Wenham News

Launched more than 50 years ago and dominant in the Massachusetts economy from the 1970s into the 1990s, Digital Equipment Corp.

A Beverly native is leading an effort to help residents of Nicaragua recover from a devastating hurricane.

The regional school district's assistant superintendent and business manager, Paul Szymanski, is the lone finalist for the school business manager's job in Billerica.

It hardly felt like the winter holiday season yesterday as the sun shone brightly and temperatures hovered in the 50s, but holiday cheer abounded at the 62nd annual Beverly Holiday Parade.

It'll never last. That's what everybody said. Mel Cole and Betty Rohr were too young, they said, and only children at that, used to being the center of attention.

Hamilton Town Hall offices will be closed Thursday and Friday this week. In addition, some offices may be closed tomorrow.

"As a worker, April Stanton is right up there at the top," said her boss, John Tognazzi, operations manager for Hiltz Waste Removal Co.

Whirligigs and whimmydiddles sound like the sorts of toys Alice would have found underneath the caterpillar's mushroom or that Willy Wonka would have created if he'd been a toy maker.

One actor, Bobby Kerrigan of Wenham, has starred in so many roles that he stopped counting.

Despite the sputtering economy, seven area communities this fall are plunging ahead with campaigns to raise property taxes for multimillion-dollar school construction projects.

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.

A request for more money for the schools would normally provoke some discussion at Special Town Meeting, but this one - to pay for a new heating system at Cutler School - may take a back seat to a showdown earlier on the agenda.

A Southwick, Mass., man has been hired as the new dean of students at Windsor Locks High School.

Part of the same entity from 1889 until 1970, Gordon College and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary are today two distinct institutions located in Wenham and South Hamilton respectively.

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.

Wilfredo Chavez, 34, of 63 Highrock St., Lynn, was arrested at 5:41 p.m. and charged with operating without a license after being pulled over at 154 Newbury St.

Town officials were disappointed to learn this week that the repaving of South Main and Central streets won't be paid for with federal stimulus funds.

After disposing of three items dealing with a beach replenishment effort on Plum Island, voters at Tuesday's Special Town Meeting made short work of the remaining eight articles on the warrant.

Harmeling Physical Therapy and Sports Fitness Inc. has announced the opening of a new location in Gloucester at 8 Blackburn Center.

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.