If you enjoy our news coverage please consider making a $1 donation As part of the ongoing arbitration between the Methuen Superior Officer’s Union and the City of Methuen, the union is asking for a financial award of damages for what they say is retaliation. The superior officers says that there is a pattern of actionable claims […]
If you enjoy our news coverage please consider making a $1 donation Hello Valley Patriot Readers, It has been 25 years since the state’s education funding formula has been updated. A lack of reform has left school districts significantly underfunded, with insufficient support for special education, English-language learner programs, and school building construction and renovation, among other […]
The Valley Patriot caught up with Methuen Mayor-elect Neil Perry on election night to talk about his thoughts on the election and how he is going to move Methuen forward after a very negative and bizarre campaign that brought out nearly 50% of the Methuen voters. “I want to say thank you to the residents […]
THANK YOU JEN KANNAN I want to personally thank Methuen City Council Chairman Jen Kannan for her decades of service to this community. Whether you supported Jen or not in this mayoral election, she has given of herself to the city of Methuen and the Merrimack Valley and made a lot of people’s lives better […]
November 30, 2019 A 28 year old Rowley man is under arrest today after leading police on a chase through the city and onto Rt. 495. Police say they saw Jacob Potts doing drugs in the parking lot of Holy Family hospital early Saturday afternoon. When officers Keating and Sawyer approached the suspects car he tried […]
Through much of the mayoral campaign in Methuen, those who supported Jen Kannan and indeed Jen herself tried to make the election about the fact that former mayor Sharon Pollard was supporting Neil Perry. Her name was thrown around by the Kannan supporters as if Pollard was some kind of puppet master and that she […]
Ethics Commission Issues “Letter” to Secretary of the Commonwealth Galvin The State Ethics Commission issued a Public Education Letter today to Secretary of the Commonwealth William Francis Galvin to resolve allegations that he violated the conflict of interest law. According to the letter, Secretary Galvin, a candidate for re-election in 2018, benefited politically from early […]
The Methuen Ballet Ensemble is making its annual trip to Newburyport to perform “The Nutcracker” on November 30th at 3pm and 7pm and on December 1st at 1pm. All performances will take place at the Firehouse Center for the Arts, a beautiful waterfront performing arts venue right in the heart of downtown Newburyport. Company members […]
On October 22nd, the Massachusetts Legislative Manufacturing Caucus held its 4th Annual Manufacturing Awards Ceremony at the State House in the Great Hall of Flags. Dawn’s Sign Tech of North Andover was one of more than 70 manufacturing businesses from across the state to be nominated. The ceremony included remarks from Secretary Kennealy from […]
If you enjoy our news coverage please consider making a $1 donation All photos/video (c) Copyright Valley Patriot, Inc, 2019 LAWRENCE – In the early morning hours Friday, members of the Massachusetts State Police Gang Task Force, the FBI, Essex County Sheriffs Department and other federal agencies descended onto Lawrence picking up Trinitario gang members and others […]
The election of a new mayor and city council in Methuen, and the impending departure of Mayor James Jajuga will mark the end of conflict, chaos, and controversy that has divided the city and left Methuen’s reputation as a national disgrace. Over the last two years of the Jajuga administration the mayor refused to fulfill […]
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The Methuen city council is made up of nine members. Two councilors are elected from each of the three districts, and three councilors are elected city-wide or “at-large”. The Methuen city council is in charge of passing the municipal budget, must ratify the mayor’s hiring or firing of department heads and must approve all […]
VOTE NOVEMBER 5th IN LOCAL ELECTIONS – HERE’S WHY ITS IMPORTANT November 5th is Election Day for cities in the Merrimack Valley. In Methuen and Haverhill voters get to decide who their mayor will be for the next two years. In Lawrence, Mayor Dan Rivera has two years left in his term and cannot […]
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