The slander and libel trial against Salem, NH resident Michael Demers begins on November 28th in Hillsboro Superior Court. Demers is being sued by Acadia Insurance for slander and defamation after publishing satirical artwork and parodies of their company and company employees on-line. Acadia is seeking to silence Demers who has been spearheading a […]
1st Amendment award Winner Colonel Sam Poulten (Ret.) The Valley Patriot newspaper honored Ret. Army Colonel, Sam Poulten, owner of 980WCAP radio in Lowell with the 1st Amendment Award lat Friday for his courage to defend free speech and a free press during a 1st Amendment lawsuit filed against the station. “It really is my […]
By: Scott MacDonald – April 2014 On Monday March 19th, five Billerica selectmen candidates met for a final videotaped debate before the April 5th election. The debate touched on many important issues facing the Town of Billerica, including infrastructure improvements, economic development, and the town manager contract. As the debate was coming to a close, […]
By: Paul Murano – March 2014 When I met Tom Duggan, founder and editor of The Valley Patriot, it was 2004 and I had been producing WCAP’s “Saturday Morning Live” with Warren Shaw. One thing we found we had in common was that I had known his father before his untimely passing. Officer Tom Duggan, […]
By: Peter Larocque – March, 2014 The most frequently asked question that I receive when the topic of The Valley Patriot newspaper comes up is why do you write for The Valley Patriot? The quick answer is, I want to and Tom lets me. But there is more, another reason is that when I send […]
By: Al Getler, Former Publisher of The Eagle~Tribune March, 2014 Tom Duggan has not exactly been kind to me over the years in his newspaper. Strangely enough, I defend Tom’s right to his opinions about me and anyone else he chooses to write about in The Valley Patriot. One of the many things that make […]
If you can’t beat them with ideas or logic, try slander! By: Charles Ormsby, Professor UMASS~Lowell Last August I went to my mail box in the Mathematics Department at UMass Lowell (UML) and opened up the letter Letter1OConnor, My initial reaction was a combination of amazement, pity, and laughter. Only after some reflection […]
Massachusetts Appeals and State Supreme Courts Reject Kevin Thompson’s Bogus Lawsuit … Again! May, 2010 The Massachusetts Court of Appeals and the State Supreme Court have dealt a final defeat to Kevin Thompson of Methuen who unsuccessfully sued The Valley Patriot newspaper for libel and defamation of character stemming from an opinion piece published […]
July, 2007 Careful readers of this paper have probably noticed the above byline under The Valley Patriot banner since our very first printing. We chose this byline, the first five words of the First Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, because we believe that this amendment is the first line of defense against government trampling our rights […]