northern New England Fentanyl Trafficking Operation

Andover, Lawrence Man Among 6 Indicted in Northern New England Fentanyl Trafficking Operation

Alleged conspiracy spanned from Massachusetts to New Hampshire and Maine BOSTON – Six individuals have been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with a fentanyl trafficking operation that spanned across northern New England. Randell Starlin Medina Rodriguez, 26, of Andover, Mass.; Williams Colon Sanchez, 26, or Lawrence, Mass.; Douglas Morris, 31, of Bangor, […]

Bernardito Carvajal of Haverhill Sentenced to 10 Years for Fentanyl Distribution

Bernardito Carvajal of Haverhill Sentenced to 10 Years for Fentanyl Distribution

BOSTON – A Dominican national was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston on fentanyl distribution charges. Bernardito Carvajal, 30, who most recently resided in Haverhill, was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised release. On Nov. 22, 2021, Carvajal was […]

Greater Lawrence Tech. Student from Lawrence Nominated as U.S. Presidential Scholar

Greater Lawrence Tech. Student from Lawrence Nominated as U.S. Presidential Scholar

ANDOVER – Superintendent John Lavoie is pleased to announce that a Greater Lawrence Technical School student has been nominated as a U.S. Presidential Scholar. Lourdes Luna Ceballos, a senior from Lawrence, studies Medical Assisting. Ceballos is a certified medical assistant and will continue her education by entering the psychology field with hopes of becoming a […]

MassDEP Penalizes Safety-Kleen Systems for Violation of State Hazardous Waste Regulations at the Company’s Salisbury Facility

MassDEP Penalizes Safety-Kleen Systems for Violation of State Hazardous Waste Regulations at the Company’s Salisbury Facility

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has assessed Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. of Norwell a $57,500 penalty following violations of the state Hazardous Waste regulations that occurred at the company’s facility in the Town of Salisbury. The company operates a treatment storage and disposal facility at 90 Rabbit Rd. in Salisbury under a […]

‘Station Eleven’ ~ TV TALK with BILL CUSHING

‘Station Eleven’ ~ TV TALK with BILL CUSHING

By: Bill Cushing – Feb. 2022 “I remember damage.” This line is repeated throughout ‘Station Eleven,’ a new 10-episode limited series adapted from the 2015 novel by Emily St. John Mandel. The line comes from the fictional graphic novel named ‘Station Eleven’ that figures prominently in the show’s storyline. The repetition of the line throughout […]

Injuries from Cold Temperatures ~ THE DOCTOR IS IN!

Injuries from Cold Temperatures ~ THE DOCTOR IS IN!

Dr. Piere Ghassibi Our winters are very cold, so let us review the dangers of exposure. We know that less than a thirty- minute exposure to very low temperatures can result in injury by freezing of the skin and underlying tissues. This can also happen in skin covered by clothing, especially if wet. Because the […]