Danvers News

After four separate crashes involving older drivers on Massachusetts roads, including one that claimed the life of a 6-year-old girl, state lawmakers are poised to begin debating proposed legislation that would impose restrictions on elderly operators.

Some of Priscilla Gerrard's earliest childhood memories stem from the annual Highlands Bean Supper, when townsfolk gathered to enjoy baked beans and each other's company.

Former longtime Selectman Baron Mayer, the man once known as "Mr. Danvers," died Sunday at his home in Washington, N.C., Town Manager Wayne Marquis said.

Elderly driving, and whether specific regulations should be attached to the issuance of driver's licenses at certain ages, has become a hot-button issue in Massachusetts.

While July 3 means lots of fireworks in town, Independence Day means lots of worn shoe leather with two annual parades on tap.

As consumers get ready to celebrate July Fourth, many merchants already have dismissed summer as a washout.

Those overseeing the expansion of the North Shore Community College campus in Danvers found out this week there's a lot of truth in Kermit the Frog's claim that "it ain't easy bein' green." NSCC President Wayne Burton spent part of his birthday Monday being assailed by residents of Preston Street for the demolition of trees and other shrubbery that ...

A child rapist convicted for failing to register as a sex offender wants a judge to suspend a 12-month jail sentence.

Even though residents are using less water, the cost to run the water system is going up, Town Manager Wayne Marquis said.

Sharon's fate has yet to be determined. Sharon is the black Labrador retriever mix who killed a miniature schnauzer named Jassie in April.

CoCo Key Water Resort knows its target audience. It is young, exuberant, and not worried about taking a bath with hundreds of strangers.

Hamilton comic Bo Burnham, still only 18, is revisiting his high school days in his biggest career test yet.

They are known as commons, greens, training fields, or sometimes all of the above.

Some might say there's no need for new signage to inform motorists where Interstate 95 ends and Route 128 begins in Peabody.

Smokers who have already been pushed outside may have to move even further away as Massachusetts lawmakers consider a bill that bans smoking within 25 feet of building windows and entrances.

Danversbank , the principal subsidiary of Danvers Bancorp, is set to open a new branch at 485 Mass Ave.

Someday in the distant future, there might just be another Yaz in the Red Sox outfield.

It didn't end at Buchenwald. Sonia Weitz, a survivor of that Nazi death camp, watched the grim news coming from the Holocaust Museum in Washington on Wednesday only to learn of another victim of hate, museum guard Stephen Johns, 39.

The mother of a Massachusetts teenager says students on a school trip to the U.S. Holocaust Museum heard several gunshots before they were evacuated from the building.

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