By: Tom Duggan – August, 2016 Hasmukh Vora, owner of Rt. 110 Convenience Store in Methuen has sold another multi-million scratch ticket winner this month making it the 8th time they have sold a $1M+ winner. Vora sold a $2.5 Million dollar winner on Saturday, August 6th, during their 11th year celebration at the store, where they had a […]
By: Tom Duggan, August, 2016 I blame CNN and their reporters for the execution of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge last month. Let me make my case, and hopefully elevate the discussion. We are preached at every day by democrat politicians and their advocates in the “news” media that it’s wrong to label […]
By: Tom Duggan Embattled Lawrence City Councilor Sandy Almonte, who represents the District “A” Prospect Hill neighborhood, has resigned from her position just one month after being arrested for assault and resisting arrest in Nashua, NH. Almonte will be arraigned in Nashua, district court on September 9th. The City Council has scheduled a special meeting […]
By: Tom Duggan – July, 2016 From talking to police chiefs all over The Valley, it’s become increasingly clear that use of the new drug narcan is causing some unintended consequences. Narcan is a drug administered to someone who has died of a heroin overdose and brings them back to life. While most police chiefs […]
1990 Police Survivor Tom Duggan speaks at Pro Police rally about the “blood libel” against our police and the role CNN and Congress plays in the epidemic of violence against the American police officer.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcSx_xX3eUw&feature=youtu.be&W=250&h=280] More than 350 people rallied at Methuen High School last week to show their love and support for police officers and their families. The rally was organized to honor of the five Dallas, and three Baton Rouge police officers who were executed over the last ten days. The rally was organized in eight […]
ORIGINAL STORY In the wake of the executions of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Police officers, family members, and police survivors (families of officers killed in the line of duty) are holding a rally to support law enforcement, and honor the lives of the executed officers. The event is being held at Methuen (Massachusetts) High School, […]
Valley Patriot publisher Tom Duggan has partnered with Methuen Police Chief Joe Solomon to hold a rally in support of police officers and their families next week (July 20th) at the Methuen High School Stadium. (6PM) Duggan, a 1990 police survivor, says that the epidemic of police executions across the country, and the growing hatred and […]
CLICK PHOTO FOR INTERVIEW Technology sure has come a long way. As CNN was reporting that all social media in Turkey was shut down by a military coup, we were live Facetiming with our Istanbul correspondent, Kemal Bozkurt, who says “That is not true. Do not listen to CNN. I have been using social media. I […]
PHOTOS|VIDEO CHIEF SOLOMON|VIDEO CHIEF FITZPATRICK Lawrence and Methuen Police were treated to a free lunch Friday afternoon thanks to JT Torres of New England Veterans’ Liberty House and resident volunteers from all over the Merrimack Valley. Torres is also helping to organize a pro-police “We’ve Got Your Back” rally, at Methuen High School next week. (Wed. July 20th, […]
VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL Anti-Semitic, hate group Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) can hide behind the name “PEACE” (see letter) but those of us who pay attention are not fooled. Their goal is to masquerade as a civil and human rights organization (as many pro-terror groups do) in an effort to oppose any peace in Israel, as […]
To the Editor: In a recent article, Valley Patriot publisher Tom Duggan attacks Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA) as an “anti-Semitic, pro-terror organization” that is “masquerading” as a peace group (“State Senator Barbara L’Italien’s Trip Israel: Part II”). Duggan provides no evidence for these inflammatory accusations. But for the record, MAPA is an affiliate of Peace […]
By: State Senator Katy Ives – June, 2016 In May, the Massachusetts Legislature approved legislation that seeks to enhance government transparency and accountability by providing residents with greater access to public records and imposing penalties for non-compliance with public records requests. I re-filed a piece of legislation this session, co-sponsored by Representative Diana DiZoglio, in […]
NEWBURY, MA – Newbury resident and wounded Iraqi war vet, Donald Jarvis, says he is tired of waiting for the VA or anyone else in the government to do something about veterans dying while waiting for health care. “We served our country, we did what was asked of us, and in return we were promised […]
By: Tom Duggan – 6-12-16 There is a war brewing in Methuen over Mayor Zanni’s proposed city budget, which School Committeeman Nick DiZoglio says “shortchanges our students” and “is a disgrace in a community like Methuen.” While Mayor Zanni proposes an increase in the school budget, not a decrease, DiZoglio called the budget measure a “cut” for the […]