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Red Sox pitcher Zack Kelly continues rehab assignment with Single-A Salem
Red Sox Kelly pitched in a professional game for the second time since April, and he did so in a Virginia ballpark that he knows all too well. Zack Kelly pitching during the game he injured his elbow in. Chris O’Meara/AP Photo After a devastating injury put his season in jeopardy, a Red Sox fan […]
20-year-old driver dead after car crashes into fence in Salem
Local News Kory Ouellette was reportedly injured when a fence pole came crashing through his windshield. A 20-year-old man died Sunday evening in a single-car crash in Salem, police said. The Salem Police Department said officers responded to the serious crash on Puritan Road around 6:18 p.m. Video from the scene captured by WCVB shows […]
Local obituary: Carl-Hens Beliard, 18, Salem State student and basketball player
Local Obituaries Carl-Hens Beliard, of Worcester, died Nov. 1, 2023. Carl-Hens Beliard. – via Mercadante Funeral Home Carl-Hens Beliard of Worcester was taken from us on Wednesday, November 1, 2023. He was only 18 years old. Carl-Hens was born on November 11, 2004 in Port au Prince, Haiti. He graduated from North High School, Class […]
Man dressed as Chucky allegedly spits on MBTA bus driver after Salem Halloween detour
Crime Police are now looking to identify him. MBTA Transit Police A man dressed up in a Chucky costume spit on an MBTA bus driver on Halloween after a detour due to the festivities in Salem, MBTA Transit Police said Monday. After the bus driver had to change their route last Tuesday evening, the man […]
Suspect in deadly Salem shooting pleads not guilty in killing of student athlete
Crime Authorities said the suspect was in an “on-again, off-again relationship” with a woman who was in a car with the Salem State student at the time of the shooting. Carl-Hens Beliard. AP The suspect in a fatal Salem shooting allegedly fired a gun at a university student’s car because the student was inside the […]
18-year-old arrested, charged with murder of Salem State student athlete
Local News Carl-Hens Beliard was fatally shot early Wednesday morning on the edge of campus. Carl-Hens Beliard was fatally shot early Wednesday morning. Worcester Public Schools / Handout Authorities announced Wednesday evening that an arrest has been made in the fatal shooting of a Salem State student athlete. Missael Pena Canela, 18 of Salem was […]
Salem State student killed in Halloween-night shooting near campus, police say
Crime The 18-year-old student died after being shot in the early morning hours on Wednesday, police say. A Salem State University student was killed in a shooting during the early hours just after Halloween, an evening when the city’s streets are packed with visitors. A press release from District Attorney Paul Tucker’s Office said the […]
Halloween headaches in Salem, Massachusetts: Traffic. Crowds. Tiny liquor bottles?
Local News Weary of the crunchy plastic carpet underfoot — and wary of their appeal to teens and closet drinkers — a growing roster of cities and towns is moving to ban nips altogether. Discarded nips are found at various places throughout Salem., Mass., on Oct. 22, 2023. Kieran Kesner/The New York Times By Jenna […]
Woman hit, dragged by alleged drunk driver during Halloween celebration in Salem
Crime Police said concerned citizens freed the woman — who sustained serious injuries — from underneath the car. Revelers take to the streets on Halloween in Salem in 2021. Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe Staff, File As the countdown to Halloween continues, Salem police are urging members of the public to drink responsibly after they say an […]
This Southern city beat out Salem as the spookiest city in the U.S.
National News It’s “often named the most haunted city in America,” according to Viator. People walk across Bourbon Street on Sept. 4, 2021, in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The Associated Press The historic city of Salem, world-renowned for its monthlong celebration of Halloween and the birthplace of the Salem Witch Trials, is not […]