SalemNews.com, Salem, MA - Fri Nov 20

After talking it over with family and friends, Essex County District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett has decided against running for attorney general if, as now seems likely, incumbent Martha Coakley is elected to the U.S. Senate in January.

SalemNews.com, Salem, MA - Fri Nov 20

City lawmakers last night changed the future of vocational education in Peabody by choosing to join a regional school district that will give students access to a $133 million high school in 2013.

SalemNews.com, Salem, MA - Fri Nov 20

Last Friday, a New York entertainment industry attorney took five seconds out of her lunch break to send a one-word e-mail to Danvers school officials: "Meep." She did it on impulse and "in solidarity" with Danvers High students, she said.