By: Lonnie Brennan – (November, 2012) The year 2011 was a sweet year for some of the 560+ taxpayer-funded employees of the little Town of Georgetown. And salary is just ½ of the issue. Yes, we’re late in posting the information this year, but there’s always time to enjoy the top 12 listing: Once again, […]
Listen to Hour 1 Listen to Hour 2 Saturday on The Paying Attention! Radio Program on WCAP (980AM) Senator-Elect Kathleen O’Connor Ives co-hosted The Paying Attention! Radio Program with Valley Patriot publisher Tom Duggan. Ives commits to attend Tea Party Meetings and listen to the concerns of her constituents in the Tea Party. […]
By: Tom Duggan – October 16, 2012 PHOTO GALLERY OF EVENT The Haverhill League of Women Voters held what they called a candidate forum last night among candidates for State Representative and the 1st Essex Senate District seat. Before the debate was over, however, several members of the audience walked out in protest when the […]
The Secure Communities program allows local police to send fingerprints of suspected illegal aliens to the Federal Government for an immigration check when they are arrested for other crimes. It does not allow law enforcement to pull people over for suspected immigration violations, nor does it allow racial profiling. Massachusetts First Essex Senate […]
By: Joe D’Amore October, 2012 With headlines announcing indictments of key public officials in Lawrence the city has reached an historic crossroad which will define its emergence or decline from the current state of turmoil. At stake is the well- being of the city and all the surrounding communities as results that stem from […]
GEORGETOWN TODAY By; Lawrence “Lonnie” Brennan On Monday, October 29th, the good residents of Georgetown will be holding a “Special Town Meeting” to take a vote to raise up to $50 million for a new school. Yes, estimates have ranged from the low 40s to the high 50s, and then there’s been estimates regarding […]
HEAR THE INTERVIEW HERE Candidate for the 1st Essex Senate District, Paul Magliocchetti appeared on the Paying Attention! Radio Program on Saturday October 6, 2012 . Magliocchetti is running against Republican Saun Toohey, Democrat Kathleen O’Connor Ives, Independent Jim Kelcourse. Magliocchetti talked about his plan to bring back manufacturing jobs to the Merrimack Valley, […]
By: Lonnie Brennan – September, 2012 Local businessman Lenny Mirra rocked the newly organized 2nd Essex district topping the ticket in his attempt to bring balance to a lopsided, out-of-control state legislature. Newbury, West Newbury, Haverhill, Georgetown, Boxford, Groveland, and Merrimac are now perched to be ‘the’ battleground district in the northeast for an […]
Greater Boston Tea Party News September 2012 By: Christine Morabito – September, 6, 2012 With only 8+ weeks to go until the General Election, it’s likely you are spending a good deal of time following news and reports from the campaign trail. Are you focused on federal office elections or are you taking the time […]
By: Tom Duggan – July, 2012 The race to fill the 2d Essex House District being left vacant by Harriet Stanley has three Republicans vying for the nomination in the September state primary election. The three Republicans are Bob Cronin of Boxford, Gary Fowler from Georgetown and Lenny Mirra from West Newbury. Here is where […]
GEORGETOWN TODAY By: Lawrence “Lonnie” Brennan – July, 2012 Family matters have kept me consumed these past few months, and several folks either sent e-mails or called asking why my column, after many, many years, was missing from this August’s publication. Well, a topic for another day. But last week Tim and I […]
By; Tom Duggan – June, 2012 Former Methuen Mayor and Democrat candidate for State Senate in the Massachusetts First Essex District race, Bill Manzi, called into “Paying Attention!” with Tom Duggan and co-host Paul Muranao on WCAP radio 980AM to talk about where he stands on the issues facing Massachusetts Voters. The First Essex […]
By: Lonnie Brennan – February, 2012 I love sports, and as my bride will tell you, my favorite is politics. I watch political debates the way she watches the Bruins (complete with cheers and jeers). So, let me put this in sports terms: if the stands remained empty as your team continued an on/off […]
By: Lawrence “Lonnie” Brennan – January, 2012 There’s a bridge in Haverhill, you all know it. Just as you get through the speed-trap zone in Groveland, you cross the river. The bridge is old, rusted and generally falling apart. Instead of properly maintaining the bridge, the state is simply building a new bridge alongside […]