MARBLEHEAD - The Marblehead Village School should reopen Jan. 5 as scheduled - but Mike Rockett, chairman of the school's Building Oversight Committee, is asking teachers and administrators for patience when that occurs. Full Story »
SALEM - A man who participated in the holdup of a Lynn man, stealing his jewelry and keys and attempting to rob his companion in July 2008 has confessed and may spend the next 10 years behind bars. Full Story »
SALEM - The case against the Lynn father charged with parental kidnapping and willfully misleading law enforcement officers in the disappearance of his 5-year-old son more than a year ago has been continued until mid-December. Full Story »
The city will hold its Veterans Day ceremony on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Lynn Veterans Memorial Auditorium at City Hall. The event will include performances by local tenor Brian Landry, the Lynn Public Schools Band and a drill presentation from the LEHS Marine Corps JROTC. Light refreshments served after the program. Full Story »
LYNNFIELD - After less than one year in business, Lucille's Fine Chicken at 215 Broadway has left the building and The Fat Cactus is planning to move in. Full Story »
SAUGUS - Veterans gathered at Riverside Cemetery Sunday not for an early holiday ceremony but to dedicate a structure that will now allow many more of them to rest in peace in Saugus. Full Story »
The special Town Meeting has been called for 7 p.m. in the High School Auditorium, 200 Essex St. Police Chief Ronald Madigan, who is a member of the Police Station Building Committee, said he believes the town needs to bite the bullet and move forward with the project. Full Story »
SAUGUS - Nancy D'Anna of D'Anna Imaging has snapped a lot of portraits over the years but few have been as rewarding as her latest project, photographing children after their stay in the neonatal intensive care unit in the Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center. Full Story »
LYNN - Constituents looking for their city councilors won't find them in the old fourth-floor office at City Hall after next week. By late November, the council will be ensconced in a new office suite farther down the hall, a sprawling space which once accommodated the Personnel Department. Full Story »
LYNN - When Lynn police arrested Handy Iraola on a probation violation on Oct. 21, he was carrying a loaded .45-cal. handgun. In addition to the weapons violation, the suspect was charged with receiving stolen property and possession of marijuana. Full Story »
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LYNN - Local educators are busy selecting teachers to carry out a $3.7 million early childhood education program and taking other steps to make the federal grant award to Lynn's public schools a reality. Full Story »
SAUGUS - Patrons of Jin Asian Restaurant and Caterers can belly up to the bar once again after a judge overruled a liquor license suspension handed down by the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission. Full Story »
SWAMPSCOTT - A Swampscott father was arraigned in Salem District Court on Monday on charges of kidnapping and endangering a minor by a relative, intimidation of a witness and threats to commit a crime. Full Story »
LYNN - A District Court judge set low bail Monday for three men charged with kidnapping an East Boston man after defense attorneys said all four men are involved with the state mental health care system. Full Story »
From left, alleged kidnappers Christopher Kravitz, Christopher MacPherson and Lance McDonald at their arraignment in Lynn District Court Monday. Item Photo / Reba M. Saldanha Full Story »
MARBLEHEAD-The deadline for entries for the logo contest for annual Festival of Arts is fast approaching. Individuals who reside in, work in, or belong to an arts association in Essex County may submit entries. Full Story »
LYNN-A North Shore emergency shelter and counseling service for victims of domestic abuse is reaching out to the public for gift cards to help needy families enjoy a Thanksgiving meal. Full Story »
SWAMPSCOTT-“Plan a future, not a funeral” is the message the Swampscott Drug and Alcohol Task Force is trying to get across to parents. Full Story »
SAUGUS-The Department of Environmental Protection won’t give Dale Street residents a break on paying a required inflow-and- infiltration fee, but it will allow the town to grant one. Full Story »
SAUGUS-When the dust settled on election night last week there had been some changes on the Town Meeting level but, most notably, Precinct 4 came up short one member. Full Story »
PEABODY - A two-car accident on Andover Street Saturday morning caused one driver to veer into a business. The Fire Department responded to the scene around 7 a.m., where the driver struck the James Anthony Hair Salon at 243 Andover St. Full Story »
SALEM - An Essex County grand jury sitting in Salem Superior Court Friday handed up indictments against a Lynn resident and a Salem man. Full Story »
SALEM - A Lynn man reportedly caught by police in the act as he allegedly tried to rob a 52-year-old man with a BB gun on Union Street in September will have to come up with $25,000 cash in order to get out of the Middleton Jail pending his trial. Full Story »
FORT HOOD, Texas - As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship - common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Full Story »
A morning moonset peeks through the autumn foliage near Bradfordton, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman
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