Lynn
Lynn’s housing authority is pursuing a plan to develop 22 rental apartments on the approximately one-acre site, located at the corner of Essex and High streets.
Salem
Salem State University officials announced that the 30th annual Salem State Series will feature Anderson Cooper and Bobby Valentine.
NEWBURYPORT
For the second straight year, Governor Deval Patrick has targeted the Shellfish Purification Plant in Newburyport for closure.
people & places
The Theatre Company of Saugus presents “Twelve Months of Music: A Year in Revue’’ today and Friday through Sunday.
Town of Manchester-by-the-Sea
The state’s Community Preservation Act has enabled cities and towns to fortify natural treasures, but the program has waned in the last few years.
On Feb. 18, maritime archaeologists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, will present “The Shipwrecks of Stellwagen Bank’’ at Maritime Gloucester.
The Ipswich River Watershed Association will seek a replacement for executive director Kerry Mackin, who will retire later this year.
Hundreds of Medford residents turned out Wednesday night to deliver a message to state officials over the proposed MBTA fare hikes and service cuts.
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Westford (15-1) has knocked off Dual County League foes Lincoln Sudbury and Acton-Boxborough, but will face its toughest tests in its final two regular-season games.
James J. “Whitey’’ Bulger’s name will always be associated with South Boston, but several of his alleged victims and their families are from communities south of Boston.
The MBTA’s plan to eliminate late-night and weekend commuter rail service comes at a time when commuter rail was supposed to be expanding in the region.
State and congressional leaders are bracing for a battle over a Pentagon plan to strip aircraft from one Air Force base in Western Mass. and possibly cut personnel at another.
Dorothy Gilman was best known as the creator of Mrs. Pollifax spy novels. But she also wrote “A New Kind of Country’’ a book that changed columnist Beverly Beckham’s life.
Sarah Berman of Milton talks about the Philip Roth novel “Nemesis,’’ which deals with an outbreak of polio in the summer of 1944 in New Jersey.