The North Shore Horticultural Society has successfully kicked off its 2026-27 lecture season in Manchester, beginning with a timely look at how even small gardens can play an important role in supporting pollinators.
This lovely photograph was shot and submitted by Essex’s Mike Dyer, after his neighbor, Calvin Ells, age six, showed off a newly emerged monarch butterfly.
Live music, food and a Gloucester waterfront sunset will come together later this month when Little River Reverb returns for an outdoor concert benefiting Action Inc.
Fungal fruitings seem to be just about to take off in our woodlands. The weather pattern has been favorable with intermittent rain, and we have avoided a serious drought, unlike many previous years.
For decades, Essex River Day was the annual summer kick-off that celebrated the town and its river. The event began almost 20 years ago when Bob Coviello and members of the Essex Lions Club. Now, after a break, the free event returns on Saturday, Aug. 29 ...
Thousands of residents and visitors turned out Saturday for Manchester's annual Festival by the Sea, transforming downtown into a lively celebration of art, music, shopping, food, and community.
Registration is now open for the 2026 Manchester-by-the-Sea Fishing Tournament, with organizers introducing several new programs aimed at bringing more young people and families into the sport. …
When dozens of tall ships and historic sailing vessels converging on Boston Harbor earlier this week for Sail Boston 250, the Essex Historical Society & Shipbuilding Museum reported that Essex was represented in a way few communities can match.
More than 50 years ago, a group of sailing enthusiasts set out to create a place where anyone – regardless of their skill level – could experience the joys of sailing. Their efforts led to what is now Manchester Sailing Association—“MSA”—an industry-leading nonprofit and a fixture in the Manchester community.
Troop 3 recently completed a three-day hiking trip to Camel’s Hump in Vermont last month, bringing eighteen scouts and five adult leaders together for a weekend focused on hiking, camping, and outdoor skills.
During March and April more than 20 Scouts began working on the Chemistry Merit Badge taught by Assistant Scoutmaster Mrs. Hall during their regular Monday night meetings.
Essex County Greenbelt Association will hold its annual Birds, Bees & Butterflies event on Saturday, May 16, at Cox Reservation.
The Manchester Essex Conservation Trust (MECT), a nonprofit dedicated to preserving ecologically important land and wildlife habitat on Massachusetts’s North Shore, is pleased to announce its Spring 2026 Hike Series.
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.
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 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 …
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, …
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 Osprey population north of Boston and throughout Essex County continued to grow during the 2025 breeding season, marking the eighth consecutive year of population recovery. In its …