One hundred years ago on Memorial Day 1924, the American Legion unveiled its Memorial to the five young men of Manchester who lost their lives in WWI. Many attend this annual event at Rosedale …
Part II of an incredible story of an amazing sculptress, who, impacted by returning veterans scarred by WWI, rebuilds their faces with her talents at her "Studio for Portrait Masks" ...
It’s almost Halloween, and last week, we kicked off a three-part seasonal story written by Robert “Rob” Fitzgibbon, a local author and an Essex Library Trustee. The story harkens back to the early 1800s in Essex, when a Harvard-trained doctor was arrested for grave robbing ... .
In this final edition of Rob Fitzgibbon's three-part series about a true crime story in Essex from the early 1800s, Dr. Sewell goes to trial. That's when the unbelievable part of his story just began ...
In this first edition of Rob Fitzgibbon's three-part story, we meet Dr. Thomas Sewall, a dashing young Harvard-trained doctor who moved to Essex in the early 1800s and married into the Choate family. Then, he was arrested for grave robbing ... .
After the Revolution began at Lexington and Concord in April, 1775, the war for independence went on for eight long years. The land battles were fought in other colonies; but the war at sea was …
We’ve been talking about Manchester’s men and boys during the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), and how they took to the seas in privateers based in the seaports of Boston, Salem, Marblehead, …
This article is a continuation of a multipart story introduced on March 31 of Manchester’s Capt. John Lee, Jr. This week we continue our privateering story. This was the vessel about which a …
This article is a continuation of a multipart story introduced on March 31 of Manchester’s Capt. John Lee, Jr. This week we pick up Lee’s story as he was a wartime prisoner during the American …
This article, and some to follow, will look at the adventures of Manchester men during the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), as it was fought at sea. There was no U.S. navy, but there was …
MHM_Too Rich Part II_Jeremiah Lee.jpg In April 1743, “Samuel Lee Esq. of Manchester,” a 49-year-old widower, purchased a house on Marblehead’s Training Field Hill. He turned over his …
Last week’s edition of the Cricket included an update on Winthrop Field on the corner of Bridge Street and Jersey Lane that was donated to the town in 1976 for open space and recreation. …
This the first of two articles on Manchester’s 18th century son, Samuel Lee. Samuel Lee (1694-1753), 49, moved with his family to Marblehead in 1743. It was a bustling seaport, with a large …
It was no hoax, and no hallucination; it was real, as many local mariners and observers could attest. A boatload of Marbleheaders, armed with pistols and harpoons, got pretty close; but of the many …
For most of its 400-year history, Gloucester was the fishing capital of the world. Its lifeblood is dangerous and costly. More than 10,000 people have left this port and lost their lives in the …
Gloucester, Massachusetts is America's oldest seaport. For most of its 400-year history, Gloucester was the fishing capital of the world. Its lifeblood is dangerous and costly. More than 10,000 …
90 Years Ago - 1932 The opening meeting of the season of the Parent-Teacher Association was held Wednesday evening in the assembly room of the High School and proved one of exceptional …
90 Years Ago – 1932 The summer camp of Mrs. Leonara Gorman of this town, which is located on the shores of Chebacco Lake, has recently been broken into and virtually stripped of its …
90 Years Ago – 1932 One mile of the new power cable being laid to Gravelly Pond station has been laid and covered in and about a mile and a half remains to be laid. The “Pep” supper …
115 Years Ago – 1907 Levi Melonson, foreman of the track gang of the B & N electric railroad has done a good job in raising the track and filling up the sidewalk on the eastern end of the …