Haverhill Police, ATF, U.S. Marshals and Homeland Security Arrest Lawrence Man on Drug Charges, Seeking Woman

Haverhill Police, ATF, U.S. Marshals and Homeland Security Arrest Lawrence Man on Drug Charges, Seeking Woman

Haverhill Police Narcotics Detectives, with the assistance of the ATF, Homeland Security, and US Marshal Service  arrested 34 year old Lujan Hilario Baez of 117 High St in Lawrence. The arrest took place at 11 Federal St. in Haverhill. Baez was charged with trafficking over 100 grams of heroin and conspiracy to violate drug laws […]

Saving Money with Your Startup ~ Babies and Briefcases

Saving Money with Your Startup ~ Babies and Briefcases

By: Cheryl Hajjar, February, 2015 You are reading this article because you have either decided to start a new business in 2015 or you are looking for ways to save money in your existing business. Either way you are reading the right column. Many of you know that my business, The Indigo Pixies is not […]

VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL – Mayor Fiorentini Must Act Now on Police Station Mold (2-15)

VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL – Mayor Fiorentini Must Act Now on Police Station Mold (2-15)

It seems hard to believe. Since before the Haverhill Police Station was even occupied, concerns were raised about mold and mildew due to substandard construction work. That was in 1999. Today, 16 years later, Haverhill police officers and the civilians who work in that building continue to work in an unsafe environment. We readily concede […]

Lawrence Mayor Daniel Rivera Announces Selection for New Fire Chief

Lawrence Mayor Daniel Rivera Announces Selection for New Fire Chief

Following a five-month nationwide, public, search process conducted by a team of nine community members, Mayor Daniel Rivera today announced his selection for Chief of the Lawrence Fire Department, and tomorrow will submit the candidacy of Haverhill Senior Deputy Fire Chief and United States Air Force Veteran Brian Moriarty to the Lawrence City Council for […]

The Do’s and Don’ts To Your New Year’s Resolutions ~It’s Never Too Late to Start

The Do’s and Don’ts To Your  New Year’s Resolutions ~It’s Never Too Late to Start

By: Cheryl Hajjar – January, 2015 Congratulations! You have decided to join the ambitious 45% of Americans who have vowed to stick to their New Years Resolutions. Kudos to you. This is the year that you will stick too all of them. You have promised yourself that you will lose 50 pounds, quit those dreaded […]

O’Connor Ives to Serve as Senate Chair of Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses

O’Connor Ives to Serve as Senate Chair of Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses

Last week, State Senator Kathleen O’Connor Ives was appointed as the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses.  “This is a great opportunity to oversee meaningful legislation that will impact my district.  I look forward to serving in this capacity in the new legislative term, knowing that small businesses play a […]

$6.6M. Haverhill Police Station Fraud – Unhealthy Work Conditions

$6.6M. Haverhill Police Station Fraud – Unhealthy Work Conditions

By: Tom Duggan – January, 2014 Haverhill Police Officers say they are not only putting their safety at risk while out doing their jobs protecting the public, but also while working inside the mold and mildew infested police station that was built only 15 years ago. The Haverhill Police Station located on Bailey Blvd, was […]

Reflecting Back and Moving Massachusetts Forward ~ IN YOUR CORNER WITH SENATOR IVES

Reflecting Back and Moving Massachusetts Forward ~ IN YOUR CORNER WITH SENATOR IVES

By: Kathleen O’Connor Ives – January, 2015 In my first legislative session we passed a number of significant laws, including requiring nursing homes, rest homes, or other long term care facilities to first obtain informed, written consent if psychotropic medications are to be administered, along with a description of the side effects. We also passed […]

Government Waste Hurts our Veterans ~ Notes from The American Legion

Government Waste Hurts our Veterans ~ Notes from The American Legion

By: John Lenotte, American Legion December, 2014 As the Christmas and New Year’s holidays are upon us, let us not forget the men and women in our military, most of who will not be with their families this season. This is a sacrifice that most cannot imagine unless they have been through it. Ask what […]

Tom Duggan’s December Notebook ~ HEROES & BOZOS of 2014!

Tom Duggan’s December Notebook ~ HEROES & BOZOS of 2014!

      BOZO OF THE YEAR – LENNY DEGNAN – It takes a lot to get bozo of the year but Lenny Degnan, (former Chief of Staff for Lawrence Mayor Willie Lantigua) has managed to do just that. Degnan was convicted of fraud and corruption earlier this year as the result of his role […]

Awareness for COPD – 3rd Leading Cause of Death

Awareness for COPD – 3rd Leading Cause of Death

By: State Senator Katy Ives Dec. 2014 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death in the United States. It disproportionately impacts women and is caused by smoking and poor air quality. It severely impacts quality of life by causing a shortness of breath, which makes it difficult to do the […]

Haverhill Man Arraigned on More than 100 Counts of Prescription, Credit Card, and ID Theft …

Haverhill Man Arraigned on More than 100 Counts of Prescription, Credit Card, and ID Theft …

Allegedly Engaged in Extensive Schemes Involving Fraudulent Prescriptions and Counterfeit Credit Cards; More Than 50 Identities Compromised  SALEM – A Haverhill man was arraigned on more than 100 counts of prescription and credit card fraud and identity theft, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced today. Those schemes involved fraudulent prescriptions, thousands of oxycodone tablets, numerous counterfeit credit cards, […]

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