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New citizens
take oath aboard Old Ironsides
As
they waved miniature American flags to
the rhythm, the new US citizens began to
join in, timidly at first, until by the
end a full chorus born in Laos and
Lebanon, in Syria, Switzerland and 16
other nations finished the final refrain:
"God bless America, my home sweet
home."
 Howie
Carr Reads The Valley
Patriot....Shouldn't You???
Howie
Carr tackles the shanigans of Grisel
Silva and Lawrence politics, and of
course mentions the Valley Patriot as a
news source while taking a moment to
compare Tom Duggan's "scandal"
as a member of the school committee ten
years ago as "funny" by the
standards of Lawrence politics, to more
egregious scandals where elected
officials have actually broken the law
and claimed to be "role models of
the community." At left, Howie Carr
gleefully holds last year's Valley
Patriot where Grisel Silva was cleared by
the ethics commission on gun charges. Story
Here (New nominees for Lawrence
Hall of Shame: Ethics-wise, 2008 is
shaping up as a banner year for the city
of Lawrence. In the eight months since
last November’s municipal elections,
only 20 percent of the 15 victorious
politicians have been arrested....
Tribune
Corporate Bigwigs continue to fly in from
Alabama on a regular basis, Rumors of
sale fly through the industry
Corporate bigwigs have
flown in from Alabama again this week and
are holding high level meetings on the
future of the newspaper on Turnpike
Street say industry insiders. Airport records show the corporate jet
owned by the Tribune's parent company has
made frequent trips to North Andover and
the frequency of those trips has
increased in previous months. Last week
the Boston Herald announced that it had
to layoff dozens of employees and will
begin to outsource its' printing to a
private company. The New York Times and
the Boston Globe have posted record
losses and one Trib employee told the
Valley Patriot that The Trib "as an
organization cannot survive with such
financial losses."
LAWRENCE
Councilor Silva
Arraigned: "I am EEEnnocent"
Lawrence City Councilor
Grisel Silva was arraigned in Lawrence
District Court this morning on charges
she committed assault with a dangerous
weapon, malicious destruction of property
and driving to endanger after ramming a
car containing her estranged husband and
his girlfriend last night. Silva was
ordered to stay away from her husband and
his girlfriend and was released on her
own recognizance. Silva sat quietly in
the courtroom throughout the morning with
former city councilor Barbara Gonzalez
who said she was there "for moral
support." Silva was also flanked
by her daughter and a member of her
husband's family. Silva shielded her
face from reporters throughout the
morning. When called to the stand by
Judge Brennan she was asked to enter
a plea of "guilty or not
guilty," Silva claimed "I am
innocent." Silva also said he
attorney was Lawrence funeral director
Louis Farrah whom she claimed she was
waiting for but Farrah never appeared in
court and Silva was arraigned without him
an hour later. More coming.....
LAWRENCE
Fresh out
of FBI Citizens Police Academy, City
Councilor Grisel Silva Arrested on Three
Felonies
Lawrence City
Councilor Grisel Silva was arrested last
night and held without bail for assault
with a dangerous weapon, assault with
intent to commit a felony, malicious
destruction of personal property over
$250 and driving to endanger. She was
arraigned this morning in Lawrence
District Court at 9AM. Silva's arrest
came after she allegedly stalked her
estranged husband and then rammed his car
after catching him with his (reportedly
pregnant) girlfriend. Silva then fled the
scene. Councilor Silva, who was recently
hailed as a graduate of the FBI Citizens
Police Academy, was rushed to the
hospital two months ago after swallowing
a gaggle of sleeping pills and being
rushed to the hospital. Silva, who has
been hostile to the Lawrence Police
during public meeting since being elected
three years ago and has declared war on
the department by advocating cutting
their budget said last year she was a
"role model for the people of my
district".
LAWRENCE
Mayor
Sullivan names Nora Carol Chief of Staff
The
Valley Patriot has learned that Mayor
Mike Sullivan has named confidential
secretary Nora Carol as his new chief of
staff. The position was approved in the
FY09 budget by the city council last
week. Carol will be making 63K a year and
has accepted the position. Sullivan is
expected to make an official announcement
tomorrow.
LAWRENCE
City
Attorney Rick D'Agastino in today's
motorcade up Essex Street
Essex
Street opens to TWO-WAY Traffic
(Another
Exclusive story broken by the VP back in
May of 2007 ('07-STORY
HERE))
Lawrence Mayor Mike
Sullivan lead a motorcade east on Essex
Street Wednesday afternoon and held a
press conference where he announced that
as of today, Essex Street is now open to
two-way traffic for the first time in 30
years. Sullivan said that he is now
looking to change the traffic flow on
Amesbury Street to two-way traffic as
well as Common Street. "We are
looking at phase two now," Sullivan
said in his office after the press
conference. "We've opened up more
than 40 new parking spots and we are now
starting to identify lots off of Essex
St. where we can add 50 to 100 new
parking spaces." Stay tuned to the
Paying Attention Radio Program Saturday
at 11am on 980AM WCAP for more details
and audio interviews of today's event.
BOSTON
Boston Herald
outsources printing, cuts jobs | NECN
METHUEN
Manzi Makes Lavigne Permanent Police
Chief
Methuen Mayor Bill Manzi
named acting chief Lavigne (above right)
as the permanent replacement for Joe
Solomon today saying he needed someone
who could "get along with the Eagle
Tribune editorial staff and suck up to
them as much as humanly possible."
(No, not really!) Levigne is scheduled to
appear on the Paying Attention radio
program on Saturday.
HAVERHILL
 Former
Council President announces run for Mayor
in '09
Former Haverhill city
council president John Michitson has
announed he is running for mayor in 2009.
Michitson, who is a Valley Patriot
contritbtor as co-author of our Innovatoin
Valley series issued a press
release today saying he vows to bring
professional leadership to Haverhill and
improve the school district's
performance. Michitson is a manager and
electrical engineer at the MITRE
Corporation in Bedford. The Innovation
Valley initiative seeks to help stimulate
economic growth and quality-of-life
enhancements in the Merrimack
Valley. Every month IV reports on
innovative businesses, practices, and
ideas that are helping to make Merrimack
Valley the place to be.
SALISBURY
BEACH
Melvern
Taylor (and the fabulous Mel-Tones)
new release: Salisbury
Beach
International recording
artist Melvern
Taylor (who sings the theme song
for the Paying Attention! Radio Program)
has released a new beach song about
Salisbury! Watch out DON HO!
LAWRENCE
Car thief jumps
off Duck Bridge to evade
police, then has to be rescued
Car thieves led police on a high
speed chase around 10pm Friday night
beginning near Merrimack Street in
Methuen, and into Lawrence where State,
Lawrence and Methuen Police finally
cornered him on the Duct
Bridge between Union and South
Street. That's when police say he jumped
off the bridge into the Merrimack River
and began to swim. "he kept trying
to swim from one side to the other,"
one officer on the scene said. A State
Police helicopter circled the area at
very low altitude as ambulances and
police cruisers lined both the north and
south sided of the riverbank waiting for
the suspect to emerge from the
water. "Then he started to lose
it and began calling for help," one
officer continued. "Officer Dube
jumped into the river and brought him to
safety." Police say during the chase
they inadvertently caught another car
thief while surrounding the stolen jeep
on the bridge. An ambulance brought the
jumper to the Lawrence General Hospital
and arrested the other. More on Paying
Attention! on 980AM WCAP, Saturday from
11-2pm.
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