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Salisbury residents calling on lawmakers to help save eroding shoreline
High tides and fierce winds were leaving a trail of destruction in Salisbury, Massachusetts, as locals came out to watch the remnants of another nor’easter, seeking out sand on the ever-shrinking shoreline and instead finding it coating city streets. “When I was a kid I remember there was sand for miles and now coming back and seeing this, there’s...
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Salisbury Beach residents continue to call on lawmakers for state aid
Heavy weather has pummeled the shoreline this winter stripping the scenic spot of its sandy beach and instead depositing it in people’s homes and businesses.
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Nor'easter brings snow, coastal flooding and power outages
An April storm brought wintry weather to New England Wednesday and Thursday.
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Nor'easter strikes Mass. with heavy rain, wind and snow
A nor’easter brought coastal flooding, heavy winds and snow across Massachusetts on Thursday.
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Tracking nor'easter impact across Mass.
From the icy roads to the coastal concerns, NBC10 Boston is tracking the nor’easter impact across Massachusetts.
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Mass. feeling impact of nor'easter as storm pounds region
As the nor’easter continues to make its way through Massachusetts, the snow just won’t quit in Fitchburg. However, the roads are a lot better than they were earlier Thursday. Still, a little slush but not bad considering we’ve had more than 12 hours of snow, sleet, wind and rain. Driving conditions were really rough earlier Thursday morning. With the...
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Salisbury Beach residents seek help from state to combat erosion
Residents of Salisbury, Massachusetts, are calling for help to protect their beachfront homes. Coastal erosion has taken its toll on Salisbury Beach. Residents spent $600,000 out of pocket and trucked in 15,000 tons of sand for protective dunes last week, only for half of the sand to wash away in Sunday’s storm. A meeting was scheduled Wednesday afternoon. At the…
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Salisbury Beach residents seek help to protect their homes
Homeowners spoke up at a community meeting about beach erosion concerns.
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Salisbury Beach residents spent $600K on protective dunes — a single storm destroyed them
Hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent in an effort to protect beachfront homes in Salisbury, Massachusetts, and it took just one storm to bring residents back to reality. Sunday’s storm, like so many before, proved costly on Salisbury Beach, but for a different reason. On Thursday, residents had just finished trucking in 15,000 tons of sand, paying the $600,000…
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Beach erosion has some Salisbury residents living on the edge
A sand dune project aiming to protect beachfront homes was destroyed in a single storm.
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‘Devastating': Storm-battered dunes concern coastal Salisbury residents
For those who live on a stretch of beachfront in Salisbury, Massachusetts, ocean views have taken on a whole different meaning. Storm after storm demolishing protective dunes has proven to residents that there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. “All of our friends and neighbors, we are all scrambling for sand right now. Another storm…
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Cleanup continues after storms hit Salisbury Beach hard
Waves have pounded the coast in Salisbury, where beachfront property owners are concerned about what’s to come.
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Police search for missing 43-year-old man in Salisbury
Police in Salisbury, Massachusetts, are looking for a 43-year-old missing man on Friday. Michael Fonseca was last seen in the area of Forest Road, said police. They said he was wearing a grey Carhartt jacket, black sweatpants, white and black sneakers and a grey hat. Fonseca, police said, is about 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs roughly 250 pounds….
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Family mourns man who died saving son from rough surf at Salisbury Beach
A Methuen family is devastated after a man drowned trying to save his son after they were caught in a riptide.
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Father drowns while trying to rescue child
A man who was pulled from the water after being caught in a rip tide at Salisbury Beach has died.
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Methuen father drowns while trying to rescue child from water at Salisbury Beach
A father from Methuen, Massachusetts, died Wednesday while trying to rescue one of his children from rough surf at the beach in Salisbury, officials said Thursday. The family was swimming at Salisbury Beach when heavy surf began to overwhelm one of the children. The victim, identified by the Essex County District Attorney’s office as 44-year-old Gary Simard, rushed into...
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Father and kids rescued at Salisbury Beach
Five people were pulled from the water after rough and choppy surf began to overwhelm them.
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Father and kids pulled from ocean at Salisbury Beach
Five people were rescued from the water at Salisbury Beach Wednesday.
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Father, children pulled from the ocean at Salisbury Beach
A father and his children were pulled from the ocean in Salisbury, Massachusetts, on Wednesday afternoon. The family was swimming at Salisbury Beach when heavy surf began to overwhelm them. Two bystanders quickly jumped in the water to help them. “I’m like, ‘This can’t be happening. This is not a joke. The father went in,’” recalled Jason Evan Iarossi,...
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Investigation underway after body washes ashore in Salisbury overnight
An investigation is underway after a man’s body washed ashore in Salisbury, Massachusetts, overnight. The Essex District Attorney’s Office said a person walking along Salisbury Beach around 1 a.m. Tuesday noticed a body floating along the shoreline near 4 Ocean Front Drive. A police officer responded and was able to pull the body from the ankle-deep water. The man...