Voters in Methuen will elect a mayor, city councilors, and school committee on November 4th. The Methuen City Council is made up of nine members. Three are elected city-wide or At-Large. This year ...

By Methuen Mayor DJ Beauregard  11/25 It’s not uncommon for politically attuned residents to come up to me and ask a string of questions that usually go something like this: “Why is the term of ...

With Valley Patriot Publisher Tom Duggan endorsing candidates in the Methuen School Committee race, he didn’t think it was fair for him to write a story about the school committee election ...

Ever wonder what is the cost of serving in local city govt? It is a question I grappled with for a few years. Recent events in my hometown of Methuen ...

Ever wonder what is the cost of serving in local city govt? It is a question I grappled with for a few years. Recent events in my hometown of Methuen ...

There is an old adage about not throwing stones while living in a glass house. That wise saying definitely resonated with me during my ...

While Lawrence, Methuen, Haverhill, and Lowell voters are all going to the polls on November 4th to choose local leaders, ...

Methuen School Committee member Kristen Maxwell says she called the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office Friday to notify ...

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.

PDF of the September 2025 Valley Patriot Print Edition ...

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 ...

BOSTON: Among the bills sponsored this session by State Auditor Diana DiZoglio is legislation to reform the Commonwealth’s payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) program for state-owned land (SOL). PILOT ...