PDF of the October, 2022 Valley Patriot ~ MA Voters to Decide Licenses for Illegal Aliens
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Lowell Man Arraigned for 2018 Hampshire St. Execution in Lawrence
VIDEO OF MURDER BELOW If you appreciate our news please consider making $1 donation January, 28,2020 The Essex County District Attorney has charged Anderson Jorge Cruz, 21, of Lowell, in Salem Superior Court in connection with the execution of Juan Bautista Mejia Arias, 39, in Lawrence back in 2018. Judge Salim Tabit ordered him held […]
One Year After the Columbia Gas Disaster ~ VALLEY PATRIOT EDITORIAL (9-19)
September, 2019 This month marks the one-year anniversary of the Columbia Gas explosions that rocked Lawrence, Andover and North Andover. For those who lived through it, it will be something we will never forget. Homes and businesses blew up, caught fire and the magnitude of the disaster eventually resulted in the evacuation of all of […]
Columbia Gas Partnering with Massachusetts Communities
By Mark Kempic I knew it was an incredibly challenging time for the community when I arrived in Massachusetts last fall to assist with the recovery efforts following September’s gas event in the Merrimack Valley. What immediately struck me the most in the face of tremendous adversity was the graciousness with which those in the […]
Carina Pappalardo, TMF Win Goodwill Ambassador Award
Valley Patriot Renames Award for Good Samaritan Scott Clegg By: Tom Duggan, April, 2019 Last year a Good Samaritan in the Merrimack Valley named Scott Clegg passed away. He wasn’t famous, he never ran for office, and he had no interest in being thanked for the work he did in the community. But Mr. Clegg […]
Minicucci to Replace DiZoglio on Beacon Hill
ColuMBIA GAS, CHANGING EDUCATION FUNDING ARE TOP PRIORITIES By: Tom Duggan, November, 2018 North Andover native Christina Minicucci – a Democrat – defeated Republican Ryan Losco earlier this month to replace outgoing State Rep. Diana DiZoglio representing Methuen, North Andover, Haverhill, and Lawrence. We caught up to Minicucci the day after the election to find […]
Mayor Orders Police to Throw Homeless Out of Buckley Garage, Shuts Down Group That Fed and Serviced the Homeless
Despite Proof That Photos of Garbage and Needles Were Not from TMF, Rivera Doubles Down For the past 6 months a volunteer group of teens and young people from Lawrence called “The Movement Family” (TMF) have been serving a family style dinner to the homeless at the Buckley Garage on Common Street. The group, run by […]
Two Arrested in Salem Street Shooting That Left 2 Wounded in Lawrence
UPDATE NOVEMBER 26, 2018 Lawrence Police confirm that Luis Roman, age 18 of Lawrence and Christopher Perez age 21 of Lawrence were arrested and charged with armed assault with intent to murder and armed robbery in connection with the shooting on November Sunday, 18th on Salem Street in Lawrence. ORIGINAL STORY: Two people were shot sitting […]
DiZoglio, Iannuccillo Trade Emails With Town Manager on Gas Work Done by Feeney Brothers in North Andover
State Representative Diana Dizoglio and Register of Deeds M. Paul Iannuccillo each sent a letter to North Andover Town Manager Andrew Maylor concerning the gas repair work done by utility contractor, Feeney Bothers in the town of North Andover, after Feeney was thrown out of both Lawrence and Andover citing safety concerns. Manager Maylor did […]
Columbia Gas Brought Out the Best in Lawrence ~ PAYING ATTENTION with TOM DUGGAN
THE DISASTER Sitting in my office listening to the police scanner it was obvious from the time the first call went out that the explosion on Chickering Road in Lawrence was not a routine call. Not long after that call went out I was jarred out of my seat by the urgency and bewilderment in […]
Gas Contractor Feeney Brothers Caught Doing Gas Work in Lawrence, Mayor Sends Police To Have Them Removed
By: Tom Duggan – Oct. 21, 2018 Just days after Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera ordered Dorchester Gas Contractor Feeney Brothers out of his city for their role in the gas explosions on September 13th, Valley Patriot news spotters sent us these photos of Feeney Brothers on Loring Street in Lawrence doing gas work Sunday. Within […]
Gas Contractor Feeney Brothers Thrown Out of Lawrence and Andover, Still Doing Gas Work in North Andover
By: Tom Duggan – Oct. 20, 2018 RIVERA THROWS FEENEY OUT OF LAWRENCE Despite denying responsibility for the gas explosions in the Greater Lawrence area on September 13th, and an NTSB preliminary report saying that sub-contractor Feeney Brothers may not have been responsible, Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera has thrown Feeney Brothers out of Lawrence during […]
Valley Patriot Partners with House of Mercy for Disaster Relief
The Valley Patriot newspaper has partnered up with non-profit, House of Mercy, Team Zingales/Century 21, TMF (The Movement Family), and Heat Quest Insulation in Haverhill to provide direct relief for the thousands of people affected by the Columbia Gas Disaster in Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover. . PLEASE VISIT THE FACEBOOK GROUP PAGE SET UP […]
Day of Violence in Lawrence Results in 4th Murder of the Year on Brooke Street
VIDEO BROOKE STREET SHOOTING ABOVE By: Tom Duggan – September 3, 2018 While most people were enjoying Labor Day with family and friends at cookouts or at the beach, police in the City of Lawrence were busy with an unusual amount of violence after a very quiet and low crime summer. LABOR DAY SHOOTING […]
ATF, Lawrence Police Recover Weapons Stolen from NH, Arrest Dangerous Gang Leader
August 18, 2018 In November of 2017, Detective O’Keefe of the Lawrence Police Department along with Special Agent Ryan Griffin of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives interviewed a confidential informant regarding an individual that was trafficking firearms to known Gangsta’ Disciples and Kings of Tenney (KOT) members in Lawrence and Methuen, MA. […]