WEST NEWBURY — Officer Jessica Eng recently graduated from the Northern Essex Community College Police Academy in Haverhill. Officer Eng was among those who graduated from 24-week NECC Police Academy on Friday, June 24. Officer Eng began working with West Newbury...
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Ipswich Chiropractor Breaks Push Up Record
by Adam Swift
IPSWICH —Most people hitting their 40th high school reunion would be rightly pleased if they laced up the running shoes to compete in a 5K, or did an extra couple of laps at the pool. But Ipswich resident Dr. Joe DeMarco, a former Revere resident and Class of ‘82...
Newburyport boy pulled from Groveland pool
by Adam Swift
GROVELAND — A 12-year-old Newburyport boy was pulled from the bottom of a Groveland pool at a private recreational camp on Bare Hill Road last Friday morning. The boy was pulled from the pool by a lifeguard and was conscious and breathing when emergency personnel...
Ipswich Contractor sentenced for $1.8 million payroll tax scheme
by Adam Swift
BOSTON – An Ipswich man who owned and operated numerous businesses in the state was sentenced to a year of home confinement and three years of supervised release for manipulating his payroll to evade over $1.8 million in taxes. George Vasiliades, 58, was also ordered...
Boxford Plumbing Company Owner Sentenced to Prison for Tax and Fraud Schemes
by Adam Swift
BOXFORD – A Boxford plumbing contractor was sentenced to more than a year in prison for defrauding customers by overcharging them and billing them for work he didn’t do. Jared Derrico, 35, also evaded income taxes, defrauding the government of almost $1.5 million,...
Lynn man faces trespassing charges for entering Masco High
by Adam Swift
BOXFORD – Police are investigating a troubling incident that happened at Masconomet High School about a week prior to the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. A 61-year-old Lynn man entered the school through a propped open door at the school on May 13, according...
Remembering Our Veterans
by Adam Swift
Rowley Community members joined the Rowley Veterans Association to place new U.S. flags on over 660 Veterans’ graves at the Rowley Burial ground last weekend in time for Memorial Day. The flags also serve as markers for the wreaths that are laid on each veterans’...
Hamilton Flag Raisings Raise Some Concerns
by Adam Swift
HAMILTON – In the wake of a recent Supreme Court decision which ruled Boston must allow a Christian Group to fly its flag over city hall, the Hamilton Select Board is considering a policy to govern which flags it lets fly over town hall and at Patton Park. The board’s...
Rowley Town Administrator Earns Top Marks from Selectmen
by Adam Swift
ROWLEY – It would be hard to top the glowing performance review the Rowley Board of Selectmen gave to Town Administrator Deborah Eagan at its May 9 meeting. The board voted unanimously to hand Eagan marks of excellent across the board in every category after reciting...
Racist Incident at Hamilton-Wenham Junior Prom Investigated
by Adam Swift
HAMILTON-WENHAM – School officials shut down the Hamilton-Wenham High School junior prom early on Saturday, April 28 when one or more students were heard yelling a racial slur while a DJ played music. One or more students yelled the N-word while music was playing and...
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