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Police & Fire
Murder-Suicide: Mom, Baby Boy ID'd As Victims In North Andover Slayings, DA Says Murder-Suicide: Mom, Baby Boy ID'd As Victims In North Andover Slayings, DA Says
Murder-Suicide: Mom, Baby Boy ID'd As Victims In North Andover Slayings, DA Says Police believe the 35-year-old woman who was found dead at a North Andover home this week fatally stabbed her 9-month-old son before turning the knife on herself.  Jennifer T. Paez and her son Valentino Paez were found on Monday, Aug. 19, at the Turnpike Street home just after 5:15 p.m., the Essex County District Attorney's Office said. Jennifer was dead when officers arrived, but Valentino clung to life for more than an hour before dying from his injuries at Lawrence General Hospital at 6:30 p.m.  Evidence at the scene revealed that Jennifer stabbed Valentino and then hersel…

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by Josh Lanier
Lifestyle
'Not My Vibe' Popular Pizza Guru Renders Verdict On 'Massachusetts Institution' 'Not My Vibe' Popular Pizza Guru Renders Verdict On 'Massachusetts Institution'
'Not My Vibe' Popular Pizza Guru Renders Verdict On 'Massachusetts Institution' Despite slingin’ pies for nearly eight decades, this “Massachusetts institution” didn’t quite impress self-proclaimed pizza expert Dave Portnoy. The 47-year-old Barstool Sports owner found himself in Essex County, at Tripoli Pizza & Bakery in Lawrence, for the latest edition of his “One Bite Pizza Reviews” YouTube series that was posted Tuesday, July 16. Founded by the Zappala family in 1924, the business started selling fresh bread and Italian pastries from its Common Street bakery. In 1944, they introduced their signature thin-crust pies on the coast at Salisbury Beach, which proved t…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Battery Explosion Sparked North Andover Fire Battery Explosion Sparked North Andover Fire
Battery Explosion Sparked North Andover Fire Authorities say a fire that began on the second-story balcony of an apartment in North Andover started when a lithium-ion battery exploded  Firefighters were called to 99 Edgelawn Ave. just before 6:30 p.m. on July 7. A battery had been left in the sun for hours, causing it to overheat and explode.  The fire was extinguished quickly, but battery fires are extremely dangerous as they can reignite without warning hours after they are put out, the North Andover Fire Department said.  Everyone escaped the six-unit building without injury.  North Andover Fire Chief Joh…

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by Josh Lanier
News
Drunk Woman Killed Woman After Crashing Into North Andover Building: DA Drunk Woman Killed Woman After Crashing Into North Andover Building: DA
Drunk Woman Killed Woman After Crashing Into North Andover Building: DA A 28-year-old North Andover woman has been charged with killing someone after crashing into a building while intoxicated and speeding off, authorities said.  Vickiana Vargas-Guevara, age 28, of North Andover was charged with motor vehicle homicide while under the influence of alcohol and being negligent, motor vehicle homicide by reckless operation, leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death; leaving the scene of property damage, operating under the influence of liquor, and reckless operation, the Essex County District Attorney said.  Diana Melo, 37, of Lawrence, was kill…

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by Josh Lanier