Beverly News

Since September, a Beverly resident has tapped into the region's fertile music scene to cultivate a band to play an end-of-year concert at a local restaurant.

Sorellanza, the 13-member women's a cappella group, will perform Saturday, Sunday and Nov.

A Gloucester man was sentenced to serve more than a month in jail by Judge Joseph Jennings in Gloucester District Court yesterday after pleading guilty to charges of violating a restraining order.

The last time the city held an election, 89 percent of eligible registered voters marked the occasion by staying home.

Eight years ago, Bill Scanlon was the loser in one of the biggest upsets in the city's political history when he was knocked out of the mayor's office by Tom Crean.

The contentious race for mayor took to the streets on the final day of campaigning yesterday as Mayor Bill Scanlon and challenger John Burke made their last-ditch appeals to voters.

A Beverly man will serve no more than 31A 2 years in state prison for repeated sexual assaults on a young Peabody boy, a Salem Superior Court judge decided yesterday.

Demons are lurking inside a tidy white house with purple shutters on a quiet street in Beverly.

Jennifer Ward was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter yesterday for brutally shaking and slamming her 9-month-old daughter to death nearly two years ago.

One suspects Beverly mayoral candidate John Burke knew exactly what the reaction would be when he made a big show of reaching for incumbent Bill Scanlon's hand at Tuesday night's forum in Centerville.

There has been speculation this will be the last time Bill Scanlon stands for re-election. If so, he certainly deserves to see the project that will be the capstone of his many years of service - what is essentially a new Beverly High School - through to completion.

On Nov. 3, voters will elect three councilors-at-large to represent them on the nine-member City Council.

One week before Christmas in 2007, Ron Trofenof was wading through deep snow late at night on his way to the Beverly police station.

George Binns said Mayor Bill Scanlon is a smart guy, and when asked to grade him, Binns gave him a B, a solid grade by any standard.

It may still be a week before Halloween, but some local people are already looking toward the holiday season - and next month's Santa Parade.

It was good to hear both Beverly mayoral candidates acknowledge in separate BevCAM interviews recently that the city has no inherent right to demand money from nonprofit and other tax-exempt organizations within the city.

Montserrat College of Art in Beverly has named Stephen D. Immerman, 56, of Scituate as its new president, the Salem News reports.

Voters will now have three fewer articles to worry about when they attend special Town Meeting set for Nov.

I have been getting feedback from my recent letter to the editor about the proposed skating rink and indoor batting facility that several city councilors are working on placing near Beverly Airport.

If you haven't already seen the new Manchester Essex Regional High and Middle School, you can educate yourself about the building at tomorrow's Community Open House.