Joel Desilets, Windham, NH A prominent theme in the personal finance space this month is concern over the rising costs of ...

By: Senator Payano 12/25 Food insecurity is not a distant issue. It’s a reality that far too many families in Lawrence, Methuen, and Haverhill grapple with every day. And the problem isn’t limited ...

By: Kevin Dube  North Andover Republican Town Committee Another day, another audit Queen Healey refuses to comply with, this ...

By: Tim Thibault 12/25 We are all familiar with the phrase “those who fail to plan have a plan for failure.” This applies not ...

PDF of The January, 2026 Valley Patriot Print Edition ...

Comedian Ajay Gallewale was the final winner of the Merrimack Valley’s Funniest Person Contest, beating out forty other ...

December 31, 2025 Letizia Zwicker of Dracut is the winner of a $1 million prize in the Massachusetts State Lottery’s ...

By: Senator Payano 12/25 Food insecurity is not a distant issue. It’s a reality that far too many families in Lawrence, Methuen, and Haverhill grapple with every day. And the problem isn’t limited to ...

EDITORS NOTE: The new campaign finance laws dictate that cities like Lawrence with a population of more than 65,000 people must file their campaign finance reports monthly on the year of an election.

Seven out of ten kids in the Methuen Public School System cannot read at grade level. More than 73% of Methuen kids can’t do math at grade level. Superintendent Kwong and her administration graduates ...

Lawrence’s James George Hajjar, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in the Plains neighborhood in Lawrence, a community of Lebanese, Sicilian, and Irish, a few blocks northwest of Campagnone ...