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DANVERS — The following students from Cape Ann earned academic honors for the first quarter of the 2022-2023 school year at St. John's Preparatory School....

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As part of Cape Ann Museum's efforts to highlight the millennia-long span of history of indigenous peoples on Cape Ann, the museum has put on display five objects on loan from the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem....

Greenbelt, Essex County's Land Trust, announced recently it has completed three land conservation projects in West Gloucester adjacent to or not far from The Tompson Street Reservation totaling nearly 36 acres worth $555,000....

ESSEX — Town officials are seeking bids for the town's Conomo Point Stone Pier Repair Project....

BOSTON — Beacon Hill leaders want to throw a lifeline to hundreds of thousands of food stamp recipients who are expected to see their benefits shrink with a federal pandemic hunger relief program expiring....

DORCHESTER, Mass. — An unclaimed $100,000 Mass Cash prize won in the March 17, 2022. drawing is nearing expiration. The winning ticket was purchased at Star Market, 795 Providence Highway in Dedham....

Meet Peanut, 5, who is looking for her forever home. Peanut is a well-behaved cat who consistently uses her litter pan for urination, but she prefers to do her business outside of the pan for bowel movements. With a bit......

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ESSEX — Robyn Lafata likes to photograph nature....

Representatives of the nonprofit presenting the Gloucester 400+ celebration came before the City Council to outline this year's festivities and to thank the city for a proposed $100,000 grant to help the nation's oldest seaport mark its quadricent...

DANVERS — Joan Trumpauer Mulholland is famously known for the back of her head....

A federal program to back the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has awarded millions to Cape Ann towns....

DANVERS — Joan Trumpauer Mulholland is famously known for the back of her head....

ESSEX — For Town Clerk Pamela Thorne, May's town election will be her last rodeo....

A musical odyssey inspired by the singular Great Marsh of Eastern Massachusetts will come to life during a special concert that was born from a collaboration of local arts groups....

In news taken from the logs of Cape Ann's police and fire departments:...

The Rockport Council on Aging a free workshop on "Smart Shopping: Strategies for Saving Money" on Tuesday, March 7, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m....

MONDAY, MARCH 6...

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SALEM — A judge in Bristol County has sent Sean Murphy back to prison for 18 months after finding that the self-proclaimed "master thief" had violated his probation in a notorious burglary of the Attleboro company that makes Super Bowl......

SeniorCare Inc. will host its 49th Annual Meals on Wheels Breakfast Fundraiser at the end of the month, and raffle and auction items, including a "Wicked" prize will be available for bidding....

BEVERLY — Endicott College has launched a new Institute for Applied Behavioral Science....

The cast and crew of "Beauty and Beast Jr." at the O'Maley Innovation Middle School, 32 Cherry St., are taking to the stage at 7 p.m. Friday, March 3, for the first of six shows, according to a Facebook post......

Gloucester Mayor Greg Verga announced Friday in an automated message that due to the impending snow storm, an on-street parking ban will take effect Friday at 8 p.m. and remain in effect through 8 a.m. on Sunday, March 5....

Gloucester Mayor Greg Verga announced Friday in an automated message that due to the impending snow storm, an on-street parking ban will take effect Friday at 8 p.m. and remain in effect through 8 a.m. on Sunday, March 5....

In news taken from the logs of Cape Ann's police and fire departments:...

NORTH ANDOVER — Marblehead-based charity Cecropia Strong is teaming up with Windrush Farm to offer grants for therapeutic horseback riding for adults with disabilities....

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National Grid has scheduled three planned power outages in various parts of Gloucester in the coming days and weeks....

ROCKPORT — She's tiny, but she has a future....

Skate by the Sea...

Cursillo Ultreya...

BOSTON — Beacon Hill leaders are pledging to provide more financial support for public higher education with reports suggesting that rising tuition costs and a lack of financial aid are putting a college degree out of reach for many students....

The Gloucester Harbormaster at 19 Harbor Loop again has been recognized as running one of the best marinas in country....

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Vocal dynamo Lauren Kinhan comes to town this weekend to perform....

Gloucester has new zoning rules to limit new housing construction in floodplains, after councilors Tuesday voted 9-0 for them following three hours of debate and questions and an effort by some to hit the pause button....

SALEM — On television and in films, the resolution typically comes quickly after the discovery of DNA evidence linking the suspect to the crime....

BOSTON — Democratic Gov. Maura Healey is reviving a controversial plan, twice rejected by the Legislature, to make phone calls free for state prisoners....

PEABODY — Rousselot's plant in Peabody will close at the end of the year, putting an end to over 200 years of manufacturing operations at the site....

ROCKPORT— In news taken from the logs of Rockport's police and fire departments:...

BEVERLY — A 23-acre piece of private property near Norwood Pond will be permanently protected from development under an agreement between the land owner and Essex County Greenbelt Association....

ROCKPORT — Making do with what you have, could be the description of the current status of the Dock Square Pump Station....

To act or not to act?...

William "Bill" Sanborn III, Gloucester's longtime building commissioner, retired last month but he suspects he was not reappointed because of his development of a 10-lot subdivision called Deacon Farm Lane in city's Riverdale section....

MANCHESTER — The town administrator has proposed a novel solution to staffing shortages at the Manchester-by-the-Sea Fire Department, but it's falling like a lead balloon when it comes to the department's labor union....

MANCHESTER — The town administrator has proposed a novel solution to staffing shortages at the Manchester-by-the-Sea Fire Department, but it's falling like a lead balloon when it comes to the department's labor union....

ESSEX — Balancing the budget in Essex....