PEABODY – Mayor Edward A. Bettencourt, Jr. announced the following schedule of events for the City of Peabody’s 2012 commemoration of Memorial Day. Friday, May 25, 2012 9:00 AM Cedar Grove Cemetery Flagging of all Veterans’ graves 10:30AM-12:00PM Breakfast and coffee for all flaggers at City Hall. Hosted by Mayor (more…)
ESSEX COUNTY – Over the weekend, the Massachusetts State Police conducted a sobriety checkpoint in Peabody, resulting in ten arrests of NoBo region residents for operating under the influence of intoxicating liquor. The following persons were arrested: TERRENCE PECK, 41, Melrose – OUI Liquor LEILA PANZER, 57, Middleton – OUI (more…)
PEABODY – Mayor Edward A. Bettencourt, Jr. announced the first in a series of volunteer community cleanup efforts to be held on Saturday, May 26th. Volunteers are invited to City Hall at 9:00AM to pick up their T-Shirts and supplies and then fan out to targeted areas throughout downtown Peabody. (more…)
PEABODY – Mayor Edward A. Bettencourt, Jr. lauded a report by the state’s Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development citing Peabody area job gains as amongst the highest in the state over the past year. According to the April report, job gains were realized in nine of the twelve (more…)
PEABODY – The Office of Community Development and Planning will be hosting an outreach meeting Monday April 9th at 6:30 PM in the Torigian Life Center Computer Room to present a preferred alternative redesign of Peabody Square. The City of Peabody is exploring redesign of Peabody Square in conjunction with (more…)
By Mary Kate DePamphilis mk@nobomagazine.com As a fellow “Irishman”, I’ve frequented many of the pubs north of Boston. Join us as we set off on the NoBo Irish Pub Crawl in honor of St. Patrick’s Day with our personal recommendations for the region. Some have traditional Irish music, but all (more…)
PEABODY – The City of Peabody will host the Sweetheart’s Snowshoe Classic at Brooksby Farm on Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 10:00 AM. The race will begin and end near the sales barn at Brooksby Farm at 54 Felton, and wind in and around beautiful Brooksby Farm for approximately 5 (more…)
AMHERST – Of the 14 people arrested at UMass Amherst during clash with police following the Patriots’ Super Bowl loss, six were residents of the NoBo region, including students from Cambridge, Malden, Stoneham, North Reading, and Peabody. According to the police log released by the UMass Police, students were charged (more…)
By Mary Kate DePamphilis mk@nobomagazine.com This weekend is a BIG one, as the Patriots take on the Giants in an ’07 season rematch. We’ve been hearing about Gronk’s ankle for the past two weeks, and how he is taking it “day by day.” We’ve seen Deion Branch’s boyish smile all (more…)
PEABODY – After a manhunt in Peabody last night, Massachusetts State Police arrested a man who fled a traffic stop in Revere. At 9:28PM on Tuesday, January 31, Trooper Matthew McDevitt observed a white Audi traveling east on VFW Parkway in Revere with defective tail lights. The trooper queried the (more…)
