More People Would Get Vaccine if Not for All The Lies! ~ PAYING ATTENTION! with TOM DUGGAN

More People Would Get Vaccine if Not for All The Lies! ~ PAYING ATTENTION! with TOM DUGGAN

Aug. 2021 If you’re looking for someone to blame for all the unvaccinated deaths in this country, look no further than the “news” media and government officials. Despite the fact that the vast majority of the “news” media continues to blame Donald Trump and his supporters for refusing to take the vaccine – the fact […]

Valley Patriot Settles Lawsuit with Former Methuen Mayor ~ PAYING ATTENTION! with TOM DUGGAN

Valley Patriot Settles Lawsuit with Former Methuen Mayor ~ PAYING ATTENTION! with TOM DUGGAN

July, 2021 The Valley Patriot has put yet another libel lawsuit behind us. The most recent suit, brought by a former Methuen Mayor alleging defamation and libel, never made it to trial. Last month, it was settled out of court to the satisfaction of both parties. We tend to get sued a lot here at […]

TOM DUGGAN’S NOTEBOOK (Nov. 2020) ~ The Methuen Council, Media Bias, and Left Wing Violence

TOM DUGGAN’S NOTEBOOK (Nov. 2020) ~ The Methuen Council, Media Bias, and Left Wing Violence

METHUEN COUNCIL CENSORS THE MAYOR Methuen City Council President Jim McCarty may like to crow about “following the law” and “respecting the city charter” but McCarty has been stifling the mayor at city council meetings and if the mayor is not going to call him out for it, then I guess I will. According to […]

Attacks Against Chief Solomon Must Stop ~ PAYING ATTENTION with TOM DUGGAN

Attacks Against Chief Solomon Must Stop ~ PAYING ATTENTION with TOM DUGGAN

Help The Valley Patriot Stay in Business Your Donation of ANY Amount helps  From Criminal Conspiracy to Smoking Cigars Since we started the Valley Patriot 16 years ago, I’ve been hearing the same stories, accusations, lame excuses, and dire predictions about Methuen Police Chief Joe Solomon. For years, I have been told by politicians that Solomon […]

TOM DUGGAN’S NOTEBOOK (Aug. 2020)

TOM DUGGAN’S NOTEBOOK (Aug. 2020)

CITY COUNCIL GRANDSTANDS PRETENDING TO BE FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE Last month the Methuen City Council finally approved Mayor Perry’s first budget as the CEO of the city. Councilors discussed and debated the budget Perry submitted, spending hours on items like a $1.00 line item, cutting pennies from some city departments and then patting themselves on the […]

TOM DUGGAN’S NOTEBOOK ~ June, 2020

TOM DUGGAN’S NOTEBOOK ~ June, 2020

ANDOVER FIREFIGHTER IS A RACIST BECAUSE … HE’S WHITE Last month an Andover Firefighter was put on leave after an altercation with one of his neighbors. The firefighter saw someone he did not recognize taking mail from one of his neighbor’s mailboxes and confronted her saying he did not know her thinking she was stealing […]

My Predictions for 2020 ~ PAYING ATTENTION with TOM DUGGAN

My Predictions for 2020 ~ PAYING ATTENTION with TOM DUGGAN

Jan. 2020 Methuen Councilor Jim McCarty will get pulled over by State Troopers for speeding on Route 213 and blame it on a conspiracy by former Methuen Mayor Sharon Pollard and Police Chief Joe Solomon. Newly elected member of the Gr. Lawrence Technical School Committee, Stephani Infante will continue to appropriate white culture by whitening […]

Tom Duggan’s Notebook ~ HEROES and BOZOS OF 2019

Tom Duggan’s Notebook ~ HEROES and BOZOS OF 2019

VALLEY PATRIOT BASH The Valley Patriot’s 16th Anniversary BASH! will be held at the Firefighter’s Relief In (2 Market St. in Lawrence) on March 27th. Tickets will be available on Eventbrite.com. MARK YOUR CALENDAR. If you enjoy our news  coverage please consider making a $1 donation HEROES AND BOZOS OF 2019  HERO – SENATOR DIANA DIZOGLIO Newly […]

Tom Duggan’s Notebook – November 2019

Tom Duggan’s Notebook – November 2019

THANK YOU JEN KANNAN I want to personally thank Methuen City Council Chairman Jen Kannan for her decades of service to this community. Whether you supported Jen or not in this mayoral election, she has given of herself to the city of Methuen and the Merrimack Valley and made a lot of people’s lives better […]

Methuen Voters Just Don’t Care ~ PAYING ATTENTION with TOM DUGGAN

Methuen Voters Just Don’t Care ~ PAYING ATTENTION with TOM DUGGAN

 July, 2019 Given the enormous conflicts and controversies that have gone on in Methuen over the last two years, you might think that the people of Methuen have had enough. But a quick look at the number of people running for city offices this year shows that they really haven’t, and that’s tragic. The City […]

Social Media Censorship Takes an Ugly Turn ~ PAYING ATTENTION with TOM DUGGAN

Social Media Censorship Takes an Ugly Turn ~ PAYING ATTENTION with TOM DUGGAN

  Last month, I posted a story about four children who died in U.S. custody at the border since December. Given all the misinformation and lack of logical thought on the subject, I injected my own opinion that having only four children die on the border in six months, was an amazingly low number given […]

TOM DUGGAN’S NOTEBOOK (JUNE, 2019)

TOM DUGGAN’S NOTEBOOK (JUNE, 2019)

CHANGES TO METHUEN’S CITY CHARTER The Methuen City Council and the charter commission are considering changes to the city charter this year (the document that governs how the city operates). Some of the proposed changes being discussed are minor tweaks to the document to make city government more effective and accountable. But, some of the […]