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  • Ruling: city must pay cop The city must pay a retired police captain more than $17,000 in benefits for time he did not work following his retirement because those payments have been "past practice" in the Salem Police Department for more than 25 years, an arbitrator ruled.

    February 9, 2012

  • 5502946SN.jpg 'Her name is going to change things' PEABODY — Dozens of family, friends, lawmakers and social workers came out to a candlelight vigil last night at Buckley Field to remember and honor the life of Stephanie Moulton, who was killed last year, allegedly by an ill patient at a group home in Revere where she worked.

    February 9, 2012 2 Photos

  • Salem State lands Valentine, Cooper for Speaker Series SALEM — For its 30th year, the Salem State Series has hit a home run.
    The university announced yesterday it has signed new Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine for its 2012 Speaker Series.
    Better yet, it landed Hall of Fame sports journalist Peter Gammons to interview Valentine during his appearance here on Nov. 8 — right after the World Series.

    February 9, 2012

  • 5500350SN.jpg Peabody squelches mulch operation PEABODY — Peabody officials have issued a cease-and-desist order for the J. D. Raymond site on Farm Avenue, where a mulch fire on Monday spewed heavy smoke and slowed traffic on three major highways, Interstate 95 and Routes 128 and 1.

    February 9, 2012 1 Photo

  • Rep tackles health care reform at chamber breakfast SALEM — Health care is like an open bar, says state Rep. Steven Walsh: "Everybody's drinking but no one's paying."
    The Lynn Democrat's quip drew laughs from the more than 200 people packed into the Grand Ballroom of the Hawthorne Hotel for yesterday's North Shore Chamber of Commerce breakfast forum.

    February 9, 2012