Nahant News

Someone called police about one youth chasing kids around the Mobile Estates trailer park on Route 1 with a steak knife at 4:36 p.m. Scott Hartley, 51, of 12 Herrick Road, Peabody, was arrested at 4:55 p.m. and ...

Local homeowners facing high heating oil prices and other ominous economic news can take some comfort in the Water and Sewer Commission's tentative plan to peg a projected rate increase at 3 percent in 2009.

The Nahant Fire Department's Ocean Rescue Team has been selected by the Massachusetts Call/Volunteer Firefighters' Association to receive its Fire Company of the Month Grant.

North Shore communities still divided by large gaps in education funding and achievement are being drawn together by fears of the rising cost of educating their populations, and the pressure it is placing on ...

The town's warrant has been set for the Nov. 10 special Town Meeting and the only article deals with the disposition of the former United States Coast Guard Housing property.

Two local liquor stores were both issued seven-day license suspensions for selling alcohol to minors last month at a Licensing Board meeting Tuesday.

The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education released the results of the 2008 spring MCAS test to the public Wednesday, showing varied results throughout Greater Lynn Click here for complete ...

Town Manager Andrew Bisignani is still indignant over remarks made about his residency, despite the fact that not all were aimed directly at him.

Note: Salem meteorologist Arthur Francis was 10 years old and living in Malden when the hurricane struck in 1938.

The town has selected a developer for the former Coast Guard Housing project. Nahant Town Administrator Mark Cullinan said the town received good proposals from potential developers.

Sponsors and runners are needed from "Sea to Shining Sea," a five-mile road race to raise money to help restore the Nahant Lifesaving Station.

State regulators are ordering utility companies to increase discounts for low-income customers amid record-breaking electricity and natural gas prices.

Veteran U.S. Sen. John Kerry beat challenger and Gloucester attorney Edward O'Reilly by approximately 69 percent of the vote to 31 percent in Tuesday's primary election.

Numerous police units responded to a large brawl Saturday night inside a wedding reception at the Nahant Country Club, police said.

The Board of Selectmen backed a request to put a $75,000 article on the warrant for the next special Town Meeting despite a low blow lobbed at Town Manager Andrew Bisignani.

State Police will summons a man to court for animal cruelty after he allegedly left his Pomeranian dog inside a locked car on Labor Day in the Long Beach parking lot.

It's not just about the skeletons and skins, Gwil Jones said. It's what they can tell you about life on this planet.

The second of two multi-story apartment buildings adjacent to Christie's restaurant on the Lynnway came tumbling down Thursday.

If a town committee has its way, light poles on the Nahant Causeway could look like large pinwheels to passing motorists.

Despite cooler temperatures, Nahant Health Agent John Coulon said mosquitoes are still active in the area.