LAWRENCE — In warmer weather, children run and play during gym class in a paved and fenced area at the Leahy School. But once colder temperatures move in, or even if it rains, physical education becomes a classroom subject on health topics because there is no gymnasium.
BOSTON — Environmental groups are trashing the state’s latest plan to reduce solid waste, saying it won’t go far enough to reduce the amount of materials going into landfills.
BOSTON — The state’s unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 5.2% in September, even as employers added 11,900 more jobs to a pandemic-ravaged labor market.
NORTH ANDOVER — Residents still have plenty of time to weigh in on a major school renovation plan that was approved by the School Committee on September 23.
PHOENIX — An attorney for members of the San Carlos Apache tribe on Friday asked the the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco to back their efforts to halt the transfer of central Arizona land that they consider sacred to a copper mining company.
BERLIN, N.H. (AP) — A mayoral candidate in the city of Berlin, New Hampshire, who was a pastor and community leader, has died of a COVID-19-related illness.
NEWBURYPORT -- The Newburyport Art Association's Members' Fall Juried Show is open and running through Saturday, Nov. 20.
Some studies have suggested switching to e-cigarettes could help smokers stay away from regular cigarettes, which generally contain more harmful chemicals when burned. But new research shows the opposite effect.
METHUEN — When voters step into the voting booth on Tuesday, Nov. 2, they will be doing more than just casting ballots for mayor, City Council and School Committee members. Residents are also being asked to decide if — five years after voting down the legalization of marijuana in Methuen in …
LOS ANGELES — Peter Scolari, a versatile character actor whose television roles included a yuppie producer on “Newhart” and a closeted dad on “Girls” and who was on Broadway with longtime friend Tom Hanks in “Lucky Guy,” has died. He was 66.
WASHINGTON — To supporters of the child tax credit, there has always been an “aha moment” — the recognition that as little as a few hundred dollars a month could be life-changing.
Salem residents could soon have a new way to get around the Witch City. Last week, the Salem City Council had its first look at a proposed home-rule petition to allow electric bikes, or e-bikes, on local roads.
METHUEN — Voters will soon cast ballots for mayor, City Council, and other municipal offices at their regular polling places on Nov. 2, but before long, polling places will change as the result of Methuen’s new political map.
LOS ANGELES — Faced with growing furor over reports of sexual assault and druggings at a University of Southern California fraternity chapter, President Carol Folt said late Friday that the university has suspended an individual in connection with some of the allegations and apologized for t…
HAVERHILL — Dressed in his gear and toting a camera, Mitchell Foy set out on an adventure to photograph whatever came across his path.
NEW YORK — Conjurers, cheats, hustlers, hoaxsters, pranksters, jokesters, posturers, pretenders, sideshow showmen, armless calligraphers, mechanical marvels and popular entertainments.
SALEM — This time, officials really, really mean it: If you're coming to Salem this weekend, ditch the car and take the train.
CONCORD – In an end-run around the Executive Council’s controversial rejection of $27 million in federal funds for a state vaccine program, the Joint Fiscal Committee unanimously supported the acceptance of $4.68 million in more flexible funding on Friday.
House Democrats and Republicans came together on Thursday to approve a plan that would recast the boundaries for all 160 House districts, strengthening opportunities in places like Worcester, Lawrence, Brockton and Chelsea for candidates of color to win seats over the next decade.
The head of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation told the state GOP chairman that there’s not enough evidence to pursue unsubstantiated claims of ballot harvesting in the 2020 elections based on cellphone signals collected by a conservative organization.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The video shows more than 30 men lined up in front of a crumbling structure in silence. Their heads are bowed as a man walks between them and swigs from a small bottle. Someone exclaims, “There will be trouble in Port-au-Prince!”
HAVERHILL — The city will host trick or treating Saturday, Oct. 30, from 5 to 7 p.m. The date was incorrectly listed as Oct. 31 in the Thursday edition of The Eagle-Tribune.
IPSWICH — The Ipswich man behind the failed Boston Grand Prix racing event five years ago is facing at least two years in prison, after pleading guilty Thursday to numerous fraud, identity theft and money laundering charges — including some related to the CARES Act.
HAVERHILL/LAWRENCE — Northern Essex Community College has created a new scholarship in memory of Mary DiGiovanni, a nurse who founded the Human Service Program at NECC and served as its coordinator for three decades, until her retirement in 2001.
It was supposed to be a simple introduction at a VIP party in 2005 before the Salem State University Speaker Series.
BOSTON — When it comes to being a sports fan, few, if any, have put money where their mouth is more than Dennis Drinkwater.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The FBI on Thursday identified human remains found in a Florida nature preserve as those of Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the death of girlfriend Gabby Petito while the couple was on a cross-country road trip.
NEW YORK — Who was Jacques-Yves Cousteau, exactly?
LAWRENCE — Luis Penn, a Lawrence man convicted of committing first degree murder at age 17, was recently granted parole by a state board and now faces deportation.
The FBI is offering up to $20,000 in exchange for information about the whereabouts of longtime fugitive Andrew Peter Dabbs, whose last known address was in Derry.
Over the past few weeks Temple Emanuel congregants have raised $15,000 for Bread and Roses.
Northern Essex Community College announced it will significantly increase the number of courses with an on-campus component for the spring semester, which begins Jan. 19.
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) — Wayne Chapman, a child rapist from Massachusetts who said he sexually assaulted as many as 100 victims, has died at a Connecticut nursing home, according to lawyers in the cases. He was 73.
GROVELAND — The search for Groveland’s first town administrator concluded Wednesday night when the Select Board chose current director of economic development, Rebecca Oldham, to lead the town into a new era.
BOSTON — New jobless claims in Massachusetts dropped last week as the state’s pandemic-battered labor market continued to rebound.
NEW YORK — New York City will require its entire municipal workforce to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be placed on unpaid leave, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday, an ultimatum that ensures a fight with some unions representing employees, including police officers and firefighters, who…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection voted unanimously Tuesday to hold former White House aide Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress after the longtime ally of former President Donald Trump defied a subpoena for documents and testimony.
DERRY — Republicans in Derry spoke loud and clear on Tuesday, giving a big vote of support to one local GOP candidate hoping to serve in Concord.
HAVERHILL — The Greater Haverhill Chamber announced that its president and CEO, Irene Haley, recently tendered her resignation and will be transitioning out of her position over the next several months.
ANDOVER — Get cozy for a family-friendly program of spooky Halloween music with a fun light show at South Church Sunday, Oct. 24, at 5 p.m.
LAWRENCE — Kemal Bozkurt, a former Lawrence library worker, first got to know Eddy Novo when he would stop by the library on Haverhill Street.
LOS ANGELES — Netflix employees who walked out Wednesday in protest of Dave Chappelle’s special and its anti-transgender comments were joined by allies who chanted “Trans lives matter,” getting pushback from counterprotesters who also showed up.
Overnight 10 new pumpkins “grew” in the Sanborn Elementary pumpkin patch after a parent posted a photo of Bancroft “winning” with the number of Andover Coalition for Education pumpkins placed with their scarecrow.
LAWRENCE — A large fight broke out just down the street from Lawrence High School Wednesday, the latest in a string of incidents triggering arrests, injuries and meetings among officials.
SALEM, Mass. — Carlos Rivera walked out of Salem Superior Court a free man Wednesday afternoon after a jury found him not guilty of murdering Jeffrey Larkin of Haverhill.
METHUEN — Hurry and bag those leaves because citywide leaf pickup officially begins on Monday.
BRENTWOOD — Tiffiney Noelle Danforth, turning 40 Friday, plans to take a plea deal after being charged with her fourth DUI and other felony offenses, including head-butting a state police trooper, according to paperwork filed in Rockingham Superior Court.
BROOKSHIRE, Texas (AP) — A plane taking passengers from Texas to the AL Championship Series game in Boston burst into flames after it ran off a runway during takeoff Tuesday morning, but no one was seriously hurt, authorities said.
LAWRENCE — A settlement for another sexual abuse victim of the late Father John J. Gallagher, who was assigned to St. Mary’s Church in Lawrence in the 1970s, was recently reached, said attorney Mitchell Garabedian.
HAVERHILL — A jury has been charged with deciding if Carlos Rivera is guilty of shooting Jeffrey Larkin of Haverhill to death on the night of May 6, 2018, on Grand Avenue, just north of downtown.
WASHINGTON — A child of working-class Jamaican immigrants in the Bronx, Colin Powell rose from neighborhood store clerk to warehouse floor-mopper to the highest echelons of the U.S. government. It was a trailblazing American dream journey that won him international acclaim and trust.
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BERLIN, N.H. (AP) — A mayoral candidate in the city of Berlin, New Hampshire, who was a pastor and community leader, has died of a COVID-19-related illness.
LOS ANGELES — Peter Scolari, a versatile character actor whose television roles included a yuppie producer on “Newhart” and a closeted dad on “Girls” and who was on Broadway with longtime friend Tom Hanks in “Lucky Guy,” has died. He was 66.
