In a class designed to teach better driving skills, 17 Beverly High School students spent a rainy afternoon behind the wheel, whipping around cones, coming to screeching haults, and learning what to do if they're in an emergency situation on the road. "In driving school they say you should go in ...
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North Andover runner JULIE MOORE, 42, completed her first of 17 Boston Marathons in 1988. She has run a total of 35 marathon since that year, preparing differently for each one. Weight training, however, is always a staple in her training.
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Each year, first-grade teacher Christine Johnson has her students give their version of a Thanksgiving dinner, and each year's recipes are as unique as the year before. One student wants to cook the turkey for 22 seconds, another for 48 hours. Warning: Do not try these recipes at home unless you ...
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Jay Leno talks about Salem, his new primetime weeknight talk show, and working at Lennie’s on The Turnpike during his early days as a stand - up comedian in Boston.
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Newburyport resident NANCY McCARTHY, 61, ran her first Boston Marathon at 36 year old in 1983. The 2008 Boston Marathon marks the 26th marathon she's completed in the past 26 years, 10 of which were on the Boston course. The fitness instructor now helps others train for marathons, always remindin...
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Lawrence resident CAROL BLANCHARD, 52, ran her first Boston Marathon at 40 years old in 1996. The 2008 race is her 10th Boston Marathon, as well as her 21st completed marathon. She's perfected her training schedule over the years, and now routinely runs with a pal instead of alone.
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A two-alarm blaze ripped through a one-family home in the southern section of Lawrence early this morning.The fire broke out around 1:30 a.m. at 6 Pilgrim St. near the intersection of Chickering Road, a short distance from the North Andover border.Joseph Howshan, his wife Jodi, and their two chi...
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Community Service Award Beverly Captain Peter O'Connor honored for is work in dealing with press relations, encouraging safety, obtaining grants for the department. Meritorious Individual Award Swampscott Firefighter Robert F. Randall honored for crawling into burning house fire last June, rescui...
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Jurors in the Sheila LaBarre insanity trial toured the former Epping horse farm today where her two murdered boyfriends, Michael Deloge and Kenneth Countie, spent their final days. LaBarre accompanied jurors on the tour, which lasted most of the morning. Opening arguments in the case were heard t...
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Jaime Rivera, 23, lives in an apartment above Ramon "Andy" Jimenez at 11 Albion St. in Lawrence. Jimenez is the father of U.S. Army Spc. Alex Jimenez, 25, of Lawrence who is missing in Iraq. Rivera describes the scene Sunday morning when soldiers came to tell Jimenez' father that his son was miss...
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