While only December, work on the upcoming budgets for Fiscal Year 2026, which begins July 2025 and goes through June 2026, is well underway. Voters will review and approve these budgets at the Annual …
With my retirement coming up next summer, efforts to hire a new Town Administrator are getting underway. It will be 12 years since I came to Manchester, and the time has come for me to hand the …
Manchester by-the-Sea Special Town Meeting voted to accept the MBTA zoning plan after vigorous debate on both sides Monday night at the Manchester Essex High School. Nearly 900 residents attended …
Essex residents this week paused the adoption of zoning by the Planning Board that would have dramatically expanded residential property protections because it was deemed anti-business and pushed too …
All Manchester voters are encouraged to attend the Special Town Meeting set for Monday, November 18 at the Middle-High School. Given that a larger than normal crowd may attend, early arrival, …
There’s a lot going on this season, including the state-mandated consideration in November of a zoning change to encourage added housing in Manchester, what’s going on this year with the …
In a public hearing Monday, the Manchester Planning Board finalized its “MBTA 3A zoning” language—the state-mandated guideline to increase multi-family housing density in 177 towns near public …
In addition to taking up the proposed amendments that would bring the Town into compliance with the MBTA 3A zoning requirements, voters at the November 18 Special Town Meeting will be asked to vote …
The Massachusetts Housing Appeals Committee has ruled in favor of developer Geoffrey Engler and the SLV housing project proposed for Shingle Place Hill off School Street in Manchester’s Limited …
The Manchester Essex Regional High School has earned a Bronze distinction on the 2024 Advanced Placement (AP) School Honor Roll for the district's track record for successfully expanding advanced …
As we get closer to the November 18th Special Town Meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the high school, more and more citizens are starting to gather information on the articles that will be before …
While the main attraction to the Special Town Meeting scheduled for November 18 at the high school is the proposed zoning overlay districts allowing multi-family housing in four small areas of town …
There’s a lot going on this season, including the state-mandated consideration in November of a zoning change to encourage added housing in Manchester, what’s going on this year with the …
Residents will decide to approve or reject a new zoning bylaw that establishes proposed overlay districts in four areas of town at the November 18 Special Town Meeting. The proposed districts have …