By: Al Kaprielian – Dec 2017 GOOOD EEEEEVENING! Welcome to December and the start of what is called the meteorological winter. During this month we will see the shortest days of the year as well as the longest nights of the year. The winter solstice will occur during this month. The winter solstice is when […]
Representative Frank A. Moran (D-Lawrence, Andover, Methuen) joined his colleagues in the Massachusetts Legislature to pass bipartisan legislation that updates the existing statute relative to English language education in the Commonwealth’s public schools. An Act relative to language opportunity for our kids, also known as the LOOK bill, promotes research-based best practices for programs serving […]
Last month, the state legislature approved giving Lawrence another $1.5M for … get this … improvements to the “rail trail”. For those who don’t know what the “rail trail” is, check this out. Your local and state officials have been spending millions of your tax dollars every year to create pretty walking areas along dead […]
Lawrence Police tackled their last murder of 2017 just a few short hours before the start of the new year. Witnesses told Lawrence Police that someone was shooting out the windows of a minivan on Reservoir Street near Hilltop Ave on the outskirts of the Bellivue Cemetery shortly after 9pm. When police arrived they found a […]
The Methuen Fire Department and Methuen Firefighters Local 1691 teamed up with Columbia Gas to hand out 88 coats, hats, and gloves to children as part of Operation Warm at the Greater Lawrence Community Action Council Head Start, 24 Gill Ave. in Methuen. The kids were thrilled to receive their new winter gear, meet […]
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In his last days as Mayor of Methuen, The Valley Patriot sat down with Steve Zanni for an exit interview to see what he thought of his six years as mayor and if he was able to accomplish what he set out to do in 2011. Q: When you came into office you had some […]
LOS ANGELES— iBorrow, a private direct lender for commercial real estate, has provided a $5.7 million loan for the purchase of a 559,868-square-foot high-end manufacturing facility that was formerly the Polartec plant. The property, which is housed on 14.49 acres of land, is located at 46 Stafford Street in Lawrence, Massachusetts. As textile manufacturing has largely moved […]
Cashed More Than $7 Million in Fraudulently Obtained IRS Refund Checks WASHINGTON — A illegal alien who had been twice deported and sentenced for re-entry to the US, (Dominican citizen) who resided in Lawrence, Massachusetts, was sentenced to 11 years in prison today after pleading guilty mid-trial to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service […]
Scola’s Restaurant was originally a deli & sandwich shop from the North End Of Boston (then established in 1991 in Dracut, Massachusetts). Back then, Scola’s started as a deli with paper plates and a takeout counter, but grew into what it is today. They specialize in Italian-American cuisine as chef/owner Tony Furtado likes to […]
On Thursday, Methuen Police received a tip from a concerned parent that there was a social media posting threatening to shoot up a school shooting the next day. During the course of the Methuen police investigation, detectives determined that the posting originated from the geographical area of the Haverhill High School. Methuen Police contacted Haverhill police, […]
Authorities Seized Over $1 Million in Laundered Gambling Proceeds, the Largest Seizure in the History of the Money Laundering Statute SALEM – The owners of a North Andover company have pleaded guilty and been sentenced in connection with operating an illegal gaming and money laundering scheme, Attorney General Maura Healey announced today. William Morley, age 62, […]
How quickly Salisbury officials forget. In 1985, Salisbury officials signed a “U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Sewer Special Grant” condition agreeing “[Salisbury] shall prohibit connections to the sewerage system from any new development built within a 100-year flood plain, wetland, or barrier beach (Salisbury Beach)”. Salisbury received $18 Million in federal and state grants to construct […]
By: Tom Duggan – Dec. 13, 2017 LAWRENCE – Four men are in custody this morning after leading police on a chase through North Lawrence in a car stolen from Farnham St. Lawrence Police Officer Saindon spotted the car with four individuals inside it near Haverhill and Broadway and ran the plate. The plate came […]
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has penalized CIL, Inc., a metal finishing business in Lawrence, $18,690 for several hazardous waste management and air quality violations. MassDEP inspected the 400 Canal Street facility on October 26, 2016 and found hazardous waste violations, including that the satellite and main accumulation area hazardous waste […]