Government · Planning Board
Planning Board endorses Lowell Street lot split 8-0
Peabody Planning Board approves splitting a Lowell Street lot into a buildable house parcel and a landlocked piece.
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Morning Brief
Coffee roaster opens cold brew sign-ups
Peabody Coffee Roasters opens sign-ups for a limited cold brew made with a new canning process. Also in today's brief (11 items): Coffee roaster opens cold brew sign-ups; Parking banned downtown overnight before festival; Pound Lane one-way switch set for Thursday, Friday; Santana tribu…
Morning Brief
Halloween trick-or-treat event set for Oct. 28
Peabody sets Oct. 28 date for downtown Nightmare on Main Street trick-or-treat event. Also in today's brief (13 items): Downtown Halloween trick-or-treat event set for Oct. 28; Bridgewell names Middleton resident VP of day services; Atomic Coffee Roasters launches new canned cold brew; …
Sports
Peabody sports roundup, Sept. 21 to Sept. 27
Peabody Youth Soccer's Azzurri 8th grade girls team is running a Thanksgiving food drive with Gina's Giving Back, collecting nonperishable items at a blue-shed donation box from Sept. 26 through Nov. 6; questions go to Coach Pina. The soccer association's site also continues a standing …
Obituaries
Obituary notices, week of September 21 through September 27, 2026
Three Peabody-resident obituaries were published this week: Berardino, Michael, 65; Cormier, Julie Ann, 76; and Levin, Charline Ruth, 88. Berardino died Tuesday, September 22, 2026, and Levin and Cormier both died Thursday, September 24, 2026. Full biographical details, including servic…
Morning Brief
Home sales top out at $885,000
Peabody's newest round of late-September deed filings shows home sales topping out at $885,000. From our own coverage: Peabody deed filings track late-September home sales. Also in today's brief (9 items): Free curbside yard waste pickup returns this fall; Peabody gas prices compared ac…
Real Estate
Peabody Home Prices Span $525,000 To $885,000 In Latest Deed Filings
Fifteen Peabody property transfers were recorded at the Essex County Registry of Deeds between Aug. 28 and Sept. 26. Of those, eight carry a sale price, ranging from $525,000 to $885,000 with a median of $661,500; the remaining seven show price not yet available, typical for recently fi…
Morning Brief
Nor'easter to bring damaging winds this weekend
Forecasters warn Peabody of damaging nor'easter winds and flooding risk this weekend. Also in today's brief (4 items): Nor'easter to bring damaging winds this weekend; Bishop Fenwick, Danvers face off in field hockey; International Festival moves to Oct. 4; Free fall yard waste pickup s…
Morning Brief
New Higgins principal brings veteran vision
Peabody schools promote insider Seith Bedard to lead Higgins Middle School this year. Also in today's brief (5 items): Bedard named new Higgins Middle School principal; Nor'easter postpones Peabody International Festival; Covenant Christian Academy soccer faces Brimmer & May; Burke Elem…
Schools · School Committee
Committee approves warrant, presses org-review costs
Peabody School Committee presses staff on cost of outside organizational review. Members approved warrant No. 6507 for $4,022,776.23 and voted 6-0 to receive four written communications, including an FY27 Innovation Career Pathways grant award.
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