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News for Salem, Massachusetts from SalemNews.com
NOAA head details reform of enforcement of the fishing industry
Mar 19, 2010 12:22 am
BOSTON and mdash; The nation's oceans chief on Thursday detailed reforms on the ways fishermen are policed, including a proposal to force her agency to better justify penalties against them. National...
Most selectmen favor meals tax
Mar 19, 2010 12:21 am
DANVERS and mdash; A majority of selectmen appear to favor a meals tax over a trash fee as the best way to cover a $700,000 shortfall in the proposed fiscal 2011 budget. Selectmen are expected to dec...
Student art on display at the middle school
Mar 19, 2010 12:20 am
DANVERS and mdash; The schools will be holding a district-wide show next week featuring artwork of students in kindergarten through grade 12. Opening night is Monday, from 6 to 8:30, at the Holten ...
A lady leprechaun with really good luck
Mar 19, 2010 12:18 am
SALEM and mdash; Janis Manning has the magic touch. The woman should be in the Guinness Book of World Records. For the fourth time, Manning has sold a winning ticket to a big raffle. In the past, she...
Pictures from Marblehead's last ice age
Mar 19, 2010 12:18 am
MARBLEHEAD and mdash; The earth might be warming. Or not. But it sure was cold 50 years ago. Town Administrator Tony Sasso has the photo to prove it, an image of a Marblehead fire truck on the job, ...
Mass. House unanimously approves anti-bullying bill
Mar 19, 2010 12:17 am
BOSTON and mdash; Massachusetts House lawmakers have unanimously approved a bill designed to clamp down on school bullies after restoring language intended to toughen the legislation. The bill would ...
DA: Ex-Prep CFO stole nearly $82K
Mar 19, 2010 12:16 am
DANVERS and mdash; A former chief financial officer at St. John's Prep is accused of stealing nearly $82,000 from the Catholic high school to buy cars for himself and another ex-employee, as well as ...
Zoning debate returns to downtown's future
Mar 19, 2010 12:15 am
PEABODY and mdash; Ward 2 Councilor Arthur Athas last night argued that retail businesses should be allowed in areas of Peabody designated to accommodate "industrial" uses such as manufactu...
A lawyer who gives lessons on justice gets one
Mar 19, 2010 12:15 am
SALEM and mdash; Attorney and radio personality Neil Chayet has been "looking at the law" for 34 years. But he got a different view of the justice system yesterday when he went to court, n...
Mar 19, 2010 12:14 am
Wenham Friday Kathleen A. Atkinson, 36, of 40 Cabot St., Apt. 2, Salem, was arrested at 5 p.m. and charged with three counts of drug possession, following a motor vehicle stop on Main Street. She al...
