Rowley News

Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, Mass. topped the speed charts for the first practice of the day Saturday at Thompson International Speedway in preparation for tonight's Pepsi Full Fender Frenzy.

The following items were recorded in the Newburyport police log: Nicholas Swartz, 19, 3 Doe Run Road, Newburyport, was arrested Saturday at 11:37 p.m. and charged with trespassing.

As drivers sat still on the Merrimac Street on-ramp to Route 1 south, Michael Vetrano found a silver lining in the regionwide gridlock brought on by yesterday's accident and gasoline spill that shut down Interstate 95 for most of the day.

The sun-dappled line of traffic on Interstate 95 this afternoon moved an inch at a time, feet dangling out windows, the sliding doors of minivans open to the breeze, and drivers stepping out from behind the wheel to stretch their legs on the pavement.

On behalf of the 2009 Triton Senior Celebration Viking Gradventure Committee, we would like to express our gratitude to a number of businesses and community organizations that made the Gradventure event possible for the Triton senior class of 2009.

The following item was recorded in the log of the Newburyport police: Joshua G. Maisonet, 24, 31 Franklin St., Newburyport, was arrested yesterday at 9:47 a.m. and charged with assault on a household member and threatening to commit a crime.

The following items were recorded in the log of the Rowley police: Steven Raymond Bouley, 19, 9 Maplewood Road, Tewksbury, was arrested Saturday at 3:13 a.m. on Lawrence Road and charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol, unlawful possession of alcohol and speeding.

NEWBURYPORT: The following cases were heard in Newburyport District Court on Tuesday, June 23.

The Truex bloodlines have proved historically fast at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.

Selectmen in Salisbury are joining those in Rowley, Hamilton, Ipswich and Manchester in asking the Essex Regional Retirement Board to transfer their pension funds to the state retirement system.

On Sundays from July 12 to Sept. 27, Rowley's town common will become a cornucopia of delectable vegetables, fruits and other goodies during the fourth annual year for the Farmers Market.

The crowd of outraged town officials who want out of the embattled Essex Regional Retirement Board is growing steadily, and more are expected to make their decisions known this week.

NEWBURYPORT: The following cases were heard in Newburyport District Court on Friday, June 12.

Still lifes to landscapes to abstract work and everything in between highlight the Newburyport Art Association's eighth annual "Artful Feast" auction on Saturday at its galleries at 65 Water St.

Selectmen Jack Cook was absent. PRESENTED Rowley resident, 9-year-old Hannah Jean, a third-grader at Pine Grove School, with a proclamation for her achievement of first place in the Level 3 USAG all-around Massachusetts State Gymnastics Championship in May as a member of ACE Gymnastics of Ipswich.

June 25 is an exciting day for the folks at the Rowley Grange as it is the 115th anniversary of its opening.

That was the gist of the mood of more than 30 angry town officials from across Essex County who gathered in Ipswich Town Hall yesterday morning.

The following item was recorded in the log of the Newbury police: Marcia A. Byers-Burns, 52, 1 Longbrook Road, Byfield, was issued a summons Monday at 2:30 p.m. on a charge of violating an abuse prevention order.

Town managers from about half the communities that pay into the Essex Regional Retirement Board will meet this week to discuss their concerns about the system and ways to reform it, including the possibility of pulling their funds out altogether.

Local town administrators fear the poor performance of the Essex Regional Retirement Board will utlimately cost towns, and taxpayers.