The photo of the week: Iris Apfel, at the PEM. Photo by Ken Yuszkus.
– An off-duty Peabody firefighter was on the scene to help rescuers pull an elderly couple from the Essex River Saturday afternoon.
– Look more closely the next time you’re watching one of those TV medical dramas. You might see equipment from a Peabody-based firm in the background.
– A letter from the wife of Beverly police Chief Mark Ray looks to be the most commented-on item of the week’s editorial pages, with 130 comments as of this writing. That’s not counting those we had to remove; the city’s mayoral race is heated, to say the least.
– It’s not too often we here on the North Shore get to rub elbows with a true fashion icon. Reporter Cate Lecuyer was able to do just that, however, talking to Iris Apfel, the “Rare Bird of Fashion,” in advance of her exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum.
– As the football season nears the midway point, sportswriter Matt Williams named a handful of surprise stars on the local gridiron.
And finally, congratulations to Krista McLellan of Hamilton, who was named this year’s Mrs. Essex County at the Topsfield Fair.
Mrs. Essex County, Krista McLellan. Photo by Ken Yuszkus.
