By: Dani Langevin – 2-23 What has been happening in America, past and present, concerns me very much. I see the U.S. heading down the Nuremberg path to destruction and dictatorship. America is looking more and more like Nazi Germany and we should all be concerned. Prior to 1933, Germany enjoyed a multi-party republic just […]
By: Bill Cushing – 2-23 Lots of the best TV Crimefighters have quirks about their personalities or methods that make them memorable. Columbo had his rumpled trench coat and his “One More Thing” persistence. Monk had his Obsessive Compulsive disorder that helped him solve cases. Those are just two of the more interesting ones. Now, […]
Joe Rizzuti, an active member of the Certified Peer Support Specialist Team serving police officers and first responders in Massachusetts, took the time to sit down with Kane to provide information on the history and development of the rise of peer support networks throughout the Commonwealth. Support comes in many forms, including critical incident support, […]
A close race, a recount, a court challenge and legislative action, resulted in the 1st Essex District State Rep. Lenny Mirra winning his reelection by 100 votes then losing by one vote. Mirra appeared on the Paying Attention! Podcast last week (iTunes, iHeartRadio, YouTube, PodBean) to give us the exclusive on how the entire apparatus […]
02-23 Last week during the frigid -11 degree weather that lasted for three days, Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena and his homeless coordinator Kelly Birchall put together a plan to help the homeless and other Lawrence residents who had no heat. First, Mayor DePena mobilized the police and fire departments to visit all of the homeless […]
By: Brian Genest – 01-23 Here we go again: Cue the violins for Dracut’s self-proclaimed victim, Phil Thibault. This time, he’s lamenting because he was rejected by the Board of Selectmen for the newly created at-large seat on the Zoning Bylaw Review Committee—and he’s blaming everyone but himself, just like he always does. Meanwhile, the […]
By: Pierre Ghassibi – 01-23 Greetings everybody. Many patients these days are attracted to Integrative Medicine, Eastern Medicine, and other alternatives to Western Medicine. Western Medicine is called Allopathic Medicine. Osteopathic Medicine is very similar now to Allopathic Medicine. Allopathic and Osteopathic are based on results of scientific empirical studies that are subjected to rigorous […]
01-23 LAWRENCE – As a home health aide for 29 years at Tufts Medicine Care at Home, Lillian Silva supports her patients by assisting with their personal care and other daily living activities. On her days off, the dedicated caregiver extends her compassionate caring to the wider community as a volunteer with Lasagna Love. Founded […]
By: Dani Langevin – 11/22 I will speak about being an educator in Massachusetts but will share anecdotal stories from teachers in other states, too. It’s extremely important to know that educators in Massachusetts are required to have a master’s degree. We are also required to maintain our license. Every 5 years, we need to […]
By: Dr. Ghassibi – 11/22 Greetings everyone, I have examined and studied Hypnosis, Mindful and Transcendental Meditation and questioned people on Enlightenment. It sounded to me that these pleasant human endeavors are not what I thought they were. I used to think that these were techniques that lead to mystical and almost supernatural states. After […]
ANDOVER – Superintendent John Lavoie is pleased to share that Greater Lawrence Technical School students will see their work launched into space aboard the International Space Station. The students are part of HUNCH (High School Students United with NASA to Create Hardware), an instructional partnership between NASA and local school districts. Students are tasked with […]
By: Dani Langevin – 10/22 In 1868, the United States government issued the Fugitive Slave Acts. With the reversal of Roe v. Wade and the attack on women’s rights, America is regressing to that era. Let’s breakdown the Fugitive Slave Acts in comparison to what many states are doing when it comes to women’s rights. […]
11/5/22 Jim Lyons, head of the Massachusetts Republican Party has a plan to help get republicans elected in the November 8th state elections on Tuesday. Lyons told a group of republican candidates and their supporters at the North Andover VFW last month that he believes his ballot question to stop illegal aliens from getting drivers […]
By: Ken Willette – 07-22 Stanley Kubrick, who was considered one of the greatest directors of all-time, directed a masterpiece film on a futurist society where young thugs brazenly terrorize innocent bystanders without swift repercussions by law enforcement or judges. It was an indictment of the criminal justice system that created a demographic group that […]
By: Holly Robichaud – July 2022 In Response to a column by Brian Genest: HERE Most of us learn at an early age that those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. Clearly Brian Genest has not learned this life lesson. In his June column, he threw a lot of stones at Chris […]