Danvers News

If Orlando Pacheco is selected Rockport's next town administrator, he would strive to improve the community's information technology systems, aggressively pursue grants - and aim to keep politics out of the chief executive's daily decision-making processes.

Hank Pizzo has seen a lot of businesses come and go since he started working at a car dealership just off Endicott Street in 1977.

A Salem Superior Court judge yesterday ordered that an alleged five-time drunken driver - found with a pint of vodka in his lunchbox - will remain in custody until trial.

Two men accused of setting decorative cornstalks on fire early on Halloween morning had no answer when a judge asked them why during their arraignments yesterday.

A Kentucky-based chemical company with a facility in Tewksbury delivered a tanker of chemicals to an ink-and-paint factory in Danvers, contributing to an explosion that destroyed or damaged nearly 100 homes and businesses almost three years ago, according to a lawyer for residents.

The following real estate transactions recently took place in Danvers: 8 Coolidge Road: David L. Leftin to Lawrence Leftin, $49,000. 10 Crane St.: Betsy J. Valles to Gregory R. Gecoy, $260,000. 19 Garden St.

North Shore Community College yesterday afternoon broke ground on a $32 million Health Professions and Student Services Building touted both for its energy efficiency and its ability to provide cutting-edge health and science education.

Wells minister Rev. George Burroughs was hanged as a witch during the Salem delirium of 1692.

The hubbub in the cornfields of Dayton Street near the Middleton line is due to the production of the Hollywood action-comedy "Knight and Day," starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz.

A Route 114 restaurant promises to be the place to go tomorrow to sample great food and drink, all while supporting school programs.

DANVERS, Mass. -- As Stewie Griffin might say, "What the deuce?!" Many had similar reactions after viewing a "Family Guy" corn maze in Danvers.

Share + Oct 23, 2009 7:37 am US/Eastern Reporting Paul Burton DANVERS 1 of 3 A huge explosion in Danvers on Nov.

Rich and Stacy Stamm never got to move into the house they bought in Danversport, just 16 hours before it was destroyed by a fiery explosion at a ink-and-paint factory, nearly three years ago on the morning before Thanksgiving.

Share + Oct 22, 2009 2:22 pm US/Eastern DANVERS 1 of 3 Louis Vesprini, 93, of Danvers, was arraigned on a charge of negligent operation of a motor vehicle.

When it comes to managing wireless expenses, companies don't always take into consideration "ghost" charges such as text messaging and directory assistance fees, which can ring up unforeseen costs.

Tuesday the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported job gains in some parts of the state , but acknowledged that the employment picture generally remains dismal.

Barbara Anderson, whose single-minded opposition to tax increases has influenced Massachusetts cities and towns for three decades, is running short of money and may be on the verge of involuntary retirement.

At Connors Farm in Danvers, Massachusetts, Brian and Stewie from Family Guy are representing pop culture in an elaboratelyy, mowed cornstalk design .

It's being called Gloucester's second charter school. The proposed super North Shore agricultural-vocational high school, whose leaders are asking for a $2.7 million commitment from the city by December, is dividing local leaders still battling to stop an incoming charter school.

Months after burying their son, killed in a 2001 plane crash in Danvers, the LeBlanc family of Gloucester got a copy of his autopsy report.