Saugus News

Today is Thursday, May 23. Here are five things worth knowing today. Concert Next Week: Next Thursday evening at the Old Meeting House at 7:30 p.m., musicians Ellen Schwartz and Roger Bruno, aka "Too Human," perform a free concert.

Wakefield Police responded to these and other calls for service between Friday, May 17 and Sunday, May 17, 2013.

Tonight, Wednesday, May 22, 5:30 to 8 p.m. at The Armory, 191 Highland, join Mayor Joe Curtatone for his campaign kick-off party.

Six public meetings have been scheduled to discuss MassDOT's plan to eliminate the cash toll option and implement high speed electronic tolls beginning on the Tobin Bridge next year.

This Sunday morning, locals will gather on Lynnfield Common with a shared goal of raising tens of thousands of dollars to cure cystic fibrosis.

A permanent hire is now in place to lead Peabody's largest elementary school -- Tracy Smith.

He didn't know the gun was loaded. The 14-year-old Massachusetts boy had recently found his mother's handgun, which she kept hidden under her mattress for protection.

Ruth J. Knyff, 73, of Ruth Street, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2013, in the Southeast Massachusetts Health & Rehabilitation Center after battling a rare form of kidney cancer for the past three years.

The following are excerpts from reports in the Peabody Police Department. Thursday, May 9 At 3:21 p.m., police received a call about a domestic disturbance between two brothers on Harris Street.

A pedestrian walking on Gould Street called 911 soon before 1 a.m. Friday morning to report that flames were showing from a home that had been the scene of a small fire earlir in the evening.

Patricia Lally, Assistant Superintendent for Tewksbury Schools, has been named a finalist for the Saugus Public Schools superintendent position.

Mike Tempesta, principal of Milford High School, is one of three finalists for a superintendent position in a suburb on the North Shore of Massachusetts.

On Monday and Tuesday next week, the voters of Sandwich will convene our annual town meeting.

Today is Friday, May 3. Here are five things to know today in Peabody. Sports today: Peabody High baseball travels to Saugus today , girls' lacrosse hosts Beverly and Bishop Fenwick boys' lacrosse hosts Saugus today .

John Burbine, already facing dozens of child sexual assault charges in Middlesex County, appeared in Essex Superior Court Wednesday to answer to two more.

A Wakefield man already facing multiple charges in Middlesex County for allegedly sexually abusing children at his wife's day care center is now facing charges in Essex County.