Dickinson approved vendor contracts and payments to Advizex after entering into employment negotiations with the company The State Ethics Commission approved a Disposition Agreement in which Delwin Dickinson, the former Hosting Services Director for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Information Technology Division), admitted to violating Mass. G.L. c. 268A, the conflict of interest law, by awarding […]
By: Tom Duggan – November, 2013 Condon and Knowles now seem to be backing the Tomaselli sisters’ claim that the project cost was not $80M On October 7, 2013 the Salisbury Board of Selectmen held a meeting where the “$80 Million Lie” was discussed. The Tomaselli sisters of Salisbury have long contended that the total […]
NORTH ANDOVER – Valley Patriot sources at Lawrence District Court and in law enforcement tell The Valley Patriot that North Andover volleyball player Erin Cox was in court last month with a signed confession, admitting she was in possession of alcohol and consuming alcohol at an underage drinking party. Cox claimed initially that she was […]
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 1 Lawrence Mayor Elect Dan Rivera calls in to talk about how he is calling for a hiring freeze in Lawrence and also will stop paying indicted city employees. A stunning interview with the man who beat Willie Lantigua. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO […]
Lawrence Mayor Elect, Dan Rivera on Audits, Investigations and Lawrence’s Future By: Tom Duggan – Movember 9, 2013 Less than 24 hours after the Lawrence Board of Registrars finished tallying up absentee and provisional ballots in the mayor’s race showing Dan Rivera the winner by 57 votes, Rivera appeared on WCAP’s “Paying Attention” radio program saying […]
By: Christine Morabito – November, 2013 On September 16, 2011, conservative activist and whistleblower, Andrew Breitbart visited Lexington, Massachusetts. Little did we know how significant that visit would become. Andrew was a hero because he was completely unafraid and committed to exposing a biased media, challenging corrupt government officials and the corrupt government programs they […]
By: Opinion Columnist Dr. Bharani Padmanabhan, October, 2013 Read Part 1 HERE Inevitably Sir Donald Berwick’s mindset ended up causing the Mid Staffs Scandal. The hospital at the center of this heart-rending scandal is Stafford Hospital, then under Sir Donald’s good friend Sir David Nicholson at the Staffordshire Health Authority (part of NHS West Midlands). […]
By: Peter Larocque – October, 2013 The city of Lawrence is never at a loss for interesting situations unfolding in front of everyone who has eyes to see. Last month, give or take a few days, produced some events that if they were to take place outside of Lawrence, one could conclude that they were […]
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 1 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 2 Today Tom took on the Bob Leblanc controversy in Methuen but spent the majority of the show reading from court documents and explaining parts of his breaking story in the Erin Cox case in North Andover. Stunning […]
October, 2013 Andover Selectman Alex Vispoli provided testimony to the Joint Committee on Election Laws last month, in favor of more transparency within campaigns. Earlier this year, Vispoli filed House Bill H3340 that would require more disclosure from campaign committees. “The public has the right to know about all expenditures and donations when selecting […]
October 2013 Salisbury Town Manager Neil Harrington has his panties in a bunch over a Valley Patriot story last month detailing the plight of the Tomaselli sisters. The Tomasellis claim the town covered up a sewer betterment charge that was a 100% grant funded, $18 million project. The beach property they bought had a […]
Salisbury Town Manager Neil Harrington addressed our Valley Patriot story in last months edition called “The 80 Million Lie” “I wanted to read the following because I think it is important; and I think members of the board received an email from me last Friday that deals with the subject that I am going […]
