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Blaze likely caused by spontaneous combustion
A two-alarm mulch fire on Farm Avenue in the vicinity of Exit 45 on Interstate 95 in Peabody forced state police to close the ramp from I-95 south to Route 128 north yesterday afternoon, as smoke blew across the roadway and made it hard to see.
PEABODY — Heavy equipment and four Peabody Fire Department engines were required to control a mulch fire off Farm Avenue yesterday.
Billowing white smoke shot high into the air over an area near Interstate 95 and routes 128 and 1, causing state police to close busy ramps, clogging traffic. -
Police identify crash victim
DANVERS — One man is alive and in stable condition, while the mother of his close friend got word yesterday of her son's death in a violent crash on Route 128 Sunday just prior to 8 p.m.
Reginaldo Dasilva Souza, the driver and a Peabody resident, was pronounced dead at the scene. According to a preliminary investigation by state police, including Trooper Robert Noonan, Souza's 1999 Honda veered across two lanes, struck a Jersey barrier, continued onto a ramp to Route 35, then left the roadway only to strike two more barriers. -
Scanlon to focus on repair projects
With the signature accomplishment of a new high school behind him, Mayor Bill Scanlon plans to turn his attention to the nuts and bolts of repairing city buildings, streets, sidewalks, and underground water and sewer pipes in the next two years.
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Court settlement with Salem power plant ends city's coal era
SALEM — A federal court settlement announced yesterday between Dominion Energy Inc. and two environmental groups that accused the company of pollution violations signals the death of coal at Salem Harbor Station.
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Legislators move forward with sentencing bill
BOSTON — House and Senate conferees last week came closer to resolving differences between respective bills cracking down on violent offenders.
State Rep. Brad Hill, R-Ipswich, a member of the conference committee, said the House conferees would be willing to discuss the reduced mandatory minimum sentences for certain nonviolent drug offenders. - Beverly Cultural Council awards grants
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