Six members of the Beverly Vietnam Veterans Post 1 traveled to Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania last week for the dedication of a memorial in honor of Beverly native and Medal of Honor recipient Lt. Stephen Doane. Thanks to post commander Bob Gilbert for these photos.
Here are two more photos of the Beverly Fire Department’s annual ice training drill performed yesterday at Wenham Lake. Thanks to Capt. Peter O’Connnor for providing the pictures.
First Big Bully’s. Now BurgerWorks.
BurgerWorks, which moved into the same space in the North Beverly plaza after Big Bully’s went out of business, is now closed. The phone number at the restaurant is disconnected and a sign in the window says “Space for lease.”
David and Sherri Bergmann opened BurgerWorks last July as a “high-end burger [...]
Jay Walsh has stepped down after 10 years as member of the Board of Health. Walsh was the city’s health director for many years. Jerry Parisella, a Beverly attorney and the assistant city solicitor in Salem, has been appointed by Mayor Bill Scanlon to take Walsh’s place.
Here’s a look at an ordinance proposed by City Councilors John Burke, Kevin Hobin and Wesley Slate calling for fines for failing to clear snow and ice from sidewalks in front of your house. We’ll have a full story later in The Salem News.
An Ordinance Amending an Ordinance entitled “Placing and/or depositing snow or ice [...]
The Planning Board did not vote last night on the proposal to build a CVS with a drive-thru pharmacy at the corner of Rantoul and Elliott streets. The topic will come up again at the board’s next meeting on March 2 at the library.
Beverly VFW Post 545 commander Tim Smith just sent word that national VFW headquarters in Kansas City has approved the changing of the post’s name to Fortunato VFW Post 545. Post members voted for the change last month to honor the Fortunato family, including U.S. Army Specialist Stephen Fortunato, who was killed in Afghanistan last [...]
Beverly Main Streets is looking for volunteers on Friday morning for its annual “Painting the Town Red” event. Main Streets needs help putting up red balloons on every parking meter on Rantoul and Cabot streets “to remind everyone that downtown Beverly is great place to celebrate Valentine’s Day!” About 20 volunteers are needed for about [...]
Mayor Scanlon is scheduled to meet with the City Council’s Finance and Property Committee tonight at 7:30 at City Hall to talk about the budget. We’ll have an update here tomorrow.
Photographer Glenn Scott and mixed-media artist Sheila Boss-Concannon, both Beverly residents, will be exhibiting their work at the Beverly Farms Branch Library throughout the month of February. The title of the show is “Centered: Winter Work”, and the show is displayed in the Conrad Lecture Hall, on the lower level of the Farms Library. Admission [...]
Paul Leighton was born in Beverly, grew up in Beverly, lives in Beverly and covers Beverly for The Salem News. He needs to get out of Beverly more, but in the meantime he promises to keep readers up-to-date on what's going on around the city.
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Paul Leighton was born in Beverly, grew up in Beverly, lives in Beverly and covers Beverly for The Salem News. He needs to get out of Beverly more, but in the meantime he promises to keep readers up-to-date on what's going on around the city.
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