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 …
Late last month, members of Troop 3 Scouts and their families all gathered at the delightful Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) lodge in Alexandria, NH for a weekend of fun that has become an annual …
Superintendent Pam Beaudoin and Principal Sheila McAdams share that Essex Elementary School students participated in their first “Vocabulary Parade,” one of several initiatives planned to …
Manchester Essex football coach Joe Grimes was pleased with almost everything about his team’s Thanksgiving Day game against Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical: The Hornets pulled out a …
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 …
Four months after completing a successful $18 million before its 150 th anniversary, the Cape Ann Museum announced a new donation that will fund its first named staff position as an …
With precipitation at an unprecedented low over the last four months, Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rebecca Tepper today raised the Cape Cod and Islands regions to a Level 1-Mild …
Surely anyone making the turn off of Southern Avenue onto Main Street in Essex cannot help but notice, right there on the corner, the riot of delightful goodies filling the windows of We Dream In …
Republican Party leaders nationwide are coalescing under Donald Trump as he gears up for his second term. In the Massachusetts Senate, it appears the small but slightly growing GOP caucus isn't …
After six months of hearings, the Manchester By-The-Sea Planning Board approved a special permit for Cell Signaling Technology at Monday night’s meeting. “Well, that was all anti-climatic,” …
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 …
When the Manchester Essex and Ipswich field hockey teams play one another, it’s destined to go down to the wire. During the regular season meeting between the two teams in Ipswich during …
As a Veteran’s day tradition, veterans visited the schools to explain the day to various classrooms of pupils. Here the kindergartners at MMES greet Legion Chaplain Bruce Heisey for a photo …
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 …
It’s all very familiar, but that doesn’t make it any less impressive. Two years ago, the Manchester Essex field hockey team played in the Div. 4 State Final. In 2023, the Hornets made it to …
In October, coach Steve Whittey used the term “underrated” to describe the Manchester Essex boys’ cross country during the 2024 regular season. Although the Hornets finished with a 1-4 record, …
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 …