Peabody News

Wakefield Police Log for Wednesday, May 30, 2012: The following information was supplied by the Wakefield Police Department.

Peabody Patch recently chatted with Sandi Drover, outreach coordinator for the Healthy Peabody Collaborative , about what draws her to her work and the city's youth, and here's what she had to say: Q: You were recognized by one of our readers as an "amazing" person in the A community who has poured a great deal of time and energy into the city's A ... (more)

Six months after state Senator Frederick E. Berry announced plans to retire after this term, a wide-open race for the veteran Peabody Democrat's Second Essex seat is kicking into gear.

Malden has made the list of Massachusetts towns with the highest percentage of residents who are non-citizens, according to wcvb.com . Malden came in second only to Chelsea, which topped the list.

The following excerpts are from reports in theA Peabody Police Department A press log from May 28-29. Monday, May 28 3:34 p.m. An officer reported finding a young child walking in the street on Paleologos Street looking for its parents.

Driving lessons can be expensive, and these ones are no exception, which is why Peabody resident Phil Richard, who owns an insurance firm in Danvers, is helping subsidize the cost for students and parents.

Friends and family of the Rochester man killed after being struck by a pickup truck while walking in Newton, Mass.

The cash-strapped state Department of Transportation, which just spent $1.2 million to change the signs on turnpike entrances from "Fast Lane" to "E-ZPass," is now replacing all the traffic and guide signs on a 13-mile stretch of Route 128 between Newton and Lexington, the Herald has learned.

Middlesex District Atorrney Gerard Leone announced today that a Peabody woman who operates a real estate office in Somerville has been indicted on charges she stole more than $200,000 from her clients.

The following excerpts are from reports in theA Peabody Police Department A press log from May 25-28. Friday, May 25 2:45 p.m. Ryan P. Maglione, 21, of 12 Butternut Ave., Peabody, was arrested in Salem on three warrants after Peabody officers learned he was heading to a residence in Salem.

The following is an excerpt from theA Danvers Police A log: Friday, May 25 A vehicle was reported broken into at 11:45 a.m. in the Dick's Sporting Goods parking lot.A A laptop was reported stolen from a vehicle at the Liberty Tree Mall parking lot at 12:08 p.m. A suspicious male looking into cars parked at the Liberty Tree Mall was reported to ... (more)

Peabody turned out Monday to honor its own fallen soldiers along with all service men and women across the nation who have paid the ultimate sacrifice.

Today is Monday, May 28. Here are five things to know today in Peabody. Today is Memorial Day: Way back when, 1868 to be precise, Memorial Day was first celebrated to honor the fallen soldiers in the Civil War and it was only later around the time of World War I that the holiday was expanded to include all veterans, according to this historical ... (more)

A When Bert Russell was asked to lead this year's Memorial Day Parade as Grand Marshall, the highly-decorated former U.S. Marine, Marine Corps Reservist and Korean War veteran's first thought was he should politely decline.

Many volunteers, most of them veterans, gathered at Cedar Grove Cemetery Friday morning to honor the dead by placing flags at their gravesides in preparation for Memorial Day ceremonies.

Today is Memorial Day. Here's what closed today in Peabody in observance of the holiday and what's open.

Here are the highlights, for one reason or another, from the pages of the Peabody Police Department press log from this past week.

Among the Class of 2012 matriculating from Bishop Fenwick High School Friday were 34 Peabody seniors.

Lynnfield Police responded to these and other calls for service on Wednesday, May 23 and Thursday, May 24.

Peabody will be remembering fallen veterans this weekend during the city's annual Memorial Day ceremonies.