Like 30 Apple St, which the town purchased at the 2022 Fall Town Meeting, the Town of Essex also now has first right of refusal on the purchase of 31 Apple St.
This is the second of two articles offering background on Manchester’s town meeting. The Annual Town Meeting will take place this year on Monday, April 3 at 6:30 p.m. at Manchester Memorial School in the gymnasium. The first installment, which appeared in last week’s Cricket, described the…
At this year’s Annual Town Meeting, scheduled for Monday, April 3, 6:30 p.m., at the Memorial Elementary School, nine of the twenty articles are proposing changes to accept a new local option provided by state law, adopt, or change a general bylaw or amend our zoning regulations.
Every Monday (except public holidays), between 10 a.m. and 12 noon, Manchester seniors have been getting together at the “Chapel” (behind the Santander Bank) for Coffee and Connections.
Maggie Tomaiolo’s 5th Grade student ambassadors at Manchester Memorial School were sorting hundreds of articles of clothing on Monday that will be donated to Cradles for Crayons.
Massachusetts Lt. Governor and former Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll was the featured speaker Wednesday morning at the Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Economic Outlook Breakfast. Driscoll addressed new initiatives in Governor Maura Healy’s proposed $50 billion state budget addressing educati…
About 70 residents attended a public hearing Monday where Manchester’s Planning Board (PB) approved final language on four articles for April’s Annual Town Meeting to change the town bylaw to create the town’s first senior housing bylaw, regulate “adult entertainment,” update the accessory d…
On Thursday, a fundraiser was held by the ME Regional Middle High School gym. The event was to raise money to support the Doyon family of Essex that suffered a total loss in a house fire on the 6th of February. The successful fundraiser collected over $2,000. (Photo Paul Clark)
In this week's Town Hall Notebook we tune in to Town of Manchester budgeting, Essex zoning, the state's housing district mandate for commuter rail towns, the Fire Dept's challenges with the FinCom, and Cell Signaliing's request for a MassWorks grant application to connect Manchester's Limite…
Officials from Cell Signaling Technology (CST) appeared before the Planning Board Monday to share preliminary plans to build a new research campus in the old rock quarry off Atwater Avenue. It would be a “campus for the future,” they said, that would heal a blighted property and use the lat…
With just a handful of games left in the regular season, a team that has already enjoyed a special season so far has the opportunity to add to its list of impressive accomplishments.
Some big items this week, with the ME Regional School District Committee approving a final FY24 district budget to present to voters and the Manchester Select Board agreeing with a recommendation by the Manchester Affordable Housing Trust to pull a key property from a joint plan with the Man…
Saturday unseasonably mild morning was a good time for a three-hour tour as members of the Manchester Conservation Commission walked wetlands along Atwater Avenue owned by Cell Signaling, the biotechnology company that last year acquired just under 50 acres off upper School Street in the Lim…
Construction has begun on a new composting facility at the town’s former landfill site off Pine Street. Andrew Brousseau, a partner in Black Earth Compost, now operating off School Street, not far from the Manchester Athletic Club, says the new facility should be completed by October enablin…
The forecast for Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3-4, calls for extreme cold in Essex with wind chills below zero by mid-afternoon Friday, and wind chills as low as minus 20 degrees overnight into Saturday morning. Essex Chief of Police Paul Francis and the Essex Police Department are warning loc…
On Cape Ann, where there is a need, the community always seems to respond. That is the message received by numerous non-profits located in the area from those who live in it. In an age where inflation and COVID pose barriers on a daily basis to accomplishing traditional goals and benchmarks…
In this week's Town Hall Notebook, the Manchester Essex Regional School District Committee held a public hearing with town boards to discuss the draft FY2024 in its last meeting before a final vote February 6, and the Manchester Affordable Housing Trust expands its successful mortgage and re…
The Manchester Club kicked off its 118th year last Thursday night at the Legion Hall. Todd Crane and his kitchen crew served a delicious meal of a garden salad, Virgilio’s rolls, Baked Stuff Shrimp with rice and cookies and ice cream for dessert. At the conclusion of dinner, outgoing club …
The membership of Masconomo Council 1232 Knights of Columbus Manchester-by-the-Sea annually votes to honor two brother knights for their service to the Council, their fidelity to the organization’s foremost founding principle of charity, and the support of their faith community.
Last week at ME Regional Middle School, Ross Cowman’s 6th Grade Science class got a hands-on robotics lesson, thanks to parent Dan Ochs who brought in an operational robotic arm operated simply with the “driver” moving their hand and arm to pick up a rope. Here, Katie Jay celebrates success…
The teams at Greenscapes, an environmental education group based in Salem, MA, made a visit to Manchester Memorial School last week to give students a hands-on education about the protection and conservation of local natural resources.
Author Allegra Goodman signs copies of her latest novel Sam at The Book Shop of Beverly Farms on Tuesday evening. The event was lively and well attended. A delightful Goodman read from her novel, a story of girlhood set in Beverly, and answered questions before mingling and signing copies o…
The challenge of navigating the state’s mandate for encouraging housing density in towns served by the MBTA has begun in Manchester and the other three Cape Ann municipalities impacted by the new law. And at a joint meeting Monday, the Planning Board and Select Board approved the first mand…
Last month the Manchester Public Library held an event entitled a “Celebration and Stories: Ron Borel and the Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library.” It was a commemoration of former resident and patron Ron Borel. And Ron Borel has given an amazing gift to our library to benefit the people…
There’s a lot set to happen with the Council on Aging (COA) in the coming weeks. Check them out here, and for further information on any of these great trips or to reserve your seat on the van, please call 978-526-7500.
Same time this year! Keeping with the decades long tradition of plucking up your courage and bravely jumping into the icy waters of Singing Beach, local residents participated in the annual Polar Plunge on an unseasonably warm New Years Day.
The holiday gave boards in Manchester and Essex a bit of a slowdown before opening 2023 and tackling big issues like budgets, schools, capital initiatives and zoning. But just before the break, at a heated December meeting of the Manchester Select Board, Alexander Westerhoff of 3 Colburn Ro…
There’s a lot set to happen with the Council on Aging (COA) in the coming weeks. Check them out here, and for further information on any of these great trips or to reserve your seat on the van, please call 978-526-7500.
If this is how the 2022-23 winter season is going to go for the Manchester Essex indoor track teams, then this promises to be a memorable season for both Hornets squads. Members of the boys’ team set school records and the girls’ team saw some personal bests in the season-opening Winter Fes…
This time of year, George Frideric Handel’s Messiah is a familiar musical program during the holiday season. And on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. under the musical direction of Dr. Herman Weiss, the First Parish Congregational Church in Manchester will lead an ambitious cooperative “sing-along”…
The community festivities this past weekend held on despite tough weather, with plenty of locals getting out to celebrate. In Manchester by the Sea, the Lighting of the Friendship Tree, the Manchester Historical Museum decorations and Holiday Stroll, and Santa taking requests at the Masonic Lodge!
The ME Hornets met their annual rivals, the Georgetown Royals, on Thanksgiving Day. After a slow first half the Hornets turned up the heat and left the field 30-0 winners. It was ME’s fifth win in a row in the Thanksgiving Day Classic. The Hornets take home the Fran York/Eric DiMaio Troph…
Karen Bernier of Churchill Properties was recognized last week for her outstanding achievements in North Shore real estate. Karen exceptional 2022 sales volume earned her the company’s highest accolade, the “International President Elite Award”.
Beauport Financial Services is pleased to officially announce that they have added a new investment professional to their team; Mike Paluch.
Bladder stones, also known as urolithiasis or cystolithiasis, are solid mineral deposits that form inside the bladder of dogs and cats. Stones start out as crystals that form in the urine. These crystals form when a combination of events takes place, such as urine pH change (pH is a measure of acidity and alkalinity in urine), increased urine concentration, and changes in the mineral makeup of the urine being formed. Over time, the crystals combine and layer together to form bladder stones.
J Barrett & Company announced last week that realtor Mandy Sheriff was the top selling agent in Manchester by the Sea for 2022.
The Rebuild Local News Coalition, an alliance of local news organizations launched in 2020, has now become an independent nonprofit organization and plans a drive to advance a range of public policies to address the accelerating crisis in local news that threatens so many communities.
One of the bigger issues the Town faces as a new budget is developed for the upcoming Fiscal Year (July 1 start date) is determining the right level of staffing for our public safety departments. The Police, Fire, and Harbor Departments are all confronting new challenges that require a hard look at current staffing and what changes might be needed going forward.
Cape Ann Savings Bank announces the recent hiring of Rick Ciolino in the role of Trust Investment Officer for the Bank’s Trust & Financial Services Department.
Dr. Kurt T. Steinberg, who has served as president of Montserrat since July of 2018 and who is credited with boosting the art college’s profile nationally, is stepping down effective January, to assume the position of Chief Operating Officer of the Peabody Essex Museum.
The Manchester Athletic Club – under new management – is open and ready to get you back into shape after COVID.
“We have a new executive director who is very well-versed in the field,” says the MAC’s manager of marketing and sales, Jonah Feingold. “We just want to show people that ... we are still here and there are going to be some very exciting things to come in the near future.”
Bruce MacDonald, Jr. has joined Mortgage Network, one of the largest independent mortgage lenders in the eastern U.S. as a loan officer. MacDonald will work out of the company’s Danvers, responsible for helping borrowers throughout Massachusetts with their home financing needs.
BankGloucester announced this week that George Koshivas and Jonathan Loring will be joining the bank’s board of directors. Koshivas brings extensive experience as an accountant and financial executive, while Loring brings an established track record in the IT industry.
J Barrett & Company announced that Kristin Kelly, who is at the agency’s Prides Crossing office, has been appointed vice president.
J Barrett & Company is pleased to announce that Char Glessner, who is at the agency’s Ipswich office, has been appointed vice president.
“As proud as I am to have reached this professional milestone, the most fulfilling aspect of what I do is introducing prospective clients to the benefits of living on the North Shore and then being able to find them the ‘right’ home,” says Char.
“Char has consistently demonstrated her client-centric focus that results in success for everyone and that is why she deserves this new position,” says Jon Gray, president.
It’s been almost 50 years since a group of Manchester parents and teachers got together to address a new challenge that was beginning to assert itself. Back then, in 1974, tuition at a four-year public college cost $510 per year. For a private college, the average yearly cost was higher: $2,130. It wasn’t called an “affordability gap.” But that’s what it was, and that group of parents and teachers created a small scholarship fund to help address it.
J Barrett & Company announced this week that Lisa Nash has joined the firm in the Prides Crossing office as a sales agent. Lisa, who was the owner and operator of Tasty Foods in Peabody for over two decades, believes that establishing a “personal connection” is the key to success in business. “You must understand what a person wants and needs before you can even begin to think about a solution whether it’s buying a house or selling land,” she says.
On Monday at the Amaral Bailey American Legion Hall in Manchester, a veritable crowd assembled to support Cape Ann Savings Bank's Ken Davis as he was honored as Manchester Small Business Person Of The Year by the Greater Cape Ann Chamber Of Commerce.
It’s been six months since the Cape Ann Savings Bank announced that Robert “Bob” J. Gillis, Jr. would retire as bank president after 40 years and it would make history by naming Marianne Schlichte Smith as president of the bank. That move became official on August 1.
Cape Ann Savings Bank recently announced that Donald Wallaga will join the private regional bank as its Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
A compromise to keep COVID-era outdoor dining in Manchester was a hot topic at Monday’s Board of Selectmen meeting. In the end, the BOS approved the continuation of outdoor dining at all restaurants until July 11, and a scaled back version of the popular practice through August 15.
J Barrett & Company announced this week it has named Felicia Trupiano, a veteran at the agency’s Gloucester office for 10 years, a vice president.
