Essex News

It took Red Sox slugger Jim Rice 15 years to get into the Hall of Fame, but it took a former Marblehead junior high librarian twice as long to be honored for getting students to hit the books during the bicentennial.

It's been said that the best things in life are free. After a year of economic upheaval, this notion holds even more weight than usual.

Reputed New England Mafia underboss Carmen, "The Cheese Man," DiNunzio pleaded guilty today to state charges of extortion, conspiracy, and managing an illegal gambling enterprise.

A mother stood in handcuffs today and pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and other charges as prosecutors accused her of withholding life-saving cancer treatment from her 9-year-old son before his death from leukemia.

Kristen LaBrie, 37, of Salem, who allegedly withheld cancer treatment from her young autistic son, was indicted by an Essex County Grand Jury Friday, July 3, on charges of attempted murder, permitting serious bodily injury to a disabled person, permitting substantial bodily injury to a child, and child endangerment.

Manchester Public Library is taking some new steps forward this week to help children get on board with summer reading.

Is Adam Sandler's made-in-Massachusetts movie "Grown Ups" being poised as next summer's first blockbuster comedic film? The ultimate buddy flick, currently filming at Chebacco Lake and Centennial Grove located 30 Martin St.

Cars are backed up, orange cones are popping up everywhere, and civilian flaggers are directing traffic along Route 133 in Essex as the reconstruction project for the Causeway has finally broken ground.

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 state overseer is putting a stop to increased fees the Essex Regional Retirement Board has been charging local towns after it attempted to unilaterally reclassify police and fire dispatchers.

Student school records from the Manchester Essex Regional School Class of 2002 are scheduled to be destroyed by July 24.

Geneva Beaudry, a Wenham resident, has put together a fund-raiser slated for Wednesday at Essex Seafood from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. to benefit the Boston Breast Cancer 3-Day Series, where thousands of men and women will walk 60 miles over three days to raise money for the National Philanthropic Trust Breast Cancer Fund and Susan G. Komen for the ...

We would like to thank all who helped out and turned out for the first annual "Ride to Remember." With more than 125 bikers on hand to ride throughout the North Shore, the run was a great success.

Police received a report of a past assault and battery from a Main Street business at 10:15 p.m. Friday.

The committee that oversees North Shore Technical High School is negotiating a contract with Principal Dan O'Connell to become the new superintendent, a move that bypasses the traditional search process.

One of New England's best-known clam shacks is shutting its doors for a few days to accommodate Hollywood.

For a dozen years, Timothy A. Bassett and Katherine O'Leary worked together on an Essex County pension board to approve retirement packages for hundreds of police officers, firefighters, and other municipal workers on the North Shore.

Looking for one last chance to stroll the halls of the Manchester Essex Regional Junior Senior High School before the walls come tumbling down? The Last Dance Event could give you that opportunity.

David Spade and his girlfriend Jillian Grace were spotted arriving at LAX Airport to catch a flight yesterday afternoon.

Selectmen were not happy to hear that the Essex Regional Retirement Board saw its investments plunge by 33 percent in 2008 - the worst of 107 retirement systems in Massachusetts.