Beverly - The city is planning to spend $3.6 million to fix a leaky City Hall, a deteriorating police station and a police communication system plagued by "dead spots."

http://goo.gl/Kb1xT

$46 Million downtown hotel development will be voted on in Salem. A downtown developer, came before the city several months ago with a proposal for a 100-room hotel, apartments, retail stores and offices on a 1-acre site it owns at the corner of Dodge and Washington streets.

http://goo.gl/yT8vi

Salem - Turner's Seafood has agreed to buy a downtown restaurant for $1.5 million, according to papers filed with the city.

http://www.salemnews.com/local/x857487342/43-Church-in-Salem-to-be-sold-for-1-5M

The City of Peabody is dedicating a new section of the city’s bike path and walkway near the Hess Station at 545 Lowell Street to Kristen Crowley, who was murdered more than 17 years ago.

http://goo.gl/aQKEp

Somerville based developer RCG is thinking about opening a 100-room hotel here.

There are 13 hotels in Maine, New Hampshire & Massachusetts that are already opened. 

http://goo.gl/vVZ7F

The City of Salem received a $42,500 grant to make improvements to Splaine Park. The park needs to be cleaned of contamination of coal ash that was detected.

http://goo.gl/JdRpW

Beverly - Steve Roberge is an evangelist of the bicycle. He promotes it as a way to "save money, save gas...reduce carbon emissions and global-warming gases and get healthy."

http://www.salemnews.com/local/x326085167/Bikes-welcome-on-the-T

Winter Storm damage has kept the yellow caution tape secured to keep the Salem Willows pier closed for the Spring. Repairs are estimated at $50K and hope to be started working on by June.

http://goo.gl/G6YS6

Roaring '20s themed event will kick off the Danvers Family Festival this year on Friday, June 21st. The 18-piece Beantown Swing Orchestra will perform:

http://goo.gl/vpxOH

Over the past week, Wrenn, 37, owner of Sully's Brand T-Shirts, has sold more than 3,000 of the shirts, in Boston Marathon colors of yellow and blue, earning $50,000 for The One Fund:

http://goo.gl/onmQh