Grade 3 Manchester and Essex students learned about the groundbreaking local author and artist Virginia Lee Burton through a hands-on educational partnership with Cape Ann Museum earlier this month. …
Even in a small town we can have our list of acronyms that can make for confusing conversations! It is time for updates on these projects with a minimum of jargon. The MBTA Task Force, the …
The stars were sparkling brightly on Saturday at the Spaulding Education Fund’s 12th Annual Night of Stars Talent Show. This year the gala production featured 40 performers from …
On Saturday, the Jolly Old Elf himself arrived by (sleigh) boat at Manchester’s Masconomo Park. From his throne on the bandstand he made the day special for dozens of youngsters as he listened …
At Tuesday’s School Committee meeting, Avi Urbas, Director of Finance and Operations at Manchester Essex Regional School District, announced he will leave the district after 15 years for the …
Since 2014, the Manchester Patrolmen Association has generously donated financially to the Wellspring House Holiday Store. Since COVID, Wellspring House, Action Inc., and Pathways for …
Back in July, Manchester resident Jackson Thomas Surette became Troop 3’s 150th Eagle Scout. This was a huge milestone, both for local Scouting and for Surette, who was celebrated …
Work is well underway on the Fiscal Year 2025 budgets covering town and school operations from July 2024 through June 2025. Voters will be asked to approve the budgets at the Annual Town …
November was a head-spinning month for anyone following the Manchester Community Center. Indeed, when residents left Manchester’s Special Town Meeting on November 13, it seemed cooler …
Manchester by the Sea Police Notes for the week of November 27th.
AND THEY’RE OFF! It’s a long tradition! The Essex Lions Club has been managing the Essex “Turkey Trot” race and walk the Sunday before Thanksgiving every year …
Cell Signaling Technology will be allowed to exceed the town’s height restrictions at its proposed research-and-development laboratories off Atwater Avenue in Manchester’s Limited …
Manchester by the Sea Police Notes for the week of November 20th.
The Manchester Community Center will remain where it is after the Manchester-by-the-Sea Fall Town Meeting agreed to accept a 10-year lease with Harbor’s Point Associates. That was …
For the second time in six months, Essex residents at Monday’s Special Town Meeting failed to approve a town plan to elevate and widen a portion of Apple Street to link the sides of town during …
Is this the year that they take the next step? The Manchester Essex field hockey program has been no stranger to success in the recent past, and 2023 has been no exception. With wins over St. John …
Thanksgiving is upon us, and that can mean only one thing—it is time for the annual Essex Turkey Trot. Always the Sunday before Thanksgiving, this year that means Sunday, November …
At the upcoming Special Town Meeting, set for this coming Monday, November 13, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the gymnasium of the Memorial School, 14 articles will be presented to voters for action. …
Residents of Manchester and Essex each head to Special Town Meetings this coming Monday, November 13. In some ways, the issues to consider are similar. Essex will plow through an ambitious 25-article Warrant that is full of critical issues.
Steve Gang (left), chair of the Manchester ConCom readies protest signs Wednesday with Lily Wainwright (right), Catherine Creighton (back center), MBTS Finance Committee member Albert …