Walsh calls for audit of Mass Save program
State Rep. Tom Walsh is calling for a formal audit of the Mass Save program, based on numerous complaints from consumers regarding workmanship, lack of culpability, and responsiveness. Mass Save …
MassDOT presents Peabody Greenway design
Officials from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation unveiled design plans on Tuesday for the extension of the Independence Greenway in Peabody that will connect disparate parts of the trail and …
Peabody Historical Society offering $3,000 scholarship
The Peabody Historical Society is offering a $3,000 scholarship to residents of the city who are full-time college students in their sophomore year or beyond. The George & Rachel Shaw …
A morning at the opera for Peabody
The city’s fourth graders were treated to a performance from the Boston Lyric Opera on Monday as part of a broader effort to expose the city’s younger students to classical …
Mayor looks to return unclaimed cash
Mayor Ted Bettencourt has released a list of hundreds of individuals and businesses who may be entitled to abandoned property totaling nearly $90,000 held in the city’s treasury. “I recommend …
Council seeking answers from ZBA on 40B
The City Council voted unanimously to send a communication to the Zoning Board of Appeals stating its full support of a memo circulated by Assistant Director of Community Development Stacey …
Special delivery for the Peabody Police Department
For the rest of their lives, Stephanie Lane, Tyler Merullo, Eric Zawacki, and Andrew, Lauren, and Emily Rainville will be inextricably linked. That’s because Lane, a police sergeant, Merullo, a …
School Committee hears High School needs
As the School Committee continues to prepare for fiscal year 2025 budget discussions to get underway in earnest, members heard presentations from the principals of a number of the city’s …
Danvers might hold solution to Peabody trash woes
After what city councilors described as a year’s worth of delays in trash pickup across Peabody, Mayor Ted Bettencourt announced last Wednesday that Republic Trash Services, the company responsible for …
Grad student offering crash course in urban planning for kids
What do you think of when you think of a town hall? A home? A park? Those are the sorts of questions being posed by Calvin Anton, a graduate student …