BOSTON – Four indictments were unsealed today if federal court in Boston charging a second wave of alleged members and associated of the Asian Boyz gang for their roles in a distribution network of homemade methamphetamine pills, branded as “Adderall.” The following five men were arrested this morning and will appear in federal court in […]
BOSTON – Jesse Lelievre, 42, of North Andover, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to two years of supervised release, with the first five months as home detention. Lelievre was also ordered to pay $179,090 in restitution. In September 2024, Lelievre pleaded guilty to theft of government property. Lelievre was charged […]
Family Office Review After publishing last month’s column on insurance, many great questions were raised. A common scenario surrounds what to do when you are making fixed income in retirement, and no longer have the same needs you had when initially purchasing life insurance. Income no longer needs to be replaced because the kids […]
By: Katie Cook – 12/24 Three young ladies, Maxine and Talia Harvey and their friend Anna McCabe had one special thing in common, they were all adopted. Reflecting on how very lucky they were to have been adopted by loving families, capable of supporting them, the trio wanted to give back to their community, and […]
By: Philippe Thibault – 12/24 Dracut’s Fall Town Meeting was held on November 18th with a dozen and a half articles presented on the warrant. There is always a gathering of townspeople prior to the meeting discussing the upcoming meeting and warrant articles that will be debated. For those still undecided it is an opportunity to […]
Zaka Shafiq, is the majority owner of AFC Urgent Care in Methuen, North Andover, Swampscott, Beverly, and Haverhill. He sat down with Valley Patriot publisher Tom Duggan on his podcast at the Studio 21 Podcast Café in Salem NH last month to talk about their efforts to help immigrants get physicals to become United […]
By: State Rep. Francisco Paulino – 12/24 As Democrats, we have always been the party that stands as the guardians of democracy, fighting to protect the people’s right to vote. From organizing in the streets to pushing for fair and accessible voting laws, we have consistently worked to ensure that every American has a voice […]
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – Jan. 2016 On Tuesday, February 9th, New Hampshire will hold its presidential primary election to determine the New Hampshire delegates to the Republican National Convention. Massachusetts holds its primary on March 1st (Super Tuesday) along with eleven other states. So, Republican voters in New Hampshire and […]
By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – March, 2015 When battle lines are drawn on matters that impact individual liberty, it is important that those who seek to defend liberty stand up and declare their allegiance. There has been a shocking resurgence of anti-Semitism (the prejudice/hatred of Jews as a national, ethnic, religious or racial group) over […]
By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – February, 2015 First and foremost, I hate innocent people being murdered. Hopefully, even most Progressives will join me on that. Oh, I forget … they prefer to banish hate speech. So, I guess they don’t hate innocent people being murdered … or they do hate the murder of innocents, but […]
By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – October, 2014 In our September issue, Michael Veves of Haverhill weighed in with a critique of my August article, entitled “Can You Resist the Devil’s Brew.” I typically let such attacks pass and permit the readers of The Valley Patriot to make their own assessments of the veracity […]
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 […]
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – July, 2014 I’m no fan of our President. I’m sure that is clear to anyone who has been reading my articles since his election in 2008. Despite my disagreement with Obama on nearly every issue, I have tried to present a reasoned opposition and avoid excessively […]
By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – April, 2014 We all know the discomfort we feel when we watch someone put his incompetence on public display for all to see. And so it is as we watch the terrible events in Ukraine evolve. Putin just keeps slapping Obama upside the head and then openly ridiculing him. Kerry’s […]
By Dr. Charles Ormsby – March, 2014 A little over ten years ago, Tom Duggan, his girlfriend, Ralph Wilbur and I started a newspaper called the Valley Government Gazette. We applied for and (using some inside contacts) received a $500 million federal grant to start this much needed publication. Having received the mulla (that’s […]