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Archive for June, 2009

2009 Agganis schedule released

The schedule of events for the 2009 Agganis games was recently released. The events are as follows:
Awards Ceremony, Sunday July 12 at 10 a.m. at Manning Field.
12th Annual Softball Classic, Sunday July 12 at noon at Fraser Field.
15th Annual Baseball Classic, Sunday July 12 at 2 p.m. at Fraser Field.
5th Annual Women’s Basketball Classic, Monday [...]

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Beverly residents in Hamilton show

That’s Beverly resident Amy LeJeune (center) as Smitty in the Cape Ann Community Theatre’s upcoming production of “How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.”
Other Beverly residents in the show are Hannah LaBonde, Malcolm Boomer, Rick Boomer and Greg Warwick.
Show dates are July 10 and 11 at the Congregational Church in Hamilton. Tickets are $15 [...]

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Sweet story from Blueberry Hill

Cheryl Cronin and the staff at Blueberry Hill Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center sent along this nice story they wanted to share:

Everyday we read about such tragedies, accidents, murders, suicides, etc. Of more recent, the economy woes, money lost, retirement funds drained, evictions, foreclosures, etc.
Well today I have a happy story. I work at Blueberry [...]

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‘Got Books?’ bin aids Harborlight

You might’ve noticed another one of those “Got Books?” containers has cropped up in the parking lot at Dawson’s Hardware. The donated books will benefit Harborlight Community Partners, the agency that runs Turtle Creek, Turtle Woods and Harborlight House Assisted Living.
Here’s the full press release from “Got Books?”:

Want to get rid of your used books? [...]

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Salary of mayor — whoever he is — going up

A friendly reader made a good point about my story today on the 2010 budget. I wrote that Mayor Scanlon’s salary is due to go up to $100,000 in January — which is true, but only if he wins re-election in November.

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Lacrosse player lends a hand

The Beverly Youth Lacrosse program sends along its thanks to Ryan Byors (left), a Beverly High lacrosse player who served as a volunteer coach with the boys U13 team this year. The U13 team is coached by Kyle Cross, shown here shaking hands with Byors.
Here’s the full press release from Beverly Youth Lacrosse:
Beverly High School [...]

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Overflow parking at McKay School

A couple of readers have asked why they’ve seen lots of cars in the parking lot of the empty McKay School lately. I assumed they were people using the Beverly Golf & Tennis Club across the street, and the club’s manager, Jane Ash, says that assumption is correct.
Ash said the club, which is owned by [...]

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Patrick still mum on budget

Still no word from Gov. Patrick on what he will do with the budget and sales-tax hike.
At his press conference at 5:30 today, Patrick was lavish in his praise for Senate President Murray, Speaker DeLeo and other legislators for passing three reform bills he says represent “a giant step forward in restoring faith in state [...]

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Beverly soldier returns from Iraq

Staff Sgt. Hank Weinburg of Beverly recently returned to his family at Scoffield Barracks in Hawaii after a 15-month tour in Iraq.
Weinburg was awarded the Bronze Star for valor on what was his second tour in Iraq.
Here he’s shown in Hawaii with his wife, Karen, a Beverly High graduate, and his three daughters,  Kacy, Jillian [...]

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Binns running for Ward 4 city councilor

Baker Avenue resident George Binns has taken out nomination papers for Ward 4 city councilor, the seat now held by Kevin Hobin.
Binns is a retired General Electric engineer and a former School Committee member. He served as chairman of the School Committee in 1973.

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