Girl Scout Cookies for Sale in Hamilton, North Shore This Weekend

Find out where you can buy Girl Scout cookies this weekend as the cookies sale season nears an end.

Girl Scout Cookies sales continue. Here are some local spots that you can buy Thin Mints, Samoas and other favorites this weekend. Salem Five, Hamilton Saturday, March 9; 9 a.m.-noon Liberty Tree Mall, Danvers Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday, 12-6 p.m. Stop and Shop, Danvers Saturday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. North Shore Mall, Peabody Saturday, March 9; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday, March 10; 12-6 p.m.

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What Are Local Turkey Prices This Thanksgiving?

If you have not bought a Thanksgiving turkey yet, take a look at the local turkey prices as Thanksgiving approaches.

Turkey prices range from 59 cents to $3.29 per pound this week at the grocery stores in Hamilton and Wenham and nearby. Here's a sampling of turkey prices (per pound) at Crosby's Marketplace in Hamilton plus Shaw's and Stop and Stop in North Beverly. In addition to the brands and prices listed in the chart, some other turkeys available include fresh Shady Brooks Farms at Crosby's for $1.29 per pound and Plainville for $2.99 per pound. At Shaw's, fresh Wild Harvest turkeys are $2.99 per pound or $2.49 with a card, fresh Jennie-O for $1.39 or 99 cents with a card and frozen Honeysuckle for $1.19 or 69 cents with a card. At Stop and Shop, Nature's Promise is $2.59 per pound or $2.29 with a card. A fresh Stop and Shop turkey is $1.29 per pound…

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Get Your Grocery Coupons on Hamilton-Wenham Patch

The section has 100s of local retailers' specials listed in one place - just print out the ones you want.

Part of the mission of Hamilton-Wenham Patch is to make your life ridiculously easy. Now, there is a new way we can help you before you head to the grocery store. Check out our new Grocery Specials Section. It allows you to browse local grocery coupons and weekly specials, just like the ones found in newspapers, all in one place, and without getting newsprint on your fingers and hands. Here's what else you can do: To get to the grocery specials section from the home page, on the dashboard (main navigational bar at the top) go to the last one marked More Stuff and click on it, you will find the Commute, Jobs, Volunteer and then Grocery Specials. Click on the Grocery Specials tab and browse away. If you're a coupon shopper, you won't ever go…

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Hamilton Man Faces Peabody Charges After Car Chase

The following information was provided by the Peabody Police Department. Where charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

A Hamilton man is facing charges after he allegedly led Peabody police on car chase last Friday. Marlon Dichiara, 23, of 432 Asbury St. was arrested following a chase into Salem, according to the Peabody Police Department press log. Peabody officers initially responded to a report of drug violations outside Stop & Shop in Peabody at 2:09 p.m. and upon their arrival, a man fled the scene in a green station wagon. Police chased the car into Salem, but eventually called off the pursuit and let Salem officers handle it. The car was found unoccupied on Hillside Avenue in Salem (off of Highland Avenue) and a Peabody officer was called to the scene to assist. The vehicle was towed to the Peabody police station. Dichiara was later taken into …

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Glut of Maine Lobsters Keeps Local Prices Hovering Around $6 Per Pound

A glut of Maine lobsters is pushing down prices this summer.

The price of lobsters in the state is dropping this summer, with some retailers selling them for as little as $4.98 per pound. Warm weather has helped produce a glut of lobsters from Maine this year, where wholesale prices have reportedly dropped to as little as $1.25 per pound. That’s prompted some fishermen there to keep their boats tied to the dock, the Wall Street Journal reports. For many lobstermen, when the price of their catch falls that low it’s not worth fishing for them. The Maine glut has translated into lower retail prices throughout New England. At Crosby's Marketplace in the Shoppes at Hamilton Crossing, the price of lobster is $5.99 for chicken lobsters up to 1-1/4 pounds. At Shaw's in North Beverly, chicken lobster are …

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Michelle Bailey

2:01 pm on Thursday, August 2, 2012

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