Methuen
Girl, 16, goes missing from Methuen
Local News Authorities request that anyone with information regarding her whereabouts call Methuen police at 978-983-8698. Methuen police are requesting the public’s help in locating a missing 16-year-old girl. Isabella Di Cavalcanti was last seen Monday around 1:30 p.m. in the area of West Street in Methuen, police said in a release. She was reportedly […]
Bus driver, monitor, arrested for alleged abuse of student with autism in Methuen
Local News A parent reportedly alerted school officials after noticing changes in his son’s behavior. A school bus driver and a bus monitor have reportedly both been arrested after allegedly abusing a student with autism in Methuen. Anthony Amero, speaking with WHDH, said that his nonverbal son was abused both on the way to and […]
Embattled former Methuen police chief is indicted
Crime Former Methuen Police Chief Joseph Solomon was once among the highest-paid police leaders in the nation. Former Methuen Police Chief Joseph Solomon. Methuen Police Department Former Methuen Police Chief Joseph Solomon — a controversial figure once likened to the “don of an organized crime family” — has been indicted alongside an officer he hired […]
Dana-Farber nurses go on strike in Methuen
Local News After more than nine months of negotiating, nurses at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute-Merrimack Valley took to the picket line Wednesday. Nurses at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – Merrimack Valley in Methuen went on strike this week to call for better wages and benefits. Massachusetts Nurses Association Nurses at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Methuen went on […]
Methuen man drowns trying to save child from rip current at Salisbury Beach
Local News Gary Simard was enjoying a beach day with his family when a child was pulled far from shore. A lifeguard at Salisbury Beach in 2021. David L. Ryan/Boston Globe A Methuen man died after going into the water to save a child at Salisbury Beach Wednesday. Gary Simard, 44, was at the beach […]