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METHUEN
Baddour:
I am not supporting Linda Campbell
Methuen State Senator
Steve Baddour is no longer supporting
State Representative Linda Dean Campbell
(D), Methuen in her bid for reelection to
the legislature. Baddour, who has
previously called Campbell "one of
the hardest working members of the
Legislature," and "someone I am
proud to work with on Beacon Hill"
during previous endorsements has now done
a 180 on Campbell saying he is
"staying neutral" now that his
"good friend" Chris DiBella has
entered the race. Baddour called The
Valley Patriot newsroom yesterday to
protest a notebook item in the July
edition of the Valley Patriot (page 15)
where he is listed as endorsing Rep.
Linda Campbell along with Mayor Manzi,
(The two helped Campbell get elected two
years ago.) and to complain about a
picture Campbell used in her newspaper
advertisements showing Baddour in a group
shot with Campbell. "I want it on
the record," Baddour said, "I
am not endorsing Linda Campbell. I don't
know why you published my picture in her
ad. I was never asked permission and no
one ever got my permission to use my
picture in an ad." Baddor
complained. I am staying neutral in this
race." (For the record; candidates
have no obligation to get
"permission" to use group shots
in campaign literature.)
METHUEN
Money for Bea's
Boatramp Approved
The City
Council voted Monday to accept a $250,000
grant from the state to create a park and
a boat ramp at the site of the old
Beas’s restaurant. The vote was 6-2,
with Councilors Pappalardo and Cronin
voting no. According to Methuen Mayor
Bill Manzi, "This money will allow
us to move forward and complete design
and then go to bid for construction.
Although there has been some dissent on
the concept of a boat ramp here this is a
unique opportunity to take a gateway to
Methuen and beautify it and create some
recreational access to the Merrimack
River. My appreciation and thanks to Rep.
Linda Dean Campbell, who has been a major
force in our negotiations with the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts over this
project, and Senator Steve Baddour.
Thanks also to City Councilor Deborah
Quinn, who has chaired the group I
established to manage this project from
the point in time when we received the
grant. As we prepare to bid the
construction phase I will keep posting
information on the progress we are
making."
LAWRENCE!
Wayne Newton Will
Perform In Lawrence Once More!
Lawrence,
MA – Sal Lupoli, President/CEO
of Sal’s Pizza Retail and Wholesale
Divisions, Salvatore’s  Restaurants and Riverwalk
Properties, is proud to announce that
singing and performing legend Wayne
Newton is coming back to Lawrence, MA on
Monday September 15th.
Sal Lupoli is working in conjunction with
world renowned author and therapist Dr.
Rene Thomas of the New Hope Health Center
to host Wayne Newton’s fundraising
concert to benefit the Adopt-A-Patient
Foundation. “It’s an honor to
have Wayne Newton coming back to
Lawrence.” said Lupoli. “Mr.
Newton was so impressed with the
Adopt-A-Patient Foundation and of course
the City of Lawrence that he actually
asked when he could come back!” said
Dr. Thomas. All proceeds will benefit the
Adopt-A-Patient Foundation and ticket
sales will be announced at the beginning
of August and will be available for sale
at Salvatore’s Restaurant in
Lawrence.
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....
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.
LAWRENCE
City
Councilor Dave Abdoo
on passage of city budget
Lawrence City Councilor
David Abdoo sent out a letter to
constituents less than 24 hours after the
passage of the city budget last night by
the Lawrence City Council.
LAWRENCE
Mayor:
Council President wrong on Water Facility
Privatization
Lawrence City Council
President Patrick Blanchette said at
Tuesday night's city council meeting that
the city council must be involved in
Sullivan's efforts to "privatize the
water department." Mayor Mike
Sullivan said tonight that the council
president was "confused"
because his efforts "are not to
privatize the water department or even
the entire facility. What I have been
talking about is about 4 to 6 employees
who operate the plant itself being
employees of a private company. Engineers
who will be licensed and qualified to
treat our water. I've been working on
this with the DEP (Department of
Environmental Protection) since April of
2007. The city will still own the
building, the pipes and even the water
that flows through them." Sullivan
said that he could either renew the
contract of the private company running
the facility now or save the city
$700,000 by entering into a contract with
another company. "This contract we
are operating in right now expires on
June 30th and I am going ahead one way or
the other. Councilor President Blanchette
ordered the issue to be taken up by the
City Council of the Whole which is a sub
committee of the council made up of all
its members.
NORTH
ANDOVER
Selectmen
Vote to Make Police Officers Agents of
the Licensing Commission
The North Andover Board
of Selectmen voted Monday night to
appoint members of the police department
as official inspectors of the Licensing
Commission to carry out enforcement of
liquor law violations in the town.
Methuen
Muslims Speak Out! ... Now You Can too!
In the four years
that the Valley Patriot has been
publishing we have never had so much
response from a news story as we have
with the June Edition on Methuen Muslims
so we have reactivated the blog so that
you too can chime in on the issue.
LAWRENCE
Devers
takes leave of absense from state job to
campaign
Former Lawrence
Mayor Marcos Devers has taken a leave of
absense from his state job at the
Industrial Accidents Board in Lawrence to
campaign full time for State
Representative against incumbent Willie
Lantigua. Devers put in for the leave
weeks ago and was approved late last week
by the governor according to our state
sources.
LAWRENCE
MMMMMMM SAL'S
PIZZA!
Sal's
Pizza Chain Eases Tomato Fears
Sal Lupoli, President/CEO of
Sal’s Pizza Retail and Wholesale
Divisions, Salvatore’s Restaurants
and Riverwalk Properties announced that
all the tomatoes used in Sal’s Pizza
stores or Salvatore’s
Restaurant’s are safe.
LAWRENCE
Sullivan
Calls Remarks by Former Councilor
“Racist”
Lawrence Mayor Michael
Sullivan issued a press release this week
calling comments in the Boston Globe by
former Lawrence City Councilor Carlos
Matos in the Boston Globe
“racist.”
METHUEN
Mayor Manzi
restricts use of city vehicles, touts
fuel savings
REMEMBER
THE FALLEN!
And those
they left behind!
Audio of
Monday's Memorial Day Ceremony in North
Andover (mp3)
MASSACHUSETTS
State Inspects
Gas Stations Across Massachusetts
Checks on Pricing &
Octane Authenticity, Few violations found
HAVERHILL
Mayor Suspends
Five Highway Workers Says Misuse
of City time "will not be
tolerated"
Mayor James J.
Fiorentini today suspended five (5)
highway department workers without pay
for using sick time and other city time
while working for private companies, and
for failing to report that city equipment
was being used on private jobs. The
suspensions were from two (2) to five (5)
days.
LAWRENCE
Greg Morris Hired as
Recycling Coordinator
Lawrence
School Committeeman Greg Morris has been
hired by Mayor Sullivan to be the city's
recycling coordinator. Morris has been
laid off from the city's DPW since late
last year. Morris replaces Francisco
Morris who is no relation.
AROUND
THE VALLEY
Cell
phone for soldiers and Little Sprouts
kick off cell phone collection drive in
Valley
METHUEN
Manzi
Fires Police Chief Joe Solomon
Who predicted
this six months ago? The big
"NEWS" in tomorrow's Alabama
Eagle is that Methuen Mayor Bill Manzi
has fired Chief Joe Solomon. Chief to
appeal to civil service .. MORE!
Former
Police Chief Joe Solomon's termination
letter
Official
Hearing Officers Report part 1
Official
Hearing Officers Report part 2
LAWRENCE
Little
Sprouts Sponsors Breast Cancer
Banquet
for One of Their Own.
Little Sprouts is
honored to sponsor The Pink Ribbon
Party a fundraiser to support Melissa
Hubert.
LAWRENCE
City Clerk,
Councilor Writes Character Reference
Letters for Former School Committeeman
Stokes
Federal Judge
Sentences Stokes to 2 years probation, a
fine and 100 hrs of community service
Lawrence City Clerk Jim
Maloney as well as two Lawrence City
Councilors wrote character references for
Jim Stokes who plead guilty to forging
military discharge papers and claiming to
be a veteran on the November '07
municipal ballot when he defeated
incumbent Greg Morris. City Councilors
Nick Kolofoles wrote letters as well as
heads of several city neighborhood
groups. (Stokes
Letters) Stokes was
sentenced today to 100 hours of community
service, 2 years probation and a fine.
Prosecutors were asking for at least 30
days in jail.
(sentencing
memorandum)
HAVERHILL
Mayor
Fiorentini promotes Borden to Fire Chief
LAWRENCE
School
Committee Deeds 2 Schools Back to City
The
Lawrence School Committee deeded two
schools back to the city of Lawrence last
night: The General Donovan and the lower
section of the AB Bruce School. Lawrence
Mayor Michael Sullivan said that
transferring the schools back to the city
saves the school department money as the
city of Lawrence would be paying for
heat, electricity and maintenance out of
city funds instead of school funds. The
School Committee deeded the Saunders
School on S. Broadway back to the city
last year. The Lawrence City Council put
the school up for sale with no minimum
bid against the recommendation of the Mayor's office.
Voting against deeding the Bruce and
Donovan Schools back to the city of
Lawrence were: School Committeemen Jim
Vittorioso and Martina Cruz.
LAWRENCE
Lawrence
School Committee Approves $135MIL Budget
By a vote of 5-2 the Lawrence School
Committee approved the FY09 budget for
the Lawrence Public School System. The
budget spending plan totaled $135,195,681
and must now be approved by the Lawrence
City Council as part of the entire city
budget from July 1, 2008 to June 30,
2009. Voting against the school budget
were School Committeemen James Vittorioso
and Greg Morris. Morris said he voted
against the budget because of the
additional transportation expenses he
says the city should not have to pay.
ETHICS
The
State Ethics Commission’s
Enforcement Division Alleges Former Mass
Highway Contractor Project Manager Terry
Edwards Gave Bribes/Gratuities to a
Construction Inspector
HAVERHILL
Council
Votes for Mayor's Parking Plan
Civilian
ticketers may be hired instead of police
officers.
LAWRENCE
City partners up with
Sal’s Pizza, Non Profits to
streamline citizenship process for LEGAL
immigrants
Immigrants who are legally
residing in the United Sttaes and are
working for Sal’s Pizza or
Salvatore’s Restaurants will have a
pathway to citizenship thanks to a new
initiative bringing together non profits,
the private sector and the city of
Lawrence. "This is not something to
help illegals stay in this country. This
is a program to help those who are here
legally, those who went through the
process, those who respect the laws of
this nation to go through the process of
becoming an American Citizen,” said
Lawrence Mayor Michael Sullivan. The
program will help those who are seeking
citizenship by pooling private and public
dollars to defray the cost of red tape
associated with obtaining legal
citizenship. Sullivan held a press
conference yesterday at Sal's
Riverwalk where he talked about the
burdon some immigrants have when it comes
to navigating the immigration system and
how this new initiative can help with
legal assistance, bridging language
barriers and creating a stable work
environment for those who are "here
legally" and "those who want to
become US citizens.
LAWRENCE
Councilor
rushed to hospital for suspected drug
overdose
Lawrence
City Councilor Grisel Silva was rushed to
the hospital Wednesday afternoon after a
911 call was placed to the Lawrence
Police claiming the District
"B" councilor was in her car
and had taken a bottle of sleeping pills.
(READ
TRIBUNE STORY HERE)
Officers
Flemming and Beauleau investigated the
incident and Silva was held for
observation overnight. Police said last
night that Silva will most likely, not be
charged with driving while under the
influenc.. Silva's husband Nelson,
refused to comment to the Valley Patriot
last night, but did threaten to sue the
Lawrence Police the Eagle Tribune and the
Valley Patriot if the police report or
the 911 call was reported to the public.
Oddly enough, Councilor Silva did issue a
public statement last night only minutes
after the Valley Patriot website posted
the story and then was hacked into,
making updates to the site impossible for
more than two hours. (Grisel Silva's
Press Release)
MASSACHUSETTS
State
meets obligation on SPED mandate
State
Senator Steve Panagiotakos
Chairman Senate Ways & Means
Committee
HAVERHILL
Parking
Commission Introduces New Parking Plan
for Downtown Haverhill
Mayor Endorses Plan as
“Important First Step”
Valley Patriot
web extra!
NORTH
ANDOVER
Middle School
Administration Addresses Valley Patriot
Lead Story
Letters from the
administration of the North Andover
Middle School today, went
home to parents today to ease their
safety concerns about the
lead story in the
Valley Patriot's April edition. In the letter
the parents of Middle School students
were assured that the administration
takes safety concerns seriously and that
the
child's threats pose no danger to the
school.
Read the letter here
GREEN
BUSINESS
EMERGENCE
OF THE GREEN MILL REGION
The
Innovation Valley
Guys - Valley
Patriot
04/08
LAWRENCE
Eagle~Tribune finally
reports on Padellaro Porn Lawsuit & 600K+
Settlement
It only took the
Eagle~Tribune four months to
"discover the news" that
the City of Lawrence had to make a major
payout to Jennier Padellaro
due to sexual harassment by former city
clerk Jim McGravey and the fact
that officials from the the City of
Lawrence (including Patrick Blanchette)
acted illegally in their response to
Padellaro's complaints. For the record,
The
Valley Patriot lead story
on January 4th. Today is April 2nd. Next
Month the Tribune will reveal the news
that John Kennedy was assasinated.
LAWRENCE
Mayor
Sullivan secures $600,000
for the City of Lawrence
Under the leadership of
Mayor Michael J. Sullivan, a 40R zoning
designation was passed for the Malden
Mills complex that will lead to the City
of Lawrence immediately receiving
$600,000 for creating this special zoning
and Lawrence will receive an additional
$3,000 as each unit of housing is
completed within the specially zoned
area."
LAWRENCE
Andrews Throws Blanchette,
Sullivan Under the Bus
Maybe we've all misjudged
Lawrence Finance Director Mark Andrews.
Sunday, Andrews announced his big plan to
grab an additional $60K in pay by putting
himself in the running to be Lawrence's
first unofficial City Manager, (while
city employees are being laid off and the
city is in a financial crisis). This
comes just a year and a half before
Council President Patrick Blanchette has
poised himself to replace Lawrence Mayor
Michael J. Sullivan in the 2009 municipal
elections. And it comes at a time when
Mayor Sullivan seems all too willing to
shoot himself in the foot, (but not
before sticking it in his mouth). If
Andrews gets his way, Blanchette will be
relegated to kissing babies and cutting
ribbons if he is elected as the next
mayor of Lawrence.
NORTH
ANDOVER
Voters choose
Watson, Nardella as new Selectmen;
Nobile, Limpert for School
Committeemen
Voters in North Andover
elected two new members
to the board of selectmen today replacing
longtime Selectman Jim Xenakis and one
term selectman Tom Licciardello, both of
whom chose not to seek reelection to the
board. Newcomers Rick Nardella and Tracy
Watson defeated Joe Smith and ormer
selectman Don Stewart. UNOFFICIAL
RESULTS: BOARD
OF SELECTMEN
- School
Committee
NORTH
ANDOVER
Dr.
Ormsby responds to Committeeman
Kelley's Attacks on
Taxpayer Association
Podcast
of Saturday's Paying Attention! Radio
Program on WCAP 980AM
Hour
1 March 22
>>>>>>>>Hour
2, March 22
MASSACHUSETTS
Tucker Earns Perfect Score
for Work on Environment
BOSTON
– The Massachusetts Audubon Society
recently announced that Senator Sue
Tucker (D-Andover)
of support received a perfect score of
100% on its 2007 Legislative Report Card
for her issues that protect the of
environment. Long regarded as one of the
strongest voices on behalf environmental
issues in the Legislature, Tucker said
she is honored to stand among those who
recognize that clean water, clean air,
and the reduction of toxic elements are
fundamental to our environment
HAVERHILL
Fiorentini,
Firefighters Union kick off
city's new health and wellness initiative
Mayor James J.
Fiorentini today announced that he would
be kicking off a City wide wellness
initiative for city employees starting on
April 30th. The Mayor said he
was doing so at the request and urging of
City Firefighters Union 1011. (MORE)
LAWRENCE
Mayor
Sullivan: In 6 months we're going to
unveil
our plan to build new Police Station
Lawrence
Mayor Mike Sullivan held a fund raiser
tonight at Sal's Riverwalk where he
announced for the first time that there
will be a new Lawrence Police Station and
that the plans for construction and a new
location will be unveiled in six months.
Stay tuned as we are sure to have the
story first ... again!
HUH??
LAWRENCE
I VOTED
FOR LANTIGUA BEFORE I VOTED AGAINST HIM
Governor
Patrick Shows up to Support Marcos
Devers just Three days after Showing up
to Support Willie Lantigua
CLICK ABOVE FOR
GOVERNOR's LETTER SUPPORTED FOR WILLIE
LANTIGUA
Governor
Deval Patrick showed up at a Marcos
Devers fund raising event Thursday, just
three days after showing his support for
State Rep. Willie Lantigua. Devers and
Lantigua will face off in the Democrat
Primary this fall. The governor was so
nervous that people would find out he was
playing both sides of the campaign that
he had a member of the press removed from
the room.
MASSACHUSETTS
Governor
Deval Patrick's task force to demand
removal
of ALL FLAGS from highway overpasses
Masshighway
workers will be ordered to remove all
flag displays by May
LAWRENCE/METHUEN
Mayor
Sullivan responds to "biggest
loser" Comments
Methuen Mayor Bill Manzi; "Sullivan
is Going Down!"
Lawrence Mayor Mike
Sullivan today responded to comments made
by Methuen Mayor Billy Manzi on
WCAP's Paying Attention! Radio Program
last Satuday saying he is "up for the
challenge!" in Latitude
Sports Club's "Merrimack Valley's
Biggest Loser weight loss
competition. Sullivan said today
that he wants to "up that ante"
with a bench pressing competitoin.
"Look, Manzi could lose 25 pounds in
a week if he just stopped eating a box of Twinkies ever
day. Let’s make this a competition
that matters,”
LAWRENCE
Councilors Vote to
Send Voter ID to State Legislature
Lawrence City Councilors
voted to send a measure to the State
Legislature last night to require VOTER
ID for all Lawrence voters.
AROUND
THE VALLEY
Congressman
Tsongas to Deliver Federal Funds to
Merrimack
Valley Regional Transit Authority
Will
Announce $392,000 in Funds Secured in
Federal Spending Bill
METHUEN
posted
02/19/08
Mayor
Manzi Releases Charges on
Police Chief Joe Solomon
For the
first time, Mayor Billy Manzi releases
his charges against Methuen Police Chief
Joe Solomon. Manzi charges that Solomon
abused his authority and impeded a
criminal investigation against his
brother-in-law, violated conlict of
interest laws, used city resources to
initiate a lawsuit against the city,
"compromised the integrity of
criminal investigations",
"mismanagement of funds", and
"showing preferential
treatment."
METHUEN
VALLEY
PATRIOT
WEB EXTRA!!
On
Eve of police chief’s hearing,
Solomon supporters accuse
Manzi of corruption, Manzi fires back
“These
are despicable actions of a desperate
man,” Methuen Mayor Bill Manzi told
the Valley Patriot
Tom Duggan
Chief
Solomon alleges federal corruption probe
of Mayor Manzi
Claims
Mayor’s actions against him are
retaliatory and invokes protections under
federal and state whistleblower laws
Haverhill
Mayor Orders Hiring Freeze
CONGRESS
Tsongas
Reacts to President's Address
VALLEY
PATRIOT EXCLUSIVE
NORTH ANDOVER
16
year old Arrested, arrained
for bomb threat at North Andover High
North Andover Police arrested a 16 year
old freshman from N. Andover High and
charged her with making a bomb threat,
yesterday. This initially happened on
FRIDAY of last week. STILL no story in
the Trib.
METHUEN
EXCLUSIVE!!!
Solomon
Attorney Issues Exclusive Statement
to
The Valley Patriot on Lariviere Trial
With the trial of
Maurice Lariviere over and Methuen's
Chief Solomon and Deputy Chief Alaimo
vindicated against charges they violated
the former city solicitor's civil rights,
Solomon's lawyer has issued a statement
EXCLUSIVELY to the Valley Patriot on the
matter. Their quote in today's Trib was
that they will be "issuing a
statement in the future." And, until
they steal our material without giving us
attribution... YOU CAN ONLY GET IT HERE!
Per
Pupil Spending Rises in North Andover
The BLUE plot is actuals
(except the last point for FY09 which is
the current recommended budget for
next year). The RED curve shows what
the spending per pupil would be IF it
went up 3% per year. NOTE that enrollment
changes are not important ... this is PER
PUPIL spending.
LAWRENCE
While
city workers are laid off, water bills
and taxes going up, Council President
Parick Blanchette takes his $5,000 raise
Here is a copy of Patrick
Blanchette's Employee Action Form where
he accepts his $5,000 raise, all the
while criticizing ACTUAL city employees
who have recieved stipends for doing REAL
work for the city ... MORE
COMING
LAWRENCE
Lawrence
Fire Continues to Smolder 14 hours Later
LAWRENCE
Salvatore’s
Restaurant donates food to fire victims
and brave heroes
LAWRENCE
Congressman
Tsongas Tours Fire Damage in Lawrence
AUDIO Chief
Takvorian
from last week's city council meeting
NORTH
ANDOVER
School
Committee Claims Former Acting
Superintendent
Stole $4,800 before leaving School System
Former
Acting Superintendent Richard Bergeron is
being accused of stealing more than
$4,800 when he was working for the school
system last year. Bergeron instructed the
clerical staff to give him the bonus in
his paycheck without legal school
committee approval and without a vote of
the committee. Bergeron is counter suing
the committee claiming he had a verbal
promise from former Committee Chairman Al
Perry to receive a $15,000 bonus.
Bergeron was the assistant superintendent
until he waselevated to acting
superintendent when Harry Harutunain
resigned.
LAWRENCE
Mayor
Sullivan on WCAP: I am OUTRAGED!
Sullivan
Interview Part I(MP3)
>>> Sullivan
Interview Part II(MP3)
Appearing
on WCAP/980AM's Paying Attention radio
program on Saturday, Lawrence Mayor Mike
Sullivan took the gloves off and went
after tabloid columnist Dalia Diaz and
her cronies on her Lawrence Radio Station
for defending Jim Stokes and
manufacturing a "conspiracy
theory" blaming the Mayor and his
admiistration.
LAWRENCE
Valley Patriot
Photo, (c) 2008
Five Alarm Fire
Guts 42-44 Park St.
Lawrence Firefighters brave
the freezing temperatures to battle a
five alarm fire that gutted this Park St.
building.Fire Chief Takvorial (left, in
yellow) said the building was
abandonedand used to be a church. Mutual
aid responded from several surrounding
communities. Fire Chief Pete Takvorian
took a minute (actually 1min 32 sec) to
answer a few quick questions. As of
10:30PM fire officials could not say on
the record whether or not they can rule
out arson. Fire
Chief Takvorian
(MP3)
UPDATE!
LAWRENCE
Stokes
Arraigned in US District Court
1/9/08
updated 4pm
Elected Lawrence School
Committeeman James Stokes was arraigned
in Federal Court in Boston today after
being arrested at Top Donut on Winthrop
Avenue by Lawrence Police and Federal
Agents.
Mayor,
Superintendent to Walk out of School
Committee
Meeting in Protest of Jim Stokes
Attendance
METHUEN
Methuen
Mayor Bill Manzi's 2nd Innaugural Address
Bill Manzi
Haverhill
Mayor Jim Fiorentini's 3rd
Innaugural Address
Jim
Fiorentini
HAVERHILL
Haverhill
Mayor Hires New DPW Director
North Attleboro DPW Chief,
Michael Stankovich Coming to Haverhill
Mayor Promotes Robert Ward to Deputy DPW
Director
HAVERHILL
Haverhill
High School Pool Opens
CONGRESS
Tsongas
Condemns Bush Administration Plans to
Deny Health Care Coverage to Millions of
Families
President Bush is attacked
for running up a deficit and when he
tries to
cut spending he is, of
course ... attacked
Stokes
Plans to take School Committee Seat
12/18/07
Jim Stokes who was elected
to the school committee last month, has
had his military service called into
question by city officials and the media.
Stokes addressed the Lawrence School
Committee last night and declared that he
will not resign his seat and plans to
take office in January. Russ Contreras
from the Boston Globe covered the meeting
and will have an update on boston.com
Haverhill
Snow
update from Mayor Fiorentini
VALLEY PATRIOT WEB
EXTRA
12/14/07
Lawrence
City Council Bucks Inspector
General's demand on 128 Newbury St.
Property
Lawrence city
councilors bucked Inspector General
Gregory Sullivan last night by refusing
to follow state law c.30B and refer the
property at 128 Newbury Street to the
Housing sub committee. The City Council
illegally sold the city owned land
on Newbury St. because they did not
follow the proper process, or any process
at all when considering bids. The IG's
office wrote a letter to the council
stating that they had to go back and
start the process over but instead the
council took a 9-0 vote to defy the IG
and "reaffirmed" their original
illegal vote. No word from the tribune on
this one.
Lawrence
Fiorentini
Announces Sale of Bradford College
Complete
LAWRENCE
Councilor
Alvarez: I will retire from politics in
two years!
posted
(11-03-07)
At-Large
City Councilor Nilka Alvrez-Rodriguez
announced at the Mount Vernon
Neighborhood debate that she will retire
from politics in two years. The councilor
is seeking reelection in the at-large
city council race on Tuesday.
LAWRENCE
Councilors
Refuse to File Campaign Finances
RACE FOR
CONGRESS
Remarks
by Niki Tsongas on Winning Election
(posted 10/16/07)
METHUEN
posted 10/10/07 -
Tom Duggan
Ted Kennedy Visits
Manzi Gardens
to Endorse Niki Tsongas for congress
Video
1 - Sen. Ted Kennedy brings his dogs to
meet seniors in Methuen
Video
2 - Mayor Bill Manzi supports S-CHIP
program as he touts Tsongas
Video
3 - Sen Kennedy speaks at Manzi Gardens
about senior issues,
and
chides Tsongas' opponents
Lawrence
Blanchette:
Loans to Pay City Computer Workers Were
Illegal
City Council
President Patrick Blanchette says a loan
for over $1 Mil to pay for the city's
Internet & Technology workers was
illegal because it did not get council
aproval.
Blanchette's
Letter to Comptroller/Treasurer
Blanchette's
Letter to City Atty
Charlie
Boddy's Response to Blanchette
North
Andover
FY08
Budget Spreadsheet
THANK GOD we have
people like Cindy Jalbert who can
volunteer hours of her time to put THIS
kind of hysterical budget together.
North
Andover
POWER
POINT PRESENTATION ON
THE FY08 SCHOOL BUDGET
Dirma
Espada's House to be Auctioned
Lawrence's
favorite Identity Thief Dirma Espada
(Milagros Dominguez?) will have her
Falmouth Street Home Auctioned. Will her
newspaper "The
Latino News"
be next?
Tribune's Bill
Ketter Named VP of News
for Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.
The New
Angland Press Association reports today
that Eagle~Tribune Editor Bill Ketter has
been named VP of News for Community
Newpaper Holdings headquartered in
Birmingham Alabama
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