The Salem News

11/02/2024

The race to replace retired Southern Essex Register of Deeds John O’Brien after 47 years has come down to two candidates: Democrat Eileen R. Duff and Republican Jonathan Edward Ring.

The race to replace retired Southern Essex Register of Deeds John O’Brien after 47 years has come down to two candidates, both of whom call Cape Ann home.

11/02/2024

Incumbent Thomas Driscoll, a Democrat from Swampscott, is facing challenges from unenrolled candidate Todd Angilly of Lynnfield and independent candidate Doris Rodriguez of Lawrence in Tuesday’s election.

SALEM — For the first time since 2000, voters will have a choice in a general election on who becomes the Essex County clerk of courts.

11/01/2024

The Peabody Municipal Light Plant is warning customers of scam callers posing as the company and threatening to shut off power if they don’t receive immediate payment.

PEABODY — The Peabody Municipal Light Plant is warning customers of scam callers posing as the company and threatening to shut off power if they don’t receive immediate payment.

11/01/2024

About 190 acres have burned in a Middleton brush fire that broke out last weekend, making it the largest fire the state has seen this year and during a particularly brutal October wildfire season.

MIDDLETON — About 190 acres have burned in a Middleton brush fire that broke out last weekend, making it the largest fire the state has seen this year and during

11/01/2024

Not every North Shore high school football team is in the division they best belong in. Here's how we'd fix it:

I like the state’s current high school football playoff system.

11/01/2024

Here are five things to do on the North Shore this weekend.

A Titanic Experience

11/01/2024

As city officials consider the creation of a new city election commission that would oversee and run elections in Salem — freeing up the city clerk to prioritize other responsibilities — city councilors are hoping to resume their review of the proposal and iron out details before the end of the year.

SALEM — With the Nov. 5 presidential election fast approaching, City Clerk Ilene Simons will once again be responsible for running the election in Salem, but that may not be

11/01/2024

Whether it’s last year’s Ken and Barbie, or Harley Quinn from the year before, it seems like every year has one Halloween costume that outnumbers all the rest. This year’s Halloween in Salem is no different, with visitors in “Beetlejuice” costumes popping up around nearly every corner.

SALEM — Whether it’s last year’s Ken and Barbie, or Harley Quinn from the year before, it seems like every year has one Halloween costume that outnumbers all the rest.

11/01/2024

The School Committee had filed for mediation with the Massachusetts Department of Labor Relations two weeks ago, but the Beverly Teachers Association did not consent to it until after Wednesday night’s session.

BEVERLY — The Beverly Teachers Association has agreed to call in a mediator to try to break the impasse in its contract negotiations with the School Committee.

11/01/2024

Although exact crowd numbers will not be available for a few days, Ashley Judge, executive director of Destination Salem, said officials expect an increase of 5-7% more than last year’s 1.2 million visitors.

SALEM — Another Salem Halloween season wrapped up Thursday night with record crowds estimated to be beyond the 1 million mark to see the annual event at its best.

11/01/2024

Stormy Daniels, who is a practicing witch, was in Salem today as she was honored with the first annual Salem Witches’ Woman of Power Award.

SALEM — Hundreds of Halloween visitors and witches gathered on Salem Common Thursday to hold the annual “witches circle” ceremony to honor the spirits of loved ones who have passed

10/31/2024

The Special Care Nursery at Beverly Hospital has gone under the sea to help their newest arrivals celebrate their first Halloween as characters from "The Little Mermaid."

BEVERLY — The Special Care Nursery at Beverly Hospital has gone under the sea to help their newest arrivals celebrate their first Halloween this year.

10/31/2024

Incumbent State Rep. Kristin Kassner, a Democrat, will face off against Republican challenger Mark Tashjian for the 2nd Essex District seat in Tuesday’s general election.

Incumbent State Rep. Kristin Kassner will face off against Republican challenger Mark Tashjian for the 2nd Essex District seat in Tuesday’s general election.

10/31/2024

Arpeggione Ensemble will perform “Shoebert’s Unfinished Journey” on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Beverly Council on Aging. The mini-operetta was inspired by the story of Shoebert, the seal who captured the area’s attention in 2022 when it made its way to the Shoe Pond in Beverly and stayed for nine days.

BEVERLY — A chamber music group will perform a new mini-operetta based on the story of Shoebert — not Schubert — on Saturday, Nov. 2, in Beverly.

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween! 🎃 Here are some of the best costumes our readers have spotted in Salem this fall.

10/31/2024

The Salem Fire Department is continuing to contain two brush fires near Cain Hill and Salem Woods in Salem as it continues to smolder and create smoke as of Wednesday afternoon, despite the previous night’s rain.

SALEM — The Salem Fire Department is continuing to contain two brush fires near Cain Hill and Salem Woods in Salem as it continues to smolder and create smoke as

10/30/2024

The Northeastern Conference released its annual All-Conference and all-star field hockey teams, highlighted by Beverly senior captain Elliot Lund as its Player of the Year

Beverly High senior captain Elliot Lund, a forward and midfielder who had eight goals and 10 assists during the regular season while leading the Panthers to a share of the

10/30/2024

After a successful regular season, five local high school field hockey teams turn their attention to the state playoffs, with Beverly and Masconomet leading the way:

The two teams that battled all season for the Northeastern Conference field hockey crown wound up sharing the top spot.

10/30/2024

Catholic Memorial senior David Timson hails from Beverly and is one of the lynchpins of a Knights defense that battered previously unbeaten St. John’s Prep this past weekend.

Sure, the game of football has evolved quite a bit over the last generation or so. But the surest path to championships remains stopping the run — and one of

10/30/2024

The sale, which is still subject to approval by Beverly/Peabody Elks members and the national Elks Grand Lodge, could mean the end of the ICC, a social club founded in 1933 by families who lived in the predominantly Italian neighborhood along Rantoul Street.

BEVERLY — The Beverly/Peabody Elks Club has a tentative agreement to purchase the Italian Community Center and move into the ICC's building on Rantoul Street.

10/30/2024

With heavy clouds of smoke rolling over much of Essex County from brush fires in Salem, Middleton and other communities, Dr. Aanchal Gupta of Beth Israel Lahey Pulmonary in Beverly said children, the elderly and those who are pregnant, have asthma or have underlying conditions like COPD or heart disease should take extra precautions this week.

Only you can prevent wildfires, but it’s important to keep yourself healthy after they start.

10/29/2024

According to Abby Battis, Historic Beverly’s associate director of collections, the graves of Philis Cave and Nancy Milan are the first of an enslaved person from Beverly to have been discovered.

BEVERLY — Historic Beverly’s Abby Battis was doing research for an exhibit on enslaved people of Beverly when she came across a name that intrigued her.

10/29/2024

More than 50 fellow employees, friends and family members of the late James “Jimmy” Turcotte stood around a new plaque in Danvers last week, remembering him “for his 45 years of service helping to improve the lives of the residents and families at the Hogan Regional Center.”

DANVERS — The morning sun streaming through the woods at Hogan Regional Center seemed somehow appropriate last Wednesday morning for the dedication of a plaque to the memory of a

10/29/2024

Elevated smoke levels near Salem High School has forced the school to dismiss early on Tuesday, and relocate students from the Horace Mann Laboratory School to Witchcraft Heights Elementary School, as well as cancel afterschool outdoor activities.

SALEM — Elevated smoke levels near Salem High School has forced the school to dismiss early on Tuesday, and relocate students from the Horace Mann Laboratory School to Witchcraft Heights

10/29/2024

The new path behind Smith and Gallant halls has been named Ty’s Trail in honor of Essex Tech arbor program graduate and North Andover resident Ty Moughan, who died by su***de at 18 years old in August 2023.

DANVERS — Students at Essex Tech are creating a new nature trail in honor of one of their own.