HERO IN OUR MIDST! By: John Cuddy This month’s “Hero in our Midst” is one of 4,916 men in the 79th Infantry Division who received the Bronze Star, and one of 15,203 Purple Hearts awarded to the 79th Infantry (count is inflated due to some men receiving more than one Purple Heart). The 79th served […]
SALEM – A Lawrence man has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to state prison for trafficking fentanyl, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today. Luis Baez, age 25, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in Essex Superior Court to two counts of Trafficking Fentanyl. After the plea was entered, Judge Timothy Q. Feeley sentenced Baez to three years to […]
ORIGINAL STORY BREAKING……Two individuals have been arrested in connection with the shooting which took place earlier in week on Brook St. Both are awaiting arraignment this afternoon in Lawrence District Court. Julio Alexis Saldana age 18 Lawrence and Jesus Rivera age 20 of Springfield. Both have been charged with several firearm and narcotics […]
Lawrence, MA: Riverwalk Dental, located in the heart of the Merrimack Valley in Lawrence Massachusetts, joins Rocky Morrison, a patient of Riverwalk Dental, in his quest to clean up the Merrimack River. The effort, dubbed the “Clean River Project,” started in 2005 and continues today. “The effort Rocky and his family have put into this […]
Arrests Result of Joint Federal, State and Local Investigation LAWRENCE – A mother and son from Lawrence have been arrested and arraigned in connection with trafficking heroin and cocaine, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today. Lillian Colon, age 45, and Shawn Moreno, age 21, were arrested on Monday as a result of an ongoing joint investigation by […]
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCjpwZ7auzg&feature=youtu.be&h=380&w=280] By: Tom Duggan – 3-20-18 Two men were show Tuesday afternoon at Brook and Union Streets in Lawrence after a fight broke out early in the afternoon. Valley Patriot sources say one man was shot in the neck and was trasnsported to the Lawrence General Hospital. Shortly after the incident, a second shooting victim […]
The Valley Patriot newspaper is holding our 14th Anniversary BASH on Friday, March 23rd at the Firefighter’s Relief In at 7pm. TICKETS HERE The Valley Patriot gives awards to police, firefighters, veterans, and presents scholarships to worthy high school seniors in the Merrimack Valley paid for by generous donors and advertisers of the Valley Patriot newspaper. […]
Tom Duggan: March 13 .2018 Residents of the Museum Square Apartments in Lawrence have long complained about the safety hazards in the public parking garage owned by the City of Lawrence, but managed – partially – by the owners of Museum Square. Since 2010 The Valley Patriot has fielded complaints about concrete falling […]
Merrimack Valley Credit Union to honor veterans and home chefs in final categories Lawrence, Mass. (March 13, 2018) – Merrimack Valley Credit Union’s ‘Biggest Heart Awards’ contest, which celebrates community members for using their big hearts to promote kindness and public service, will wrap up voting in this year’s contest Friday, March 23, with the Veteran and Home […]
By: DJ Deeb – Feb.2018 I have written numerous times that the City of Methuen is truly fortunate to have Superintendent Judy Scannell at the helm as the leader of Methuen Public Schools. Members of the school committee completed their annual evaluations of Superintendent Scannell in December and as expected, Superintendent Scannell received high marks […]
Eleven year old Nathan Scanlon got the ride of his life last month when the North Andover Police and Cops for Kids with Cancer paid him and his family a visit in their Johnson Street home, lights and sirens blaring. Nathan came out of his house to a line of police officers in his […]
By: Peter Larocque – Feb.2018 God Bless you and Happy New Year! It is great to be back for an exciting 2018 writing about the Goodness of God! Just the other day after work I sat in my chair and began to click away with my TV remote. Then I came across the rebroadcast of […]
Paying Attention! is recorded at the Studio 21 Podcast Cafe in Salem N.H. above Two Guys Smoke Shop on Route 28. This is part 2. You can watch the video of this entire interview on Tom Duggan’s YouTube channel. You can watch the live taping of the program every Thursday on the Paying Attention Podcast […]
By: Rick Bellanti – February, 2018 If you’re like me, you see yourself and judge yourself from the reflection you see in the mirror daily. There is more to our health than what our reflection tells us or what is being seen as a number on the scale. The best place to look is inside […]
By: Robin Desmet – February, 2018 When Paul adopted Goldy he had already spent half of his life as a cat that was allowed outdoors. Although Goldy loves to snuggle with Paul on the couch, he also enjoys his time roaming in the yard. He is an avid hunter and he loves to spend time […]