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...

A housing dispute in Salisbury took a wild turn when a landlord allegedly crashed a bulldozer into an occupied cabin.

The 5 people rescued were taken to Plum Island Airport.

Massachusetts beachgoers and environmental experts alike can tell something has changed at Salisbury Beach. Winter storms have eroded away coastal dunes, placing homes, highways and wetlands at risk. Environmental scientist Tom Hughes describes a shoreline in flux. “I see a beach that is relatively healthy, but absent dune volume and height,” said Hughes. “Dunes grow slowly, they erode quickly....

As thousands soaked up the sun and sand on Salisbury Beach Wednesday, the erosion of coastal dunes in the area remains a concern for lawmakers.

A boat was on fire Monday in Massachusetts’ Merrimack River, fire officials said, appearing to send smoke over Newburyport and Salisbury. The boat caught fire at the Newburyport Boat Basin, according to the Newbury Fire Department. It was towed away from other boats, across the river. The Newburyport Harbormaster and Salisbury Fire Department were helping to put out the blaze….

“We need to have a managed beach,” Massachusetts Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr said Monday, calling for more help for the erosion-hit shoreline in Salisbury

High tides and fierce winds were leaving a trail of destruction in Salisbury, Massachusetts, as locals came out to watch the remnants of another nor’easter, seeking out sand on the ever-shrinking shoreline and instead finding it coating city streets. “When I was a kid I remember there was sand for miles and now coming back and seeing this, there’s...

Heavy weather has pummeled the shoreline this winter stripping the scenic spot of its sandy beach and instead depositing it in people’s homes and businesses.

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An April storm brought wintry weather to New England Wednesday and Thursday.

A nor’easter brought coastal flooding, heavy winds and snow across Massachusetts on Thursday. 

From the icy roads to the coastal concerns, NBC10 Boston is tracking the nor’easter impact across Massachusetts. 

As the nor’easter continues to make its way through Massachusetts, the snow just won’t quit in Fitchburg. However, the roads are a lot better than they were earlier Thursday. Still, a little slush but not bad considering we’ve had more than 12 hours of snow, sleet, wind and rain. Driving conditions were really rough earlier Thursday morning. With the...

Salisbury Beach residents spent hundreds of thousands to protect their waterfront properties, only to have their efforts washed away by a storm.

Residents of Salisbury, Massachusetts, are calling for help to protect their beachfront homes. Coastal erosion has taken its toll on Salisbury Beach. Residents spent $600,000 out of pocket and trucked in 15,000 tons of sand for protective dunes last week, only for half of the sand to wash away in Sunday’s storm. A meeting was scheduled Wednesday afternoon. At the…

Homeowners spoke up at a community meeting about beach erosion concerns.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars were spent in an effort to protect beachfront homes in Salisbury, Massachusetts, and it took just one storm to bring residents back to reality. Sunday’s storm, like so many before, proved costly on Salisbury Beach, but for a different reason. On Thursday, residents had just finished trucking in 15,000 tons of sand, paying the $600,000…

A sand dune project aiming to protect beachfront homes was destroyed in a single storm.

For those who live on a stretch of beachfront in Salisbury, Massachusetts, ocean views have taken on a whole different meaning. Storm after storm demolishing protective dunes has proven to residents that there is such a thing as too much of a good thing. “All of our friends and neighbors, we are all scrambling for sand right now. Another storm…

Waves have pounded the coast in Salisbury, where beachfront property owners are concerned about what’s to come.