Browse past news stories for Peabody Veterans Memorial High School in Peabody, MA.

• North Shore reunions (The Salem News)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 06:18:43 am
  Salem High School Class of 1979 is planning its 30-year reunion for Saturday, Nov. 28, from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Salem. Tickets are $25. Checks should be made payable to SHS Class of 1979 and mailed to Cheech Garabedian, 3 Lincoln Road, Salem. For more information, contact Garabedian at garoscmd@aol.com or Patricia Rutkowski at ...
• Nahant, Peabody to hold swine flu vaccine clinics (The Daily Item)
  posted on November 24, 2009 at 08:23:57 am
  NAHANT-Nahant and Peabody have scheduled H1N1 flu vaccine clinics this week for their students. Nahant will hold its H1N1 flu vaccine clinic on Wednesday, Nov. 25 at 12 p.m. at Town Hall for students 24 years and under.
• Liacos pursues his sixth term (The Salem News)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 09:09:29 am
  PEABODY and mdash; Jim Liacos is at home on the road. The longtime educator has used his summer breaks to crisscross the country, often with his two sons along for the ride. Liacos estimates he has visited three-quarters of the country's National Parks over the years. He has driven to the Grand Canyon five times.
• Gravel wants health savings (The Salem News)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 09:09:09 am
  PEABODY and mdash; The business Dave Gravel built with his wife has a straightforward mission. "We go in and solve businesses' problems," Gravel said of the Peabody-based consulting firm GraVoc Associates.
• Aylward making his first bid (The Salem News)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 09:08:59 am
  PEABODY and mdash; William Aylward wants the same Peabody for his kids that he experienced growing up. His concern that the city is headed in the wrong direction motivated him to run for the City Council.
• Moutsoulas touts experience (The Salem News)
  posted on October 27, 2009 at 09:08:49 am
  PEABODY and mdash; City Council hopeful James Moutsoulas wants his old job back. But this time around, he is seeking an at-large seat, not the Ward 3 seat he occupied from 1985 to 1997. His focus is on zoning and the impact changes to the city's existing ordinance could have on Peabody's downtown. The stakes are high.
• Manning looks for green solutions (The Salem News)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 10:10:09 am
  PEABODY and mdash; Anne Manning sees a green future, and she is determined to make Peabody a part of it. "That's the direction the governor is going, it is the direction the president is going," Manning said. "That is where the money is being earmarked, and we have to be ready."
• Garabedian seeks his fifth term (The Salem News)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 10:09:39 am
  PEABODY and mdash; Mike Garabedian's tenure as a public servant in Peabody has stretched well into its second decade. After 16 years, including eight on the School Committee, Garabedian is asking voters to elect him to a fifth, two-year term on the City Council.
• Bettencourt hopes for a fourth term (The Salem News)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 10:08:49 am
  PEABODY and mdash; Ted Bettencourt's law office is downtown, and he sees what happens when the work day ends. "Everything shuts down," he said. The streets and sidewalks are deserted, and downtown, what many in Peabody call the heart of the city, barely beats.
• ‘At Large’ bids up next for Masconomet, Gloucester football teams (Tri-Town Transcript)
  posted on October 23, 2009 at 08:45:28 pm
  This week, both Gloucester and Masconomet will do their best to take what they’ve learned from last week’s games and put them into practice against teams in their divisions. Gloucester hits the road to face NEC Large foe Peabody on Friday night (7 p.m., Peabody Veterans Memorial High School), while Masconomet hosts CAL Large rival Triton (7 p.m., Masconomet Regional High School), also on Friday ...
• Gloucester survives Masco’s second-half rally, readies for Peabody (The Cape Ann Beacon)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 01:07:14 am
  As Gloucester drove down the field and scored to give the Fishermen a 21-0 lead over Masconomet on Friday night, the game between the two titans of their respective divisions was starting to look like “business as usual” for both teams.
• Ward 6 hopefuls tangle over temperament (The Salem News)
  posted on October 16, 2009 at 04:14:39 am
  PEABODY and mdash; Incumbent City Councilor Barry Sinewitz said he strives to be an independent voice on the council. His challenger for the Ward 6 seat, Ron Sheehan, thinks that voice is "angry" and too quick to reject proposals put forth by Mayor Michael Bonfanti.
• Newcomer, veteran vie for Ward 4 seat (The Salem News)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 04:29:16 am
  PEABODY and mdash; Jeffrey Grayson, a lifelong Ward 4 resident, has never run for office, but he's always been interested in public affairs, and he even records City Council meetings to watch after work.
• Two campaign for Ward 1 council seat (The Salem News)
  posted on October 14, 2009 at 04:28:29 am
  PEABODY and mdash; Robert Forti is building his campaign for Ward 1 city councilor on the issue of accessibility. "People feel that the current ward councilor isn't accessible or responsive enough to them," he said.
• Moody's gives city high mark (The Salem News)
  posted on October 6, 2009 at 04:22:32 am
  PEABODY and mdash; The city was able to borrow money at a historically low interest rate thanks to a high mark it received from a bond rating agency. Moody's favorable Aa2 credit rating coincided with Peabody securing an interest rate that fell below 3 percent for the first time in recent memory. At a bond sale on Sept. 17, the city sold new bonds totaling $6.9 million at an interest rate of 2 ...
• Peabody city council notified of bonds (The Daily Item)
  posted on September 25, 2009 at 07:28:09 am
  PEABODY-The City Council was notified Thursday of several long-term bonds in the amount of $6,964,000.
• West Lynn Pop Warner squads impress against Boston Bengals (The Daily Item)
  posted on September 24, 2009 at 07:19:38 am
  On probably one of the few last beautiful days of summer, the West Lynn Pop Warner Rams took on the Boston Bengals at Manning Field this past Sunday. The A-squad won its game 14-6 -- a hard-fought win that was contested up to the final whistle.
• Osborne to face Forti in Peabody (The Salem News)
  posted on September 16, 2009 at 10:20:23 am
  PEABODY and mdash; City Councilor Barry Osborne's bid for a sixth term was buoyed yesterday by a victory in the preliminary election held in Ward 1. Osborne will move on to face newcomer Robert Forti in the general election on Nov. 3. Forti earned a spot on the ballot by coming in behind Osborne in what was a three-way race for Ward 1 councilor.
• Osborne touts the ability to help his constituents (The Salem News)
  posted on September 10, 2009 at 04:20:33 am
  PEABODY and mdash; Growing up, Ward 1 City Councilor Barry Osborne appreciated the work Peabody politicians Nick Mavroules and Frank Wiggin did for residents of the city. Their example partly inspired him to seek public office.
• Peabody to interview candidates for school posts (The Daily Item)
  posted on August 18, 2009 at 07:30:34 am
  PEABODY - Interviews for three key administrative positions in the Peabody school district will be held this week and next.
• Poise helps Peabody's Doonan earn Agganis scholarship (The Daily Item)
  posted on June 23, 2009 at 07:31:19 am
  Peabody High graduate Greg Doonan impressed in both boys soccer and boys tennis for the Tanners.
• Police (The Salem News)
  posted on June 19, 2009 at 04:08:31 am
  Salem Wednesday Police found a person sleeping in a Barton Square hallway at 10:27 p.m. They moved him along. Thursday At 12:10 a.m., a car veered near Vinnin Square, severing two light poles at their base. The Chrysler was badly damaged and had to be towed away, while firefighters had to clean up because the accident broke open the car's gas tank. The driver was cited for driving with a speed ...
• Police/fire (The Salem News)
  posted on June 18, 2009 at 04:08:31 am
  Beverly Wednesday Police received a report at 1:30 a.m. of a fight outside The Pickled Onion on Rantoul Street. Police responded but could not find a victim, and witnesses were not cooperating. Police checked with area hospitals, but they did not report any patients involved in a fight.
• Peabody school board questions suggested summer reading book (The Daily Item)
  posted on June 10, 2009 at 07:39:40 am
  PEABODY - A provocative book on the Peabody schools suggested summer reading list caught the attention and raised a few eyebrows of School Committee members at Tuesday's meeting.
• Beverly students take honors in Congressional Competition (Beverly Citizen)
  posted on June 5, 2009 at 08:44:11 pm
  Polyvios Christoforos of Beverly is the grand prize winner in the 6th District Congressional Art Competition and Exhibition, sponsored by Congressman John F. Tierney in cooperation with the Danvers Art Association and Montserrat College of Art.
• Peabody students nabbed in prank (The Daily Item)
  posted on May 25, 2009 at 04:37:19 am
  PEABODY - In what police are describing as a senior prank gone awry, two Peabody Veterans Memorial High School students are facing serious charges after breaking into the school and causing thousands of dollars worth of damage early Friday morning.
• Peabody High chorale winds up its big-league road trip (The Salem News)
  posted on May 11, 2009 at 09:16:13 am
  PEABODY and mdash; Student singers from Peabody High made it to the big leagues recently, performing the national anthem for a packed stadium at a Philadelphia Phillies game. The Peabody Veterans Memorial High School Chorale traveled to Philadelphia last weekend for a string of performances, including a baseball game at Citizens Bank Park last Saturday, where the Phillies played the New York Mets.
• Peabody middle school principal moving on (The Daily Item)
  posted on April 30, 2009 at 07:24:27 am
  PEABODY - Higgins Middle School principal Melissa Matarazzo will be vacating her position in June to pursue a doctorate degree at Harvard University.
• Holocaust remembrance looks to future (Georgetown Record)
  posted on April 23, 2009 at 06:04:30 pm
  For Neil Donnenfeld there are no innocent bystanders to genocide — those who see evil and do nothing to stop it become complicit.
• Lynn School Committee accepts donation (The Daily Item)
  posted on April 20, 2009 at 07:24:33 am
  LYNN-The School Committee voted Thursday night to accept an historical donation to Lynn Classical High School from the Peabody Historical Society. The society has sent along several copies of the Lynn Classical Gazzette from 1905, which were recently discovered in the organization's archives.