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July 3, 2009

Anonymous The Salem News Fri Jul 03, 2009, 05:45 AM EDT

Beverly

Wednesday

Shortly before 4 a.m., a man attempted to gain access to his Rantoul Street apartment using a Comcast ladder. He also vandalized his own motor vehicle, shattering the rear driver's-side window to look for a spare house key. The ladder was returned to a Comcast van and the man was eventually able to gain access to his apartment, according to police.

Peabody

Wednesday

Olga Gusmini, 31, of 6 Corinthian Way, Georgetown, was arrested at 6:18 p.m. and charged with shoplifting at Filene's Basement.

Thursday

Roland Biqiku, 47, of 22 Warren St., Apt. 3, was arrested at 3:23 p.m. at his home and charged with domestic assault and battery.

Swampscott

Wednesday

A pedestrian was transported to Salem Hospital with a possible foot injury after being hit by a motor vehicle on Humphrey Street at 3:15 p.m.

The operator of a motor vehicle that went into Kennedy Studios on Humphrey St. at 10:20 p.m. was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. Police declined to release the operator's name last night. The incident is still under investigation. The town's building inspector was called to examine the structure. The Department of Public Works was called to repair damage to a hydrant and street sign.

The Salem police log was not available last night.

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Health care law debated

About 100 city union members packed the Wiggin Auditorium in City Hall last night, as the Peabody City Council debated the merits of a new law that would curb the unions' ability to negotiate their health benefits.

Feb 10, 2012 4:50 am
Borders site is next chapter for auto dealer

DANVERS — Danvers-based Kelly Automotive Group is ramping up expansion plans along Route 114 in both Danvers and Peabody.
Kelly is mulling the creation of a two-story dealership out of the vacant former Borders Books and Music store on Andover Street in Peabody. The Danvers native and the company's president, Brian Kelly, acquired the property in December.

Feb 10, 2012 4:48 am
Road race issue crosses finish line

SALEM — The City Council agreed last night to track and monitor Salem's many road races through creation of a master calendar.
Salem's volume of road races, and the fact that many of them run through the same sections of the city, had come under scrutiny by the council this winter.

Feb 10, 2012 4:47 am
Salem businessman offers firsthand insight on Egypt

SALEM — David Williams, 55, had a good feeling when he was asked to go to Egypt as part of a team of Americans dedicated to teaching that country's new democrats just how politics works.
Today, he's less positive about a process that has seen revolution followed by elections and then, to his shock, the prosecution of Americans and others working to assist in the creation of a stable democracy.

Feb 10, 2012 4:46 am
A Salem flag-raising in Afghanistan

SALEM — For Veterans Day, third-graders from the Witchcraft Heights School wrote letters to U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
The school has done this in the past, but this time was different. This time they sent them to a soldier from Salem, U.S. Army Pfc. Michael Levesque.

Feb 10, 2012 4:45 am
Body-moving case in court next month Feb 10, 2012 4:45 am
Hamilton looks to share emergency dispatch facility Feb 10, 2012 4:44 am
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