Locals cycle toward fundraising for Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Seven residents of the city joined with more than 6,000 riders from around the globe to compete in the Pan-Mass Challenge with the aim of raising a record-breaking $70 million …
Bettencourt calls for restrictions on Northshore Mall hotel proposal
Mayor Ted Bettencourt is calling for the Planning Board to implement a pair of provisions on a proposed hotel development at the Northshore Mall as conditions of approval for the …
Breaking Grounds grand reopening set
Breaking Grounds is set to host a grand-reopening party and ribbon-cutting later this month to celebrate its official reopening after an early morning fire in May forced a months-long closure …
City remembers Henry Breckenridge
Henry Breckenridge, a seven-year veteran of the city’s Police Department, died last week from complications of a non-emergency surgery. He was 40. Breckenridge earned the nickname “mayor of Peabody” because …
UND names Lynnfield’s Donovan Kelly to Dean’s List
University of North Dakota student Donovan P. Kelly, a native of Lynnfield, has been named to the Dean’s List for the 2023 Spring Semester. Kelly, a senior, is majoring in …
Ballot taking shape as election looms
The deadline for candidates to pull papers to appear on the ballot for the city’s elections this fall is looming as the picture of the ballot becomes clearer, with less …
Peabody raises Juneteenth flag
A small collection of city officials gathered outside City Hall on the evening of June 22 for a moving ceremony, in which the Juneteenth flag was raised and advocates passionately …
Peabody council approves 80-acre open space purchase
The City Council voted unanimously on Thursday to approve Mayor Edward A. Bettencourt Jr.’s proposed $7.2 million purchase of two parcels comprising roughly 80 acres of open space on Sherwood …
Peabody Leatherworkers Museum hosting grand reopening
The doors to the Peabody Leatherworkers Museum have been shut for more than three years, following a COVID-19-imposed closure in 2020 and its brief tenure as the home of the …
Peabody Education Foundation brings “Think Spaces” to schools
The Peabody Education Foundation, as part of the Mental Wellness Initiative it implemented two years ago, has launched a new elementary school initiative designed to help students calm down, think, …