Pinkerton Street closed for 2 days

DERRY -- Pinkerton Street will be closed to through traffic between North Main Street and Newells Meadow Lane today and Thursday.

The road will be closed during working hours from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. to accommodate utility work for Pinkerton Academy’s new career and technical education building.

A detour will be set up through Pinkerton’s parking lot for southbound traffic and up to Tsienneto Road for northbound traffic.

Anyone with questions about the detours can contact the Public Works Department at 432-6144.

Senior barbecue to be held Aug. 15

LONDONDERRY -- A longtime Londonderry tradition, the Senior Night Barbecue, will kick off this year’s Old Home Day celebration.

Open to all Londonderry senior citizens, the free barbecue will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 15, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Lions Hall pavilion on Mammoth Road.

After dinner, guests can head across the street to the Town Common for a performance by the Windham Swing Band. Music lovers of all ages are encouraged to attend the free concert, which will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

In the event of rain, both the barbecue and concert will be held inside the Londonderry High School cafeteria.

Space for the barbecue is limited to 175 people, and tickets to the free event are required. For more information or to reserve tickets, contact event organizer Carole Connolly at 432-8810.

Mass. man dies in motorcycle crash

DERRY -- Alcohol and speed appear to have been a factor in a Monday evening motorcycle accident that killed a 40-year-old Lawrence, Mass., man.

“At approximately 7:09 p.m., the Derry Police Department responded to a report of a motorcycle crash in the area of 166 North Shore Road,” said Police Capt. Vernon Thomas. “Responding officers observed a 2000 Kawasaki motorcycle lying near the edge of the roadway. The operator, later identified as Ignatius Cimino of 47 Avon St. in Lawrence, had been thrown from the motorcycle and had sustained serious injuries, including severe head trauma.”

Derry firefighters provided medical assistance at the scene and transported Cimino to Parkland Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead as a result of the injuries from the crash. He was not wearing a helmet.

North Shore Road was closed for about five hours as the Derry Police Department’s accident reconstruction team conducted an investigation at the scene.

“Alcohol and speed appear to have been involved in this crash,” said Thomas.