SALEM

Summer jobs don’t get more New England than this. An enterprising couple with experience boating and fixing up homes has the chance to spend next summer living in and keeping up a lighthouse on an island far out in Massachusetts’ Salem Sound. Essex National Heritage Area is looking for volunteers to live at the Bakers Island Light Station from...

The last person whose conviction of witchcraft in the Salem Witch Trials remained on the books had her name cleared Thursday when the Massachusetts Senate signed off on a measure first proposed by local middle school students. Elizabeth Johnson Jr. was convicted of witchcraft in 1693 in the now-infamous witch hunt, in which 19 people were hanged and one man…

A retired Massachusetts Department of Corrections employee has been arrested in connection with the murder of 11-year-old Melissa Tremblay nearly 35 years ago in Lawrence. Marvin “Skip” McClendon Jr., 74, of Breman, Alabama, was arrested Tuesday night in Alabama, Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett announced at a press conference Wednesday morning. He was charged as a fugitive from justice and…

New Hampshire’s judicial branch is reviewing the case at the request of the Gov. Chris Sununu, he said in a statement.

Tourists in Salem, Massachusetts, can find a special surprise waiting for them for Halloween weekend.