Methuen News

Should members of the city's boards answer to voters instead of the mayor? Should officials only serve three terms in an elected position? Those are questions a group called Citizens for a Better Government ...

School officials have learned the city's Department of Public Works isn't the cheapest option to have sand swept from school grounds, resparking the debate over whether the two should consolidate services.

Lawrence Academy congratulates local students who were named to the academic honor roll for the spring trimester.

If thunderstorms move into the area tonight, both Haverhill and Methuen will consider moving up the start times for their firework displays.

A Canadian suffered serious injuries when he crashed a borrowed motorized scooter outside Rockingham Park Racetrack.

A group of residents, public safety officials and politicians have formed a new Public Safety Committee.

The Water Department will face layoffs and people will have to conserve water unless the City Council approves a water rate increase, Mayor William Manzi said.

The lawyer for a former Methuen police officer yesterday accused former Methuen police Chief Joseph Solomon and former Deputy Chief Joseph Alaimo of lying about blocking her client's attempt to get another job.

A former Lawrence and Methuen man who fled the state hours before a jury convicted him of raping and assaulting his young daughter was captured yesterday in the Dominican Republic, to where he had been tracked ...

He had no green in his pockets, so he stole a pair of shoes to put green on his feet, police said.

A fire engine responding to a rollover tore part of the bumper off a car yesterday afternoon, police said.

A grand jury has indicted a reputed gang member on a charge that he murdered a Methuen man last February who is remembered by friends and family for his kindness and charitable work.

Brittney Kannan could hardly believe the subject of her first photographs with the new camera she received for her 21st birthday: a 7-foot-tall moose standing in her yard.

A 50-year-old city man has pleaded guilty to raping a young female relative and will serve up to 10 years in prison for his crimes.

Police have identified the body found Friday afternoon on the city's east side as that of a 28-year-old Tewksbury woman who they believe may have lived in Methuen.

Thieves have been targeting landscaping companies in this area, feeding tens of thousands of dollars of often-unrecoverable equipment to a black market hungry for high-end goods, according to police and ...

The Rev. John McLaughlin never served in the military, but he's faced unexpected, violent death in the way troops do.

According to Haverhill police Sgt. Robert Pistone, a husband, 47, and wife, 45, were walking a trail in Winnekenni Park at about 2:35 p.m. when they were forced to seek shelter.

One morning last month, the manager of a Stop & Shop in Methuen, Mass., noticed a man, along with his young daughter, leave the store without paying for several bags of shrimp.

It's a rare catch for sure, but for the second straight summer, a fisherman on the Merrimack River landed a primitive Atlantic sturgeon.