LAWRENCE – This is to notify businesses and landlords that they have the opportunity to receive assistance from the small business administration due to the floods on August 8th, 2023. Mima will be having a resource week at the Center located at 155 Haverhill St. for business owners and landlords to speak with a representative of the […]
Affordable Homeownership in Lawrence, Haverhill, and North Andover By: Kane Kane knows it is a dream of many families in the Merrimack Valley to own a home. There are so many hard-working people that work full time that are priced out of homeownership due to the astronomical price of real estate. The Executive Director of […]
BOSTON – A Lawrence man pleaded guilty today to his role in a scheme to use the stolen identities of United States citizens from Puerto Rico to fraudulently purchase vehicles and other merchandise and apply for and utilize bank accounts and credit cards. Joshua Cruz, 35, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire […]
9-18-23 Haverhill School Committeeman Scott Wood has called an end to his campaign for mayor today saying that staying in the race at this point will only “escalate the negativity, divisive rhetoric, and false allegations that have marred our campaign.” Here is Wood’s Full Statement: After a hard-fought campaign filled with challenges and divisive tactics, […]
9-23 Last month, a team of doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals at Lawrence General Hospital feverishly worked around the clock for more than a week to save the life and stabilize the vital signs of our Valley Patriot publisher Tom Duggan. While we are holding onto the details of why and how this all […]
PDF of the September, 2023 Valley Patriot
By Brian Genest Valley Patriot DRACUT COLUMNIST The clock is ticking and the legal bills are piling up at Dracut Town Hall over a request for public records about Tony Archinski. In addition to already being a far-too-expensive and far-too-lengthy process, it’s also incredibly suspicious, based on the circumstances. If justice delayed is justice denied, […]
By John Cuddy LAWRENCE – Lawrence High School Alum Guy Curtis, Class of 1967, like many incoming Freshmen, wanted to play football for Lawrence High School. His family doctor would not approve him playing high school sports. Five years later, in 1968, the US Air Force cleared him medically for military service in Southeast Asia. […]
Germinudy Rosario’s Nomination Papers Were Not Notarized, Contained Forgeries Lawrence – In a hearing before the Lawrence Board of Registrars today, City Council President and candidate for re-election in District F, Marc Laplante, prevailed in his challenge of Germinudy Rosario campaign’s nomination papers. The Board of Registrars determined that the Rosario campaign failed to […]
HAVERHILL, Mass. — Essex County Sheriff Kevin F. Coppinger swore in 24 new correctional officers and promoted nine officers to the rank of sergeant on Friday, Aug. 18, at a Basic Training Academy graduation at Northern Essex Community College’s Haverhill campus. The new officers recently completed a […]
Shawn Hart is also Previously Convicted Felon BOSTON – A Methuen man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in Boston for allegedly trafficking counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine, unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition and using a firearm in relation of a drug trafficking offense. Shawn Hart, 45, was charged with one […]
08/23 Just minutes after posting the story on-line about Methuen Police Captain Greg Gallant (story here) winning his Civil Service case against the City of Methuen for wrongful termination, the hate mail started pouring in. People were outraged, they were confused, and they were hostile. How could this be, many asked. How did Gallant get […]
Aug. 15, 2023 The Town of Dracut will hold a multi property real estate auction on Wednesday, August 23rd at 12:00 P.M. at Dracut Town Hall, 62 Arlington Street. The live auction, conducted by The Zekos Group, Municipal Auction Strategies is an excellent investment opportunity for local residents, builders and investors. Featured properties include a […]
On June 17th, the Haverhill City Council violated the state’s open meeting law by secretly discussing, drafting, finalizing, signing, and circulating a letter declaring that racism is BAD – as if we are all so stupid that we really needed them to tell us that. What this was really about, was the city council capitalizing […]
8/10/23 BOSTON – A Lawrence man was sentenced on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in federal court in Worcester for conspiring to traffic fentanyl and cocaine in central and eastern Massachusetts. Hector Torres Rosario, 41, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to 78 months in prison and three years of supervised release. […]