Public Safety
As Fire Prevention Week ends, a thank you to Cape Ann's firefighters, EMTs and police
By Mateo Daniel How we work
Fire Prevention Week runs through today. Manchester's firefighters opened their station for a chili cook-off Friday night. Here is who answers the call in each town, and one safety step to take this weekend.
Fire Prevention Week: check your alarms, charge with care and give space heaters room this winter
By Mateo Daniel How we work
Before heating season, here is what fire officials want every household to do, where to get a free smoke alarm, and how to help the Rockport families who lost their homes on Broadway.
Lt. Michael Gossom is Gloucester's new acting police chief
By Mateo Daniel How we work
He takes over from Michael Williams, who had led the department since Chief Ed Conley retired. The city has not said why.
District attorney names Beverly man who died and Hamilton man still missing after boat accident off Manchester
Cape Ann Current Staff How we work
Carl Potter, 67, of Beverly died and James Wolcott, 37, of Hamilton has not been found, the Essex County district attorney said Monday. A third man, 65, is still in the hospital. The Coast Guard suspended its search Sunday.
Our new police log: what's in it, where it comes from and what we're learning
Cape Ann Current Staff How we work
Cape Ann's police calls are now searchable in one place, starting with Manchester-by-the-Sea and Rockport. We add more every day as departments send their logs.
License plate readers and Cape Ann: the crime numbers, the unions, the money and the questions to ask
Cape Ann Current Staff How we work
Automated license plate readers are spreading across the North Shore, but not on Cape Ann. Here is what local crime data, the research, police unions, Washington and the companies selling the cameras say about whether our towns should have them.
Essex fire department told to find $50,000 before town hires full-time chief
Cape Ann Current Staff How we work
Selectmen want to know by Oct. 5 whether the department can pay for a chief and two-person weekday shifts without a bigger budget.
Ten days after Rockport fire, no official word on the Broadway building or displaced families
Cape Ann Current Staff How we work
The state fire marshal's office has called the Sept. 20 fire that destroyed Rockport House of Pizza accidental, a spokesperson told the Boston Globe.