Methuen News

A man accused of shaking his infant daughter and seriously injuring her will spend Thanksgiving at his grandmother's house in Methuen, instead of jail.

Witnesses testified that a Methuen man repeatedly tried to contact his ex-girlfriend by phone and in person after assaulting her in the Salem police parking lot.

A 17-year old from Methuen was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after running over a 12-year old in Lowell on Wednesday.

If a sampling of local Democrats is any indication, it's going to be a close contest between U.S. Rep.

Sure, jolly old Saint Nick was the star attraction of yesterday's Santa Parade. But for 5-year-old Meghan Hoyt, it was her older brother Nathaniel that she couldn't wait to see come walking down Broadway with his Boy Scout troop.

The owner of a local company that employs 130 people is threatening to move out of state unless Polartec sells him an acre of land so he can expand his growing business.

Police have charged Michelle P. Medeiros, 17, of Methuen, for hitting a Lowell boy in a crosswalk and then leaving the scene Wednesday afternoon.

Police have found the car they believe struck and critically injured a 12-year-old boy in a hit-and-run accident on Wednesday afternoon.

A Santa's Express airplane tree and another made completely from pet food cans covered in dog treats are among the many favorites Festival of Trees President Ann Guastaferro picked from this year's 211 entries.

The birds, ranging anywhere from 12 pounds to more than 30, are all natural, native to Massachusetts and bred and hatched on the premises, said farm owner Jim Rischer.

Stephen Carney went to the Methuen Exchange Club's 15th annual recognition dinner last night to publicly thank the two Fire Department emergency medical technicians who saved his life.

Sitting across from each other at a table, Chery Reynaldo Victoria and his father looked for colorful wooden pieces to match the animals printed on them.

Salem Co-operative Bank recently broke ground on a 3,000-square-foot branch at 280 Merrimack St.

Cocaine with a street value of $5.4 million was confiscated during a surge of drug sweeps last month focusing mainly on Lawrence, Methuen, Haverhill and Lynn, Essex County District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett announced yesterday.

The chairman of the state Civil Service Commission said it looks like Methuen officials are thumbing their noses at an order he issued nearly three months ago.

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Steve Magri's great-grandfather was a barber in Naples, Italy before emigrating and opening a shop in Lawrence.

A man was knocked unconscious after he was attacked by three others at Bunkerhill and Park streets early Sunday morning, police said.

Haverhill Mayor James Fiorentini's six years in office have not been perfect. But no administration is perfect, and Fiorentini's performance during difficult times has made him well worthy of re-election. During the worst recession in more than a generation, faced with declining tax revenues and deep cuts in state aid, he has maintained essential ...

Saying their building is no longer sufficient, officials at Broadway Care and Rehabilitation Center are shutting down, relocating 37 residents and trying to find new jobs for staff.