Danvers native J.B. MacDonald was on hand for the longest baseball game in NCAA history Saturday night when his Boston College Eagles fell in 25 innings to Texas.
MacDonald could only watch, as he’d pitched in the Eagles’ NCAA tournament opener the night before, going 6.1 innings. Mere hours after their marathon against Texas, the Eagles [...]
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Desmond’s pitching health remains questionable for Ipswich
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29th, 2009 Comments Off
The Ipswich High softball team took it as a great omen earlier this week when career all-star Kerry Desmond was back on the mound against Wayland in the Division 3 North Tournament.
Desmond, who has had a shoulder problem since early in the season, pitched the first two innings as the Tigers destroyed Wayland, 20-3.
Maybe coach [...]
Silverstein running for Ward 3 School Committee
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29th, 2009 Comments Off
Kris Silverstein has taken out nomination papers to run for Ward 3 School Committee, the seat that is opening up with current Ward 3 School Committee member Jim Latter’s run for Ward 3 City Council.
Here’s a press release announcing Silverstein’s candidacy:
KRIS SILVERSTEIN TO RUN FOR WARD 3 SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Ward 3 resident, Kris Silverstein, pulled nomination [...]
Maybe it’s the weather — cold and wet all week — or just a case of the post-Memorial Day blues.
But the mood was particularly downcast this week from the Statehouse to the barbershop.
The tax increase Senate and House leaders are contemplating won’t be nearly enough to meet the state’s needs, yet legislators who voted for [...]
Coach Jane Heil’s Peabody High girls basketball team always sends its student-athletes to some top notch colleges, and this year’s graduating class is no exception.
Alyssa Manoogian is off to Colgate University to play Division 1 soccer for the Red Raiders. UMass Amherst will welcome a pair of Tanners in Katie Henrick and Sylvi LaFrazia.
Kenia McKeon [...]
Our online readers may have noticed a handful of glitches in our story comment system over the past several days.The chief complaint was that comments from unverified users were taking several hours — more than a day in some cases — to post. Salemnews.com readers also noticed the tab that tallies top comments, stories and [...]
This week’s Around the Horn baseball poll asks a simply question: Which area team is primed for the best run the state tournament?
Gov. Patrick may already be regretting the cryptic comment he made at Thursday night’s meeting in Marblehead regarding the future of the Salem power plant.
The gaggle of plant critics in attendance may have taken his remarks to mean the facility’s days are numbered. But my information is that negotiations are underway to convert at [...]
Monday’s editorial advocating a tribute to the Salem-Monopoly connection (see below) as part of the Salem Jail redevelopment has received some good response.
One person with ties to the Parker family whose games-manufacturing plant was located across from the jail, writes as follows:
Parker Brothers games have an historic, multi-generational familiarity that would give such an
attraction near-universal [...]
A pie in the face of this scribe in today’s Around the Horn baseball column.
Turns out Peter Kallas, Matt Lanza and Frank Messina weren’t just alive the last time Beverly won an NEC baseball title. They were eighth-graders and just months away from setting foot in the hallowed halls on Sohier Road.
It’s come to our [...]
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