Essex County News

Lawrence police have arrested the city's clerk on drunken driving charges after he allegedly forced another car off the road and onto the porch of a house on South Union Street and failed a breathalyzer test, police said.

Today is Friday, May 17. Here are five things you need to know in Hamilton and Wenham: 1. Sun: The skies should be dominated by sun again on Friday, with temperatures a bit cooler than Thursday.

Common medical procedures in Essex County cost consistently less than the state average.

On average, it costs $400 less to get a CT scan in Essex County than Middlesex County.

The following is an edited press release from AT&T: More than 250 students from high schools across the country will participate this Friday in the Massachusetts Distracted Driving Summit at the Massachusetts State House in Boston.

Former Selectman Keith Lucy will be heading to trial next month in Salem District Court to argue against an assault charge being brought by the Essex County District Attorney's office.

This weekend once again mail carriers will come together to help those who need help putting food on the table in Hamilton and Wenham.

Justices of Massachusetts' highest court heard arguments Thursday on whether special magistrates who are trying to unburden trial courts of a flood of drug cases tainted by a state laboratory scandal may release convicts on bail before they're granted new trials.

As Georgetown Fire Department grew, handling staff scheduling efficiently, and fairly, became a major issue.

A 64-year-old Haverhill woman is being charged with the stabbing death of her live-in boyfriend at their Water Street apartment, a spokeswoman for the Essex County District Attorney's Office said.

Bridget Patton, an FBI spokeswoman, said agents are conducting searches in the "Dartmouth area," but declined to say exactly where investigators are focusing.

Local resident Betty Atkins spent a year working on a quilt that was recently displayed at the Essex County Needlecraft Guild's 40th anniversary exhibit earlier this week in Ipswich.

Senator Karen Spilka has filed legislation to establish a permanent commission on the status of women in the MetroWest region.

John Burbine, already facing dozens of child sexual assault charges in Middlesex County, appeared in Essex Superior Court Wednesday to answer to two more.

A Wakefield man already facing multiple charges in Middlesex County for allegedly sexually abusing children at his wife's day care center is now facing charges in Essex County.

The large-scale law enforcement search in Watertown for at-large bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on April 19 brought to mind whether Swampscott should join the regional police response group NEMLEC, the town administrator said.

Editor's Note: Ernie Hutchins lived in Lynnfield decades ago before moving up to Gilford, New Hampshire and more recently, to Washington State.

This diary is partly a response to Stephen Wolf's amazing diary about nonpartisan redistricting.

The Essex County Summer Day Program will allow youth, police and peer leaders to spend the entire week together attending educational workshops and participating in team-building activities.

Some inmates could be shipped to the Essex County jail in Newark - about 90 miles northeast of the jail in Woodbury.