This report was presented by Essex Town Administrator Brendhan Zubricki at this week’s Board of Selectmen meeting on January 25th, and it covers topics of interest for town business from January 9th to January 22nd.
Nomination Papers for 2021 local elected municipal positions in Essex are now available. There are many open spots for local residents seeking to make a difference in the community.
This report was presented by Essex Town Administrator Brendhan Zubricki at this week’s Board of Selectmen meeting on January 11th.
After twenty-five years of taking thousands of lucky folks padding through the Essex River Basin, Ozzie and Sandy Osborn, owners of Essex River Basin Adventures (ERBA), have decided it’s time to close their doors.
Open burning season runs from Jan 15th – May 1st. A valid permit obtained from the local fire department is required.
Town Administrator’s Report This report was presented by Essex Town Administrator Brendhan Zubricki at this week’s Board of Selectmen meeting on December 28th, and it covers topics of interest for town business from December 12th to December 25th.
Light Up Essex is still going on and a great thing to get out and enjoy. This year, the four year old tradition is tying into Cape Ann Winter Lights’ first ever regional holiday exterior light festival, designed to be a safe and festive way to enjoy the four towns of Cape Ann.
This report was presented by Essex Town Administrator Brendhan Zubricki at this week’s Board of Selectmen meeting on Monday, December 14, and it covers topics of interestfor town business from November28 to December 11.
It was four years ago that a group in Essex started a tradition to brighten up its town and have some fun in the process. Light Up Essex challenges businesses and residents to put their best seasonal light decorating foot forward. This year the contest also has an online portion, to ensure…
This report was presented by Essex Town Administrator Brendhan Zubricki at this week’s Board of Selectmen meeting on November 30th, and it covers topics of interest for town business from November 14th to November 27th.
In Essex, all three members of the town’s Board of Health—David Driscoll, MD, Fares Mouchantaf, MD and Sally Rich, LPN—are practicing healthcare clinicians. Together, they offer context for locals facing the holiday season as the pandemic rates rise here.
This report was presented by Essex Town Administrator Brendhan Zubricki at this week’s Board of Selectmen meeting on November 16th, and it covers topics of interest for town business from October 31st to November 13th.
Volunteers Dawn Burnham and Tess Leary at the Essex Council on Aging on Pickering Street in Essex worked Friday to assemble more than food staple packages that are delivered weekly to more than 50 residents and families who have been disrupted from COVID-19.
This report was presented by Essex Town Administrator Brendhan Zubricki at this week’s Board of Selectmen meeting on November 2nd, and it covers topics of interest for town business from October 17th to October 30th.
This is an important time for many Essex residents. Last year, Kristin Crockett said, the COA office counseled approximately 200 Essex residents last year. The concern, she said, is residents who aren’t aware of small but significant details to Medicare change and can have significant—and …
This report was presented by Essex Town Administrator Brendhan Zubricki at this week’s Board of Selectmen meeting on November 2nd, and it covers topics of interest for town business from October 17th to October 30th.
For the last four years, a crew of dedicated Essex residents have built excitement around “Light Up Essex,” a community-wide contest in which residents and businesses go to the holiday mats to “get lit.” It's becoming a tradition. This year, organizers are changing it up.
This report was presented by Essex Town Administrator Brendhan Zubricki at this week’s Board of Selectmen meeting on October 19, and it covers topics of interest for town business from September 26 to October 16.
Last spring, Essex Shellfish Constable Billy Novack presented a creative idea to the Board of Selectmen that he recommended: to install up to 60,000 baby oysters in the waters of Essex as part of an environmental project that works to turn oyster beds into sea cleaning engines. That time ha…
The 22nd Annual Manchester Essex Rotary Club / Landing Restaurant Golf Tournament was held October 6th at the Meadows Golf Course in Peabody and raised over $6,000 for the Manchester Essex Scholarship fund, thank you to all of the 83 golfers who participated on this beautiful October day.
Drew Godfrey and Justin O’Keefe Kane, the new owners of Cedar Hill Farm B&B in Essex, dreamed about moving from the South End in Boston to the North Shore “sometime in 2021.” They hoped to find a rustic property with history. Well, they found their dream a bit ahead of schedule, and dis…
Did anyone happen to see an extraordinarily large creature waving to cars, bikes, and pedestrians on the Essex causeway this weekend? If so, this was Hodge Podge who was invited by the Essex Public Library to participate in a hide and seek event this past Saturday morning. Families followe…
On Saturday, October 3 Essex will hold its Fall Town Meeting. Originally scheduled for later in the month, town officials pulled the outdoor afternoon event back to optimize their chances for good weather. It will take place at 1 p.m. at Essex Elementary School.
The Library’s Book Group will be discussing “A Burning” by Megha Majumdar at its next meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 29. All are welcome.
Updates from the Essex Town Administrator covering August 21 to September 11.
It never gets old. The Greenbelt’s Cox Reservation in Essex offers one of a number of “perfect” views of the Essex marsh. What a spot.
The Manchester Essex Conservation Trust (MECT), which manages more than 1,500 acres of conservation land in Manchester and Essex, announced the resignation of its executive director, Michelle Vaillancourt.
Second Grade teachers Joe McDonough, Susan Gould and Jennifer Cochand are masked-up as they prepare their technology for virtual teaching starting on the 16th. Pre-K through 5 classrooms are in the new building, the gym and library/technology are still housed in the old Memorial School.
Great news for local small businesses in Essex and Manchester disrupted by COVID. Essex Town Planner Matt Coogan’s office this week said that Essex will administer federal block grants of up to $10,000 local “micro-enterprise businesses” from a $70,125 fund for Essex. Essex Town Planner Mat…
Friday is the 19th Anniversary of 9/11, the day four coordinated terrorist attacks were carried out by al-Qaeda, on September 11, 2001. This year is a challenging one for any remembrance, or ceremony, given public safety guidelines and social distancing. The Essex Fire Department canceled …
Watch the live stream of the Manchester Essex Rotary Run for the Roses Raffle drawing right here (via Facebook live) at 6pm tonight!
