After serving as interim president, Brian Pellinen has been named President of Montserrat College of Art following a year-long national search. Pellinen, 53, stepped in to fill the vacancy left …
Massachusetts has 50 cities and 301 towns across 14 counties, and this week, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey swore in Manchester resident and Manchester Essex Regional High School Junior Summer …
Manchester will receive $959,752 in federal funds to support planning and design for future PFAS purification of the town’s municipal water. The funds came as part of a larger, …
Members of the Manchester-by-the-Sea MBTA Task Force presented its current proposals to the Planning Board at a meeting on Monday, March 25. The presentation was an attempt to bring the Planning …
7:45 a.m., SATURDAY, March 23 We’re calling this one, “Failure to Launch.” Police were called down to Singing Beach early Saturday after a beached whale of a car—a …
Voters at this year’s Annual Town Meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, April 24, will be asked to approve purchasing part of the Mason Building for the establishment of a center for Seniors. …
On Tuesday, 40 or so people attended a public Q&A forum hosted by the Manchester Harbor Management Plan Task Force, which is working with consultants from UMASS Boston on an overall plan for the …
At its next meeting on Monday, March 25 the Essex Board of Selectmen will take up what looks to be the final draft of the warrant for Essex’s Annual Town Meeting (ATM) on May 6. At this …
The month of April presents new opportunities to learn more about the impacts Manchester can expect to see as the climate continues to change. This snowless, warm winter and the flooding we …
Last Friday, in a pre-trial ruling, a Salem District Court judge gave the Manchester Community Center a clear message: you may go to trial on April 3 against Harbor’s Point Condominium …
Our Annual Town Meeting is still a ways off – this year scheduled for Wednesday, April 24, but some of the special issues that voters will be asked to decide are taking shape. The …
When the Manchester-By-The-Sea MBTA Zoning Task Force meets with the Planning Board next month, they hope to present one definite area along with several alternative areas that can be part of the new …
Developer Geoffrey Engler and Town Counsel George Pucci sparred during the first day of hearings over the Strategic Land Ventures’ proposed 136-unit condominium plan for Shingle Hill off School …
The Friends of the ME Performing Arts congratulate the Cast and Crew of MERHS's Drama Fest team. The team had a great performance last week during t he Massachusetts High School Drama …
Why is the MBTA Task Force Looking at Certain Areas of Town and Not Others? The Task Force has considered all areas of Manchester-by-the-Sea. Several areas are no longer in …
The Manchester Essex basketball team—a squad that has lost all of one game this season—was down by two at the end of the first quarter in their tournament game against Frontier Regional. …
Nine grants totaling $27,000 to fund programs spanning art education, robotics, library collections, and extracurricular enrichment, among others have been awarded to Manchester Essex Regional School …
Action Inc., the local nonprofit that serves Cape Ann residents in need, including rental and mortgage assistance to Manchester residents during COVID through the Manchester Affordable Housing …
Last week’s front page featured an award-winning photograph of Piping Plovers in Ipswich. This week, keeping with a theme of “birds,” here we have a beautiful shot of the …
Manchester-By-The-Sea residents will have a chance to learn about and ask questions about the proposed MBTA Zoning districts at a forum on Saturday, March 2. The forum, held jointly by the MBTA …