The Valley Patriot – November 2015 – Edition #145 – Rivera Recalls Move Forward
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Shawn Hansen Sports Corner: 30th GBSCC
As I turned 30 Years old this past August, the Kansas City Royals won their first World Series title in 30 Years as the Greater Boston Sports Collectors Club is having their 30th annual autograph signing in Wilmington from Nov. 06-Nov. 08. As there will be roughly 53 past and present athletes combined […]
Helping Your Children After Divorce ~ BABIES AND BRIEFCASES
By: Cheryl Hajjar – Oct. 2015 Healing after a divorce is a long process and never easy but it begins with you. Children can emotionally heal from a divorce if you can stabilize yourself first. One of the worst things you can do is let your children see your pure emotions as you recover from […]
A Student’s Recipe for Success ~ TEEN TALK WITH ANA
By: Ana Debernardo – Oct., 2015 On my first day of high school, I remember imagining graduation day and realizing it would be eons before a then new, freshman inmate would become a liberated senior who had paid her dues. I now sit writing this article in my senior bioethics class with all of my […]
A New Public Policy Response is Needed to Help Curb Homelessness
By: Joe D’Amore – Oct. 2105 If cities and towns define extreme poverty and homelessness as a public-health issue, the public-policy responses will be quite different than what we are used to today. Consider that in all cases a homeless person, or someone who lives in extreme poverty, is marginal in most, if not all, […]
Rep Report: Action Regarding The Department of Children and Families (DCF)
By: Rep. Linda Dean Campbell October, 2015 The Baker Administration has placed our DCF under new executive leadership that is deeply committed to effecting very necessary improvements in our State’s child protection systems. As a member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, I can tell you that the Legislature is highly supportive […]
Free Veterinarian Care For Your Pets
By: Tracey Zysk – October, 2015 On the morning of August 15, 2015 Catlyn Wright woke up to a sick baby. Not one of her human children, but her fur baby. Dozer, her 6yr old, 142 lb Laberdane was whimpering. In fact, Dozer was more than wimpering, he was in serious pain. No mother ever […]
Two More Methuen Students Arrested for Threatening to Shoot Up Another School
By: Tom Duggan – Oct. 23, 2015|7pm For the second time in two days, Methuen Public School students have been arrested for threatening to shoot up a school and kill other kids. (High School Student Arrested). This time it was two 8th grade students at the Tenney Middle School. Methuen police say they arrested the 8th grade […]
Haverhill Student Arrested for Bringing Gun, Knife to School
October 23, 20115|1:15pm HAVERHILL – Haverhill Superintendent James Scully said today that a student at the John Greenleaf Whittier Middle School was arrested for bringing a knife and an airgun to school. “The Haverhill Police were immediately notified and responded,” Scully said in a press release Friday morning. “The student was removed from the building and […]
Some are More Equal Than Others
By: Dr. Bharany Padmanabhan – October, 2105 This past week came the news, sadly expected, that Dennis Hastert will be allowed to plead to a lesser charge and the Government will bend over backwards to avoid talking about the child abuse he was paying someone off to keep quiet about. How much the Government bent […]
Where Are All the Gods? ~ YE GAY OL’ VALLEY
By: Dani Langevin – October, 2015 I think everyone would agree that the world can be an ugly place. Not a day goes by that the media doesn’t inundate us with stories of horrific acts of violence. The worst part of it is, that mankind on mankind commits these acts of violence. Isis is beheading […]
The Fascinating Francis Phenomenon ~ BENEATH THE SURFACE
By: Paul Murano – October, 2015 A very unexpected thing happened throughout the media and in the nation last week. We were inundated with all things pope. There was non-stop coverage of the papal visit on cable and network stations, even from those that normally spend their time criticizing and ridiculing the Catholic Church and […]
Stopping Addiction Before It Starts – IN YOUR CORNER WITH SENATOR IVES
By: Senator Kathleen O’Connor Ives – October, 2015 The State Senate recently passed additional reforms aimed at combatting the substance abuse epidemic in Massachusetts. Senate Bill 2020, which passed unanimously, focuses on prevention and early intervention, responsible pain management, expanded drug take-back programs by manufacturers, and reducing the number of opiate pills in circulation by […]
Methuen High School Student Arrested for Making Threats to Shoot Up School, Had Material “Glorifying Columbine”
By: Tom Duggan – Oct. 21, 2015|6pm A 16 year old Methuen High School Student was arrested on Tuesday after making threats to harm himself and others, including shooting up the school. Sources at the high school say that the student admitted he had attempted suicide the night before and made threats to other students. […]
Fundraiser for Methuen Woman with Cancer
Amanda DaSilva is a long-time resident of Methuen who is fighting Leukemia. She battled cancer in 2013, and underwent chemo, radiation and surgery. She is now fighting for her life and has been diagnosed with leukemia, which is a result of the aggressive treatment she had from her previous cancer. Amanda is a single mom of a […]