ANDOVER — Chief Michael B. Mansfield is pleased to announce that Andover Fire Rescue has been awarded a $22,000 grant from the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program (CESFP). The grant will be used to purchase equipment to continually disinfect fire apparatus, ambulances and fire stations in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among […]
City’s Fiscal Status Improves with Significant Operating Surplus in 2020 Mayor Neil Perry and Chief Administrative and Financial Officer (CAFO) Maggie Duprey are pleased to announce that, according to Moody’s Investor Service, The City of Methuen has been upgraded to an A3 stable rating. The city previously received a negative rating from Moody’s. […]
By: Aliana Brodmann E. von Richthofen -July, 2020 America’s identity since her inception was defined by the fundamental principles of democracy that encompass the inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all citizens. Despite of this obligation the height of disregard for these inalienable rights was broadcast last month world-wide when […]
By: Santiago Reyes Cruz, Jr. – July, 2020 So, what’s next for Leaders here in the Merrimack Valley? What steps will be taken as a strategy to bring positive change? Key Words “Positive Change” because across the Country we’ve seen protests become nothing but a showcase of violence and hate. Why? because many protests have […]
In the wake of the George Floyd killing at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers, protests and riots broke in more than a dozen major cities. Nearly two full weeks after George Floyd’s death, the radical anti-police group Black Lives Matter held two rallies in Lawrence on the Campagnone Common. Both the Friday […]
By: Santiago Reyes-Cruz, Jr. – June, 2020 Lawrence MA is a city of immigrants, always was – always will be. A stepping stone for all new coming legal immigrants who wish to pursue their American Dream. However nowadays, the residents of Lawrence MA are viscously exposed to the negative influence found on social MEDIA, modern […]
By: Paul Murano – June, 2020 In 2016, after decades of the culture of death and leftist narrative piped into our minds through the media and academia, the reign of the Left as culture molders was threatened by the election of Donald Trump. They knew they had someone who wouldn’t cower to the narrative, and […]
Help The Valley Patriot Stay in Business While Our Advertisers are Closed June, 2020 We never could have imagined that we would need to use space in the 200th edition of this newspaper to defend this country against the notion of defunding the police. Yet here we are. After the killing of George Floyd in […]
By: Rep. Linda Dean Campbell – Feb. 2020 At the end of last year, the State Legislature passed two laws that will greatly benefit our public health and safety as we move into 2020: one to reduce distracted driving from cell phone use and one to protect youth from nicotine addiction. A new law prohibits […]
On October 22nd, the Massachusetts Legislative Manufacturing Caucus held its 4th Annual Manufacturing Awards Ceremony at the State House in the Great Hall of Flags. Dawn’s Sign Tech of North Andover was one of more than 70 manufacturing businesses from across the state to be nominated. The ceremony included remarks from Secretary Kennealy from […]
By: Bharani Padmanabhan – Sept. 2019 This past week, supporters of the rule of law encountered the shameful spectacle of a full page announcement in the Boston Globe, from 70 progressive outfits, condemning the jury verdict in the case of naked extortion by Marty Walsh’s agents. You remember Marty? Former union leader who became mayor […]
Nancy Julin, Northern Essex Community College’s assistant dean of health professions and director of iHealth programs, received the Idahlynn Karre Exemplary Leadership Award during the Chair Academy’s 28th Annual International Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Julin, of Leominster, who has worked at Northern Essex for 15 years, will retire in May. “Nancy Julin was instrumental […]
Ten Salem State students receive awards in every category entered in regional competition, five will move on to national competition in Washington, DC SALEM, MA –Chris Vega, of Lawrence, was named the Region 1 finalist for the National Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship in an annual theatre competition sponsored by the John F. Kennedy Center […]
Methuen City Councilors are playing games with people’s lives and the safety of police officers and it has to stop. Last month, City Councilor Steve Saba mounted a successful effort to cut $1.8M out of the city’s police budget. He did this to get even with superior officers for accepting raises in their contract […]
Lawrence General Hospital has received a $10,000 Targeted Grant to Advance Women from the Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation. The grant money will be used to support the hospital’s Latina Breast Health Outreach Program, a collaboration with the YWCA Northeastern Massachusetts in Lawrence. Since it began in 2011, this program has served more than 5,500 Latinas […]