“Everyone in the Commonwealth knew that no matter the situation, Neil never backed down from a fight if it was in the best interest of hardworking families in Methuen.”
The mayor of Methuen Neil Perry died Saturday following “many health battles,” his office said in a statement.
Perry, a lifelong Methuen resident, was 65 and battling kidney disease, The Eagle-Tribune reported.
“Mayor Perry has fought many health battles over the last several years but came back from each of them with renewed vigor to tackle, in his own words, the greatest job he ever had: being the mayor of the great City of Methuen,” his office’s statement read…