Royal Canadian Musical Ride
video by Deborah Parker
SALEM — When he receives his diploma tonight in the Salem High field house, Greg Martinez plans to cross the stage with a walker.
It will be only a few steps, but it will mark a milestone in a journey that was hard to imagine five years ago, the attainment of a goal that few dreamed possible on Aug. 15, 2007.
SALEM — All by himself, Jesus Morales has swept aside the stereotypes, the demographic data and the educational studies.
He is an 18-year-old boy from a low-income family.
He went through school on the federally subsidized free and reduced lunch program.
Marisa DeFranco needs 750 votes this weekend, or 10,000 signatures will be for naught.
The long-shot U.S. Senate candidate from Middleton has splashed onto the national political scene in recent weeks by stubbornly standing between Democratic establishment candidate Elizabeth Warren and a clear path to the party's nomination.
SALEM — The Salem ferry opens the 2012 season in one week.
Boston Harbor Cruises announced yesterday that it is taking over the Salem-to-Boston service and will make its first run on Friday, June 8.
BEVERLY — Gov. Deval Patrick went to the top floor of the West Garage of the Cummings Center yesterday afternoon to cut the ribbon on a 366-kilowatt solar power installation.
Touting the state's investments in clean energy and life sciences, the governor spoke before approximately 100 people, many of them tenants of the Cummings Center.