MARBLEHEAD — It's safe to go back in the water.
Devereux Beach reopened yesterday, a week after health officials closed it and three other beaches for high bacteria levels.
It was the first time since June 2005 that the beach was closed for contamination exceeding safe limits.
Grace Oliver's Beach, Gas House Beach, Stramski's Beach and a section of Crocker Park were also closed because of elevated bacteria counts last Friday.
As of yesterday, however, all beaches were open.
Jeremy Bumagin, chief of the Marine Division for Salem Maritime, left, and Jonathan Parker, of the National Park Service, talk about the ongoing renovations to the Friendship on Friday afternoon.
SALEM — A series of repairs to the Friendship will be completed this month, but National Park Service staff say work on the three-masted ship will stretch to infinity.
BEVERLY -- Cummings Properties is planning to build a five-story office building on Dunham Road in what would be the company's first development on the 54 acres of land it purchased in 2011. The building would go up next to the only building currentl
As the 300 members of St. John's Prep's Class of 2013 paraded into the tent for graduation yesterday, the past was walking in front of them. Literally, that's because members of the class of 1963 -- wearing straw hats rather than mortarboards -- were
SALEM -- This month is the four-year anniversary of the MBTA trolley accident caused by a distracted subway driver who texted his girlfriend right before the crash. An estimated 50 riders went to the hospital on May 8, 2009, including Samantha Matte
DANVERS -- For about 10 years, accountant Diane Langlais served on the Finance Committee, an important town body that gets little attention as it oversees the town budget, warrant articles and capital improvement plans that go before Town Meeting. Bu
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