Salem, MA|News|
Salem Candidate Profile: Alice Merkl For City Council
Alice Merkl shares why she should be elected to Salem City Council in another Patch candidate profile for the 2019 city election.
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Peabody, MA|News|
Peabody Candidate Profile: Keith Doucette For City Council
Keith Doucette shares why he should be elected to Peabody City Council in Patch's first candidate profile for the 2019 city election.
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Salem, MA|News|
Salem Candidate Profile: Domingo J. Dominguez For City Council
Domingo J. Dominguez shares why he should be reelected to Salem City Council in Patch's first candidate profile for the 2019 city election.
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Woburn, MA|News|
Woburn Fire Damages Apartment Building
Woburn firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at the Tudor Glen Village Apartments on Locust Street.
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North Andover, MA|News|
Too Soon To Know If Gas Disaster Settlement Is Adequate: Rep
U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan (D-MA) says "the pressure is still on making sure every family and business is made whole."
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Wilmington, MA|News|
Wilmington Family Will Remember Late Son With Free Ice Cream
The family of Julian George Cayer will mark what would have been his first birthday with free ice cream on Aug. 25.
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Salem, MA|News|
Salem Police Get Little Help In Drive-by Shooting Investigation
An 18-year-old woman from Everett was injured in a weekend shooting on Chase Street in Salem.
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Tewksbury, MA|News|
Tewksbury Man Killed When Car Falls On Him
The 27-year-old man was working on a car at a home on Marston Street when something went wrong.
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Salem, MA|News|
Salem State Cuts Workforce By 9.5 Percent
While about a third of the workers will be replaced, Salem State University still expects to save $6.6 million per year.
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Martha's Vineyard, MA|News|
Another Day, Another Cape Cod Shark Sighting
The latest Cape Cod shark sighting closed Cisco Beach on Nantucket Saturday morning.
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Boston, MA|News|
After Assault On Guard, Boston Police Arrest 16 On Methadone Mile
Friday's arrests come after 18 people were arrested Thursday and included Boston police officers assigned to various districts and units.
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North Andover, MA|News|
Merrimack Valley Company That Sold Tainted Water Will Close
The 117-year-old Spring Hill Dairy said "unwarranted attention" over high levels of "forever chemicals" in its products forced it to close.
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Salem, MA|News|
Once Demoted Salem Police Captain Gets Promotion
Salem Police Lt. Brian Gilligan was named acting captain five years after he was demoted over a detail scandal.
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North Andover, MA|News|
North Andover Considers Tougher Tobacco Controls
The North Andover Board of Health is considering a ban on flavored tobaccos, as well as a cap on the number of stores selling tobacco.
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Wilmington, MA|News|
Burger Chain Chooses Wilmington For First New England Location
Adam Quinn, a Dunkin franchisee, signed a development agreement to open seven Habit Burgers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
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Andover, MA|News|
Andover Superintendent Gets Two-Year Contract Extension
School Committee member Paul Murphy cast the lone vote against the extension, saying Sheldon Berman should have gotten a one-year extension.
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Peabody, MA|News|
Peabody Restaurant Will Offer 'Southern Grub'
Stanzy's Country Ranch says it will offer "southern grub," more than 100 types of whiskey and live country music.
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Burlington, MA|News|
Macy's Wins $263,000 Tax Abatement In Burlington
The Board of Assessors over-valued the retailer's property at the Burlington Mall in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
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Danvers, MA|News|
Foul Play Not Suspected In Danvers Drowning Death
Charles Gross, 77, of Danvers, was pronounced dead at Beverly Hospital after being pulled from a backyard swimming pool in Danvers.
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Tewksbury, MA|News|
Market Basket Mismanaged Employees' Investments: Lawsuit
The Tewksbury-based grocery chain says the class-action lawsuit accusing it of mismanaging retiree investments has "no merit."
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