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A counselor-in-training at Children's Island Camp in Marblehead tested positive for the coronavirus.
Applicants for the $500 "Devil's advocate" scholarships are asked to describe a teacher who crushed your spirit...and made you hate" school.
Police found five guns in the home of Iury Sette, 18, of Danvers, in February, including two without serial numbers.
Petitioners collected 374 of the 1,708 signatures they needed to recall Swampscott Selectman Don Hause.
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Marblehead police said an argument between a man with a gun and a man with a box cutter followed a “pile of misunderstandings.”
Moulton's campaign said attempts by Angus McQuilken to link the Representative to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal are "disgusting."
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Despite heavy damage to their vehicles, the three drivers had what were described as non-life threatening injuries.
Jake Straw scored 25 goals and 25 assists for Beverly's 2014 state championship team.
On July 13 there were no patients being treated for the coronavirus at Beverly Hospital. Since then, the number has steadily risen.
Mary Trump's book recounts a visit by 18-year-old Donald Trump to visit her father Freddy in 1964.
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Businesses will be required to enforce the order, which covers downtown and most major public parks in Salem.
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Beverly City Council approved a measure that was the first step in adopting a stance being considered in several Massachusetts communities.
The couple were accused of strangling their 14-year-old daughter and threatening to throw her off a balcony.
Massachusetts was one of just five states that saw its unemployment rate increase in June.
The state unveiled new data showing nearly one in five Massachusetts towns saw an increase in positive coronavirus test rates.