Salisbury

A Massachusetts landlord is accused of ramming a cabin he owns with a bulldozer while his tenants were inside this weekend. Salisbury police arrested 77-year-old Jon Sanborn after the incident Saturday. Sanborn didn’t want to talk about it when NBC10 Boston tracked him down Wednesday. According to a police report, he owns the cabin and was unhappy with the...

The 5 people rescued were taken to Plum Island Airport.

A father from Methuen, Massachusetts, died Wednesday while trying to rescue one of his children from rough surf at the beach in Salisbury, officials said Thursday. The family was swimming at Salisbury Beach when heavy surf began to overwhelm one of the children. The victim, identified by the Essex County District Attorney’s office as 44-year-old Gary Simard, rushed into...

A father and his children were pulled from the ocean in Salisbury, Massachusetts, on Wednesday afternoon. The family was swimming at Salisbury Beach when heavy surf began to overwhelm them. Two bystanders quickly jumped in the water to help them. “I’m like, ‘This can’t be happening. This is not a joke. The father went in,’” recalled Jason Evan Iarossi,...

An investigation is underway after a man’s body washed ashore in Salisbury, Massachusetts, overnight. The Essex District Attorney’s Office said a person walking along Salisbury Beach around 1 a.m. Tuesday noticed a body floating along the shoreline near 4 Ocean Front Drive. A police officer responded and was able to pull the body from the ankle-deep water. The man...

In Salisbury, miles of beach sit empty now. With crowds set to swell in the coming weeks, there is a wave of worry. “It becomes very dangerous for children playing here because these dunes can collapse,” said Tom Saab, a Salisbury resident. Salisbury, like many coastal towns, is battling beach erosion. A surprise late December storm that battered coastal towns…

When new bike lanes suddenly popped up on the bridge between the Massachusetts communities of Salisbury and Newburyport, it threw drivers for a loop. “All of a sudden, it was changed,” said Newburyport resident Hailey Boulia. “So I think driving to work in the morning, I have to remember where I’m supposed to be.” The bike lanes cut driving...