Can you feel the heat? You will this weekend
BOSTON — If you thought it was humid this week, turn up the air conditioning and wait until the weekend. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued an excessive... Read more.
Help is wanted at Peabody High following principal’s resignation
PEABODY — The city’s high school needs a new principal. Eric Buckley resigned abruptly last week for personal reasons. The Peabody native began as a substitute... Read more.
Prosecutor seeks dangerousness hearing for driver in crash that killed Peabody girl
SALEM — If the Essex County District Attorney gets his way, a 23-year-old man accused of causing a horrific crash that killed a Peabody girl will remain in prison... Read more.
Lynnfield taps Melrose DPW director for water district
LYNNFIELD — More than six months after the former chair of the embattled Lynnfield Center Water District (LCWD) resigned amid controversy, a new superintendent... Read more.
Peabody police raid nets drugs, weapons; man arrested
PEABODY — An early Tuesday morning raid by a SWAT team netted $18,000 worth of fentanyl and several loaded illegal weapons, according to police. Shawn C. Spaneas,... Read more.
Manslaughter charge levied in Peabody girl’s death
LAWRENCE — A Peabody girl who was about to enter sixth grade has been identified as the victim of a head-on car crash over the weekend. Taysha Rohena Silva,... Read more.
Moulton: Trump ‘is a racist’
LYNN — U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass) blasted President Donald Trump’s tweets on Sunday that assailed a group of Democratic congresswomen of color as foreign-born... Read more.
Three Peabody police officers accused of using excessive force will face a federal trial in October
PEABODY — Three police officers accused of beating a 16-year-old boy will face a federal jury in October. Tyler Leger-Broskey filed suit in 2018 following an incident... Read more.
Overseas team hopes to turn vacant J.B. Thomas Hospital into an over-55 community in Peabody
PEABODY — An overseas development team hopes its fourth attempt to turn the vacant J.B. Thomas Hospital into an over-55 community will win city and neighborhood... Read more.
Peabody committee trims affordable housing requirement
PEABODY — It took a City Council subcommittee less than an hour to recommend gutting the city’s 12-week-old affordable housing regulation. In a unanimous... Read more.