It was a daunting trip, followed by a matchup with a daunting foe. The ninth-seeded Manchester Essex girls lacrosse team traveled a long way over land and sea to meet top seed Nantucket on the Whalers ...

In his first three months on the job back in 2013, Manchester Town Administrator Greg Federspiel was met with a pile of decidedly “local” issues. A grant application for sea wall … ...

The Gloucester Stage Company kicks off its 2025 season in June with a bold and poetic staging of The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams’ classic memory play that captures the heartbreak and ...

Manchester Essex’s highly ranked tennis teams left little room to question why they earned single-digit seeds in the MIAA Div. 4 tournament after the first weekend of play. The girls … ...

The Manchester Fireman’s Relief Association held its annual memorial service and meeting at 9 a.m. Sunday, June 8, at the Firefighters’ Memorial Lot on Rosedale Avenue, across from Crowell Chapel.

While the end result was essentially the same, both Manchester Essex lacrosse teams found different ways to earn decisive wins in the first round of the MIAA Div. 4 Tournament this past Saturday.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: the Manchester Essex boys tennis team earned a top-three seed in the MIAA Div. 4 Tournament with a memorable regular season, blazed through the tournament ...

Walkers are on the Boston Marathon® course on Sunday, October 5, to support patient care and research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ...

The Rotarians were hard at work early this week, building a new shed for Chebacco Terrace residents in Essex to have a dedicated, weather-proof place to keep their garden tools. The project … ...

Area residents gathered on the Town Common in Manchester-by-the-Sea on Saturday, June 1, to mark the start of Pride Month with the raising of the Progress Pride flag, hosted by North Shore Pride.

For lovers of horticulture, design, and New England charm, early summer here on Cape Ann is bringing a double treat. Over the next two weekends, two of the region’s most popular garden tours—one in ...

First on the docket is a special permit application for 44 Main Street, the former Main Street Antiques building. The plan includes one commercial unit and six two-bedroom residential units. Back in ...