By: DJ Deeb – August, 2018 As of the deadline for this article the City/School budgets have not been fully resolved or finalized, but I hope to provide more information in a future article. In the meantime members of the City of Methuen Charter Review Commission recently discussed the possibility of recommending the elimination of […]
By: Brian Genest ~ August, 2018 Have you seen this troupe of Democrats running in the 3rd Congressional District? The big top tent is stuffed with far-out lefties, even by Massachusetts standards. Forget the clown car; we need a bus! In the center ring is State Sen. Barbara L’Italien, a woman who truly knows no […]
By: Senator Katy Ives – August, 2018 The Massachusetts Legislature recently passed a $41.88 billion state budget for FY19 and directs a $367 million deposit into the Stabilization Fund, to ensure our state’s fiscal health and protect Massachusetts’ future. It also prioritizes our cities and towns, education, and those most in need of help […]
HOW LONG UNTIL BOOKS ARE BURNED HERE? Aliana Brodmann von Richthofen George Orwell: “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations. In our times of phony communication overdrive, increased divisiveness and contentious discourse amid interest driven media and reports favoring powerful corporations disguised as news, writers like myself, […]
The City of Methuen is in a financial mess that has resulted in the mayor and city council having to borrow $4M from the state. That $4M loan comes at a heavy price. That price is state control over the city’s finances in the form of either a fiscal overseer or a financial control board. […]
The City of Methuen is in a financial mess that has resulted in the mayor and city council having to borrow $4M from the state. That $4M loan comes at a heavy price. That price is state control over the city’s finances in the form of either a fiscal overseer or a financial control […]
By: Abby Juknavorian – July, 2018 The presence of social media is daunting. It can be used to communicate both good and bad opinions on many current situations and experiences. Social media also plays a large role in influencing the minds and culture of young people in the world; especially young women. With the recent […]
…remember where we left off? So, let’s start with after the Beatles broke up. All of the boys were already on track and had already started their next part of life. George was no different. In December of 1969, this would be before the Beatles break-up, George had already been involved with his solo career. […]
By: Rick Bellanti – July, 2018 Six months have gone by since we talked about our New Year’s resolutions, remember those? It’s okay if you don’t, fifty percent of us have moved on from our New Year’s Eve promises to ourselves, within the first six months. If you are still going strong, congratulations and keep […]
By: Bharani Padmanabhan – July, 2018 We have reached the point in the United States where pretty much anyone has been deemed worthy of second-guessing doctors. Some high-school dropout at an insurance company or a technician at a pharmacy now is celebrated and supported for treating a doctor’s order or prescription as being merely a […]
By: State Senator Ives – July, 2018 One of my budgetary priorities this year was to increase funding for the Foster Care Parent Campaign line item in the Fiscal Year 2019 State Budget. The House Budget maintained the funding levels at $250,000. The Senate version of the budget allocated $750,000 to expand the Foster Parent […]
By: Aliana Brodmann von Richthofen – July, 2018 After having been around the so-called bush, otherwise known as the system of favoritism and corruption in Massachusetts, many times over, I should not be surprised that it engulfs the most feeble and vulnerable. But I was, nevertheless, shocked that there is neither mercy nor justice even for […]
By: Brian Genest – July, 2018 Broken promises. Broken partnerships. Broken party. Charlie Baker is a broken politician and he’s fractured the MassGOP, too. Remember when Charlie Baker used to be a Republican? It was way back in 2010, the first time he ran and lost the governor’s race. At the time, he was pro-life, […]
Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School Ranked Against 32 Fully Enrolled High Schools (11,522 Students) Across the United States (Lawrence, MA) – Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School students have ranked #1 out of 32 fully enrolled Cristo Rey Network high schools (11,522 students) in this year’s performance evaluation of the network’s Corporate Work Study Program (CWSP), […]
July, 2018 While voting on last year’s Methuen city budget and union contracts there were at least five (of nine) members of the city council who had a conflict of interest because they had immediate family members working for the city. The state’s conflict of interest laws say that elected officials with family members on […]