Salem News

Looking to move to Salem or in the market for a new home in the city? Every Friday, we provide a list of local homes holding open houses on Sunday.

When you're looking for a night out and a break from cooking, you might want to know what's new not only where you live, but also in other North Shore communities.

There was quite a bit of commotion leading up to the release of director Rob Zombie 's feature The Lords of Salem earlier this month; rumors and word of mouth circulating about the various delays of production, curiosity surrounding the film's approach and questions about Zombie's track record as filmmaker amongst the hypercritical horror fan set.

It was during the height of a recent run on PowerBall lottery tickets when the exterior of the Walyo's Variety Store on Essex Street caught on fire .

Today is Thursday, May 23, and here are the five things you need to know: 1 . This stretch of wet and windy weather will continue today.

Salem residents will once again be offered free trolley rides through the city on the Salem Trolley this summer.

The Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School District is looking to fill an empty seat, and they are looking to Wellesley in the final three.

Swampscott commuters headed to Boston across the Tobin Bridge won't have to stop to pay the toll starting next year, the state Department of Transportation announced on Monday.

For the first time this past weekend, the city of Salem had side-by-side Harry Potter shops on Essex Street.

A recent uptick in reports of stolen flower pots and damaged gardens has some city residents asking local police officers to increase their latenight foot patrols in certain Salem neighborhoods.

Today is Tuesday, May 21, and here are the five things you need to know: 1 . It should be another pleasant day in Salem.

In addition to the Fiscal 2014 budget, Town Meeting members will decide a number of other important issues Monday night, including a proposed moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries in Danvers, bylaw changes for taxis and moving town elections to Saturday.

Massachusetts State Police detectives assigned to District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett's office are investigating the incident, in which Michael J. Linscott, 29, was killed, according to Blodgett's spokeswoman, Carrie Kimball Monahan.

Today is Monday, May 20, and here are the five things you need to know: 1 . You'll want to be prepared for wet weather today.

The Lincoln-Sudbury Regional School District has taken another step closer to finding an intermim principal/superintendent to fill in for the departing Scott Carpenter.

Isa still is. But the 1-year-old Spaniel mix could easily have become a was. The difference makers were many and now she is safe at Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem.

A fire damaged Walyo's Variety Store on Essex Street in Salem Friday afternoon. Salem firefighters responded to the fire at approximately 2:15 p.m. The variety store, located on the corner of Essex Street and Forrester Avenue, suffered structural damage in the fire.

Today is Friday, May 17, and here are the five things you need to know: 1 . It should be another beautiful day in Salem.

After you stop by the third annual GreenFest in Peabody Saturday morning, there's a high school cake decorating war on in Danvers, and there's a lot of other events going on in Beverly and the nearby area of the North Shore.

Looking to move to Salem or in the market for a new home in the city? Every Friday, we provide a list of local homes holding open houses on Sunday.