The Lawrence Police have quickly become a rogue and secret police department with no transparency, no oversight, and absolutely no accountability. First, the Lawrence Police made their dispatched radio calls a secret. They encrypted those communications meaning that for the first time (since about the 1950s) the public cannot educate themselves about the actions of […]
PDF of the October 2026 Valley Patriot . . . . .
For years The Valley Patriot has been blowing the alarm bells on government overreach and mass surveillance of the public “for your safety” of course. Our most recent editorial was last October when we published “Creeping Fascism at the Local Level, You Are NOT Paying Attention!” where we – once again – warned of the […]
By: John Cuddy – 9-26 Jason Gilbert, U.S. Marine Corps Veteran, Serving His Fellow Veterans! U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Jason Gilbert currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Veteran Pathways of New England Inc., dedicating his career to serving Veterans and their families throughout Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Jason grew up in Lawrence, Massachusetts, […]
By: Sheriff Coppinger – 2-26 More than three decades ago, an extraordinary idea came from behind the walls of the Middleton Jail and House of Correction. Men who were incarcerated there wanted to make sure that Massachusetts servicemen who went to war in Vietnam and never came home would never be forgotten. Those incarcerated men […]
By: Joe D’Amore Mayor Brian DePeña of Lawrence was recently arrested and charged by the U.S. Justice Department for serious missteps well documented by the publisher of this paper and numerous news outlets. Suffice it to say, the mayor is presumed innocent and is entitled to his day in court. In a series of public […]
By: Elizabeth Dionne – 9-26 Twelve-year incumbent Deb Goldberg must go! She has announced plans to beat former Treasurer Bob Crane’s 27-year tenure, but she can’t articulate why voters should give her 16 more years—which would make her 88 when she finally retires. State Treasurer is the fourth most powerful state office, after the House […]
Valley of “Hope“, Si Se Puede and Groundwork Lawrence unite for a two-day cooking camp benefiting 50 Daybreak Shelter residents Valley of Hope Shelter and Recovery partnered with Si Se Puede and Groundwork Lawrence to give local children hands-on culinary instruction—and an opportunity to serve neighbors experiencing homelessness—through a two-day summer cooking camp in […]
By: State Rep. Ryan Hamilton 9-26 To the voters, constituents, and community members of the 15th Essex District: Thank you. Being named the Democratic nominee for this November’s election is a humbling honor, and I’m grateful to every person in Methuen and Haverhill who has placed their trust in me. This moment has me reflecting […]
Kane went on the campus at Middlesex Community College and noticed the Veterans Resource Center brightly decorated with the American flag. He learned that there are significant opportunities for veterans to complete training in higher education with supportive services from the application process through completion. The program at Middlesex Community College is geared towards providing […]
More than 53 grams of cocaine base found hidden in defendants underwear BOSTON – A Lowell man was sentenced today in federal court in Boston for distributing fentanyl and cocaine base (crack cocaine). Gino Hem, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns to 66 months in prison, to be followed […]
By: Bill Cushing – 9-26 What happens when the woman who has spent her life fooling everyone else becomes the one who’s been fooled? That’s the premise of ‘Lucky,’ a new limited series on AppleTV and my recommendation for this month. Executive-produced by Reese Witherspoon, ‘Lucky’ begins in Las Vegas, where Luciana “Lucky” Armstrong (Anya […]
NO, COUNCILORS … THE HYPOCRISY IS ON YOU After Lawrence Mayor Brian DePeña was arrested on 11 felony charges for committing fraud with COVID relief money, Lawrence City Councilors laughably put the item on the agenda for discussion even though they had no business doing that in the first place. The function of a city […]
By Lenny Mirra – 9-26 Chinese nationals are not allowed to vote in our elections, but one of them, Yupeng Sun, did do so in Andover, and in the name of another Chinese National that he was impersonating. (see story HERE) Prior to that, Canadian citizen Sunny Manhertz registered as a U.S. citizen and voted […]
By Philippe Thibault – 9-26 From the mouths of babes can come words of wisdom. Children possessing the purest of thoughts, without deception, can use their limited vocabulary with a surgeon’s precision. Decades ago, when my son was around five years old, he asked me if we could do a particular activity. To be honest […]