By: Rick Bellanti – May, 2019 Lack of sleep in your life can for sure make you miserable, cranky and over tired the next day. In the long run, skimping on sleep can mess up more than just your mood. Studies show getting quality sleep on a regular basis can help improve all sorts of […]
By: Billy Cushing – May, 2019 Are you someone who would like to subscribe to a streaming service but you’re not sure which one is the best? Or which one is the best fit for you? Hopefully I can give you a little guidance on the different streaming services and what each one has […]
By: John Cuddy – May, 2019 Memorial Day does not belong to the Republicans, the Democrats, or any elected official. It is not intended for honoring the men and women currently serving in the military or our Veterans. Memorial Day belongs to the six American Heroes written about in this article, and all who gave […]
Dear Valley Patriot Readers, As you read this, there is one conversation that is taking place in every city and town across the Commonwealth; it is a conversation that is of great importance and will impact every resident as community leaders contemplate budgets and residential tax rates. This hot topic is education funding. The current […]
By: Brian Genest – May 2019 Some things are worth fighting for. Freedom of speech is one of them. Sadly, you have to fight for it every single day in Dracut! After Town Manager Jim Duggan illegally banned the Dracut Republican Town Committee from marching in the town’s Memorial Day parade to honor our fallen […]
By: Kevin St. James – April, 2019 As we welcome the 2020 presidential contenders to New Hampshire we need to get to know and scrutinize their policy proposals. Early on, Medicare for All became a battle cry for many of the candidates, until it got so many bad headlines that some of the candidates have […]
By: Joe D’Amore – April, 2019 My wife and I recently treated three relatives to a birthday celebration for one of them. Two of them are in their 80s, and one of them is soon to be 90. They’re sisters. They grew up in the Great Depression, under circumstances that exceed most understandable, modern measures […]
By: Ken Willette – April, 2019 The old slogan for Fox News—Fair and Balanced—was always a mirage. I could care less. Where else can I track the positive benchmarks of the Trump economy, learn about the real human toll associated with illegal immigration and witness the rebirth of a muscular US foreign policy that protects […]
By: Bharani Padmanabhan – April, 2019 When Lucian Leape abandoned the profession of medicine and set out to make it subservient to corporate monopolies he began by claiming doctors are the same as airline pilots. Firstly, Leape claimed that doctors do not care about their patients and care only about their outsized egos. This crystalized […]
By: Rick Bellanti – April, 2019 When it comes to healthy eating, fats most always get a bad rap. Fats are not one size fits all and are not created equal by any means. Some fats are better for you than others, and some fats may even help with your healthy diet goals, but knowing […]
By: Bill Cushing – April, 2019 ‘After Life’ is a new Netflix series written, directed, and starring Ricky Gervais. I’m not even sure you could classify ‘After Life’ as a comedy even though it is hilarious at times. It deals with topics such as depression, grief, mental illness, and suicide. It may be more […]
By: Tram Nguyen, April, 2019 The 191st legislative session of the Massachusetts General Court is well underway on Beacon Hill with a record number of women represented in the first-year class. The House of Representatives welcomes 12 women among its 23 new legislators. In the Senate, 3 of the 5 newly-elected Senators are women. The […]
By: Rep. Linda Dean Campbell, April, 2019 As a Veteran, I am honored to have been appointed as House Chair of the Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs for this session and to have the opportunity to work on legislation that will improve services and care for those who have served. My first order […]
Hello Valley Patriot Readers, The snow is just about gone, it’s now light out at 7 p.m., and the temperatures are getting warmer by the day. Spring is here, and before you know it, we’ll be outside swimming and boating in no time, whether it’s at a beach or on the banks of the Merrimack […]
By: John Cuddy – April, 2019 Chelmsford’s Mike Miskell, like many of the men and women who served during World War II, formed a lifelong friendship with another soldier they served with during the war. Mike was with York, Pennsylvania’s George Meanor, a Technical Sargent in his unit, the US Army’s 217th Artillery. The two […]