The New England Regional Champion Peabody West Little League team was honored by the Peabody High Tanners before Friday night’s win over Salem at Coley Lee Field, and it was a touching moment for PHS coach Scott Wlasuk, whose son Cody was one of the 12 youngsters that advanced to Williamsport last summer.
“It was something [...]
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Earlier this month, The Salem News added a new face to its award-winning team of photojournalists.
Liz Curtis is a North Shore native, graduating from Danvers High School before attending Tufts and Columbia universities. Over the past several years, she has traveled and photographed in South America, Australia, New Zealand and Asia and has worked as [...]
Lost in the hoopla of high school football games and the like last weekend: Boston College freshman Chris Kreider of Boxford had his first college hockey point.
The much-heralded Kreider, a first round pick (19th overall) of the New York Rangers this past summer, assisted on a second period goal scored by Eagles’ teammate Ben Smith.
The [...]
Mike Grenier was back in the saddle once again last week as far as predicting the most notable “Weekend Warrior” — the same way his idol , Bruce Springsteen, keeps churning out albums.
Grenier’s pick of Marblehead quarterback Hayes Richardson (3 rushing TDs) got the job done and the season wins total is now Grenade [...]
Chris Bouque of Boxford, who earned his first point as a Pittsburgh Penguin Wednesday night by picking up a power play assist, spoke to the Pittsburgh media today. Here’s an excerpt from PensTV:
Chris Bourque of the Pittsburgh Penguins
The situation must really be dire on Beacon Hill. Among the “efficiencies, reforms and management tolls” Gov. Patrick announced today to help close a $600-million budget gap: Elimination of the “hack holidays” — Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day — for state and Suffolk County employees.
Should have been done long ago. Will be interesting to [...]
No bye week for the Salem News sports staff - there’s plenty of high school football to talk about: Masconomet trying to keep its supremacy going against Wilmington; emergent Marblehead ready to be take on Danvers; battle-tested Swampscott against Winthrop; and Peabody vs. Salem in a game that could be decided by who’s hungrier. Plus [...]
Beverly girls volleyball team finally breaks through
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You have to admire the athletes on the Beverly High girls volleyball team for sticking it out through a very tough season.
The Panthers were winless, 0-16, heading into Wednesday’s match against rival Salem, but their persistence paid off with a 3-1 win over the Witches.
What made it even more impressive is that Beverly lost the [...]
Considering that her city’s major industry, fishing, is in a state of virtual collapse, Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk’s opposition to membership in the new regional vocational school district is puzzling to say the least.
This is the perhaps the only chance cities and towns on the North Shore will have to build a brand-new, state-of-the-art facility [...]
Most believe the Dec. 8 Democratic primary will produce the winner of January’s special election to fill the late Ted Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat.
The four Democratic candidates held their first televised debate tonight. Some quick impressions:
Most surprising: Stephen Pagliuca, relatively unknown coming into the race, impressed with his knowledge of the issues and his ability [...]
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