Wenham News

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.

Gordon College , a small Christian liberal arts school on Boston's North Shore, recently disclosed that its investment portfolio shrank by 25 percent to $23.6 million in fiscal 2009, putting further pressure on its finances.

Few people can say they feel at home with actress Salma Hayek. But Rockport native Maria Lekkakos, owner of M. Lekkakos Salon, Spa and Boutique in Wenham, can - she was at Hayek's rented house in Gloucester three times a week this summer.

The Ipswich River Watershed Association may have good reason to doubt the Patrick administration's ability or desire to safely regulate water withdrawals.

On Saturday, Oct. 17, the town of Hamilton will vote on numerous warrant articles at a double Special Town Meeting, including a debt exclusion override.

No mas. Abbastanza. Enough already. Say it how you will, voters at Wenham Town Meeting last night decided they've had their fill of studying a merger of their police force with the one in Hamilton.

Green municipal successes can be achieved from organized community initiatives. After a summer of pilot testing, Hamilton is moving forward with a plan to implement the state's first municipal organic waste recycling program.

Phasing in new graduation requirements for the high school at the recommendation of Principal Jonathan Seymour and his school council.

There has been a lot of talk about the merging of the Hamilton and Wenham police departments lately.

The League of Women Voters of Hamilton-Wenham has been engaged in study of the possible merger of the Hamilton and Wenham police departments.

The new Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church promises to breathe new life into a former Roman Catholic church on Elliott Street, while galvanizing its own faith community.

In 1994, Historian Mark Noll published a book, The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind , that was a cry from the gut.

It's been a year since Enough is Enough , a citizens group promoting fiscal responsibility, asked for an operational audit of the Hamilton-Wenham schools.