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		<title>News -- SalemNews.com, Salem, MA</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Peabody going in on the megavoke]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:05:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_324003637.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[PEABODY &mdash; City lawmakers last night changed the future of vocational education in Peabody by choosing to join a regional school district that will give students access to a $133 million high school in 2013.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tavern opens doors on Thanksgiving]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:05:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_323224430.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; For one day next week, a local restaurant should change its name from Tavern in the Square to "Turkeys in the Square."<br>
One of the city's newest and, on occasion, most controversial restaurants is staying open Thanksgiving Day to serve free turkey dinners to anybody who walks through the door.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[24-year-old runs city Facebook site with 10,000 fans]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:04:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_323224359.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; You may not know Joey Colomba, but he has tens of thousands of followers. <br>
Local businesses are turning to him for exposure, and even the city's tourism director is in awe of the audience he can reach. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Man out on probation for DUI fatality arrested again]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_323224511.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY &mdash; Thomas Tester spent nearly seven years behind bars for a drunken-driving crash in 2000 that killed his passenger and led to serious injuries to two people who tried to help the victim and suffered electrical shocks.  ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Attorney from  
N.Y. defends  
right to 'meep']]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_323224437.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[DANVERS &mdash; Last Friday, a New York entertainment industry attorney took five seconds out of her lunch break to send a one-word e-mail to Danvers school officials: "Meep."<br>
She did it on impulse and "in solidarity" with Danvers High students, she said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sox fans strike out against hydrant]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:44:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_324004420.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY &mdash; Who knew a fire hydrant could get people so fired up?<br>
Endicott College President Dick Wylie says he is blindsided by the backlash. But what can you really expect when the fire hydrant is going to be painted in Yankees pinstripes in the middle of Red Sox Nation?]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Inviting readers to give thanks]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:49:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_320110516.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Maybe all year you&#8217;ve been meaning to send a thank-you card and never got around to it. Or maybe what someone did for you was so special, so above and beyond the call of duty, the act deserves a more public tribute. Well, here&#8217;s your chance.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Beverly native  
found dead in  
Colorado park]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:44:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_324004448.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY &mdash; Cheryl Lurie, a 1973 graduate of Beverly High School, was found dead this week in her hometown of Aspen, Colo. Police there are not ruling out foul play. <br>
"Right now, we're not ruling out anything," said Aspen police spokeswoman Stephanie Dasaro. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Bricks as gifts, split votes and a wet blanket]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:43:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_324004354.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[HAMILTON &mdash; Time is running out to memorialize veterans in the walkway around the town's monument to fallen soldiers, sailors and airmen.<br>
Jack Akin, the American Legion chaplain who's been spearheading the brick campaign said 80 of them have been sold so far, but Dec. 31 is the deadline to purchase any more.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nearly two dozen 
sacked at hospitals]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:42:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_324004205.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY &mdash; Northeast Hospital Corp. laid off 22 people on Tuesday in what hospital officials called a "management restructuring."<br>
Chief Operating Officer Pauline Pike said the layoffs included directors, managers and supervisors at Beverly Hospital, Addison-Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester, BayRidge Hospital in Lynn and Beverly Hospital's medical center in Danvers. Those locations employ 2,800 people in all.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cigarette likely  
cause of blaze  
on Great Neck]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:42:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_324004229.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[IPSWICH &mdash; Careless disposal of a cigarette is the likely cause of a two-alarm fire at a Great Neck home more than two weeks ago, fire officials said. <br>
Fire Chief Arthur Howe said a report on the Nov. 5 fire released yesterday said the resident and homeowner, Annmarie Hughes, fell asleep while sitting in a chair in a room off the living room. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Correction]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:42:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_324110428.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A police log item in Friday&#8217;s paper requires a correction. Todd M. Titus, 37, of 2 Beverly Commons Drive, Beverly, was arrested on the sole charge of driving with a suspended license. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Special Town Meeting set  
to plug $600K budget gap]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:39:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_324003928.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[DANVERS &mdash; This year may be remembered as the year of the Special Town Meeting.<br>
There have been three so far, including one held on the same day as the regular Town Meeting in May, and two more are on tap.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Look, far out on the horizon: it's Friendship!]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:38:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_324003826.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; Does anyone remember Friendship?<br>
The city's tall ship has been sitting in a Boothbay Harbor shipyard since the summer getting work done on a rotting bow section and undergoing other repairs.
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			<title><![CDATA[Leather workers reunite at museum]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:38:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[PEABODY &mdash; Steve Smidt lost nearly everything from his leather-finishing business when the Henry Leather factory burned to the ground 25 years ago.<br>
Yesterday, he reminisced about the once-bustling tanning industry now preserved in the city's Leatherworkers Museum. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lack of manager lands restaurant in hot water]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:37:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_324003740.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[DANVERS &mdash; Selectmen suspended Brutole Restaurant's liquor license for three days, with the punishment held in abeyance for six months, after police alleged the restaurant lacked a manager and failed to properly display both its liquor license and a sign warning against the sale of alcohol to minors.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Police]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:36:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_324003654.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wenham <br>
Thursday <br>
Bonnie Montanez, 23, of 165 Chestnut St., Lynn, was arrested at 3:41 p.m. and charged with illegal possession of prescription pills and giving a false name to a police officer, following a motor vehicle stop on Arbor Street. She was also charged with violating a restraining order, after police said she called her mom looking for bail money. Montanez's mother has a restraining order against her. Detective Jonathan Gray made the arrest. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Drama club to show  
'Dark of the Moon']]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_323224349.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[PEABODY &mdash; It's been a blue moon since Peabody High put on a production of "Dark of the Moon," but theatergoers will have their chance to share in the timeless love story this weekend.<br>
Drama club Stage One is putting on the play today and tomorrow at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Salem shelter would support banning sex offenders]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:06:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_322235328.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; The head of the Salem Mission said he supports a proposal to ban the most dangerous sex offenders from homeless shelters.<br>
However, Mark Cote, executive director of the Salem Mission, said he has reservations about the measure and believes the state has a responsibility to provide services and housing to offenders.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Condos, stores no longer in the plan for T garage]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:06:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_322235300.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY &mdash; The MBTA has abandoned its plan to include condominiums and stores as part of a long-awaited project near the train station and will now build a parking garage only.<br>
A spokesman for the agency said yesterday that only one company responded to the MBTA's invitation to bid on the project, and that company did not meet the T's requirements.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Peabody stepping up its patrols]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:06:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_322214425.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[PEABODY &mdash; Police have increased foot patrols in a downtown neighborhood recently rattled by gunfire.<br>
The visible presence of officers is a response to the fear felt by residents following an incident earlier this month when a Lynn man shot out the back window of a car on Munroe Street, Deputy police Chief Scott Carriere said. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Collie who bit three wins new 'leash' on life]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:05:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_322214157.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; A 4-year-old border collie sent to doggie death row last month for biting three people has won a reprieve from a judge. <br>
Nietzsche will leave the Danvers Animal Hospital tomorrow to go to her new home near Bethel, Maine, under the terms of an order issued Tuesday by Salem District Judge Robert Cornetta. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Jewish Rehab Center plans move to Peabody]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:05:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_322235357.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SWAMPSCOTT &mdash; The Jewish Rehabilitation Center plans to relocate most of its operations to a proposed $40 million building at the site of Peabody's Woodbridge Assisted Living on Lynnfield Street.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Assault suspect will remain at Middleton Jail]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:05:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_322235405.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[MARBLEHEAD &mdash; A Marblehead teen charged with kidnapping, beating and robbing another teen last month has been deemed too dangerous to release by a judge.<br>
Michael Ehlert, 18, of 12 Reed St. will remain in custody at Middleton Jail for 90 days or until trial, Lynn District Court Judge Albert Conlon ruled yesterday, according to the district attorney's office. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[A local resort gets Crowned]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:23:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_323001458.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[DANVERS &mdash; The Sheraton Ferncroft Resort has a new name: Crowne Plaza Hotel Boston North Shore.<br>
The hotel at 50 Ferncroft Road is leaving Starwood Hotels and Resorts, which owns the Sheraton brand.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Keniston steps into business manager position]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:16:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_323001625.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[PEABODY &mdash; One of the first things School Business Manager David Keniston did when he arrived Friday was trek down to City Hall.<br>
Keniston, who previously worked in Peabody, said this week that he reacquainted himself with the people he would be working closely with, like City Auditor Michael Gringas. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Committee ponders  
moving playground]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:15:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_323001555.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[PEABODY &mdash; The Parks and Recreation Department will weigh in on whether a playground at the Kiley School administrative offices could be moved to Burke School.<br>
The idea to uproot the playground from one closed West Peabody school and take it 21â&Ntilde;2 miles to an active school came from parent Sean McCarthy, who wrote a letter to School Committee members asking about the possibility. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Tree signals Christmas in Danvers Square]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:15:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_323001525.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[DANVERS &mdash; Like a proud parent following her child in a parade, Marie Oliver walked nearly two miles Tuesday morning behind a flatbed truck ferrying the town Christmas tree from her yard on Ralph Road to Danvers Square.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Public invited to weigh in on search for boss]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:14:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_323001432.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY &mdash; Picking a new superintendent can be a tough job, and the School Committee wants your help. <br>
People interested in weighing in on the next leader of the Beverly Public School District can show up at any of three community focus groups at the beginning of December.  ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Schools seeking committee members]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:14:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_323001406.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY &mdash; People interested in serving on a School Committee subcommittee should send a letter of interest by Dec. 2.<br>
Open positions include two citizen advisers on both the Finance and Facilities Committee and the Curriculum, Instruction and Student Life Committee.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ward 1 councilor  
prepares himself  
for presidency]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:13:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_323001308.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; Ward 1 Councilor Robert McCarthy is expected to be elected City Council president in January.<br>
"I got the votes," said McCarthy, who will be sworn in for a second term as councilor next year. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Elderly Ipswich man found after brief search]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:13:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_323001335.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[IPSWICH &mdash; Police from Ipswich, Hamilton and Rowley, along with Ipswich firefighters and state police canine units, turned out to search early yesterday after an 86-year-old man was reported missing.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Council hears mayor's mixed budget outlook]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:12:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_323001244.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; Mayor Kim Driscoll framed next year's budget outlook in terms of good news and bad news on Thursday night. <br>
First, the good news.<br>
The city now has $1.26 million in cash reserves &mdash; far more than the $500,000 it had just a few years ago.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[See where the other half lives]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:12:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_323001218.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[MARBLEHEAD &mdash; Stop pressing your nose against the glass &mdash; come inside!<br>
Yes, take a tour of some of downtown Marblehead's most historic addresses. Act like you belong. Pay up to $35 (in advance) and troop through 10 of the town's most exclusive homes &mdash; just wipe your feet first.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Despite funding cuts, shelter won't cut services]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:11:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_323001132.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; The Salem Mission will not reduce services to its homeless residents despite an unexpected cut in state funding, a shelter official said.<br>
"We're going to have to do the same with less," said Mark Cote, executive director of the Salem Mission, which last week changed its name to Lifebridge.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Couple busted on cocaine-dealing charges]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:11:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_323001104.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; Police arrested an 18-year-old man and his girlfriend last night, following a two-month undercover drug investigation in the upper Boston Street area. <br>
Detective Capt. Thomas Griffin said the couple went to Boston Street near the Peabody line to sell cocaine to Detective Tom Brennan, who made several purchases while undercover. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Police/fire]]></title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:10:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_323001036.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Beverly <br>
Tuesday <br>
Police received a report at 5:11 p.m. of a house break on Cottage Lane. <br>
A car parked on a boat ramp on Water Street was sent on its way. Police responded to a report of suspicious activity at 10:09 p.m. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Traffic lights a go at Salem's tough-to-traverse crossing]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:50:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_322000507.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; A busy downtown intersection that one resident called a "miserable mess" will have a full traffic signal and synchronized pedestrian crosswalks by next summer.<br>
Mayor Kim Driscoll gave the green light for installation of traffic lights in the no-man's land of Hawthorne Boulevard, Congress Street and Derby Street following a public meeting last night at The House of the Seven Gables.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mom recounts  
son's terrifying  
assault ordeal]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_322000356.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[MARBLEHEAD &mdash; For the Marblehead mother and her 16-year-old son, the evening of Oct. 29 started quietly with a dinner of Chinese takeout. Then the mom went to get a massage, and the teen decided to run to a nearby store. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Body of man, 57, found in harbor]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_322000320.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; The body of a Pickering Wharf shop owner who often fished along the waterfront was found floating in the harbor early yesterday morning.<br>
Michael Narinkiewicz, 57, of 26 Arbella St. was pronounced dead at the scene, only a short distance from The Cat N' The Fiddle, the 61 Wharf St. gift shop he operated with his wife.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Decision time for voke program]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:29:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[PEABODY &mdash; They are the classrooms that were left behind nearly 40 years ago when Peabody High School moved to its current home on Lowell Street. <br>
In a rear wing of the sprawling Higgins Middle School, three shops &mdash; for automotive technology, carpentry and auto body &mdash; have continued to serve high school students in Peabody's vocational program. No one in the city considers the situation, especially the separation of these students from their peers at the high school, ideal. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Danvers newborn takes the ride of his life]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:29:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[DANVERS &mdash; When children ask where they come from, parents might be tempted to say the stork delivered them.<br>
But when Ilan Hod gets older, his parents can say an ambulance jet delivered him all the way from Florida.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Book club recommends  
'Three Cups of Tea']]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:22:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY &mdash; Last year, it was molasses. This year, it's tea.<br>
To kick off its second year, the communitywide book club known as Beverly Reads is recommending that residents read "Three Cups of Tea," a No. 1 New York Times best-seller about one man's humanitarian campaign to build schools in Pakistan.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Fifth-graders step up their fitness]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:21:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY &mdash; Andrew Walker, health and wellness director at the Greater Beverly YMCA, knew the program was going well when he received a phone call from one of the fifth-grade students asking him for new pedometer.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[School day brightened by Curley the horse]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:18:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; Schoolchildren grinned and shrieked with delight as Curley trotted into a Bentley School driveway.<br>
The draft horse visited the Early Childhood Center at the school yesterday, where his owner, Ruth Wall, talked about Curley's love of peanut butter sandwiches and his home in the barn.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA['An Evening With Ives' at Danvers High]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:18:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[DANVERS &mdash; Opening night is tomorrow for the Danvers High School Academy Theatre Society's production "An Evening With Ives: Six Short Comedies by David Ives."<br>
The students will put on six one-act plays: "Sure Thing," "Words, Words, Words," "Variations on the Death of Trotsky," "Time Flies," "Soap Opera" and "Degas C'est Moi." ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Holiday concert tickets going quickly]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:09:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_322001000.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[PEABODY &mdash; Tickets for the city's annual holiday concert are still available, but they won't last.<br>
Mayoral aide Dianne Marchese said yesterday that the best seats for the concerts Dec. 5 and 6 at the Wiggin Auditorium have already sold out. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[City to sell firetruck  
to Hamilton for $10K]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:09:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_322000931.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY &mdash; The city plans to sell its old ladder firetruck to the town of Hamilton for $10,000.<br>
Mayor Bill Scanlon asked the City Council on Monday night to declare the truck, known as Ladder One, as surplus property so that it can be sold.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Greenbelt racing to  
raise cash for farm]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:08:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_322000859.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[IPSWICH &mdash; The sale of Maplecroft Farm now hinges on donations and a deadline.<br>
Voters at October's Special Town Meeting approved spending $2.2 million from the Open Space Bond Fund to partially underwrite permanent preservation of nearly 250 acres of the farm, owned by the Raymond family. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Not-so-happy campers are at core of spat]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:08:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_322000825.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; It's a remote, 7-acre island of just over a dozen camps that are inhabited for only 10 weeks a year.<br>
But a complicated land dispute on Tinker's Island that has dragged on for three years only became more frustrating for a City Council subcommittee last night. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Marblehead police probe recent crashes]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:07:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_322000703.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[MARBLEHEAD &mdash; Police are investigating two crashes from late last week that left two people with injuries. <br>
The first crash involved a pedestrian who was struck by a motor vehicle Thursday night on Pleasant Street by Ocean Avenue. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pizza competition to benefit pantries]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:07:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_322000731.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; A football signed by Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker and a one-hour massage are among the raffle prizes up for grabs at a fundraiser this Friday to benefit the Salem Alliance of Food Pantries.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lower valuation on homes doesn't mean lower taxes]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:06:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_322000611.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[DANVERS &mdash; A nearly 5 percent drop in home values last year will not translate into lower taxes in 2010.<br>
After a year in which property values dropped amid a down economy, selectmen last night lifted the burden slightly for businesses during a tax classification hearing last night. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Police]]></title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:05:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_322000543.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Ipswich <br>
Friday <br>
Thomas J. Costantini, 56, of 9 Lowell St., Beverly, was arrested at 12:30 a.m. and charged with drunken driving and a marked-lanes violation, following a motor vehicle stop on Route 1. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Body found at Pickering Wharf]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:18:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_321101416.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM -- The man whose body was pulled from the water at Pickering Wharf early this morning has been identified as Michael Narinkiewicz, 57, owner of The Cat N' The Fiddle, a gift shop at 61 Wharf St. Police said he walked in the area frequently, and they are viewing the death as accidental. The investigation is continuing.    Police were summoned at 7:49 a.m. when the body was discovered in the water behind Captain's Waterfront Grill and Pub.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Danvers OKs high school renovation]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:08:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_321001528.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[DANVERS &mdash; A near-unanimous Town Meeting voted to approve the nearly $80 million renovation of Danvers High last night, a project that officials said should provide for students for the next half-century.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Man admits wielding chain saw]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:08:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_321002918.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[DANVERS &mdash; A man who held off an entire shift of Danvers police officers with a running chain saw after trying to saw his way into his wife's home will serve no more than six months in jail, a Salem District Court judge decided yesterday. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[New lawsuit filed in explosion case]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:08:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_321001843.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[DANVERS &mdash; A class-action lawsuit filed in Salem Superior Court yesterday says Ashland Inc. was negligent in delivering a volatile mix of heptane and alcohols to an ink and paint plant that blew up three years ago.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[$6M police station goes to voters]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:07:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_321001732.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SWAMPSCOTT &mdash; Not a single member of last night's Special Town Meeting objected when a speaker described the present station as "a dump."<br>
But when they voted overwhelmingly to send voters a $6 million plan to build a new one, they did it with Selectman Anthony Scibelli's Cassandra-like warning ringing in their ears.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Coach sympathizes with Belichick]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:31:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_320210012.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Jim O'Leary says he knows what Bill Belichick was thinking Sunday night and swears he would have done the same thing.<br>
"If you get a first down, it's over," O'Leary said. "Simple as that."<br>
Unfortunately for Belichick and New England Patriots fans, the final moments of Sunday's game were anything but simple.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[City singles  
out double  
utility poles  
for removal]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:23:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_321002319.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY &mdash; Officials are looking for help in their effort to get rid of the remaining double utility poles in the city.<br>
Inspector of Wires William Ambrefe is asking residents to contact his office to identify any double poles that might not be in the city's database.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The mayor's  
on board with  
the megavoke]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:22:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_321002228.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY &mdash; Mayor Bill Scanlon last night urged city councilors to allow Beverly to join a new regional vocational high school planned for the Essex Aggie campus in Danvers.<br>
"We have failed to educate enough of our young people vocationally on the North Shore for some time," Scanlon said during a City Council meeting at City Hall. "This is a real opportunity to solve that problem."]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Wider sidewalks, other  
fixes eyed for downtown]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:21:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_321002157.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[HAMILTON &mdash; Selectmen received a summary of the latest study of the future of the downtown. They learned folks have some fairly specific ideas what that future should be.<br>
The public forum that produced the summary, known as a charrette, was held in the fall to give residents, town officials, businesspeople and other interested parties an opportunity to express likes and dislikes.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Serial rapist arraigned in attack]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:20:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_321002017.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[IPSWICH &mdash; The serial rapist accused of trying to rape a jogger on Plum Island in September pleaded not guilty at his arraignment yesterday in Salem Superior Court. <br>
Scott Gagnon, 51, of Tewksbury was indicted last month in the Sept. 28 incident, which occurred at the southern tip of Plum Island in Ipswich. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Police: Drunken driver held after nearly hitting bus]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:20:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_321002049.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[DANVERS &mdash; A Danvers man is being held without bail after police say he nearly crashed into a school bus on Route 62 on Friday afternoon while driving drunk for at least the fourth time. <br>
Waldo E. Banks Jr., 46, of 106 Ash St., Danvers, pleaded not guilty to fourth-offense drunken driving and failing to stay within marked lanes at his arraignment yesterday in Salem District Court. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Traffic light proposed at Derby/Congress]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:19:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_321001944.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; Residents will get a chance to sound off tonight on a proposal to install a traffic signal at the intersection of Congress and Derby streets. <br>
Unlike past debates on this busy, and some feel dangerous, Route 1A intersection, there are signs a traffic light may be closer to going forward this time.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Public helps police with break-in arrests]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:19:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_321001913.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[PEABODY &mdash; The vigilance of neighbors combined with heads-up police work led to arrests on consecutive nights of suspects charged with breaking into cars downtown, police Capt. Dennis Bonaiuto said. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Leaf pickup this week]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:18:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_321001816.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; This is the week the city picks up leaves along with the trash.<br>
Residents are asked to put leaves and grass clippings in brown paper yard waste bags or uncovered garbage cans and leave them by the curb on the same day as the trash pickup.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Museum holding  
an open house for  
ex-leatherworkers]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:17:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_321001747.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[PEABODY &mdash; Former tanners and finishers who worked in the city's leather industry have been invited to the Peabody Leatherworkers Museum to share their stories. <br>
"It was sad after the industry died," said Merritt Kirkpatrick, who has organized the first open house for leatherworkers. "People felt isolated, and there wasn't an outlet anymore to talk about the experience of working in it." ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Weekend graffiti spree reported]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:16:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_321001609.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; Police are investigating several reports of vandalism that occurred over the weekend throughout the city. <br>
A home on Hemenway Road, Salem High School, Bates Elementary School on Liberty Hill Avenue, a playground near a First Street apartment building and a condominium on Orient Way were all hit. Police received the reports of the graffiti on Sunday and yesterday. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Police]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:16:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_321001643.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Beverly <br>
Sunday <br>
Police received a report at 12:40 a.m. of a loud explosion heard from under the Beverly-Salem bridge. Police responded and found nothing. <br>
Police received a report at 8:50 a.m. of a syringe on the street. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[2 hurt in head-on crash near Vinnin Square]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:15:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_321001542.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM  &mdash; Two drivers involved in a head-on crash near Vinnin Square were taken to Salem Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries last night. <br>
The crash happened on Loring Avenue by Vinnin Street at 8:43 p.m. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[High school music recital set for tomorrow night]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:11:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_321001107.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; Salem High musicians will hold a Solo and Small Ensemble Recital in the school auditorium tomorrow night. The concert is free and open to the public.<br>
Twelve to 15 young musicians will perform on a range of instruments, including clarinet, flute, oboe, saxophone and snare drum.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[School panel gets  
updated on voke]]></title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:11:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_321001154.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; Salem High School vocational educators touted the programs at the school during a presentation to the School Committee last night.<br>
There are 234 vocational students enrolled in the automotive, culinary, electrical, engineering and electronics programs at Salem High, said Richard McLaughlin, the part-time director of vocational programs at the high school.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Witch City sets October profit record]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:27:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_320003654.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; The city turned a record-breaking $271,000 profit during October, thanks mainly to its parking garages and lots and higher parking meter rates.<br>
After accounting for the cost of police, public works and fireworks &mdash; right down to the small-ticket items like cornstalks for the light poles &mdash; the Witch City made an estimated $271,186. That exceeds the revenue record for Haunted Happenings by $66,000, according to Finance Director Richard Viscay.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Beverly artist comes to grips Alzheimer's at 56]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:27:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY &mdash; Last October, Laurie Bouchard asked her sister-in-law, Nancy Bouchard, to help drive her daughters around after school in exchange for dinner a couple of times a week.<br>
But when Nancy started showing up on Tuesday thinking it was Friday, it became clear something was wrong. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA['Coop cam' offers a live look at Marblehead family's hens]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:25:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_316215442.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[MARBLEHEAD &mdash; Want to see four young Marblehead chicks strutting through their daily routines on the Internet? There's plenty of drama, including watching statuesque Zoe establish her dominance over the shy Henrietta.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA['Uncle Brud' was always there for everyone]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:22:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<i>Everyone's life has a story. In "Lives" we tell some of the stories of North Shore people who have died recently. "Lives" runs Mondays in The Salem News.</i><br>
SALEM - At one end of the spectrum you might find Uncle Vanya, the Anton Chekhov character who despairs of his tedious life in rural Russia.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Danvers plans Thanksgiving meals for homeless]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:22:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[DANVERS &mdash; Town officials want to head off the possibility that dozens of homeless families living in motels could spend Thanksgiving without turkey and all the fixings.<br>
In recent weeks, the town has arranged to serve turkey dinners to homeless people living in three Danvers motels. So far, there are 30 takers.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Take our poll: Did Belichick make the right call?]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:07:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Do you agree with coach's gamble?]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[Peabody<br>
Friday <br>
Police received a report at 4:50 p.m. of a car break-in at Latitude Sports Club parking lot on Route 1 south. <br>
Saturday <br>
An Aderene Road resident reported to police at 3:19 a.m. that someone defecated on his front steps. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Foreign affairs on tap at Hamilton Hall lecture series]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; Korea, Afghanistan and the global economy are all on the agenda for the 64th Hamilton Hall Lecture Series, scheduled for next February and March. Tickets for the series &mdash; which sold out last year &mdash; went on sale this week.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Rain floods Peabody streets]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:42:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[PEABODY &mdash; The long-term plans to fix the downtown area plagued by flooding are meant to get the city through a "50-year flood," or 5.4 inches of rain in 24 hours. <br>
On Saturday, they made it half way there. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Host arrested after refusing to break up party]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; Police shut down a house party and arrested the host, accusing her of refusing to bring her party to an end. <br>
Police responded to Lisa Cerchione's apartment building at 303 Lafayette St., at 2 a.m. Saturday after the landlord, who lives in the building, called to complain the noise woke her up. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Salem man arrested after bouncer threatened]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:40:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY &mdash; A Salem man will be arraigned today on charges he threatened a bouncer with a knife at a Rantoul Street bar on Saturday. <br>
Police say Sean G. Ryan, 33, of 2 Pierce Ave., flashed a silver knife at the bouncer working at Overtime bar and said he'd stab him in the face.
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			<title><![CDATA[Two-alarm fire damages Ipswich home]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:39:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[IPSWICH &mdash; The cause of a fire at a Pleasant Street home on Saturday is under investigation. <br>
No one was injured in the fire, which does not appear suspicious, fire officials said.<br>
Firefighters responded to 25 Pleasant St., shortly after 1 p.m. after a neighbor spotted the fire coming from the screened-in porch area. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Danvers to use  
new chemical  
in water pipes]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:39:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[DANVERS &mdash; In the first week of December, the town will begin using a new chemical to disinfect water in the pipes in both Danvers and Middleton, Department of Public Works Director David Lane said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[United Way party set at mansion]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:38:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_320003835.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY &mdash; Imagine a great house party, with catchy music, people cutting a rug, and delicious food and drinks. Now imagine that the house party isn't in an apartment or a duplex, but in a grand Elizabethan mansion.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Recount in Ward 4 councilor race scheduled for Saturday]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:38:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_320003809.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[PEABODY &mdash; The votes cast in the closest election the city has seen in 69 years will be recounted on Saturday. <br>
Both candidates for the Ward 4 seat on the City Council, incumbent Bob Driscoll and challenger Jeff Grayson, filed their recount petitions on Friday, according to City Clerk Tim Spanos. The petitions required the signatures of at least 10 registered voters. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Local commander rewarded for service to vets]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:37:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_320003721.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; As local National Guard troops get ready to deploy to Afghanistan this winter, Thomas Moran prepares to mobilize help for their families back home &mdash; whether it's to fix a broken pipe or cover a heating bill when money is tight.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[89 students qualify for Adams Scholarships]]></title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:36:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_320003626.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Eighty-nine students from Beverly High School's Class of 2010 are eligible to receive John and Abigail Adams Scholarships. <br>
To qualify, a student must score "advanced" on one MCAS exam and either "proficient" or "advanced" on the other, and rank within the top 25 percent of student MCAS scores in their district. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cops: Teen drinking is a big issue]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_317214357.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When a mother found out her kid was one of a few dozen underage teens partying at a Middleton house Tuesday night, she became irate &mdash; at the police officers breaking up the house party.<br>
When Marblehead police were searching for a 16-year-old boy who had disappeared after a New Year's Eve party earlier this year, one parent refused to let her child talk to police on the advice of her lawyer.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Town to vote on police station]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_317214436.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SWAMPSCOTT &mdash; When a Swampscott police officer led a prisoner downstairs to the station lockup recently, he was alarmed to turn and find the man brandishing a box cutter.<br>
"There was a struggle," police Chief Ron Madigan said. ]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Two Marblehead teens accused in a violent beating]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_317214423.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[MARBLEHEAD &mdash; Two Marblehead teenagers are facing multiple criminal charges for a violent beating that left the victim with a concussion, a swollen-shut left eye, and abrasions on his face, neck and hands, according to police.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Driver in accident to  
be charged with DUI]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:45:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_317214457.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; One of the drivers involved in a two-car crash on Lafayette Street on Thursday night that sent both drivers to a Boston hospital will be charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, Salem police said.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Police]]></title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:00:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_317225108.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Peabody<br>
Thursday<br>
Tracy W. Shidlow, 45, of 208 Sylvan St., Malden, was arrested at 9:49 p.m. and charged with driving with a suspended license, driving with a revoked registration and driving an uninsured motor vehicle, following a motor vehicle stop on Route 1.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Young artists showcase  
talent at downtown gallery]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:48:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_317214855.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[SALEM &mdash; Erin Burke's art speaks volumes, so she is thrilled it can speak to a larger audience.<br>
She is among a group of roughly a dozen Salem High School students whose artwork is on display at The Art Corner gallery on Washington Street through the end of the month.]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[It's already beginning to look a lot like Christmas]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:47:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_317214739.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I've got nothing against Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. He's cute, brave and nice to his girlfriend.<br>
So why was I clenching my teeth &mdash; and muttering under my breath &mdash; when his song came over the speaker while I was standing in line at Kohl's on Wednesday morning?]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Correction]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:43:00 EST</pubDate>
			<link>http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_317214309.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[A story in the Nov. 6 edition of The Salem News about a fire on Bayview Road in Ipswich credited a neighbor with rushing into the building to rescue the homeowner, Annmarie Hughes. Hughes says the nei]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Police bust gathering of boozing teenagers]]></title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:12:00 EST</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[MIDDLETON &mdash; Twenty-five teenagers are in trouble after police broke up an underage drinking party Tuesday night on East Street. <br>
Police Sgt. Gayle Haley said the department will summons each of the teenagers, who range from 15 to 18 years old, on a charge of illegal possession of alcohol. ]]></description>
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