Manchester Summerstage has consistently run a youth theatre program for over 50 summers in Manchester-by-the-Sea.  We end each summer producing a high-quality musical theatre production.

David Benjamin, the Summer Music Director for the City of Gloucester announces The Antonio Gentile Bandstand 2026 Summer Concert Series.  He offers eight free concerts beginning on Sunday, July 12, 2026, at 6:30pm with the Cape Ann Big Band and ending on ...

Cape Ann Symphony's Musicians Unleashed Concert Series ushers in springtime with The Spring Refreshed Concert, on Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM at The Crowell Chapel, 3 Rosedale Avenue, Manchester-by-the-Sea. 

The temperature was just below freezing last Thursday morning, but the sun was shining as I drove to lower Pine Street to watch our tree warden, Tom Henderson, conduct a tree pruning seminar for two DPW staff members. 

Greetings boaters. With spring around the corner, activity is picking up again in Manchester Harbor as we prepare for the 2026 season.  There’s a lot to cover—from dock reopening plans to major infrastructure work—so let’s get right to it.

Gretchen Berg, a vice president and realtor with J Barrett & Company, was the top-producing agent in the firm’s Manchester office for 2025, according to the brokerage.

This week’s Home of the Week takes us to a quiet side street in the center of Manchester’s village area. 

A late-19th-century Colonial Revival residence on Cobb Avenue in Manchester has come to market for $11.75 million.  Known as Seaway, the 1899 property comprises approximately 10,664 square feet with seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms on about 0.82 acres. 

Registration for many Cape Ann summer camps is open, and popular sessions are filling quickly. For families juggling work schedules, childcare, and kids eager to try something new, planning ahead can mean the difference between securing a spot — or landing on a waitlist.

This is the Summer Camp and Programs Directory – 2026

Wellspring House will hold its annual Celesong fundraiser on Friday, May 1, at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport.

It was a St. Patty’s-themed Community Breakfast Saturday at the First Congregational Church of Essex, where approximately 50 locals showed up for a good Irish breakfast spread that included corned beef hash, eggs, Irish soda bread, and Irish tea cake.

Those looking to find a smaller apartment or condo in Essex will have a tough time in their search, because like many North Shore communities, about 75% of Essex’s 1,500 units of housing are single family homes. 

The 19th annual Salem Film Fest will take place March 26–29 at venues across Salem, organizers announced this week.

In 2025, mushroom foraging made national news after four people died in California and dozens were hospitalized from eating poisonous wild mushrooms identified as Amanita phalloides, commonly known as the “death cap.”  Mushroom poisonings happen on the west coast annually, where there is a longer growing season. 

The Cape Ann Symphony will continue its 74th season with a program featuring works by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Joaquín Rodrigo at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 15.

When Honda and Toyota emerged as mainstream automotive brands in the 1970s, it was probably true that Toyota benchmarked Mercedes and Honda benchmarked BMW.  Over the decades, Toyota and Honda …

A curious slice of local pride took place this week as Manchester’s Chris Olney and his wife, Jane, greeted well-wishers at their home Monday for a special airing of PBS’ Antiques Roadshow, the national show that draws people with antique finds and gems to meet appraisers who let them know if their “heirlooms” are priceless artifacts, or duds.

After several years of bidding wars, waived inspections and homes selling in a weekend, the regional real estate market across the North Shore has cooled, according to a new report by North Shore REALTORS—but not because homes are suddenly plentiful or cheap.

Deb Evans and Elaine Horrocks , Realtors with J Barrett & Company , were the brokerage’s top-performing agents for 2025 along with Vice President Sherri Trocchi, according to the firm. Based in the company’s Hamilton office, …