At the City Council Legal Affairs Sub-Committee meeting, crypto coins and concerns were discussed, and the Committee ultimately passed an ordinance to ban Bitcoin machines, like Coinme and CoinGenie, in Peabody. That ban is not yet in effect. Mayor Ted Bettencourt spoke first on this matter at the meeting on Oct. 23 before giving the floor to experts, like District Attorney … [Read more...] about Peabody cracks down on crypto crime
Police Chief Tom Griffin
City honors midpoint of public safety construction project
City leaders gathered at the Public Safety Building behind the current police station and next to Higgins Middle School on Tuesday morning to commemorate the unofficial halfway point of the construction project. Mayor Ted Bettencourt was first to speak. He joked that Tuesday morning’s blue skies and 70° weather was “a whole lot better than when we did the groundbreaking … [Read more...] about City honors midpoint of public safety construction project
Peabody remembers 9/11
City leaders, firefighters, police officers and plenty of community members lined Perkins Street last Thursday morning to remember and honor the lives lost to the 9/11 attacks 24 years ago. The group met at the Peabody Public Safety Memorial, where a 20-minute memorial ceremony was held. Fire Chief Jay Dowling kicked off the morning by reminding those in attendance of “the … [Read more...] about Peabody remembers 9/11