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John Newman climbs up the stern of the Frienship after being in the lifeboat preparing for their departure from Derby Wharf on Monday afternoon. The Friendship was headed for Fairhaven for a haul-out. Photo by Kristen Olson

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  • Peabody picks superintendent PEABODY — Joseph Mastrocola has been hired as the new superintendent of the Peabody School District after a unanimous vote by the Peabody School Committee Thursday night.
    Mastrocola worked as the assistant superintendent in Peabody from 2007 to 2010 before leaving to become superintendent at Groton-Dunstable Regional School District.

    February 11, 2012

  • Colossal campaign collection

    Many know Alan Hartnett as a guy who operates a popular, family-owned car wash and auto body shop on Water Street in Danvers. 

    Few realize he is really cleaning up when it comes to political memorabilia.
    However, in a year when Republicans are furiously vying to unseat President Barack Obama, the political item pickings are few and far between, despite the hundreds of millions that will be spent on campaigns.

    February 11, 2012

  • 4th man charged in Hilltop probe SALEM — A former resident of a Boston Street rooming house, where two men died last fall of apparent drug overdoses, has been charged in connection with one of the deaths.
    Salem police obtained an arrest warrant yesterday for Anthony Burney, 36, in connection with the Dec. 4 death of a 40-year-old Lynn man who resided at Hilltop Manor, a lodging house at 179 Boston St.

    February 11, 2012

  • 6 years and counting, restaurant still on hold After Mayor Bill Scanlon's State of the City address Monday night, City Council President Paul Guanci asked the question that residents have been asking since 2006.
    What's up with the Black Cow?
    Guanci was not talking about farm animals or the 1977 Steely Dan song. He was talking about the Black Cow restaurant that was first proposed six years ago this month but has yet to be built.

    February 11, 2012

  • No water woes for region — yet Water levels on the North Shore are still close to average but dropping fast due to a recent lack of precipitation.
    Up through last night, not a single drop of moisture had fallen in February, and January saw just 2.67 inches. That's almost three-quarters of an inch less than the 30-year average, according to The National Weather Service. In total, the North Shore has received about an inch-and-a-half less precipitation than normal in January and February.

    February 11, 2012