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Sobriety checkpoint this weekend
If you drink, think twice before getting behind the wheel this weekend: Police will be waiting for you somewhere.
Besides the regular patrols by local and state police this weekend, state police will also have a sobriety checkpoint set up somewhere in Essex County sometime on Sunday.
State police won't disclose where the checkpoint will be.
— Bruno Matarazzo Jr.
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Salem mayor's health care proposal spurned by Firefighters Union
