Police
Marblehead Monday A man reported at 7:54 a.m. that he had found a "battery hooked onto some type of circuit board" in back of a building on Community Road. An officer determined it was an electronic cigarette component. A 10:20 a.m. report of an abus
SALEM — National Grid announced today that it has changed the preferred route for its underground transmission project and will not be going down Derby Street.
SALEM -- School Committee member Janet Crane did something extraordinary last night. She was the most important person at a meeting she did not attend. Crane, who had a long-scheduled absence, is expected to break a 3-3 school board deadlock on the e
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Soldier admits role in $1M cocaine deal
PEABODY -- A staff sergeant in the Arizona National Guard admitted yesterday that he acted as the "bag man" in a $1 million deal to move 11 kilograms, nearly 25 pounds, of cocaine from Mexico to Canada in December 2011. Gerardo Flores, 29, of Tucso
June 18, 2013
Sapienza reflects on his tenure
PEABODY -- Ed Sapienza took the job of principal six years ago, at a time when Peabody High School had been roiled by stories of drug-abusing students and fierce turf battles among administrators. He's retiring now -- for a second time -- under far d