Samuel Guzman Jr. of Lawrence Arrested for Trafficking (100+ grams) of Fentanyl & Gun Charges

Samuel Guzman Jr. of Lawrence Arrested for Trafficking (100+ grams) of Fentanyl & Gun Charges

5-1-23 A Lawrence man was arrested Friday after authorities executed a search warrant and found drugs and ammunition in a city apartment, according to Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker. Samuel Guzman Jr., 23, was charged with one count of trafficking fentanyl (100+ grams) and possession of ammunition without a Firearms Identification Card. He […]

Lawrence Receives $95,210 in State Grant to For Crisis Management for Police Department

Lawrence Receives $95,210 in State Grant to For Crisis Management for Police Department

Critical Incident Stress Management grants support 11 police departments  BOSTON – The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced that 11 police departments from across Massachusetts have been awarded funds through the first state grant program supporting Critical Incident Stress Management services for emergency responders, including $95,210 for the City of Lawrence. The Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) […]

State Awards $121,360 Grant to Assist GLSD Meet Sewage Notification Requirements

State Awards $121,360 Grant to Assist GLSD Meet Sewage Notification Requirements

 4-25-23 BOSTON – To celebrate Earth Week, the Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced that $600,000 in grants have been awarded to 10 regional or municipal wastewater utilities and systems across Massachusetts including $121,360 for the Greater Lawrence Sanitary District. The GLSD treats wastewater for Lawrence, Dracut, Methuen and North Andover. This grant program is the first to […]

Operators of Addiction Treatment Chain in MA and RI Charged with Health Care Fraud

Operators of Addiction Treatment Chain in MA and RI Charged with Health Care Fraud

PROVIDENCE – The Massachusetts operator of a chain of addiction treatment clinics is charged in federal court in Providence, RI, with millions of dollars of health care fraud, aggravated identity theft, money laundering and obstruction, announced United States Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.  In addition, the treatment center and its former supervisory counselor were also charged […]

What Ever Happened to Justice?

What Ever Happened to Justice?

As a direct result of their determined and exhaustive efforts over the past two decades, the Tomaselli sisters, Joyce and Gracemarie, have petitioned two new bills to the current State Senate. They learned that absolute immunity given to attorneys is a privilege presently in effect that makes it virtually impossible for litigants to obtain fair […]

DiZoglio Exposes Welfare Fraud in her First Months ~ IN YOUR CORNER with AUDITOR DIZOGLIO

DiZoglio Exposes Welfare Fraud in her First Months ~ IN YOUR CORNER with AUDITOR DIZOGLIO

Auditor DiZoglio’s Bureau of Special Investigations Unit Identifies over $2.7 Million in Public Benefit Fraud By: State Auditor Diana DiZoglio – 3/23 Hello Valley Patriot Readers, It’s been an exciting first few weeks in office as our team of auditors work diligently on wrapping up audits, while we also set the wheels in motion to […]

US Marine, Purple Heart Recipient, Lawrence’s Daniel Cotnoir ~ VALLEY PATRIOT OF THE MONTH, HERO IN OUR MIDST

US Marine, Purple Heart Recipient, Lawrence’s Daniel Cotnoir ~ VALLEY PATRIOT OF THE MONTH, HERO IN OUR MIDST

By: John Cuddy 3-23 The president of Edgar J. Racicot Funeral Home, formerly in Lawrence Massachusetts, now operating in Dracut, Massachusetts, is Lawrence native and US Marine Veteran, Daniel Cotnoir. Operating since 1899, Racicot Funeral is one of the oldest businesses in continual operation in the Merrimack Valley. Although US Marine Dan Cotnoir, was featured […]

Gini Kisses Massachusetts Goodbye

Gini Kisses Massachusetts Goodbye

By: Duncan Burns 3/23 Gini has told Massachusetts she’s leaving the state for good. Massachusetts Democrats looked at Gini and just shrugged and walked away. Democrats, especially those serving in The Massachusetts Legislature, as well as Congress, never really liked Gini anyways. Why do you ask? Maybe because no matter which way you slice things, […]

Moriarty ~ SUE PIAZZA’S BOOK REVIEWS

Moriarty ~ SUE PIAZZA’S BOOK REVIEWS

By: Sue Piazza – 3/23 Book Review: Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz © Anthony Horowitz 2014 Harper Collins Publishing 2014 Genre: Mystery Bookmarkers: 5 of 5 Tasked with writing a novel in the style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Anthony Horowitz does a fine job of mimicking Conan Doyle’s style. This Sherlock Holmes novel reads as […]

Dealing with Autism ~ THE DOCTOR IS IN!

Dealing with Autism ~ THE DOCTOR IS IN!

By: Dr. Ghassibi 3/23 Greetings. Autism is making the news more than any other pediatric condition now. What I gathered from trying to understand it follows: Children with autism are much more sensitive to stimuli compared to children without autism (neurotypical is the term used by autism specialists to refer to people without autism). Stimuli […]

Poker Face ~ TV TALK with BILL CUSHING

Poker Face ~ TV TALK with BILL CUSHING

By: Bill Cushing – 3/23 Take a look at any episode of the old detective series ‘Columbo’ and you’ll see that the title’s yellow letters and font are echoed precisely in the new Peacock series ‘Poker Face,’ created by Rian Johnson, the creator of The Knives Out film franchise. Like Peter Falk, ‘Poker Face’ star […]

Rescue Dog from Tennessee, Max is Haverhill’s Top Dog; Wears License No. 1

Rescue Dog from Tennessee, Max is Haverhill’s Top Dog; Wears License No. 1

Haverhill City Clerk Kaitlin M. Wright said Wednesday “Max,” a one-and-a-half-year-old male mixed breed, was named the first-place winner during the City Clerk’s office Second Annual “Haverhill Top Dog” contest. Max now gets to wear dog license no. 1 for the year. Max was adopted by Jack and Joan-Hatem Roy. “He loves to play catch […]

Methuen Officials Surprise World War II Army Vet on Her 100th Birthday

Methuen Officials Surprise World War II Army Vet on Her 100th Birthday

Ethel LaSalle, a World War II Army veteran who has donated more than 300 blankets to area veterans’ organizations over the years, was recently surprised on her 100th birthday by Methuen police, fire and city and state officials. Last month, officials said, the police department received a request for cards for LaSalle’s centennial. Methuen police […]

Jocelyn Maroun Brings Family Recipe, Intimate Touch to SeVmar Bistro in Salem

Jocelyn Maroun Brings Family Recipe, Intimate Touch to SeVmar Bistro in Salem

  Local businesswoman Jocelyn Maroun is no longer affiliated with the restaurant that still bears her name, and has opened up a new restaurant with her new partner Kelvin Severino. It is called SeVmar Mediterranean Bistro, located at 401 Main St. in Salem, NH. Several of our readers emailed and called us over the last […]