WASHINGTON - An African archbishop who wants to make celibacy optional for priests installed four married men yesterday as Roman Catholic bishops. This article can be read in full with a Plus Edition account.
Local News
- Local News
-
-
Debate: Should mayor speak?
It is the debate that will not die.
Does the mayor have a right to speak at City Council meetings?
It first flared more than a year ago when former Salem City Councilor Steve Pinto invoked a rule that allows a single councilor to block a member of the audience from speaking. In this case, he prevented Mayor Kim Driscoll from making her case for a new lease agreement for a City Hall annex. -
Bottle bill proposal has Keenan in the hot seat
It seems like a simple question: Should water and other noncarbonated drinks be subject to the state's bottle redemption laws?
It's an issue, however, that has been debated in the state Legislature for 14 years, with no resolution. Now it's coming up again, and Salem state Rep. John Keenan is right in the middle of it. -
Middleton woman could qualify for state Democratic primary
MIDDLETON — Her U.S. Senate campaign has little cash and no paid staff, and she is virtually unknown to most would-be Massachusetts voters.
Yet Democrat Marisa DeFranco, an immigration attorney from Middleton, is on the verge of qualifying for the September primary ballot, denying the party's prohibitive favorite, Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren, the ability to focus exclusively on Republican incumbent Scott Brown. -
Police
Salem
Sunday
Nothing was discovered after a report at 12:45 a.m. of cars racing and possible gunshots near the Highland Avenue Walmart.
David James Casey, 51, of 51/2 Leach St., Salem, was arrested at 7:50 p.m. on Leach Street by officers Kathleen Rocheville and Daniel Tucker on two counts of domestic assault and battery and intimidation of a witness. -
Photo Gallery: 2012 Graduations
Images of the Class of 2012 for North Shore high schools, colleges and universities. Updated throughout the graduation season.
- Civil War monument: Weight on the world
- Town plans summer camp for motel kids
- Snow parking ban melts away
- Charity golf tournament planned for Monday
- North Shore Community College graduates
- Topsfield police investigate break-in
- Salem High tightens sports policy
- Documentary unveils secrets of Ghost Army
- Few have given as much as Anna Bertini
- New superintendent for Hamilton-Wenham to earn $165,000
- Leather factory to be razed
- Marbleheader brings Indian, Pakistani professors together
- Ramps at Route 62 to open next week
- Ipswich names town manager finalists
- Fenwick grads look to future
- The Waring School graduates headmaster with Class of 2012
- Montserrat College of Art commencement
- Police
- Corrections
- Correction
- Repair to close main route between Manchester, Essex
- salem man admits fraud
- Drinking cows crash party
- New faces elected to H-W school board
- Parades, church services planned for Memorial Day weekend
-
Debate: Should mayor speak?
Man Falls Off Crane, Dies After Police Standoff
Raw Video: Cop Shoots Man Eating Another's Face
Russia Condemns Ally Syria Over Massacre of 108
Raw Video: Earthquake Shakes Evacuees in Italy
Dairy Farm Uses Chiropractor to Help Cows
Unexpected Smog in Pristine National Parks
Air Canada Plane Makes Emergency Landing
New Ticks Spread Across Southeast, Diseases Rise
Bring Your Own Tech Programs Charge Up Students
Pope's Butler Vows to Help Vatican Investigation
Mother of Allegedly Abused Girl Denies Claims
Raw Video: 19 Dead in Qatar Shopping Mall Fire
Service Dogs Help Wash. Soldiers Battling PTSD
Raw Video: Heckler Bursts in on Blair Testimony
Japan Farmers Plant, Seek Radiation-free Rice
Vatican in Chaos After Butler Arrested for Leaks
