Paying Attention! With Tom Duggan (10-12-13)

  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO OR DOWNLOAD HOUR 1 Today Tom and Paul talked about the Salisbury sewer project and Selectman Freeman Condon’s startling revelation that he believes paying $80 Million for a sewer project is “absurd” which actually backs the claims of the Tomaselli sisters. Tom also replayed Town Manager Neil Harrington’s angry […]

Lawrence City Councilor Says Mayor Lantigua Trying to Remove Term Limits

  LAWRENCE, MA: Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua is seeking to remove the mayoral term limit restriction within that city’s charter. Lawrence currently prohibits individuals from serving more than two four-year terms for mayor. The proposal currently is on the City Council agenda. City Councilor Marc Laplante is concerned that should Lantigua be re-elected, that the […]

Paying Attention! With Tom Duggan (10-5-13)

Paying Attention! With Tom Duggan (10-5-13)

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO OR DOWNLOAD HOUR 1 Today Tom talked about the fake government  shutdown, media lies, Congressman Niki Tsongas and her email blasts raising money on the shutdown and the hateful rhetoric she employs. Tim Imholt a candidate who is running against Niki Tsongas called in.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO OR […]

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Penalized $15,000 by MassDEP for Numerous Air Quality Violations at its Central Utility Plant

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Penalized $15,000 by MassDEP for Numerous Air Quality Violations at its Central Utility Plant

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) penalized the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) $15,000 for air quality violations that occurred during 2010 and 2011. The violations were discovered after MassDEP reviewed reports submitted by MIT in 2012 and after MassDEP inspected MIT’s central utility plant on Vassar Street in Cambridge, which houses […]

VIOLENT CRIMES TASK FORCE SEEKS ARMED BANK ROBBER – East Boston Savings Bank in Cambridge, Massachusetts Robbed at Gunpoint

VIOLENT CRIMES TASK FORCE SEEKS ARMED BANK ROBBER – East Boston Savings Bank in Cambridge, Massachusetts Robbed at Gunpoint

Reward Offered for Information Leading to Arrest and Charging ARMED AND DANGEROUS Boston, MASS – A task force of Massachusetts law enforcement agencies is seeking the public’s assistance to identify a bank robber who is alleged to have violently robbed a bank at gunpoint in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 1, 2013. The robber is considered […]

Paying Attention! With Tom Duggan (9-28-13)

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO OR DOWNLOAD HOUR 1 Today Tom and Paul broadcast the show from Chelmsford Town Common for “Common Day” and talked about Salisbury Town Manager Neil Harrington and his Bobble-head board of selectmen, complete with full audio of Harrington’s bitter, angry rant at the Selectmen meeting last week. CLICK HERE TO […]

Methuen PD, Homeland Security, FBI, Seize AK-47 other Weapons

Methuen PD, Homeland Security, FBI, Seize AK-47 other Weapons

On Friday September 27, 2013 detectives from the Methuen Police Department working in conjunction with members of the FBI, ATF and Dept. of Homeland Security working on a tip, seized the following firearms after an investigation. 1 – AK-47 rifle variant described as a “WASR-10” with two 30 round banana clip magazines with 7.62cal rounds […]

West Nile Virus Found near Senior Center in Downtown North Andover, Truck Spraying Tuesday 24th

West Nile Virus Found near Senior Center in Downtown North Andover, Truck Spraying Tuesday 24th

BREAKING… The Board of Health has announced that mosquito samples have tested positive for the West Nile Virus near the Senior Center in North Andover. Truck spraying of pesticides will take place in the following locations: West of Chickering Road and and North of Mass Ave, using Sutton Street and Rt 495 as a border. […]

An Interview with Lawrence Mayoral Candidate Dan Rivera ~ Paying Attention! With Tom Duggan 9-21-13

An Interview with Lawrence Mayoral Candidate Dan Rivera ~ Paying Attention! With Tom Duggan 9-21-13

  The Paying Attention Radio Program with Tom Duggan airs every Saturday morning from 10AM to noon on 980WCAP in Lowell, Massachusetts. The show is produced by George Papoulias and is podcast on archive.org.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO OR DOWNLOAD HOUR 1 In the first hour Tom talked about the Tomaselli sisters in Salisbury […]

Former Mayoral Candidates Unite Against Lantigua – Endorse Rivera for Mayor

Former Mayoral Candidates Unite Against Lantigua – Endorse Rivera for Mayor

By: Tom Duggan – September 20, 2013 (11pm) OTHER LAWRENCE STORIES PHOTO GALLERY OF THIS EVENT Three of the four failed candidates for Lawrence mayor: James O’Donoghue, Juan Gonzalez and Marcos Devers stood with Lawrence City Councilor Dan Rivera Friday, at the end of the Casey Bridge to endorse Rivera’s candidacy against Lawrence Mayor Willie […]

Lives Lost for Liberty

  Craig Floyd, Executive Director, National Law Enforcement Memorial March 2004  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Almost every day this past year we have heard the reports of new casualties in the fight for freedom-another assault, another injury, another death. A few of the casualties drew national attention, but most remained faceless and nameless, just another statistic […]

A Conversation with Lawrence Catholic Academy Principal, Jorge Hernandez, PART 2

TRANSCRIBED BY KATHLEEN LAPLANTE READ PART 1 Valley Patriot publisher Tom Duggan, (an alum of Saint Patrick’s Grammar School) sat down with the (now) Lawrence Catholic Academy Principal Jorge Hernandez. You can read part 1 of this interview on www.valleypatriot.com VP: Do you get any help from St. Patrick’s Church? I know when you were […]