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Salem State Named Top Fulbright Scholar University For 4th Year
Salem State has three faculty working abroad and three student finalists for the Fulbright program.

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Salem State has three faculty working abroad and three student finalists for the Fulbright program.

The Essex Tech PTO event will benefit programs at the regional technical school and includes a limited-time flash sale.
Essex Heritage will host the program on how North Shore colonials prepared for war in 1775 at Meredith Farm in Topsfield.
Peabody Superintendent Josh Vadala said he will seek to have ASL count as a language course in any future state HS graduation requirements.
Host families are sought for 28 middle-school students, aged 13-14, for a week of English language and cultural immersion in July.
Individuals, groups and organizations are sought to help the town pick up from a messy winter season.
The State Supreme Judicial Court denied Philip Chism's bid for a new trial in the 2013 rape and killing of Ritzer inside Danvers High.
Danvers Superintendent Dan Bauer said the budget includes some resource reallocations but no layoffs despite a new teacher contract.
Babies born pre-term, at low birth weight and with special medical conditions are eligible for the no-cost program.
Calare Properties said Thermal Circuits will remain a tenant with the remaining space to be leased to a manufacturing company.
Smith said on Tuesday she will be on the ballot for the April 29 annual town election.
The State Fire Marshal said the five-alarm Lynn fire was ruled accidental on Monday with the stove malfunction the likely cause.
Swampscott Unites, Respects, and Embraces Diversity will host the free event Tuesday night at Swampscott High School.
Danvers Public Schools, Salem Public Schools and Salem Academy were each awarded $100,000 for student mental health and behavioral support.
The long-awaited thaw should melt much of the ice and snow that has made walking and driving precarious in many areas.
The deadline for graduating high school students to apply is April 15.
City staff will be working out of 135 Lafayette Street as well as out of the Daily Table grocery store on Friday.
State Police said the Lynn man was pronounced dead at Beverly Hospital.
The split Select Board vote came after Lynn Mayor Jared Nicholson pledged to increase Lynn's portion of the expense by $100,000 on Thursday.
Beverly police were asking the man who relieved himself on the bar of a local spot to come forward and take responsibility for his actions.