Salem News: The Salem Willows pier remains closed to the public because of damage from winter storms. The pier, a popular fishing spot and Willows attraction, has been barricaded with yellow caution tape this spring. The city has filed...

In a recent article in the Salem Evening News, 41-year-old sailor David Polan told the story of how he was rescued off Salem, Massachusetts, earlier this month. Polan is an experienced sailor who left Winter Island on a “frostbite”...

Salem News: A Marblehead lobsterman heading out to his boat earlier this month noticed what looked like soggy paper in the water. He also spotted an unusual amount of bird activity just offshore. After he made some phone calls,...

Salem News: One of the engines on the commuter ferry will get an overhaul in the coming months. The estimated $200,000 repair will be complete by May 23 when the ferry season opens, said Alison Nolan, general manager...

Salem News: Crane Beach took another hit during the blizzard earlier this month. Waves crashing into the face of the dunes caused sections to collapse, leaving a 4’ drop-off at the end of one section of the boardwalk, according...

The Rockingham Fishing and Hunting Expo will be held this weekend, January 5 and 6, in Salem, New Hampshire off Rte. 93. The Expo features 150 exhibitors displaying and representing fishing tackle, boats, knives, ATVs, kayaks and canoes, charters...

Strange but true: a “Halloween-colored” lobster—half black and half orange—was landed by Salem, Massachusetts, fisherman Dana Duhaime. Duhaime discovered the 1-pound female lobster in one of his traps in Bakers Channel off of Beverly, once part of Salem. Bill...

Salem News: A long-awaited plan to build a walkway under the Beverly-Salem bridge is being revived. The state has filed a “notice of intent” with the city to construct a public walkway around the bend on the waterfront in...

Salem News: There’s a hole in the Friendship. If you’ve been down by Derby Wharf, you’ve probably noticed a 100-square-foot gap in the hull and wondered how it got there. But Salem’s prized replica of an 18th-century trading...

Salem News: Mayor Kim Driscoll is not giving up her legal tug of war with a police union over the harbormaster’s job. The city has gone to Superior Court to appeal an arbitrator’s ruling last month that...