Last month, Methuen’s Brittany Baldi talked about how she started in show business and her time on MTV’s “Are You the One” (AYTO). Shortly after our interview, Baldi was flown to Los Angeles to shoot an update of the show in a “where are they now” type of TV reunion. The show will focus on […]
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 1 CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO HOUR 2 Paying Attention is hosted by Valley Patriot Publisher Tom Duggan. Tom’s, Co-host is Paul Murano. Paying Attention with Tom Duggan is produced by Chris Poublon of Dracut. Paying Attention airs on 980WCAP in Lowell, Massachusetts on Saturday’s from 10am to […]
August 23, 2014|8AM METHUEN – A two car motor vehicle crash overnight on Riverside Drive in Methuen has left one man dead and a Lowell Police Officer charged with vehicular homicide and drunk driving. Methuen Police responded to the area of Riverside Drive at Strathmore Road after receiving a report of a serious vehicle crash Saturday morning at […]
DiZoglio Urges DOT Secretary & RMV to Apply the Brakes on Proposed Move in Lawrence LAWRENCE – State Representative Diana DiZoglio (D-Methuen) is urging Richard Davey, Secretary of MassDOT, and the Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) to reconsider the recent proposal by Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera to move the Lawrence RMV branch from its current location on Route 114 […]
Collective Retribution, a new novel by D.S. Edwards, available on amazon.com and at CollectiveRetribution.com, is a fictional story of a future America that many people fear could happen if we don’t change the political tide. On the dust jacket of the book is a quote from Abraham Lincoln, which says “America will never be destroyed […]
This is part II of our series on Law Enforcement in Massachusetts Methuen Police Chief Joe Solomon appeared on Valley Patriot publisher Tom Duggan’s radio program (Paying Attention!) on 980WCAP last month to talk about the city’s new “shooter detection system” being used in the Methuen Schools. During the interview the subject of over […]
Paying Attention is hosted by Tom Duggan, Co-host Paul Murano and is produced by Chris Poublon. Paying Attention and airs on 980WCAP in Lowell on Saturday’s from 10am to noon. 1st Essex Senate Debate CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD DEBATE SEGMENT 1 Senator Katheen O’Connor Ives and Jessica Finocchiaro begin their debate talking about what it means to […]
Mass Dept. of Transportation and Inspector General Reportedly Investigating Lantigua By: Tom Duggan – August 13, 2014|12:35pm VIDEO BELOW Valley Patriot sources at the state’s Department of Transportation say that the department has been working with the state’s Inspector General as part of a multi-agency criminal investigation against former Mayor William Lantigua over a paving […]
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) penalized the New England Power Company $15,156.25 after an inspection found repeated instances of erosion from the company’s substation in Amesbury. The erosion caused unpermitted filling and alteration of a bordering vegetated wetland and other wetland resource areas. This is the second consent order with the […]
Pavegate Costs City Again Over $600,000 to fix and re-do Pavegate roads When Lawrence former Mayor Willie Lantigua tried to use state Chapter 90 money to help his reelection campaign he chose to use substandard paving materials and then plastered signs on every street stating the roads were being paved due to the efforts of Lanitgua. […]
By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – August, 2014 The theory of evolution suggests that species change in ways that increase their ability to thrive. Biological evolution is generally a slow process but can exhibit rapid transformations if a mutant specie emerges which has substantial survival advantages. Human societies based on different principles also have different degrees […]
Paying Attention is hosted by Tom Duggan, Co-host Paul Murano and is produced by Chris Poublon. Paying Attention and airs on 980WCAP in Lowell on Saturday’s from 10am to noon. Today Tom and Paul’s guest were State Rep. candidate Oscar Camargo who is seeking to unseat incumbent State Rep. Diana DiZoglio in the 14th Essex […]
By: Tom Duggan – August 8, 2014 LAWRENCE, MA – Lawrence State Representative Marcos Devers (D-Lawrence) says he favors Voter ID and says that as a Dominican he is “offended” when he hears people say that those who support voter ID are “racist”. “I am for Voter ID, it’s a matter of transparency”, Devers says. […]
Reviewed and approved payments to vendor that employed his wife as a bus monitor on GLEC routes The State Ethics Commission approved a Disposition Agreement in which Richard Prue, the transportation director of the Greater Lawrence Educational Collaborative (“GLEC”) admitted to repeatedly violating Massachusetts General Law Chapter 268A, the conflict of interest law by, as transportation […]
By: Tom Duggan – July, 2014 Methuen Police Chief Joe Solomon appeared on 980WCAP’s Paying Attention Radio Program earlier this month to reveal a new safety measure being implemented in the Methuen schools to increase response time and give police a tactical advantage when dealing with school shootings. Solomon has been the Chief of Police […]