IRS Special Edition Tax Tip 2013-09 It’s sad but true. Following major disasters and tragedies, scam artists impersonate charities to steal money or get private information from well-intentioned taxpayers. Fraudulent schemes involve solicitations by phone, social media, email or in-person. Scam artists use a variety of tactics. Some operate bogus charities that contact people by […]
By: D.J. Bettencourt – APril 2013 The Mercatus Center, on the campus of George Mason University, is billed as an “education research and outreach center” and does something incredibly rare for an institution within higher education. It thinks seriously about freedom and how states can protect and expand it. Not ironically, Mercatus takes its […]
By: Paul Murano – April 2013 At the moment of this writing the Supreme Court is deliberating two cases related to so-called “same-sex marriage”. If the justices have any sense they will state in a clear voice that marriage has nothing to do with equality or rights, but is an outgrowth of human nature […]
By Dani Langevin – April 2013 Why do some people “fear” having a gay child? Most don’t really think they will. Most people assume that their children will be heterosexual, but when the topic is breached, I’ve heard many parents confess that they would be very uncomfortable or unhappy if they had a gay […]
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX When asked to comment on individuals with high-deductible, catastrophic health plans, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said, “Some of these folks have very high catastrophic plans that don’t pay anything unless you get hit by a bus. They are really mortgage protection, not health insurance.” (AP) By: Dr. […]
By: Jeff Katz – April 2013 I have heard the phrase, “words have meaning” for the better part of my life. As a small boy when I called my brother something nasty and then tried to explain that I did not really mean anything by it, my mom or dad would come along and […]
By: Tracey Zysk – April 2013 Puppy season, puppy season, puppy season – everyone loves puppy season! How can you not? These cute, adorable, fluff balls that snuggle up with you, are just so precious. But there is a lot more to being an owner to one of these cuties. That’s something we all […]
By Helen Mooradkanian – April 2013 The “island hopping” strategy in the Pacific had proved successful as the Marines secured one island after another in their advance toward the Japanese mainland: Roi and Namur in the Marshall Islands (February 1944), Los Negros (March 1944), Wake Island (May 1944), Saipan and Guam (July 1944), and Tinian […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4wgEVi_9LM] By: Tom Duggan – April 14, 2013 The Merrimack Valley Bandit struck again twice this weekend. The first robbery occurred at a TD Bank North in Dracut on Saturday evening. The second robbery occurred Sunday night at the Rt 110 Convenience Store on Merrimack Street in Methuen. “He was brandishing a […]
By: Christine Morabito – April 2013 Please join the Tea Party and other liberty-minded groups as we gather on the Boston Common April 13. The Parkman Bandstand will be rocking with live music from starting at noon from People’s Blowback, and then a variety of speakers from 1-3 p.m. The theme is “Unburdening the […]
By: John Lenotte – American Legion – March, 2013 Recently I had the opportunity to travel as part of a group from Massachusetts to attend the annual American Legion Washington Conference. We were joined by other Legionnaires from across the country. There were a number of committee meetings and I attended the Legislative Commission meeting […]
By: Jeff Katz – March 2013 We all spend so much time thinking about the outside forces which are keeping us from reaching our full potential; we usually forget that we may be held down by our very own thinking. I am reminded about the manner in which some large animals, especially elephants, have been […]
By: Dr. Jin Sung – March 2013 Chronic Lyme disease patients may face a long hard fight to wellness. People with chronic Lyme can have many debilitating symptoms, including severe fatigue, anxiety, headaches, and joint pain. Without proper treatment, chronic Lyme patients have a poorer quality of life than patients with diabetes or a heart […]
LAWRENCE, MA: The Lawrence City Council will hold a public hearing, followed by a vote at its Chambers on April 2, 2013, to determine whether the city will place a six month moratorium to prevent medical marijuana dispensaries to be placed within its borders. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is finalizing its regulation of the […]
ALL PHOTOS (C) COPYRIGHT RON MUSHOW PHOTOGRAPHY & THE VALLEY PATRIOT (PHOTO GALLERY) More than 400 people tuned out Friday night to attend the Valley Patriot 9th Anniversary BASH where the editors of the monthly newspaper (Tom Duggan, Dr. Charles Ormsby and Ralph Wilbur) honored police officers, firefighters, veterans, and those who […]