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Tucker To Replace Retiring Blodgett As Essex County DA
Paul Tucker defeated James O'Shea in the Democratic primary for Essex County district attorney. There is no Republican challenger

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Paul Tucker defeated James O'Shea in the Democratic primary for Essex County district attorney. There is no Republican challenger

Current Essex County Sherriff Kevin Coppinger defeated Virginia Leigh in the Democratic primary. There was no Republican candidate.
Rodney Elliott held off Zoe Dzineku by just 102 votes in the primary for state representative in the 16th Middlesex District.
Devaney held off challenger Mara Dolan in the 3rd District Governor's Council Primary, winning by just 1,702 votes.
The market takes place from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at Livingston Street Park. Everything Alpaca will bring alpaca products and alpacas.
The 4th annual Guns & Hoses event will feature a Police vs. Fire softball game. Proceeds will be split between two charities.
Find out which students from Salem made the President's List and the Dean's List at Southern New Hampshire University this past summer.
Marilyn Devaney returns to the Governor's Council with a 1,700-vote win. Rodney Elliott's 102-vote win earns him the state rep nomination.
Bob Friedburg of Bedford and Craig Jones of Hollis have been elected to the board at Millyard, which has branches in Nashua and Hollis.
Simon Cataldo, of Concord, defeated Vivian Birchall and Patricia Wojtas and will face Republican Rodney Cleaves in the general election.
The Kentucky-based gaming entertainment company plans to spend $150M to expand the facility and add historical horse racing games.
According to the Associated Press, Paul Tucker beat James O'Shea for DA and Kevin Coppinger defeated Virginia Leigh for sheriff.
With 54.03 percent of votes counted, the incumbent Marilyn Petitto Devaney led Mara Dolan 51.4 percent to 48.6 percent, according to the AP.
The Alert Center allows visitors to stay up to date on potentially disruptive, non-life threatening events.
Household Hazardous Waste Day will be held on Saturday, November 5, 2022 from 8:00 AM-1:00 PM.
Sasha Lemoine, of Leominster, MA, was charged with attempted theft by deception, a Class A felony, and forgery, a Class B felony.
Health officials said untreated or partially treated wastewater was released into the river on Monday at a treatment facility in Lowell.
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