Posted in News, Video on Dec 28th, 2009 View Comments
The numbers have been going down for years. Auto manufacturers make vehicles harder to steal and police ramp up their efforts to catch the crooks. As a result, the numbers take a dive. Take a look at Lawrence. The one-time stolen car capital of the world, in 1998, 1,979 vehicles were reported stolen. The numbers [...]
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Posted in News on Dec 25th, 2009 View Comments
I don’t know what Scott Callahan’s plans were for Christmas today. All I know is that he liked to walk and that thanks to what the Essex County DA says was a drunk driver, Callahan will walk no more. I’m working the Eagle-Tribune news desk today and spent the morning following this story from late [...]
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Posted in News, Video on Dec 17th, 2009 View Comments
Crews began to knock down the old Truell building on Essex Street today. The building, which has been empty for years and is owned by the city was once home to The Claddagh Pub & Restaurant, now located on Canal Street. Several city officials poked around the old pub yesterday morning, grabbing a few final [...]
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Posted in News, Video on Dec 16th, 2009 View Comments
Stories mentioned in today’s video blog: Crackdown on ATVs on rural road gets results Police: Psychiatric patient threatened “suicide by cop” No injuries in car, plow crash
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Posted in News, Video on Dec 14th, 2009 View Comments
Stories mentioned in today’s video blog: Lawrence Police tackle rise in auto thefts School Committee mum on secret meeting with Laboy
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Posted in News, Video on Dec 11th, 2009 View Comments
It’s hard to believe it was June when Lawton’s Famous Frankfurter’s owner Joanne Curley shut the local landmark down. With the ground next to the building not-so-slowly crumbling toward the canal, pulling the business’s septic system with it, she had little choice. Well, it’s been six months and Lawton’s has reopened. The sidewalk and embankment [...]
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Posted in News, Video on Dec 9th, 2009 View Comments
As part of our storm coverage today, we took a break from the live blog and went mobile. We found quite a few cars in the median, but few real serious accidents thanks to the lower speeds of most of the vehicles.
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Posted in News, Video on Dec 9th, 2009 View Comments
Stories referenced in this morning’s video blog: Live storm blog Local election results Valley follows state trend voting for Coakley Grinches pull inside job Photo in video blog of downtown Methuen taken by and used by permission of Joyce Godsey at Methuen Common.
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Posted in News on Dec 9th, 2009 View Comments
Eagle-Tribune Storm Blog
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Posted in News on Dec 8th, 2009 View Comments
You never can tell with these New England winter storms. A degree or two one way or the other can mean the difference bewtween a little snow and a commuting nightmare. Although it’s unclear just what tomorrow morning’s storm will turn into, we’ll be on hand by 6 a.m. tomorrow if you’re looking for information [...]
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Noah R. Bombard is the new media editor for The Eagle-Tribune in North Andover. He is a former award-winning newspaper and magazine editor who has been covering news in Massachusetts since 1997.