Salem News

Last week's announcement that Salem State College will play host to one of the state's six new Readiness Centers, offering innovative programs in teacher training, represents a return of sorts to roots established more than 150 years ago.

Police are investigating a serious crash last night on Lafayette Street near the Marblehead line, a stretch of road that has seen numerous crashes.

A busy downtown intersection that one resident called a "miserable mess" will have a full traffic signal and synchronized pedestrian crosswalks by next summer.

The head of the Salem Mission said he supports a proposal to ban the most dangerous sex offenders from homeless shelters.

There are many people in the Salem community concerned about the H1N1 "swine" flu virus.

The body of a Pickering Wharf shop owner who often fished along the waterfront was found floating in the harbor early yesterday morning.

A class-action lawsuit filed in Salem Superior Court yesterday says Ashland Inc.

All Gina Uberti wanted to do was take Halloween week off in October 2008 and head up to Salem, Massachusetts with other Wiccans for a festival.

Robert A. Cornetta, first justice of Salem District Court, is absolutely right when he says of the new court complex rising between Bridge and Federal streets: "The impact of this project cannot - repeat, cannot - be underestimated." Cornetta and Mayor Kim Driscoll delivered a progress report on the project to the North Shore Chamber of Commerce ...

I am writing regarding an article in The Salem News - "Groundwater settlement nets Peabody $2.8 million" - that has stirred up some major concern with me.

A man charged with shooting out the back window of a car on Munroe Street last week allegedly told Lynn police that he had done so because he didn't believe Peabody police would investigate a drive-by shooting outside his girlfriend's home.

One of the drivers involved in a two-car crash on Lafayette Street on Thursday night that sent both drivers to a Boston hospital will be charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, Salem police said.

Nearly a year of searching and wondering came to a sad end for a Peabody family yesterday when police divers found what they believe to be the remains of a grandmother who disappeared last December.

Born June 27, 2009, at Mass. General Hospital, a daughter, Norah Alexis, to Ben and Amy Stewart of Salem.

The author, Ruby Dominguez is challenged by the conflicting complexities of the past and future.

A judge is considering releasing a Boxford man charged with twice trying to kill his wife during a 10-day period last month, including one attack that put the woman in the hospital for five days.

The huge Halloween crowds last weekend included a record 9,000 train passengers who purchased commuter rail tickets to Salem.

Portside Marine Services never had any problems with burglars at their Liberty Street facility.

A Salem Taxi operator helped lead police to a drunken driver in an SUV who smashed into a sedan on Canal Street early yesterday and fled the scene, according to a police report.

SALEM, Mass. - A motorcycle crash has killed the father of an autistic Massachusetts boy who died after his mother allegedly withheld cancer medication.