Danvers

Frantic 911 calls came in Saturday night as gunshots shattered the silence of a quiet neighborhood in Danvers, Massachusetts. Neighbor Sue Connolly thought it was fireworks. But witnesses and prosecutors say 54-year-old Michael Sirois had tied up his dog, Kuma, in his backyard after she had gotten into a fight with another dog. Sirois allegedly fired six to eight shots…

In today’s Daily Debrief, Bill Cosby is released from prison after his sexual assault conviction is overturned. Plus, a Danvers man accused of shooting and killing his dog is charged with animal cruelty. And the heat wave is finally winding down after three days of scorching hot temperatures.

A man charged with shooting and killing his dog appeared in court Wednesday.

A Massachusetts man accused of shooting his dog to death is being held without bail. Anthony Sirois of Danvers was arraigned Monday on animal cruelty and gun charges, the Essex County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. Sirois allegedly shot his dog multiple times Saturday. He claimed that the animal bit him and that the only way to stop it...

An eclectic local group of dining spots known in part for their breakfast dishes will be opening a new location, with this one coming to the North Shore. According to a tweet from @brokenfuses, The Friendly Toast is planning to open in the former Applebee’s space at the Liberty Tree Mall in Danvers, with a search within the Indeed...

A Black Lives Matter sign was missing and what appeared to be a noose was found hanging on the sign in front of a Danvers church earlier this week, according to the Massachusetts town’s police department. A volunteer reported the possible hate crime at the Northshore Unitarian Universalist Church on Locust Street around 8 p.m. Wednesday night, police said....

Lucie Consentino is still upset with what she calls major disorganization Wednesday at the Danvers, Massachusetts, mass COVID-19 vaccination site. A rumor that extra doses were available had brought out a lot of people eager to be vaccinated, many of whom waited in line in vain.

We went back to the mass vaccination site at Danvers a day after long lines formed as rumors spread about extra vaccine doses.

A long line formed Wednesday at a mass vaccination site in Danvers, Massachusetts, after word spread that extra doses of the vaccine were available, but some people were ultimately turned away. Many showed up at the town’s DoubleTree Hotel, the only mass vaccination site north of Boston, where 1,100 extra doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were delivered. Once people heard…

Massachusetts will allow those accompanying people 75 or older to mass vaccination sites to receive the coronavirus vaccine.

Massachusetts’ first mass vaccination site north of Boston, opened Wednesday at the DoubleTree Hotel in Danvers. Joanne O’Brien, a 93-year-old from Winthrop, was one of the first to get her vaccine there. She said she has “six great grandchildren and I really enjoy them so I want to keep myself healthy.” Her daughter Susan O’Brien helped book her mom’s...

Massachusetts opened its first mass vaccination site on the North Shore Wednesday.

The Texas Road House restaurant in Danvers caught fire Monday morning. Firefighters responded to the call at 301 Newbury Street in Danvers. The fire is contained and being cleaned up, according to the Danvers Fire Department. No further information was immediately available.

Route 1 north in Danvers, Massachusetts, was temporarily shut down and several area businesses had to be evacuated after a utility crew ruptured a gas line while working on improvements Thursday morning.

Route 1 north was temporarily shut down and several area businesses had to be evacuated after a utility crew ruptured a gas line while working on improvements in Danvers, Massachusetts, on Thursday morning. State police said a utility company struck a gas line while working on improvements around 11 a.m. Route 1 north was shut down for over two hours,…

The manager of an indoor sports facility in Danvers, Massachusetts, was hospitalized after being stabbed Wednesday night, police said.   According to Danvers police, the alleged attackers – two brothers – were arrested after the altercation with the staff member at the Danvers Indoor Sports Facility. The victim was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and has since been…

Two Massachusetts brothers are facing charges for allegedly stabbing a staff member Wednesday night at a sports complex in Danvers.

Two people are facing charges following the alleged stabbing of a staff member Wednesday night at the Danvers Indoor Sports Facility in Massachusetts, authorities said.

A crowd gathered in Danvers to discuss the removal of pro-police flags from fire trucks.

Student athletes on the North Shore of Massachusetts rallied Friday to save their fall sports seasons. Their protest in downtown Danvers came after the Northeastern Conference decided to postpone all fall sports due to COVID-19. The conference is made up of 12 communities including Peabody, Swampscott and Danvers. On Monday, the NEC voted to postpone fall sports to the “Fall…