ESSEX and mdash; Residents have decided to hire a consultant to look into future land use options for Conomo Point north of Robbins Island Road, join the expanded North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District, and buy a new police cruiser. Full Story »
Gloucester Police are advising motorists that the Exit 13 off-ramp from the southbound side of Route 128 and mdash; the southbound exit for Concord Street and mdash; is closed as part of the MassHighway road project. Full Story »
For nearly a year, state officials have worked to quiet the local uproar triggered by their approval of the Gloucester Community Arts Charter School. On Saturday afternoon, at least, they succeeded. The large, ornery uprising of residents that some had expected to greet the state Board of Education at City Hall turned out to be several dozen parents and children, colorful but well-behaved. Full Story »
ESSEX and mdash; Special Town Meeting last night gave its voice approval to spending some $28,000 more on studies of Conomo Point, buying a new police cruiser and Council on Aging transportation van and mdash; and backing the town's membership in an expanded North Shore Agricultural and Technical School District, while covering Essex's cost of its $131 million new school. Full Story »
Like fellow Americans across the nation, Cape Ann residents will gather tomorrow at a variety of sites to honor and thank military veterans who have served their country and mdash; including those now deployed in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. Full Story »
A convicted felon who had been deported, then re-entered the country illegally, was arrested by Gloucester and Peabody police as part of a month-long drug sweep in Essex County. The drug sweep, carried out by a cadre of law enforcement agencies, resulted in the arrests of 156 defendants, and the seizure of more than 118 pounds or 54 kilos of cocaine, 138 grams of heroin and six firearms. The ... Full Story »
DANVERS and mdash; It's no surprise that using bad language in school can get you into hot water. But "meep"? Danvers High parents recently got an automated call from the principal warning them that if students say or display the word "meep" at school, they could face suspension. Full Story »
SALEM and mdash; The huge Halloween crowds last weekend included a record 9,000 train passengers who purchased commuter rail tickets to Salem. The MBTA sold 6,026 Haunted Happenings tickets and mdash; more than double last year's number and mdash; at the ticket windows and at a table set up at North Station in Boston, according to MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo. Full Story »
Arrests A Gloucester man and a Rockport man were arrested yesterday afternoon on drug charges. Thomas A. Burgess, 49, no known address, Gloucester, and Adeland E. Danjou, 47, of 510 Sandy Bay Estates, Rockport, are each facing charges of illegal possession of a class A substance after they were arrested at Pratty's on Parker Street at 1:30 p.m. yesterday. Full Story »
ROCKPORT and mdash; A 16-year-old girl was arrested on a charge of domestic assault and battery early Saturday after police responded to her Mount Pleasant Street home at 12:03 a.m. on a report another woman needed help. Full Story »
MANCHESTER and mdash; At 9:04 p.m. Saturday, there was a smell of smoke on Pine Street. Officers investigated but found nothing. At 4:21 p.m. Saturday, a pedestrian was struck by a car on Norwood Avenue; the patient refused transport. Full Story »
ESSEX and mdash; While cleaning the attic on Saturday, a Southern Avenue resident found what police said was an old military explosive and called police to find out what to do with it. Police believe a previous resident brought the device back from a war, maybe as a souvenir. The current resident did not know it existed before finding it, police said. Full Story »
MANCHESTER and mdash; The town now owns three houses built on contaminated Pine Street land once used as a burn dump and mdash; and is looking to sell them by the end of the week. The town purchased the last of the houses and mdash; 158 Pine St. and mdash; on Oct. 9 for $650,000 from Stephen and Victoria Lauber as part of a state-mandated cleanup of the sites. Now, the town is selling the houses ... Full Story »
A knife-wielding robber hit the 24-hour White Hen Pantry convenience store on Bass Avenue before dawn yesterday, and police now say they suspect the assailant is the same man involved in at three other recent armed robberies. Full Story »
A worker fell from the roof of the Pond View Village housing complex in West Gloucester yesterday morning, suffering multiple injuries and requiring emergency airlift to Boston. The worker was identified last night as 22-year-old Mildred Reina of High Street in Lynn. he was an employee of O'Keefe Brothers, a Salem roofing company. Full Story »
A worker who fell from the roof of the Pond View Village housing complex in West Gloucester was flown by helicopter to a Boston hospital this morning. The man's, name, age and the nature of his injuries were not immediately available. Full Story »
At a pivotal moment for the New England fishing industry, the Environmental Defense Fund, a lead advocate of catch shares, and two fishing industry news publishers are co-sponsoring informational meetings this week and mdash; one in New Bedford, one in Gloucester and mdash; on the hotly-disputed fishery regulatory system and its economic shift from one of public-resource competition to managed ... Full Story »
ESSEX and mdash; Two questions focus on the cost for consulting work on Conomo Point. Another asks residents for the money to buy a new police cruiser. Another asks for the cash to buy a new van for seniors served by the town's Council on Aging. Full Story »
PLUM ISLAND and mdash; The channel where the Merrimack River meets the Atlantic Ocean has been relatively stable for decades and mdash; but it wasn't always. Salisbury Selectman Jerry Klima has been researching old maps and charts and even newspaper accounts to put together a presentation on the changing facets of Salisbury Beach and Plum Island, the northern and southern borders respectively of ... Full Story »
Submitted by the City of Gloucester Committee on Citizen Participation and Public Information. Featured Public Meetings: (The public is invited to attend any public meeting.): Tonight, 7 p.m. and mdash; The City Council's Ordinance and Administration subcommittee will meet in the Council Conference Room, first floor, City Hall. Full Story »
Arrests Travis J. Standley, 22, of 5 Puritan Road, Danvers, was arrested Friday night and charged with disorderly conduct. Standley was arrested at 11:10 p.m. Friday after a motor vehicle stop on Washington Street. Full Story »
ESSEX and mdash; These municipal meetings, open the public, are scheduled this week in Essex: Today Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Teachers' Lounge, Essex Elementary School. Special Town Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Essex Elementary School. Full Story »
ROCKPORT and mdash; These municipal meetings, open to the public, are scheduled this week in Rockport: Tomorrow Selectmen and Public Works Board of Commissioners, 4 p.m., Community Room, Police Station. Selectmen, 7 p.m., Community Room, Town Hall. Hiring of the town administrator scheduled. Full Story »
MANCHESTER and mdash; These municipal meetings, open the public, are scheduled this week in Manchester: Today Planning Board, 7 p.m., Room 7 Town Hall Tomorrow Masconomo Park Committee, 8:30 a.m., Room 7 Town Hall Full Story »
ROCKPORT and mdash; This much is clear and mdash; Orlando Pacheco, Linda Sanders or Robert Canevazzi will succeed Michael Racicot as Rockport's next town administrator. But which of the finalists will be considered by the Board of Selectmen as the best fit for Rockport remains a mystery, at least until tomorrow night when selectmen are expected to choose a "winner." Full Story »
A morning moonset peeks through the autumn foliage near Bradfordton, Ill. AP Photo/Seth Perlman
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