Last week’s snow storm that dumped more than two feet of snow on Cape Ann in 24 hours prompted many locals to think back nearly 50 years to the day to another February winter storm.
Bailey’s Garage was a mainstay of Manchester life for nearly 100 years. With its huge Pegasus logo on the roof, was one of only a handful of gas stations in what was then just plain old Manchester—and the only one open until 9 p.m., writes Don Kimball, who worked for years at the station as a teenager ....
Italians love eating eggplants, and you will often find thin slices of them roasted, slathered with great Sicilian olive oil and served at room temperature as an accompaniment to your breakfast.
Cape Ann Symphony continues the Musicians Unleashed Concert Series with Moods of the Sea Concert, on Sunday, February 8, at 3 p.m. at The St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1123 Washington Street, Gloucester.
Manchester porcelain sculptor Anna Kasabian will have her sculptures in three different juried exhibits this month and next. These inlcude her sculpture, "Windy Seas Off Islesboro" which is part of the first ever Members Show at The Copley Society of Art (Newbury Street, Boston) through the end of the month.
This year, Cape Ann Plein Air (CAPA) will celebrate a major milestone—ten years of bringing plein air painters from around the US (and sometimes internationally) to Cape Ann every October to paint Cape Ann life for one week in a competition and art festival that has become one of America’s largest plein air art events.
Poet and Manchester native Sarah Beckmann has released a second collection of poetry, The Race for Daphne, published by Finishing Line Press. The new collection follows Beckmann’s 2021 publishing debut, Naiad Blood, in which she explored life, especially life on the water, doing what she loves—rowing.
Knights of Columbus Masconomo Council 1232 of Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts has been awarded the Star Council Award, the international organization’s highest honor for local excellence.
The New Year’s Day “Plunge for Polio” is a long-standing Manchester Essex Rotary Club tradition of “plunging” into the cold waters of the Atlantic during the winter to raise money for Polio …
Mercury Gallery in Rockport is currently featuring the work of artist and architect Michael McKinnell (1935–2020), whose paintings distill everyday scenes into carefully structured compositions …
Actor Harry Hamlin is best known for a long film and television career, but in recent years he has taken on a second, very different role: food entrepreneur with a charitable mission. Last week, …
Somehow, in the past couple of months, it seems that the corner of School Street and Union/Beach Street in Manchester has at long last woken up from its seemingly eternal slumber. Lavender …
Rockport’s New Year’s Eve celebration returns on Wednesday, December 31, and promises to transform downtown Rockport into a lively, walkable festival of music, art, and family fun from 4 p.m. to …
On Friday, a team from The Open Door arrived at the Cape Ann Museum with a very special donation: an exceptionally rare textile, “Zodiac” by Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios, founder of the Folly …
Essex needed a grocery market. It had been talked about, wished for, and a bit of a burr in the saddle of locals for some time. But even I underestimated the sheer joy of putting eggs, …
For many, 2025 has been a challenging year, but also an inspiring one. As a community, we looked around, leaned in, stepped up, lent a hand, and came together—for each other. And …
Manchester artist Barbara Lynch, best known locally for her culinary flair as the chef founder of The Rudder on Rocky Neck, will debut new whimsical paintings at an open studio event in Gloucester on …
With many locals focused on Thanksgiving this week—turkey and football—it may be hard to believe that the holidays will pop up on us all. Starting this week, the Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Christmas-by-the-Sea annual celebration, starting on Thursday, Dec. 4 with its Manchester Division holiday party at 35 Beach. …
Late last month, the Scouts of Manchester Essex Troop 3 spent a weekend canoeing down the Saco River and reignited an old troop tradition when 18 scouts and eight adults paddled 22 miles down the …
The holidays are approaching as the nation drifts through yet another cycle of uncertainty—the federal shutdown, political division, civic fatigue—the First Parish Congregational Church …