" The perception is that our little program isn't needed, but it is. Now they are looking under rocks for things to cast aspersions on us. "
Ipswich Recreation Director Betty Dorman on questions raised about the department's budget and her failure to conduct CORI checks on employees in the summer program
" We call it like we see it, which I think lends for comedy. We can see through the front people put up. "
Chet Harding on how growing up in Wenham influenced his career as a professional comedian
" People come from all over the world to visit little Ipswich, and we need to be prepared to greet them. "
Selectman Ray Morley on the prospect of having the visitor center on South Main Street close. It's currently staffed by volunteer Bill Nelson, who is leaving after a decade there.
" It's been raining for years inside Collins Middle School. "
Headline on Monday's story about plans to spend $27 million fixing leaks in the Salem middle school, parts of which date back to 1909. The problem has been traced to exterior work that should have been done, but wasn't due to budgetary constraints, when an addition was built in the early 1990s.
" It's huge... I'm doing my happy dance. "
Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll on receiving the news that legislation had been passed protecting the city for five years from any loss of tax revenue resulting from closure of Dominion's power plant
SClB" I was extremely concerned about officer safety. I felt like every guy down there was in serious jeopardy. "
Salem police Capt. Brian Gilligan on the near-riot that broke out in the city's Point neighborhood after Monday's Fourth of July festivities ended
" When you get your ticket ripped, you are now in the jungles of Africa. "
North Shore Music Theatre owner Bill Hanney on the production of Disney's "Tarzan," which opens next week
" We talked about this until we were blue in the face. There was certainly no guarantee that we would save that amount of money. "
Beverly Mayor William Scanlon defending the School Committee's decision not to outsource its food service operation, a move an advisory panel said could have saved the city up to $750,000 over three years
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