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BOSTON (AP) — Jerseys, baseball bats and other items that belonged to Pete Frates, the...

BOSTON (AP) — Jerseys, baseball bats and other items that belonged to Pete Frates, the...

It was the first Lou Gehrig Day in baseball on Wednesday. It was the great Iron Horse of the Yankees who first made the world aware of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known to the world now as Lou Gehrig's Disease. Of course Gehrig, on the day he retired from baseball because

By Paul Leighton Staff Writer Dec 21, 2020 Dec 21, 2020 BEVERLY — The last time a local city council met to fill a vacancy on its own board, the meeting lasted past 2 a.m.  In 2013, the Salem City Council took 300 votes without reaching a consensus before finally choosing a winner at a followup meeting the next week. The Beverly City Council is hoping to avoid the same fate on Monday night but is facing a similar scenario as it considers nine candidates to replace Ward 6 City Councilor John Frates. Frates will step down on Dec. 31 because he is moving to another ward in...

By Paul Leighton Staff Writer Dec 16, 2020 Dec 16, 2020 BEVERLY — Three people have expressed interest in filling the Ward 2 School Committee seat that will become open due to an upcoming resignation. Georgia Bills, William Karvouniaris and Kenann McKenzie have notified the School Committee that they would like to be considered for the seat. The School Committee and the City Council are scheduled to select a successor at a rare joint meeting Thursday night. The Ward 2 position will become vacant with the resignation on Dec. 31 of Kelley Ferretti, who announced in September th...