http://www.salemnews.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:36:00 +0000 http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_185003616.html http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_185003616.html PEABODY and mdash; A bolt of lightning touched off a three-alarm blaze at the Highlands at Dearborn apartments, leaving already jittery residents to grapple with a second fire in less than five weeks. One firefighter was sent to the hospital as a precaution, and between 12 and 15 residents were displaced at the property managed by Simpson Property Group. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:20:00 +0000 http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_185232145.html http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_185232145.html Salem Wednesday r William J. Francisco, 20, of 260 Washington St., Salem, was arrested at 11 p.m. and charged with drinking in public and being a minor in possession of alcohol after police said they spotted the man on Palmer Street drinking from a beer bottle. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:20:00 +0000 http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_185232333.html http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_185232333.html The Friendly Garden Club of Beverly has announced the winners of its annual Best of Beverly 2008 contest. The club reports that it was delighted with the level of participation in the Garden City, which made the task for this year's judges all the more difficult. As so many citizens within Beverly were worthy of award and mention, the club created a few additional categories to highlight some of the outstanding gardens in the city. Photographs of the winning gardens are posted at the Beverly Public Library. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:20:00 +0000 http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_185232223.html http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_185232223.html Despite rainstorms on a weekly basis, officials are expecting another strong beach season on the North Shore this summer. "We have gotten a lot of rain, which happens," said Matt James, a lifeguard at Ipswich's Crane Beach. "Everything else has been great." Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:10:00 +0000 http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_185232304.html http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_185232304.html Because of a reporting error, a story in yesterday's edition about the arrest of Justin Matkevicius, 19, of Beverly incorrectly reported on a previous incident in which he was arrested in July 2007. P Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:10:00 +0000 http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_185232233.html http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_185232233.html NEWBURYPORT and mdash; Native clams will be on the menu just in time for the holiday weekend, after the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries declared yesterday that area shellfish are free of red tide and once again safe for human consumption. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:05:00 +0000 http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_186000526.html http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_186000526.html MARBLEHEAD and mdash; When you're gone and mdash; will anyone notice you were even here? Well, yes, said Karen MacInnis of the Marblehead Museum and Historical Society, if they take the time for a little scientific detective work. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:04:00 +0000 http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_186000456.html http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_186000456.html Friday, July 4 29th Fourth of July Road Race with Boxford Athletic Association, 8 a.m., Community Center, 1 Elm St, East Boxford. Features five-mile run, three-mile Walk for Fitness and one-mile Kids Race. Proceeds benefit the Jennifer Tinney Scholarship Fund at Masconomet High School. T-shirts for first 300 registrants. Register by 7:45 a.m. Race is followed by parade, barbecue and fun activities for kids. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:03:00 +0000 http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_186000343.html http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_186000343.html MIDDLETON and mdash; When a Danversport chemical plant exploded, Danvers police dispatchers were each answering about 10 telephone calls a minute and couldn't always pick out the radios with emergency workers calling, "I got about five people injured out here." With the phone lines clogged, one inspired person used the fax machine to call out for help. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:21:00 +0000 http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_185232108.html http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_185232108.html DANVERS and mdash; A fast-moving thunderstorm turned daylight into darkness around 6:45 p.m. as thousands waited, a bit uncertain, for last night's fireworks. Then, wind gusts and pelting rain swept over the crowd. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:41:00 +0000 http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_185214125.html http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_185214125.html As a gallon of milk approaches $4 and gasoline exceeds that price, another sign of the tighter times is the increased demand at North Shore food pantries. The Salem Pantry, which opens the final Saturday of every month, saw a line out the door along Bridge Street this past weekend. The pantry usually closes at 11 a.m. but had to keep its doors open until 12:15 because so many people came for food. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:33:00 +0000 http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_184235829.html http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_184235829.html SALEM and mdash; The man blamed for much of the city of Salem's current fiscal crisis also faced his own financial crisis, court records show. Bruce Guy, the city's former finance director and School Department business manager, has been granted personal bankruptcy protection, less than a year after losing his job with the city amid questions about a nearly $6 million school budget deficit. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:33:00 +0000 http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_184235812.html http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_184235812.html BEVERLY and mdash; A powerful thunderstorm rolled through the North Shore and caused heavy damage to some communities as large branches, and even some whole trees, gave way to strong winds. Beverly took the brunt of the storm's wrath as firefighters responded to almost two dozen calls, including downed power lines, flooded streets and reports of lightning strikes. But that doesn't mean other communities got off easy. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:33:00 +0000 http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_184233412.html http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_184233412.html DANVERS and mdash; The line was out the door, and some people were forced to stand in the parking lot at the Danvers Art Association for the inaugural edition of Danvers Idol last night. The Danvers Family Festival event was planned to take place at the Rotary Pavilion on the grounds of the Peabody Institute Library, but stormy weather forced Idol indoors. The change of venue did not deter spectators; more than 150 people showed up to support the performers. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:33:00 +0000 http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_184235820.html http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_184235820.html PEABODY and mdash; Three men charged with robbing a bank on Lynnfield Street and leading a high-speed chase on Route 1 last week had just left a Salvation Army drug and alcohol treatment program and were "dope sick," the girlfriend of one of the men told police.