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 …
Consistency has led to excellence for the Manchester Essex golf team in 2024. With just a pair of matches left in the regular season, the Hornets have amassed an impressive 10-2 record and were …
Magnolia’s community beer garden (“biergarten”) festival, Magtoberfest , returned for its fourth year this weekend. It was a rainy, cold morning on Sunday, but locals …
Well … You are not alone. Anecdotally, I can confidently report that 80-90% of clients coming onto service for care with Aberdeen were initially very resistant and insisted that they did not have …
Art surrounds Bob Orrall, literally. Stepping into his home, your eyes are sort of frantically undecided as to which delightful painting/sculpture/cuckoo clock to study. It’s everywhere. …
While they may be new to each other, the returning members of the Manchester Essex girls soccer team and new coach Scout Grifoni have one crucial element in common: experience. This is …
I have long been obsessed with discovering how people live in small spaces. One year for my birthday, I dragged my husband and four young children to the RV show at the convention center in Boston. …
Heartworm disease is a serious and potentially fatal disease in pets in the United States and many other parts of the world. It is caused by worms (heartworms) that live in the heart, lungs and …
This week at the library, Ways to have a Green Holiday Season, Hearthside Book Club, Author Katherine Howe and much more! Open Sundays | Beginning October 20th, the library will be open Sundays …
Spring is finally starting to be sprung. Those brave spring bulbs are sticking their skinny green necks out, and so far all I’ve wanted to do is wrap a scarf around them—but they …
The upcoming vote on MBTA Zoning is an important one for our town. As we tackle this issue as a community, it’s important that we all …
As an Essex resident, I’m proud of our excellent MERSD schools and strive to support public education in any way I can, knowing that strong …
I am correcting the facts contained in the letter to the editor last week (“Wake up Manchester! MBTA Zoning will Lead to a “Horror Show,” …
Our country is a republic and in a republic, we vote for representatives that should stand for and fight for the wishes of their constituents. …
When I moved to Gloucester 16 years ago, I was drawn by the raw beauty and deep sense of history of the island. This quaint New England fishing …
The following is a letter I sent today to the Gloucester City Clerk, Grace and City Councilors on behalf of Gloucester and Cape Ann. I am …
I welcome the opportunity to respond to our Town Manager’s recent Manchester Cricket article of 9/13/24 entitled “Of Flags and Flagpoles.” …
Wake up Manchester! We have enough wars and civil conflicts already going on around the world, and if the state;s MBTA zoning boondoggle is …
Council 1232 Knights of Columbus, Manchester thank all who made our Third Annual Fall Fun Fest a great success, especially the hundreds of kids …
