Online Plus Edition Friday, August 13, 2004
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North Shore Community Briefs
A Connecticut nuclear engineer said Thursday that his family has been traumatized by a federal terrorism probe that linked him to a militant Islamic Web site. BEVERLY - A measure meant to save the city money in the long-run is going to cost more than expected up front. SALEM -- Two New England towns claim Anne Bradstreet, the first American poet, as their own. Neither one is Salem. Yet, Salem has been named as a National Poetry Landmark by the American Academy of Poets in New York, which seeks to honor the Dates for latest round of church closings in Catholic Archdiocese of Boston BOSTON (AP) - Seven men have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges they used straw borrowers and falsified financial records to defraud lenders of more than $20 million. SALEM - Salem postal workers raised $500 for the children of the Beverly woman accused of prostituting her 9-year-old daughter in exchange for drugs. A Gloucester man admitted yesterday to beating and choking his former girlfriend as their 7-year-old daughter watched -- an incident that so traumatized the girl that she still wakes up in the middle of the night to check the locks on her doors SALEM - Six-year-old Bailey Roffman was pretty disappointed when he opened the Salem News Sunday and didn't see his name listed. Marblehead reporter's notebook. SALEM - This is a story with a point, if you don't mind waiting a moment or two. PEABODY -- international festival chair seek donations Aggregate Industries will erect a 750-foot-long fence atop a massive dirt pile, put up more wooden screens around machinery, and spray rubber insulation onto some equipment, all to reduce the noise coming from the quarry. SALEM - You may have missed the note in last week's police log. On Tuesday night around midnight, a bike was thrown through the window of Bernard's Jewelers on the Essex Street pedestrian mall. How to help box SALEM - St. Joseph's Parish, which closes on Sunday, has had an extraordinary life that is defined both by The Point and by the Great Salem Fire of 1914. SALEM -- A second lawyer has withdrawn from representing a Salisbury man charged with virtually imprisoning and sexually abusing his family, saying he cannot afford to take the case even at the recently-raised rate for private attorneys who Tomorrow, for one day only, the state will waive the 5 percent sales tax on all purchases costing $2,500 or less. But there are a few details customers should be aware of. Beverly community calendar Here's a look at community events in Beverly Danvers calendar items and events Here's a look at community events in Danvers Hamilton-Wenham calendar items and events Hamilton-Wenham briefs Ipswich community items and events Here's a look at community events in Ipswich Manchester calendar items and events Here's a look at community events in Manchester-by-the-Sea Marblehead/Swampscott calendar items and events Here's a look at community events in Marblehead/Swampscott Peabody calendar items and events Here's a look at community events in Peabody Salem calendar items and events Here's a look at community events in Salem. A list of community events in Boxford, Middleton and Topsfield Here's a look at community events in Topsfield, Boxford and Middleton Two men stopped by Danvers police on Watson Parkway are being held on $25,000 cash bail after being found with nearly an ounce of heroin, according to court papers. DANVERS - Gardner Trask Jr., the second of three Gardner Trasks to vote at Town Meeting, died during an afternoon nap at his home in Cape Coral, Fla., last week. He was 64. Planning and Zoning Boards are working to regulate people who work out of their homes Reporter's notebook IPSWICH -- Miss Teen Massachusetts Allison Bodwell may have lost her chance at the national crown, but, as she pointed out earlier this week, she won a new set of friends. IPSWICH -- It wasn't much of a competition yesterday at the Council on Aging's annual barbeque and crazy hat contest. Mary Ruest and her husband Joe were the only ones in attendance who brought silly hats. Yet more than 80 seniors turned out An unidentified camp counselor for the Marblehead-Swampscott YMCA is under investigation after an incident where a seagull was doused with lighter fluid and set ablaze, according the YMCA Executive Director Paul Gorman. The modular classrooms that will house students for the combined district middle school this fall were ready ahead of schedule this week, according to district superintendent for facilities and finance Roger Young. Residents come out in force against a Board of Selectmen push to have the Cons Com lay down for a developer WENHAM - Winfrey's Fudge and Chocolates may have closed its Main Street store, but sugar addicts won't have far to go to get a fix. |
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