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From Beverly Fire Department’s Facebook: Group 4 is cleaning up after a working fire at 221 Essex St. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the building and a fire in the kitchen extending up into the attic. Firefighters…

(Note: Additional story below on early morning stabbing in Chelsea) METHUEN – Eight people were injured in a shooting incident at 100 Lindberg Avenue in Methuen at approximately 1:55 a.m. this morning. Seven of the victims suffered gunshot wounds and one…

HAVERHILL– An educational support professional (ESP) at Gateway Academy in Haverhill was charged today with two felony counts of distributing obscene matter to a minor. Justin Smith, age 25, is accused of sending pornographic images of himself to a 16-year-old student.…

GLOUCESTER — Four new firefighters of the Gloucester Fire Department have graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy. Firefighter/EMTs Kyle Quinn, John Salvi-Souza, and William Lane were sworn in before starting the Academy in February by City Clerk Joanne Senos, as…