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The municipally-owned Peabody Municipal Light Plant provides electricity to the city. Natural gas service in Peabody is provided by National Grid. Cable television in Peabody is provided by Comcast and the City in June 2019 issued a second cable TV license to RCN. [36] [37]
It was renamed Peabody, after philanthropist George Peabody, in 1868, and was reincorporated as a city in 1911. What is now Washington Street was laid out in 1750 as part of a new post road between Salem and Boston , running east–west along what is now Main Street, but turning south before reaching Peabody Square.
The Peabody Civic Center Historic District encompasses a well-preserved portion of the historic center of Peabody, Massachusetts.Extending along Chestnut and Franklin Streets south of Peabody City Hall, the district includes a small residential area built in the mid-19th century, as well as the city hall and St. JOhn the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, two monumental structures defining the ...
In 1946, due to structural weaknesses the auditorium was ordered closed by state officials, and city council moved into the large hall downstairs. [2] In 1980 the building was restored, and city council moved back upstairs into the newly renamed Frank L. Wiggin Auditorium, and the police department moved to its own building, the former space ...
It covers part of the city of Peabody in Essex County. [1] [2] Democrat Tom Walsh of Peabody has represented the district since 2017. [3] The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Essex district. [4]
In 1935, O'Keefe was elected represent ward 3 on the Peabody city council. [3] In 1936, he challenged mayor James E. McVann, but lost by 58 votes. [4]McVann did not run for reelection in 1938 and O'Keefe defeated state representative John E. Murphy by 709 votes to become the city's chief executive.
The George Peabody House Museum is a historic house museum at 205 Washington Street in Peabody, Massachusetts. It is dedicated to the life and deeds of 19th century U.S. entrepreneur, philanthropist, and namesake of the city, George Peabody. The museum shares its location with the Peabody Leather Museum.
A life-long resident of Peabody, Massachusetts, Blodgett graduated from Peabody Veterans Memorial High School and Princeton University.He was an aide to President of the Massachusetts Senate Kevin B. Harrington from 1977 to 1978, and Peabody state representative and later majority leader John E. Murphy Jr. from 1978 to 1985.