North Andover Selectman Says North Andover is Corrupt By: Tom Duggan – March, 2011 NORTH ANDOVER – Last month former North Andover Selectman Don Stewart called into the Paying Attention! radio program with Tom Duggan on WHAV.NET to discuss his campaign to recapture a seat on the board. He faces two incumbents: Tracy Watson […]
VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL MARCH, 2011 In the real world, ordinary citizens who bribe lawmakers for favors suffer serious consequences. Big fines and/or jail time are the rule. But this is not so with public employee unions. These groups donate thousands of dollars to the election campaigns of lawmakers, who in turn, favor them with […]
February, 2011 Valley Patriot readers will recall that last summer, residents living near the Shawsheen River reported the smell of raw sewage and a foul, cloudy discharge coming from a stormwater drain behind the South Lawrence East School. In May of last year, The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent a letter to Lawrence DPW Director […]
An Interview with Mayoral candidate Al DiNuccio: what he will do as your next Mayor By: Tom Duggan – February, 2011 Former candidate for mayor and state representative Al DiNuccio has announced that he is running for the open seat for mayor when Bill Manzi’s term expires this year. Manzi is restricted by term limits […]
SCULLY RETURNS! By: Tom Duggan – February, 2011 When Lawrence School Superintendent Jim Scully was fired by the School Committee back in 1997, the injustices were numerous. He was accused of misspending public dollars by a School Committee that had approved every single expenditure they fired him for. The press, in particular Boston […]
Corruption, Law Breaking, And No Solutions for Troubled City PAYING ATTENTION WITH TOM DUGGAN By: TOM DUGGAN, FEBRUARY 8, 2011 Well, the Willie Lantigua administration celebrated it’s one year anniversary last month and a quick review of his first year in office has proven to be one of the most disastrous years for the […]
Scully talks of his departure from Lawrence in 1998, the challenges Haverhill faces and the controversy on his salary By: Tom Duggan – February, 2011 Former Lawrence School superintendent Jim Scully has been hired as the new superintendent in Haverhill. Valley Patriot president Tom Duggan interviewed Scully on WHAV last week about his […]
Fire Chief Resigns at Council Meeting, opposes taking job out of Civil Service… Council Backs Mayor By: Tom Duggan, February, 2011 After months of personal attacks and shoddy treatment by the Lantigua administration, Lawrence Fire Chief Murphy spoke out at a Lawrence City Council meeting last month saying he opposed taking the Chief’s job out […]
By: Tom Duggan, February, 2011 North Andover Selectman Tracy Watson was interviewed by Valley Patriot owner Tom Duggan on the Paying Attention! Radio Program on WHAV radio (WHAV.NET) which airs on Thursday nights from 6-9pm. Duggan: How long have you been a selectman? Watson: I am finishing up my first term. Duggan: Which is how […]
Freedom of Information Laws MUST be Respected Valley Patriot Editorial February 5, 2011 Lawrence Mayor Willie Lantigua seems to think he owns the City of Lawrence. Since taking office in January of 2010, the Boston Herald and The Valley Patriot have reported Lantigua refusing to comply with Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. Those are requests […]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Massachusetts Recidivism Study reflects a collaborative effort between the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center and the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) to closely examine factors contributing to recidivism, with three interrelated study components: an analysis of DOC administrative data and recidivism, parole officer focus groups, and interviews of recidivists as they return […]
Valley Patriot Editorial Extra On December 26th, 2010 Woburn Police Office Jack Maguire was killed in the line of duty. On December 27th a tribute page on the social networking site Facebook was set up to honor Officer Maguire allowing people to post their comments of condolence to the family and fellow officers of […]
Valley Patriot Editorial Last year, the residents of Methuen voted to create a Charter Review Commission to review and make recommendations on changing the city charter. The recommendations of the commission will then go to the voters, who will decide on whether or not to change the way the city operates. Last month, the […]
Baddour Calls on Parole Board to Resign By: Tom Duggan – January, 2011 Parole Board Must Resign State Senators Steve Baddour (D) Methuen and Bruce Tarr (R) Glocester, say that the killing of Woburn Police Officer Jack Maguire at the hands of Dominic Cinelli, a man set free by Governor Deval Patrick’s Parole Board […]
January, 2011 HAVERHILL. – Two local brothers have made an extraordinary effort to raise funds for the Merrimack Valley Hospice House this holiday season. During the Ocasio’s True Martial Arts Black Belt Extravaganza on December 4th, the Newton, New Hampshire brothers featured a booth of homemade ornaments and crafts to support Merrimack Valley Hospice […]