Gloucester had to feel as though it reeled in the big one on opening day of the boys high school hockey season.

Single-family homeowners in Salem can expect a $116, or 1.8% increase, on average in their property tax bills next year, following the city’s recent tax classification hearing.

Tied after two periods, London McDonald and his Marblehead boys hockey teammates agreed they needed to do something, in the junior winger's words, "to get the boys going".