(BOSTON) – Representative Linda Dean Campbell joined government officials, Veterans organizations, and families of our Fallen Heroes at the State House on Wednesday for the Annual Gold Star Families Tree Dedication. The event, organized by the nonprofit Military Friends Foundation, pays tribute to Massachusetts service members who gave their lives in service to our nation […]
VALLEY PATRIOT BASH The Valley Patriot’s 16th Anniversary BASH! will be held at the Firefighter’s Relief In (2 Market St. in Lawrence) on March 27th. Tickets will be available on Eventbrite.com. MARK YOUR CALENDAR. If you enjoy our news coverage please consider making a $1 donation HEROES AND BOZOS OF 2019 HERO – SENATOR DIANA DIZOGLIO Newly […]
If you enjoy our news coverage please consider making a $1 donation Newly elected Methuen Mayor Neil Perry will take office on January 6th. He was elected last month with 71% of the vote, a clear mandate for change. Perry holds the Methuen Mayor’s Report on The Paying Attention! Podcast on the first Tuesday of each […]
If you enjoy our news coverage please consider making a $1 donation UPDATED December 27, 2019 The suspect in the Christmas Eve shooting on Broadway and Center Street has been taken into custody less than 48 hours after the incident that sent a Methuen resident to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Methuen police took a 17 […]
This is the premier column from our new foodie columnist, Methuen City Councilor Joel Faretra. Each month Joel will visit restaurants in Methuen and rate their best dishes. By: Joel Faretra – December, 2019 Since I was born and raised in Everett, I grew up on roast beef sandwiches. The two places we would go […]
If you enjoy our news coverage please consider making a $1 donation December 18, 2019 Methuen Mayor Jim Jajuga has asked the courts to delay – once again – the December 16th arbitration of the Police Superior Officer’s Union Contract dispute. The city has asked for the postponement until March 10th-12th putting the controversy square in the […]
BOSTON – Two men were arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, and charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. Steven Perez, of Lowell, and Anthony Holloway, of Methuen, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Following an initial appearance in federal court in Boston, Perez and Holloway were […]
Last week, a Methuen City Council meeting degenerated into a circus, complete with an orchestrated political attack on newly elected mayor Neil Perry. First, City Councilor Steve Saba (who campaigned against Perry) had his brother get up at public participation to lay the groundwork for a later discussion about Perry’s “rumored” choice for a new […]
If you enjoy our news coverage please consider making a $1 donation As part of the ongoing arbitration between the Methuen Superior Officer’s Union and the City of Methuen, the union is asking for a financial award of damages for what they say is retaliation. The superior officers says that there is a pattern of actionable claims […]
If you enjoy our news coverage please consider making a $1 donation Hello Valley Patriot Readers, It has been 25 years since the state’s education funding formula has been updated. A lack of reform has left school districts significantly underfunded, with insufficient support for special education, English-language learner programs, and school building construction and renovation, among other […]
The Valley Patriot caught up with Methuen Mayor-elect Neil Perry on election night to talk about his thoughts on the election and how he is going to move Methuen forward after a very negative and bizarre campaign that brought out nearly 50% of the Methuen voters. “I want to say thank you to the residents […]
November 30, 2019 A 28 year old Rowley man is under arrest today after leading police on a chase through the city and onto Rt. 495. Police say they saw Jacob Potts doing drugs in the parking lot of Holy Family hospital early Saturday afternoon. When officers Keating and Sawyer approached the suspects car he tried […]
Through much of the mayoral campaign in Methuen, those who supported Jen Kannan and indeed Jen herself tried to make the election about the fact that former mayor Sharon Pollard was supporting Neil Perry. Her name was thrown around by the Kannan supporters as if Pollard was some kind of puppet master and that she […]
The Methuen Ballet Ensemble is making its annual trip to Newburyport to perform “The Nutcracker” on November 30th at 3pm and 7pm and on December 1st at 1pm. All performances will take place at the Firehouse Center for the Arts, a beautiful waterfront performing arts venue right in the heart of downtown Newburyport. Company members […]
The election of a new mayor and city council in Methuen, and the impending departure of Mayor James Jajuga will mark the end of conflict, chaos, and controversy that has divided the city and left Methuen’s reputation as a national disgrace. Over the last two years of the Jajuga administration the mayor refused to fulfill […]