Salem News

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

A Salem Superior Court judge yesterday ordered that an alleged five-time drunken driver - found with a pint of vodka in his lunchbox - will remain in custody until trial.

A statewide association of human service providers awarded The Salem News a Media Award of Excellence during its 34th annual Convention and Expo in Boston last week.

I'll bet you do get a lot of witches in that neck of the woods. - Good Knight 1 out of 1 people found this comment helpful.

There are a whole lot of packages making their way from North Broadway to soldiers serving overseas.

I am writing to express how appalled I was in my experience with the commuter rail Saturday night.

A Beverly man has been sentenced to up to 3 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a Peabody boy numerous times when he was between the ages of 6 and 8. Prosecutors called the actions of 31-year-old Shawn Finnegan "despicable, horrific and unimaginable" in Salem Superior Court on Monday.

The last time the city held an election, 89 percent of eligible registered voters marked the occasion by staying home.

Halloween is upon us, and for many it's a time of costumes, candy and jack-o-lanterns. But for witches, it marks the beginning of a new year and the place to celebrate would be witch central: Salem, Mass.

At The Museum Submitted by Kirsten Cohen on 2009-11-02.   Boy Scouts from Troop 24 in Berlin recently visited the Haunted Happenings in Salem, Mass.

City officials yesterday called Halloween an overall success, despite two stabbings and an assault that occurred as crowds were dispersing from the city.

Halloween will be in full-effect Saturday in New England, particularly in the "Witch City" of Salem.

Vampires sporting sunglasses, whimsical wizards, and at least one Teletubby roamed the streets of Salem this afternoon, drinking in a magical brew of warm weather and a Halloween weekend.

The stars are aligned this year for what could be the largest crowds in the 28-year history of Haunted Happenings.

Two roommates are under arrest after police said their heroin sales were attracting numerous customers, as well as the ire of their neighbors.

Located in New England, Salem is a city in the American state of Massachusetts. The city is now famous as the site of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.

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When Edgewater Cafe closes its doors for good Saturday, Salem will lose an important live-music venue, and the North Shore music scene will be without one of its biggest patrons.

Longtime Salem resident Philias Verrette Sr. survived three years in World War II, took part in every major battle in Europe, from D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge, and won the Silver Star, the third-highest military award for valor.

"Witch School Headquarters are closing in the Rossville-Hoopeston area of Illinois.