By: Kevin Dube 7-26 The Massachusetts Treasurer is one of the more obscure elected statewide offices. Everyone knows the Governor, Lt. Governor and Attorney General. These are high profile public facing positions. But the Treasurer doesn’t get as much press. While most people think only of the treasury as where the bills get paid, it […]
The Valley Patriot has come into possession of an official complaint and request for the MA Attorney General to investigate the possible illegal appointment of a permeant city assessor in Methuen regardless of the fact that the Methuen City Council voted 6-3 against the appointment. The unsigned complaint alleges that after the council rejected […]
By: Lenny Mirra There was a lot of shock and outrage over a sewer main break in Haverhill that dumped millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Merrimack River, but the real shock is that it hasn’t happened more often. The system was built over a half century ago and is well past its […]
By: Bill Cushing 7-26 Ben Reilly (Nicolas Cage) is a down on his luck gumshoe in Depression era New York, haunted by his past. You see, because of something that happened to him during the war, Ben has your typical Spider-Man style powers, and his past was a secret vigilante life as “The Spider,” the […]
School Committee Flunks Election Integrity Test Dracut School Plan Faces Voter Reality Check PT II By: Brian Genest – 7-26 In Dracut, democracy apparently comes with a 120-day return policy. Voters rejected the $177 million Campbell School debt exclusion in the special election last month. Not postponed it. Not rejected it unless the School […]
Last month, Methuen Mayor Beauregard posted a notice that on July 25th he will be raising the Puerto Rican flag to honor the contributions of Puerto Ricans to Methuen and the country. On July 25, 1898, the U.S. invaded Puerto Rico and liberated the island during the Spanish-American War, officially making it a territory […]
By: John Cuddy 6-26 Over Memorial Day weekend this year, on May 25th, 2026, Mary (Tesoro) Simpson celebrated her birthday, surrounded by family and friends, at the Nevins Nursing Home. A World War II US Navy Veteran, she turned 106 last month, celebrating the occasion with family and friends. Growing up in Lawrence, at her […]
Lowell Firefighters and Citizens Respond to a Proposed Reduction in Firefighters. As Kane sits in front of the Pine Street Fire House, he thinks about how the Fire Department and City Government came together to save the job positions of six firefighters. Kane is very happy that the fire house that serves the citizens […]
By: Essex County Sheriff Kevin Coppinger 6-26 For decades, corrections in America followed a simple philosophy: lock them up and throw away the key. In the profession, the formal phrase was “care, custody, and control.” The mission was straightforward — maintain order, keep people secure, and that was the end of it. But at […]
By: MA State Rep. Ryan Hamilton 6-26 EDITORS NOTE: This is the bill opposed by State Auditor Diana DiZoglio. For too long, the Massachusetts State Legislature has operated by a double standard. Every state agency from the Registry of Motor Vehicles to the Department of Public Health is subject to audit by our independently elected […]
Methuen, MA – Following the announcement that Chief Scott J. McNamara will retire effective August 24, 2026, Mayor D.J. Beauregard announced that the City will immediately begin the process of selecting the next Chief of Police. Chief McNamara leaves behind a stronger department than the one he inherited. During his tenure, the department achieved accreditation […]
My name is Ted Semesnyei and I am running as a Republican to represent the Merrimack Valley and the great communities of Amesbury, Merrimac, Haverhill, North Andover, Andover, Tewksbury, and Wilmington of the Second Essex and Middlesex District as your next State Senator. I look forward to explaining my professional background and campaign platform […]
By: Dr. Bharani Padmanabhan 7-26 When the philosophers, farmers, small traders and lawyers designed a new republic of their own that specifically, intentionally, would be the opposite of the Kingdom of England, called the United States, they carefully crafted a whole new executive branch and a whole new legislative branch that had never existed before. […]
By: Billy Cushing 4-26 Greg Russo, a famous author known for his breezy “beach reads,” and whose fictional protagonist is nicknamed Rooster, pays a visit to the college campus where his daughter Katie is a professor. He says he’s there to do a reading of one of his beloved novels for the university’s literary professor, […]
By: Lenny Mirra 4-26 Most people don’t fall neatly into either of the two major parties but if you want to run for any state or federal office you’re pretty much forced to run as a Democrat or a Republican in Massachusetts. This is despite the fact that the Commonwealth leads the nation in unenrolled […]