PDF of the APRIL 2024 Valley Patriot Print Edition
PDF of the APRIL 2024 Valley Patriot Print Edition
OPINION: The Cost of Affordable Housing
By: Philippe Thibault – 3/24 Massachusetts House Bill 4138 goes by the moniker “the Affordable Homes Act.” This is being layered on top of the recent MBTA Communities bills passed by the legislature in 2020. The MBTA Communities, now law, requires those communities served by or adjacent to communities served by the Massachusetts Bay Transit […]
FBI Boston Recovers & Returns 22 Historic Artifacts to Japan
The FBI Boston Division has recovered 22 historic artifacts that were looted following the Battle of Okinawa and has orchestrated their return to the Government of Japan, Okinawa Prefecture. These artifacts had been missing for almost 80 years. A formal repatriation ceremony will be held in Japan at a later date. The 22 artifacts, some […]
OPINION: “Prevailing Wage, Racist Then and Racist Now”
By: Former State Rep. Lenny Mirra – 3/24 Back in 1927 U.S. Rep. Robert Bacon of New York secured funding for a new Veterans Bureau hospital on Long Island and was horrified when a contractor from Alabama won the bid and came to New York with a crew of Black construction workers. This led to […]
“The Last of Us” ~ TV TALK with BILL CUSHING
By: Bill Cushing – 3/24 This month’s recommendation is a show that’s been out a whole year, but I missed writing about it when it came out. It did, however, make my year end Best List, and was very high on the list as well. A lot of people I talk to have not seen […]
OPINION: The Boot of Government is On Your Neck!
By: Duncan Burns – 3/24 “If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.” – George Orwell, 1984 Orwell’s “1984” dystopian fiction was never meant to be an instruction manual, yet in 2024, here we are, fiction is now reality. Into this new year the authoritarian Uni-Party of […]
EYE ON DRACUT: Josh Taylor Fails Truth Test in Dracut
By: Brian Genest – 03/24 Dracut voters, beware. Josh Taylor, a bitter and angry second-time candidate for Selectman, is spreading lies about the town’s financial situation—and officials are calling him out. Here’s some irony that can’t be overlooked and shouldn’t be forgotten at the ballot box: As The Valley Patriot celebrates two decades of vigorously […]
OPINION: Protecting the Emperor with ‘Poor Memory’
By: Ken Willette – 3/24 Many fairy tales provide direct life lessons of morality, honesty, ethical behavior, and examples of karma. The Emperor’s New Clothes, penned by Hans Christian Andersen, is a perfect metaphor for Biden and his complacent Palace Guard. Between his court handlers, the Sunday morning press lackeys, the network and cable DNC […]
Korean War Veteran; Lawrence’s Tom Finn ~ HEROES IN MIDST, VALLEY PATRIOT OF THE MONTH
By: John Cuddy – 3/24 “Breakfast is the best meal of the day.” Tom Finn’s family has been hearing this for decades. They assumed it was an ode to health experts or to picking up the tab for the least expensive meal. But, no, it is a nod to the U.S. Army. Though the […]
The Day I Became a Republican
By: Kevin Dube – 3/24 I was ahead of the curve on one of the more unfortunate trends in our society today. I was the child of a single mother. My parents were married in 1968, and I was conceived shortly thereafter. Within a few months my father decided this whole family thing wasn’t for […]
OPINION: Operation Greylord II
How Come Nobody Investigates Corrupt Judges Anymore? By: Atty Gary Dolan – 3/24 Question: what’s the difference between a lawyer and a catfish? Answer: one is a slimy bottom feeder and the other’s a fish. The general public obviously has a dim view of the legal profession considering the whole genre of lawyer jokes […]
Students Deserve to be Educated in Financial Literacy
By: State Rep. Ryan Hamilton – 3/24 Congratulations to the Valley Patriot on their 20th anniversary. I appreciate the opportunity they give me every month to inform the residents of Haverhill and Methuen about what is happening on Beacon Hill. As we enter the month of March, I’d like to wish everyone a happy St. […]
Felons Kelly and Donald Frazier Target Reporter with False Harassment Order to Stop Investigations
Valley Patriot investigation shows Lawrence Homeless Coordinator tried to steer federal funds to her own non-profit, funds administered through her department. Felon Kelly Birchall Frazier, Homeless Coordinator for the City of Lawrence, and her husband Donald Frazier of New Hampshire (also a convicted felon who goes by the “street name” Debo Brown) filed […]