Public Safety
Coast Guard suspends search for boater missing off Manchester after Saturday's fatal accident
Cape Ann Current Staff How we work
Manchester police, fire and harbormaster crews are searching again Sunday, with help from state and federal agencies, for the third man aboard a fishing boat that got into trouble off Singing Beach. One man died and another is in critical condition.
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.