Annual Band Concert Seventh grade band performs during the Manchester Essex Regional Middle School Winter Concert. (Photo Courtesy Manchester Essex Regional School District) Music brings people together, even in the colder months.   Manchester Essex Middle School students did just…

BOSTON – A Peabody man has been arrested and charged with fraudulently obtaining over $100,000 in coronavirus relief funds. Jonathan Carpenter, 41, was indicted on one count of theft of government money. Carpenter was arrested yesterday and released on conditions…

BOSTON – A former police officer with the Gloucester Police Department has been sentenced for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Alexander Aiello, 34, of Gloucester, was sentenced on Jan. 23, 2026 by U.S. Senior District Judge F. Dennis Saylor…

OSTON — Rear Adm. Michael Platt, commander of the Northeast District, has launched a district-level formal investigation concerning the sinking of the commercial fishing vessel LILY JEAN (O.N. 580932) and subsequent loss of seven lives on Jan. 30, 2026. The search was suspended on Jan. 31 after all reasonable search efforts for the missing crewmembers had been exhausted. At 6:50…

BOSTON – Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll issued the following statement regarding the U.S Coast Guard suspending the search for missing crew members from the Lily Jean fishing vessel off the coast of Gloucester: “We are heartbroken. With the U.S. Coast Guard’s decision to suspend its search for…