Comments on: A short history of the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office

By: Lawrence J.Delaney, M.D.

Lawrence J.Delaney, M.D. — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:41:20 +0000

Howard Fitzpatrick and Speaker John W.McCormack Were
Trustees of The Delaney Medical Research Foundation
I was President.
Lawrence J.Delaney, M.D.
508 650 9928

By: Eddie

Eddie — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:30:32 +0000

Point of technical information: It was Scott Harshbarger, not James Shannon, who was AG at the time and trying to remove John McGonigle from office in concert with Bill Weld.

By: Mary Shaw

Mary Shaw — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:21:11 +0000

Can anyone help me to locate John’s wife Marie? She was a close friend to my Aunt Barbara.

By: JoeS

JoeS — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:56:53 +0000

This one ends more tragically than anyone could imagine.

By: DickH

DickH — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:01:40 +0000

Margie – Thanks for sharing that. I never met Mr Buckley much to my regret because he certainly seems like he was an interesting guy. I do recall appearing before Judge Buckley in the Lowell District Court (as an attorney, not a defendant) and found her to be just as you describe with an added dose of compassion.

By: Margie

Margie — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 20:30:16 +0000

Buckley was a wonderful fellow who went to the floor of the Republican presidential nominating convention to argue for gun control. He was a friend of the late Eliot Richardson and tried to get him nominated for Vice President in Kansas in 1976. His wife, Marie Buckley, was a smart, tough attorney who became a judge when Bill Weld was governor

By: Marie

Marie — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 01:43:59 +0000

Good recounting of the Middlesex Sheriffs since 1948. Many times as a kid I heard the Billerica House of Correction under Fitzpatrick called “the country club.” The inmates were a bit different in his day. For years Fitzpatrick invited my uncle Fr. Bill Kirwin – Oblate of Mary Immaculate – a pretty good homalist as Oblates are – to conduct an annual retreat for the Billerica inmates. Imagine doing that today?