PEABODY — Ted Bettencourt won his eighth consecutive term as the city’s mayor in Tuesday’s race against local business owner Rochelle Agneta.
Bettencourt, 52, won with 6,497 votes, while Agneta, the 58-year-old owner of Salon CC in Peabody, received 1,510 votes, according to unofficial results.
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