BOSTON – Massachusett state lawmakers have not completed the Fiscal Year ’24 budget so they passed a “One-twelfth” budget instead.  In the podcast below, Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr gives an update on the FY’24 budget, what is going on…

SALEM – Mayor Dominick Pangallo today announced the initial membership of the Salem High School School Building Committee (SBC), a body of community members who will conduct public meetings and other work required for the further development of the planned…

LYNN (Video – Photos) The Lynn Commuter Ferry began service this morning (6 a.m.) with the inaugural trip from Lynn to Boston. Today’s 6 a.m. departure was the first of five scheduled round trips. (Schedule Below) The boat has been…

Report from Essex County District Attorney’s Office: Witnesses said Michael Ventura, 31, of Apple Street had been fishing from a canoe off 44 Margin Street when he fell into the Merrimack River roughly 75 feet from shore about 4:45 p.m. Sunday.…

Posted Saturday on Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll’s Twitter account   Today, @MassDOT and I got to visit the hardworking crew updating the Sumner Tunnel! It’s almost a century old and it’s time for some much needed repairs. If you can,…

SALEM – has announced that Salem will hold its Independence Day celebration at the Salem Maritime National Historic Site on Derby Wharf on July 4th. “As this will be my first Independence Day celebration as Salem’s Mayor, I am especially…

ROCKPORT – Tony Beadle, President and CEO of Rockport Music, has been the stem-winder of the Shalin-Liu Performance Center since 2010.  With an extensive resume as a classical musician in major American orchestras and as manager of several renowned symphony…