Essex County News

An 18-year-old South Prospect Street man is being held without bail after being accused of shaking his 3-month old baby, causing her to have severe brain injuries.

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.

Bay State Republicans received a huge lift Tuesday with the victory of City Councilor Judith Flanagan Kennedy, who upset incumbent Lynn Mayor Edward "Chip" Clancy by 27 votes.

And unfortunately, that is the bulk of what the Massachusetts fishing industry has received from its congressional delegation as it struggles for survival in the face of an ever-tighter federal regulatory squeeze.

While the majority of West Newbury voters decided against funding for a parking area in this budget year, the publicity this effort generated has made more townspeople aware of Riverbend: what it is , where it is and its potential for a wider range of users, especially less able walkers, both young and old, and those seeking expanded access to the ...

A recent phone call from the new owner of a property at 224 Lafayette St. in Salem concerning its history, prompted this look back at a series of high-profile - and still unsolved - murders that occurred on the North Shore between 1932 and 1963.

A federal-state-local crackdown on drug trafficking continued yesterday morning with the arrest of two people on cocaine charges.

Waterfront residents have an extra year to comply with changes to expanded flood maps, which federal officials warn will put hundreds more homes in zones that require flood insurance and may have strict building codes.

Boston has the Emerald Necklace, a string of linked parks designed by Frederick Law Olmsted that provide green oases in what is often a concrete and asphalt urban desert.

When it comes to general bragging rights, Salem is a veritable "embarrassment of riches." The community is one of the oldest in America, and is home to one of the nation's first public school systems and one of its oldest Protestant churches.

Two people who may be connected to the break-ins of hundreds of cars in Essex County have been arrested, police said Tuesday.

When the region's police investigators shared recent car burglary numbers at a meeting last week, the statistics staggered even veteran law enforcement officials.

Police believe two people arrested in Haverhill Monday night are behind a significant portion of the rash of recent car break-ins across the region.

The Merrimack Valley Dream Factory is having a Halloween party and fall festival Sunday.

As Salem's Haunted Happenings celebration cranks into full gear, the city's streets are often filled with visitors dressed and made up as evil old crones, the likes of whom once terrified the residents of local communities.

The sun is shining on Mack Park. After a spate of vandalism over several years, the hilly park near the Peabody border is finally starting to sparkle.

A Newburyport woman has been indicted in the brazen mugging of a 69-year-old woman in downtown Beverly last June.

Jeffrey Perry, who is charged with molesting a 12-year-old boy for nearly a year, has been indicted by a grand jury and faces the possibility of life in prison.

Two brown-eyed, happy children left the fairgrounds last weekend with crowns on their heads and trophies in their arms.

Hamilton's Krista McLellan was crowned Mrs. Essex County 2010 yesterday at the Topsfield Fair, emerging victorious from a diverse field of 13 women from across the North Shore.