Lawrence Council President Gets Opponent Knocked Off The Ballot

Lawrence Council President Gets Opponent Knocked Off The Ballot

Germinudy Rosario’s Nomination Papers Were Not Notarized, Contained Forgeries   Lawrence – In a hearing before the Lawrence Board of Registrars today, City Council President and candidate for re-election in District F, Marc Laplante, prevailed in his challenge of Germinudy Rosario campaign’s nomination papers. The Board of Registrars determined that the Rosario campaign failed to […]

Harrington Illegally Charging Flat Fees in Salisbury for Sewer Use

Harrington Illegally Charging Flat Fees in Salisbury for Sewer Use

Also Illegally using Sewer Funds for Construction On November 2, 2022, the Newburyport Daily News reported that the new Lafayette Road Sewer Project had an initial estimated cost of $18.5 million and quoted Town Manager Neil Harrington as saying: “The project is completely funded through the town’s sewer enterprise fund and that following the project’s […]

Shawn Hart of Methuen Indicted on Federal Charges for Narcotics, Firearms Offenses

Shawn Hart of Methuen Indicted on Federal Charges for Narcotics, Firearms Offenses

Shawn Hart is also Previously Convicted Felon BOSTON – A Methuen man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boston for allegedly trafficking counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine, unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition and using a firearm in relation of a drug trafficking offense. Shawn Hart, 45, was charged with one […]

Methuen Taxpayers Should Be Angry Over Gallant Decision ~ PAYING ATTENTION! with TOM DUGGAN

Methuen Taxpayers Should Be Angry Over Gallant Decision ~ PAYING ATTENTION! with TOM DUGGAN

08/23 Just minutes after posting the story on-line about Methuen Police Captain Greg Gallant (story here) winning his Civil Service case against the City of Methuen for wrongful termination, the hate mail started pouring in. People were outraged, they were confused, and they were hostile. How could this be, many asked. How did Gallant get […]

Town of Dracut to Auction Real Estate

Town of Dracut to Auction Real Estate

Aug. 15, 2023 The Town of Dracut will hold a multi property real estate auction on Wednesday, August 23rd at 12:00 P.M. at Dracut Town Hall, 62 Arlington Street. The live auction, conducted by The Zekos Group, Municipal Auction Strategies is an excellent investment opportunity for local residents, builders and investors. Featured properties include a […]

Haverhill City Council Admits Violating Open Meeting Law ~ VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL (8-23)

Haverhill City Council Admits Violating Open Meeting Law ~ VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL (8-23)

On June 17th, the Haverhill City Council violated the state’s open meeting law by secretly discussing, drafting, finalizing, signing, and circulating a letter declaring that racism is BAD – as if we are all so stupid that we really needed them to tell us that. What this was really about, was the city council capitalizing […]

Hector Torres Rosario of Lawrence Sentenced to Over Six Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine

Hector Torres Rosario of Lawrence Sentenced to Over Six Years in Prison for Trafficking Fentanyl and Cocaine

8/10/23 BOSTON – A Lawrence man was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in federal court in Worcester for conspiring to traffic fentanyl and cocaine in central and eastern Massachusetts. Hector Torres Rosario, 41, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to 78 months in prison and three years of supervised release. […]

Leonardo Lara, Leandro Martinez, of Lawrence Charged with Conspiring to Distribute 9 Kilos of Cocaine

Leonardo Lara, Leandro Martinez, of Lawrence Charged with Conspiring to Distribute 9 Kilos of Cocaine

8/10 BOSTON – Two Lawrence Men and a man from Lunenberg have been charged for their alleged roles in a cocaine distribution conspiracy. Leonardo Lara, 43, and Leandro Martinez, 41, both of Lawrence; and Merced Navarro-Morfin, 42, of Lunenberg, were indicted on one count each of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to […]

Arbitrator Rules in Favor of Massachusetts Troopers Suspended or Fired for Refusing Vaccine 

Arbitrator Rules in Favor of Massachusetts Troopers Suspended or Fired for Refusing Vaccine 

8/4/23 Boston, MA – Seven members of the State Police Association of Massachusetts who were previously suspended and an additional Trooper who had returned to duty after seeking a religious exemption to the Commonwealth’s vaccine mandate have prevailed in an extended legal battle with the Commonwealth and Department of the State Police. An independent arbitrator has found […]

Methuen Captain Greg Gallant Wins Civil Service Case – City Ordered to Give Back Pay

Methuen Captain Greg Gallant Wins Civil Service Case – City Ordered to Give Back Pay

Aug. 4, 2023 [updated]  The Massachusetts Civil Service Commission has ruled that fired Methuen police Captain Greg Gallant must be returned to duty and given three years back pay after being illegally fired by Methuen Mayor Neil Perry. FULL RULING HERE Gallant v. Methuen, CS-22-388  Gallant was officially fired on June 9, 2022 after being put […]