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Coyotes a howling success at college

Aug 28, 2008 6:09 am

SALEM and mdash; There is no truth to the rumor that Salem State College is dumping the Viking as the school mascot and replacing it with the coyote. But it's hard to tell from a visit to the college...

Despite slow start, administrators hail alternative school

Aug 28, 2008 6:00 am

BEVERLY and mdash; It's the week before school starts, and there are no new middle and high school students from Beverly Public Schools signed up for the alternative program at the former McKeown Ele...

Teachers protest lack of contract

Aug 28, 2008 6:00 am

PEABODY and mdash; Teachers returned to work yesterday the same way they left off and mdash; protesting their second year without a contract. "The membership is getting very frustrated," t...

Former First Baptist Church demolition begins

Aug 28, 2008 5:33 am

SALEM and mdash; Demolition began yesterday on the rear section of the former First Baptist Church, a key part of the site preparation for the new state courthouse. A state contractor is taking down ...

Mosquito treatment continues on marsh

Aug 28, 2008 5:33 am

IPSWICH and mdash; Residents living near the Great Marsh can expect to see helicopters overhead for the next week, beginning tomorrow. The Northeast Mosquito Control and Wetlands Management District ...

Marblehead seniors in line for variety of aid

Aug 28, 2008 5:33 am

MARBLEHEAD and mdash; Good news! You don't have to pay your property taxes. Well, maybe that overstates the case. But there are programs that offer assistance when the wolf is at the door. The Counci...

Police continue a Jimmy Fund annual tradition

Aug 28, 2008 5:33 am

PEABODY and mdash; It wouldn't be Labor Day in Peabody if members of the city's police force didn't field a baseball team to hit, field and run for a good cause. On Monday morning at Emerson Park, th...

Well-known hopefuls vie for selectman's seat

Aug 28, 2008 5:33 am

TOPSFIELD and mdash; It's sure to be a strange election when each candidate, unprompted, praises the political opponent. Yet such is the case in Topsfield, where longtime residents and prominent poli...

Welch classrooms to gets more preschoolers

Aug 28, 2008 5:33 am

PEABODY and mdash; Two classrooms of preschoolers will join Welch Elementary School this year. Superintendent C. Milton Burnett told School Committee members Tuesday night that the North Shore Commun...

Tournament luring anglers in the fight against hunger

Aug 28, 2008 5:33 am

DANVERS and mdash; Six years ago, Leo Almeida decided to start a striped bass fishing tournament to benefit area food pantries. He died Aug. 10, 2003, at age 69, less than a month before the first li...

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