Saugus News

In need of a little holiday spirit? Skip the spiked eggnog and tell the kids to climb in the car for some lights fantastic and it's all free! The City Desk Wired first-annual "Lights Fantastic" brag board is ready to launch.

Bill Hudak's political aspirations next year are to defeat John Tierney and win a seat in the House.

A collection of holiday memories from the Times staff. It was the Christmas of 1959 and my parents, in the best way they could, tried to keep our Christmas expectations realistic.

At least one person has been injured in a two-alarm house fire in Saugus on Friday morning.

CHAGALL PERFORMANCE ART COLLABORATIVE If your idea of a holiday party includes jazz haiku, a band featuring windup toys, and David Lynch's short films set to live music, get thee to Inman Square with bells on.

The Massachusetts high court has granted a new trial to a man convicted of murdering a reputed gangland enforcer and attempting to kill two other alleged mobsters in 1996.

A Good Samaritan was dragged in Stoneham when he tried to stop a thief. Police said last Sunday a man stole a wallet from the LA Fitness in Saugus.

The Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage office in Andover, together with Bernie & Phyl's Furniture, is collecting toys for The Home for Little Wanderers.

Massachusetts Highway Division officials are demanding explanations from contractors who were awarded federal stimulus funding but failed to disclose past pollution and safety violations levied against them.

Tuesday, January 27 3:30 p.m. Officers responded to evidence found in Speare Hall that an 18-year-old male resident had fired a paintball at the door of another 18-year-old male resident's room.

Miki Chiang of Framingham took in all the toys at Toys "R'' Us Holiday Express in Natick.

It's no secret that I have been skeptical about the rush to join the state-of-the-art $130 million regional vocational school.

On this day of bounty, not everyone will gather around the dinner table with loved ones.

A pair of North Shore men will spend two to five years in state prison for an 11-day bank robbery spree all over Essex County last year that netted them more than $11,000. The Salem Superior Court judge who sentenced Kevin Maloney, 29, of Saugus and Jeffrey Monico, 30, of Peabody said he views the seven robberies and attempted robberies in Beverly, ...

This year throw your holiday party at Za Za Restaurant. Give a little to your friends, co-workers and loved ones, and get a lot back with the Holiday Happenings discount! Any group of 25 or more that books their reservation before December 1st, 2009 will receive a 25% discount .

The 58-year-old restaurant chain that takes credit for inventing the roast beef sandwich plans to revamp the former Marty's Liquor store in Allston into its first Hub location.

The jury is out on Jesse Brooks. Brooks, 32, is charged with conspiring with his father, multimillionaire John "Jay" Brooks, to hire three men to kill Jack Reid, a self-employed mover from Derry, in 2005.A His trial lasted more than three weeks, concluding with closing statements Wednesday.

Under pressure from the state, the Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School District has cut more than $850,000 with its latest budget proposal and sent new assessment bills to the 12 cities and towns that send students to its high school.

STONEHAM, Mass. -- Joan H. Kochocki Martinez, 56, Stoneham, Mass., died Nov. 1, 2009, at Kindred Hospital, Peabody, Mass.

Albina R. Belo, age 76, died Tuesday, November 10, 2009, at New Bedford Rehabilitation Hospital.