Essex County News Archives

“We are honored . . . to receive this funding”

The city is looking to purchase a minimum of 2.5 acres to be used as the location of a new Department of Public Works facility, and is soliciting proposals from owners of property in the city. via Boston.com

I am currently looking for information on Daniel Walsh, a seaman on USS Monitor during the Civil War. via Cousinconnect.com

“This would allow the state to assist and support and make whole those communities.”

In the wake of devastating fires in Gloucester and Lawrence, Gov. Deval Patrick wants the Legislature to give him emergency spending authority in the event of a disaster. via EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

“Aunt Clara came to spend the day as usual.”

A while back, through the generosity of former Swampscott residents Marianna and Al Wyer, this columnist came into possession of a collection of diaries kept by longtime Salem resident Frank Fabens between 1902 ... via SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

A Revere ironworker who passed a note to a pharmacist saying he would "blow the place up" if she didn't give him Percocet has been indicted by an Essex County grand jury. via The Daily Item

An employee of the Essex County Sheriff's Department filed a sexual harassment lawsuit in Salem Superior Court Wednesday against the department alleging officials didn't properly investigate her complaints of ... via The Daily Item

“For an $80-million (municipal) corporation (Gloucester) not to have a legal staff on the ground and available to discuss anything, day-to-day business, is disturbing”

Attorney Leonard Kopelman, whose 60-member Boston-based municipal-law firm has been nominated to replace City Solicitor Linda Lowe, conceded that, by himself, "I don't know that I could do a better job." ... via GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA

“There may be more than one company”

Danvers could be tuning in to Verizon to provide cable television in town. The Board of Selectmen voted last week, at Verizon's request, to seek applications for cable television licenses. via Boston.com

Today as we approach the official commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, it seems an appropriate time to pay tribute to the handful of 19th-century North Shore residents who helped pave the way ... via GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA

Three men have been indicted on separate cases involving a bank robbery, narcotics and firearm crimes by an Essex County grand jury. via The Daily Item

“I would say that she was nervous”

An Essex County prosecutor yesterday described a troubled marriage between Kenneth Scott Richards and Rachel Richards, a relationship that ended when officials say the man smashed his wife's skull with an ... via NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

“For us to see in this amount now, it's very much a concern for us”

Two Wakefield roommates with connections to the North Shore were arraigned yesterday following a "substantial seizure" of crystal methamphetamine from their apartment and from a hiding place in the woods of ... via SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

With snow arriving just in time for the morning commute, falling faster than an inch per hour, plows were in for what looked like a futile battle yesterday. via GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA

“They were just flabbergasted. They said it was tremendous and asked if they could use it for their training.”

The Essex County District Attorney's Office has taken possession of two videos produced by Peabody Veterans Memorial High School Students. via The Daily Item

“I asked him how he did it and he said with a baseball bat”

The murder trial for Kenneth Scott Richards was scheduled to start today, more than a year and a half after police say the Rowley man beat his wife to death with a baseball bat and tried to commit suicide by ... via NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

The Yankee Clipper Council of the Boy Scouts of America is thriving. Here are the numbers. via Lowell Sun

A Swampscott man who allegedly had 1,000 child pornography images on his computer was one of five men indicted late Friday afternoon by an Essex County grand jury. via The Daily Item

Five local people have been indicted on separate cases involving narcotics, attempted murder and assault crimes by an Essex County grand jury. via The Daily Item

“I want to take full responsibility”

John MacKenzie, 47, of Rockport, pleaded guilty yesterday to second-degree murder for the suffocation death of Wendy Cox, 35, of Gloucester. via GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA

Gary Zerola, the Lynn lawyer and former prosecutor for Essex and Suffolk counties who was named on People magazine's list of America's "Most Eligible Bachelors", faces back-to-back rape trials beginning today. via The Daily Item

Award-winning court and crime reporter Laurel J. Sweet has been featured in the ABC miniseries "Boston 24/7" and the 9-11 documentary motion picture "Looking For My Brother." A uthorities are investigating the ... via Boston Herald

“Do everything I can to make sure there are no new taxes.”

By Stephen Tait and Angeljean Chiaramida , Staff writer Daily News of Newburyport Most everyone looks to the New Year to make some positive changes, none moreso than those that lead our cities and towns. via NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

“I know the facts, and I'm satisfied the commissioner is trying to get underneath those facts”

Department of Social Services Commissioner Angelo McClain yesterday defended his agency's handling of the case of 9-month-old Jocelyn Ward Anderson, who allegedly died at the hands of her drug-addicted mother. via SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

Radon is a colorless, tasteless, odorless, radioactive gas that comes from soil and rocks, and is an unhealthy indoor air pollutant that can seep into basements or crawl spaces of homes. via GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA