At the September dinner of the Manchester Club, new members, 25-year members and 50-year members were recognized.
Well, it’s official: the sleepy summer schedule is over. Manchester’s newest five-year “housing production plan” was presented to the Select Board on the same night as a separate update from developers of a proposed 245-unit residential complex on Pine Street.
Six Manchester Essex Regional High School seniors have been recognized in the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program, including one student who will continue in the competition for a National Merit Scholarship.
Some of Essex’s youngest runners were all smiles—and serious about their starting positions—at Friday’s 17th annual Happy as a Clam 5K Race, Walk & Fun Dashes at Essex Elementary School.
Gov. Maura Healey came to Essex Monday bearing $300,000 in relief for North Shore shellfish harvesters who lost more than two weeks of work during the peak summer season.
Manchester fire and police personnel assembled with residents outside Fire Headquarters on School Street shortly before 10 a.m. The observance began at 10:05 a.m., only minutes after the 9:59 a.m. moment 25 years earlier when the South Tower collapsed.
Elder brother Everett Morss is presented the Boston Post Cane for being the oldest member present at this year’s Old Man’s Chowder Party in Manchester.
Carolyn Anderson, who turned 100 in June, was honored Monday at her Bennett Street home as Manchester’s eldest living resident and recipient of the town’s Boston Post Cane.
As August comes to an end and the start of school is around the corner, it is a great time to reflect on the busy summer season in the Parks & Recreation Dept.
The 2026 meeting of the Elder Brethren will take place on Saturday, September 12th. The group will gather at the Tuck’s Point Chowder House.
A sea of black and blue has taken over Manchester-by-the-Sea.
Greenbelt’s annual Tour de Greenbelt returns to Essex on Saturday, Sept. 26, inviting cyclists to take to the roads and trails of Essex County while raising money for regional land conservation.
For those involved in civic organizations around Cape Ann—think Rotary, Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, Gloucester’s 400+ committee, and countless other organizations—Ruth Pino is a name that comes up.
September is Feeding America’s Hunger Action Month, a month-long campaign to raise awareness and combat food insecurity across the US.
Tuesday’s primary elections produced some pretty substantial changes of the guard for Cape Ann, especially the region’s representation in Washington, DC.
Everyone is worried about sitting on the kitten. Barbara is worried, the unnamed man (Frankie?) is worried, I’m worried, but the kitten is not.
Manchester artist Christine Gauthier-Kelley is among four Cape Ann artists bringing the centuries-old art of hand-painted silk into a contemporary setting in “Four Voices in Silk,” now on view at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly.
More than $10.5 million has been spent by candidates and outside political groups in the Democratic primary to replace U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, turning the race for the 6th Congressional District into …
Downtown Gloucester has become something of an outdoor gallery this summer, with eight storefront windows along Main Street transformed into original works of public art exploring what the city might look like—or stand for—in the years ahead.
A childhood home, the traditions of village women and the tastes of a family kitchen become vehicles for exploring how memories survive in a new exhibition opening this month at Jane Deering Gallery in Gloucester.