From the sound inside First Parish Community Hall on Sunday afternoon, it was clearly race day. Laughter, cheers, and wooden cars precisely lined up at the top of the wooden ramp, equipped with speed trackers, and along the back wall, video projection replays (yes, video) of each racing heat.
The Legislature on Thursday agreed to appoint a 10-person joint committee to consider 11 initiative petitions that could go before voters in November. House Speaker Ron Mariano …
During these cold winter days, the Town is preparing for an active town meeting and election season. This spring, residents will be asked to vote in a Special State Election, the Annual Town Meeting, and the Town Election.
On January 5, the Scouts of Troop 3 had a special guest at its regular Monday meeting. Mr. Coshow is a professional videographer, photographer, and filmmaker, and he taught around 15 Scouts and adult …
A profound sense of shock and sadness rippled throughout Cape Ann after the sudden sinking early Friday morning of the Lily Jean, the 72-foot Gloucester-based commercial fishing vessel that went down …
This week, Manchester’s Planning Board presented an ambitious set of potential articles planned for April’s Annual Town Meeting, new outside counsel has been added to Manchester’s legal bench, …
Next week, voters will get a chance to hear directly from the candidates vying to fill the 5th Essex District seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, vacated by the Thanksgiving death of …
Manchester resident Bernie Romanowski has been appointed director of major giving at Montserrat College of Art, a newly created senior leadership position at the Beverly-based art college.
The Manchester Club held its 121st Annual Meeting this past week, ringing out the old and bringing in the new. Last week, The Cricket ran a photo of Dave Marletta as he was voted the …
The founders of Back Lot Jams—the group behind the popular Music by the Sea outdoor concert held each summer at Manchester’s American Legion—recently donated $4,500 from last summer’s event to support the town’s Fourth of July parade.
For years, Massachusetts knew where abandoned fishing gear was piling up — but state law made removing it legally fraught. That changes this week.
A weekend snowstorm blanketed Cape Ann, bringing nearly two feet of snow, gusty winds, and slick travel conditions from Saturday night
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.
The Essex School Building Committee has scheduled its next community meeting for Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. at Essex Elementary School, 12 Story Street.
This season is not the first in which the Manchester Essex girls basketball team has scheduled non-league opponents with the goal of “tempering steel” during the regular season. The notion is that the pressure and hardship that a team faces now could pay dividends later on when the postseason begins and the games include tougher opponents and higher stakes.
For seventh grader Maren Beltramini, patriotism isn’t only discussed in history class or observed on holidays. It’s something she thinks about and practices in different ways every day.
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 Town of Manchester-by-the-Sea is getting the new year underway by welcoming Mary Miner as the new Council on Aging Director. This appointment follows the retirement of the former director and an extensive six-month search. In addition to coordinating and maintaining current departmental services
Last week, Manchester got good news for state funding for the buildout of the dock systems off Morss Pier and Reed Park. Also, the Manchester Housing Authority will soon have a new executive …
State officials agreed Wednesday to build their next annual budgets on the estimate that Massachusetts will collect $44.9 billion in tax revenue, 2.9% more than is expected to come in this year, and …