By: Dani Langevin – November, 2011 We can only hope that this is true. I believe that it is. I also believe that the Mayans are right the end of the world is near, maybe as near as December 21, 2012. I do not believe that the end of the world as we […]
By: Paul Murano – November, 2011 No one seems to notice the relationship between two converging occurrences in the news recently. Person number seven billion has joined us on this spinning and rotating rock we call earth, on Halloween day according to demographic analysts. Welcome to the human race number 7 billion! In the […]
PAYING ATTENTION WITH TOM DUGGAN By: Tom Duggan – November, 2011 At Large City Council All three Lawrence City Councilors at Large were reelected last month garnering more votes than the three challengers. Council President Frank Moran topped the ticket city wide with Roger Twomey placing second and Dan Rivera winning a seat […]
By: Jamison Tomasek – November, 2011 The results of the Massachusetts legislature’s redistricting commission, at least as far as the House and Senate are concerned, are official. In a fair world we would have legislative districts that represent a common interest and have geographic integrity, but no one has ever called the political environment […]
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX By: Dr. Charles Ormsby For years they have lived among us. We thought they were one of us. Certainly we share a remarkably similar physiology. To paraphrase Shakespeare’s Shylock, “If you prick them, do they not bleed? If you tickle them, do they not laugh? If you poison them, […]
GEORGETOWN TODAY By:Lawrence “Lonnie Brennan – November, 2011 While the local papers detailed multiple articles regarding the most recent incident of Georgetown Housing Authority Member Martha Robertson, the chatter around town about this, and other elected and appointed officials, has been deafening. One person said it best ‘thank God it was a tree she […]
By: Selectman Tracy Watson – November, 2011 On Tuesday November 15th North Andover will be conducting a Special Town Meeting. Among the articles on the warrant is Article 9 (Local Options Meal Tax). This article would add an additional .75% tax on top of the current 6.25% tax bringing the overall tax on food […]
By: Tracey Zysk – November, 2011 As a dog walker with a majority of my dogs on Waverly, Mass Ave and the side roads in between, I instantly got a really sick feeling in my stomach. I knew, I didn’t know which one, but I knew by the feeling I had, one of my […]
By: Alex Talcott – November, 2011 Hanover, NH – Long before Republican voters and the media class turned blue holding their breath for a white-knight 2012 presidential candidate, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg publicly decided against a run in late 2010. The business and financial television network bearing his name broadcasted a presidential […]
By: State Senator Steve Baddour – October, 2011 The talk of Beacon Hill these past weeks has been casinos, casinos, casinos. Last month, the House of Representatives introduced a new version of last year’s failed bid to bring casino gaming to the Commonwealth. And now, the bill is before the Senate – ready to […]
Trasnformative Education – A Looming Disaster THINKING OUTSIDE the BOX! By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – October 2011 A Vision for Transformative Education (Taken from TransformEdu.Org Conference Proceedings) “These perceptions together form a vision of transformative education that is consolidated into the following interwoven aspects”: • Transformation is […]
Valley Patriot Editorial October, 2011 Last month a gay soldier asked a question during a Fox News, Republican presidential debate. While asking his question via satellite, one man in the crowd booed the soldier. We do not know exactly why the audience member was booing; we do know that no loyal American soldier should be […]
Valley Patriot Editorial October, 2011 Presidential candidate Ron Paul continues to promote the flawed concept that terrorists should be protected by the constitution. He recently decried the killing of Al-Queda operative Al-Awlaki, saying that because the Muslim terrorist was an American citizen he should have been arrested, prosecuted and tried in a criminal courtroom. […]
By: Jeff Katz – October, 21012 Heartless, eh? I must confess, I’ve really been trying to deal with the news I received in September from Texas Governor Rick Perry. Seems that Slick Rick knows me better than I know myself. Here I was laboring under the misconception that I was a patriotic American. A hard […]
By; Christine Morabito, Greater Boston Tea Party- October, 2011 In previous columns I exposed the lies and treachery that preceded the passing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the law we affectionately call Obamacare. Since there is virtually nothing worth saving from this piece of legislative malpractice, a powerful movement is underway to repeal and replace it. […]