NEIL HARRINGTON IS THE POSTER BOY When I started this journey to reform our state’s public records law five years ago I had no idea that the Town of Salisbury would feature so prominently in my motivations to add stiff penalties for officials who refuse to turn over public documents. Yet, here we are. […]
Hosts DiZoglio for Civic Education Day at North Andover Middle School Patrick McGravey, head of the social studies department at North Andover Middle School, was recently awarded the 2015 C-SPAN Teaching Fellowship, an honor presented to just three educators across the nation. C-SPAN’s Fellowship program recognizes educators who demonstrate successful methods of integrating C-SPAN’s […]
By Christine Morabito – June 2015 As an environmentalist and bird lover, it gives me no pleasure to criticize the largest conservation organization in New England; an organization of which I am a member. Personal conflict aside, it seems apparent that Massachusetts Audubon Society’s support for a massive industrial project threatens thousands of birds a year. […]
June 1, 2015 LAWRENCE — Residents looking for help or support from their state senator or state representatives can now find it at City Hall. The Lawrence delegation has opened a local office at Lawrence City Hall, 200 Common St., Mayor DanielRivera and the city’s state delegation announced. The office – Room 203 on the […]
CNN – WHERE FACTS GO TO DIE – Bad enough that Brook Baldwin appears on CNN every day to slant the news and attack our veterans, Solidad O’Brien and Anderson Cooper cheerlead for one side and demonize another side when they are supposed to be presenting objective news. But it’s even worse that so called […]
By: State Rep. Linda Dean Campbell – May, 2015 The Budget passed by the House of Representatives for Fiscal Year 2016 closes a budget gap without tax increases, new fees, and without taking additional money from our “rainy day fund” as we needed to do during the recession and the years following, in order to […]
By: DJ Deeb – May, 2015 I want to comment on Dr. Chuck Ormsby’s Valley Patriot column from last month titled, “I’m A Pro-Semite.” I often find myself in agreement with Chuck’s Libertarian views and I enjoy reading his editorials each month, but I must disagree with his analysis of Israel’s elections as I have […]
What do you do when you have a deep cut that requires stitches? Or when you’ve taken a tumble and injured an arm or leg? Here in the Merrimack Valley, the answer to these questions has long been to find the nearest emergency room. Long waits, increased costs, and general discomfort often awaited patients as […]
By: Paul Murano – May, 2015 Encouraged by the Bruce Jenner interview with Diane Sawyer, I now announce that I am a transracial American. Yes, I am a black man trapped in a white man’s body. Since childhood I would secretly talk black, dress black and listen to black music. I have yet to go […]
Individual Inspector Also Penalized Separately for 6 Fraudulent Emission Tests BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) penalized Commonwealth Motors of Lawrence $15,000 for issuing six fraudulent motor vehicle inspection stickers between July 16 and November 7, 2014. In addition, Commonwealth Motors’ license to conduct automobile emissions was suspended for up to […]
By: Bill Cushing – May, 2015 “Sometimes you know something is coming. You feel it in the air, in your gut. You don’t sleep at night. The voice in your head is telling you something is going to go terribly wrong and there is nothing you can do to stop it…. That’s how I felt […]
By: Senator Katy Ives – May, 2015 On April 22, 1965, the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. addressed the Massachusetts Legislature in a Joint Session comprised of State Senate and State Representatives. This was the first time Dr. King spoke before a legislative body. Six months prior to this visit, he had won the […]
Congressman Niki Tsongas would like to congratulate Halle Ferreira of Lowell, winner of the 2015 Congressional Art Competition. Tsongas hosted an artists’ reception this past weekend at Mill No. 5 in Lowell to announce the winner and runners up of her annual Congressional Art Competition. All of the 50+ submissions to this year’s competition were […]
By: Rep. Linda Dean Campbell, (Methuen) May, 2015 On Wednesday, the House concluded deliberations for the proposed FY16 with funding allocated for significant projects throughout the Merrimack Valley. In addition to the much toted $400,000.00 funding for the Nicholson Stadium Project the House FY16 Budget also included funding for additional Methuen programs and projects sponsored […]
House Minority Leader Bradley H. Jones, Jr. (R-North Reading) has secured language in the fiscal year 2016 House budget aimed at detecting and reducing fraud in the state’s public assistance programs through the use of a biometric authentication system. The language, approved unanimously as part of an omnibus budget amendment on April 28, requires the […]