When Methuen Public School parent Annie Kivlehan complained about the obscene sexual and racist material being read aloud in her daughter’s class, she was verbally attacked by left wing activists and accused of wanting to “ban books” by the Nevins Library crowd, when she simply wanted to be notified when her child was exposed to […]
11/5/25 It was a rowdy scene at Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena’s campaign headquarters on Broadway last night after voters handed him a decisive victory to serve as the city’s CEO for another four years, defeating challenger, hero firefighters Juan Manny Gonzalez by more than 1,100 votes. (unofficial tally) Voting was heavy all day in […]
FoxNews obtained this video showing the shooting of an off duty CBP (Border Security) officer during an attempted robbery in NYC last night in which one of the suspects is a previously deported Dominican illegal alien with a kidnapping warrant out of Massachusetts and prior felony arrests. The officer was able to draw his […]
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 […]
A video has surfaced on social media recently of embattled Lawrence Homeless Coordinator Kelly Birchall Frazier going on a profanity laced rampage, issuing threats, and slamming tables and chairs at a homeless dinner after a volunteer complained that she left him all alone to clean up with no help. In response, Frazier can be heard […]
A video has surfaced on social media recently of embattled Lawrence Homeless Coordinator Kelly Birchall Frazier going on a profanity laced rampage, issuing threats, and slamming tables and chairs at a homeless dinner after a volunteer complained that she left him all alone to clean up with no help. In response, Frazier can be heard […]
He was trying to expose corruption in Lawrence City Hall after Homeless Coordinator Kelly Birchall Frazier tried to steer $200,000 of federal grant money to her own non-profit. But before he could publish the story, Frazier and her convicted felon husband Donald (DEBO BROWN) Frazier filed harassment orders and then had him arrested on trumped […]
On today’s show Tom talks about Massachusetts State Auditor, Diana Dizoglio’s efforts to get a ballot question on the November presidential ballot, that if successful would allow her to audit the state legislature, giving her access to all their expenses which would in turn make them public record. What are legislature hiding? Also, does it […]
“No landlord should be able to make military families sign NDAs in exchange for providing basic housing. Period.” Video of Exchange (01:32:11-01:38:07) Washington, D.C. — Today, at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) questioned Army Secretary Christine Wormuth on the need to increase military housing availability and the […]
HAVERHILL – Audits are a process typically thought of as painful inconveniences to businesses and organizations. Recently, however, several Merrimack Valley mayors joined with State Auditor Diana DiZoglio (D-Methuen) to highlight the positive experience that went along with a routine audit of MeVa. “While audits can be daunting, Auditor DiZoglio and her office understood […]
By: Tom Duggan – 03/24 Once considered the best Roast Beef on the North Shore, Harrison’s Roast Beef in North Andover has been purchased by Dean Chongris of Peabody who promises to restore the original recipe. Chongris appeared on the Paying Attention! Podcast last month with Tom Duggan, revealing for the first time that […]
7/23 Last month a media story appeared on-line accusing Haverhill School Committeeman Scott Wood, now a candidate for mayor, (and a current Haverhill Police Officer) of using the “N” word in an electronic message 20 years ago. The allegation stems from an unconfirmed report when Wood initially applied to the police department back in 2013. […]
VIDEO BELOW Download or listen to this week’s podcast. Today on the Paying Attention Podcast Tom talks about lawyers for the Acadia Insurance Company trying got have a reporter thrown out of a public proceeding in a public building during a 1st Amendment civil trial. Tom and Paul Murano talked about the Florida school shooter, […]