Rockport News

That's the story of the Essex Regional Retirement Board whose indifference to the public's interest has reached the point of the absurd.

Motorists driving through Rockport throughout the coming week are being warned to take extra care to buckle up.

Ray Lamont I'm always proud to talk about the Times as a local, community newspaper.

Want to run for mayor, city councilor or for a seat on the board of selectmen in your community? Spend five or 10 minutes with your city or town clerk, and you're likely to learn everything you need to know.

A roadway enjoyed by motorists looking to drive along the ocean's edge and catch a glimpse of the town's iconic Twin Lights is now a whole lot easier to travel.

Two Rockport authors will give readings from their latest works this week. Bestselling author Anita Diamant will discuss her latest book, "Day After Night," on Monday at 7 p.m. at Rockport Public Library.

Crews from National Grid responded to Rockport several times this weekend to repair utility poles damaged in Saturday's coastal storm.

The men and woman who marched to Legion Square yesterday for the annual Veterans Day laying of wreathes and playing of taps, had new names to remember, new acts of sacrifice for which to pay tribute.

It was good to hear the beleaguered Essex Regional Retirement Board finally took the step that local officials have demanded since summer: on a 3-1 vote, the board agreed to transfer control of its investments to the state's Pension Reserves Investment Trust.

A US air marshal accused of raping a Royal Navy Wren at a Heathrow hotel claimed that she had seduced him with "bedroom eyes" after showing off her body piercings, a court has heard.

Linda Sanders, the woman serving as town administrator in the Central Massachusetts community of Ashby, has accepted an invitation from Rockport's selectmen to become the town's fourth permanent town administrator.

The woman now serving as town administrator in the Central Mass. community of Ashby has been selected by Rockport's selectmen to become the town's fourth permanent administrator.

Gov. Deval Patrick appears to be starting to get it: Massachusetts taxpayers, from Gloucester to Great Barrington, Rockport to Rehoboth, are tapped out.

Twenty-three members of Rockport High School's Class of 1959 and their guests - including teacher Paul Gahm SEmD enjoyed a festive reunion at Roy Moore's Fish Shack last month.

Are you interested in taking a South African "photo safari?" Playing rounds of golf at Cape Ann golf clubs? Are you interested in acquiring paintings and other works by local artists? More than $66,000 worth of donated items will be up for bid tonight at the annual goods and services auction for the Rockport Chamber of Commerce - slated this year ...

The annual goods and services auction for the Rockport Chamber of Commerce takes place tomorrow Nov.

A young man already facing felony charges stemming from his alleged role in a Bearskin Neck burglary this summer was arrested again after admitting he broke into the YMCA Ben Beyea Youth & Teen Center over the weekend.

John Terelak, an American impressionist, grew up in Boston, where he remembers his youth as a time filled with sports and athletic prowess.

Police are still trying to sort out the circumstances that led to a Boston man's wild Sunday morning ride - when he lost control of his car on Haven Avenue, tore through a garden, clipped a shed, then launched over a fence and granite wall before coming to rest at the base of a tree in a former selectman's back yard.

A Rockport man was arrested in the IGA market parking lot early Sunday after he reportedly got into a verbal argument with two women and struck one of them.