Essex News

Ray Lamont I had a few "happy thought" dollars to offer at our Gloucester Rotary meeting this past Tuesday.

Essex officials are asking residents for more money to continue looking into the future of Conomo Point.

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.

Please excuse Josh Simpson if he momentarily sneaks away from the "The Art of Fire" festival at the Peabody Essex Museum next weekend.

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.

In Essex, the Youth Commission will hold its annual Halloween celebration today.

It takes a village to make a village. That, it seems, is one of the conclusions to be drawn from a report by Essex's Long-Term Planning Committee, titled the Essex Village Initiative.

The staff at Salon Bogart in Manchester is hosting "Hot to Trot," a dance benefit for Wind-rush Farm in Boxford, which offers therapeutic equitation for the disabled.

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently reported that the surface temperature of the ocean during August was the warmest ever on record.

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.

A Route 114 restaurant promises to be the place to go tomorrow to sample great food and drink, all while supporting school programs.

Ray Lamont The letter from Rockport resident Warren Salinger on this page raises a very basic question: He asks why, a week ago today, the Times did not include a news story about the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Obama, an honor announced and reported the previous morning.

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Marblehead police were removed from the investigation into the death of Alessandra "Allie" Castner because one investigator hosted a wedding for the uncle of the driver under scrutiny, according to Castner attorney Gerry D'Ambrosio. Thomas Larivee Jr., 19, of Salem was behind the wheel of the gray Volvo that struck Castner.

A New York state man was arrested yesterday after his vehicle was stopped on Western Avenue at 5:57 a.m. Francisco Rodriguez, 40, of 59 Harrison St., West Harrison, N.Y., was charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Beth A. Hinckley, 47, of 64 Wood Drive, Essex, had a charge of drunken driving continued without a finding for 18 months and was ordered to pay $650 in court costs in Gloucester District Court yesterday.

Essex residents, have you been meaning to clean out that crammed closet, overstuffed attic or messy garage? Well, consider next weekend's first annual town wide yard sale the perfect opportunity to fill your lawn with items you no longer use.

Following his intuition turned out to be a good thing for an employee of a Newbury company.

The governor has committed $21.1 million toward a massive regional vocational school on the Essex Aggie campus.

Paul D'Angelo, a former Essex assistant district attorney, headlines a comedy night in Danvers this Saturday.