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07/08/2025

07/04/2025

Amazing time at the 2025 Beverly Farms Horribles Parade. Huge crowds on an epic day! Great job Farms - Prides 4th of July. MBTS 4th of July Parade starting soon!

06/27/2025

Our Gloucester's St. Peter’s Fiesta livestream kicks off tomorrow! Catch all the action from Friday through Sunday as host Kory Curcuru brings you this year’s Greasy Pole and Seine Boat Races. Watch live on your local Channel 6 or stream on 1623 Studios' Facebook and YouTube channels 🇮🇹

Day 1 Livestream: https://www.facebook.com/share/1E6MpYZsRw/
Day 2 Livestream: https://www.facebook.com/share/16r4EGa8AT/
Day 3 Livestream: https://www.facebook.com/share/16Yddz3U8E/

06/21/2025

Cape Ann is in full bloom, and the next two weeks feature two of the summer's most anticipated garden tours - Rockport Garden Club's "Neighborhood Gems" tour (June 28) and the Generous Gardeners 2025 tour (July 5) which is coming to Magnolia (which this year includes an Olmsted-designed garden.) Plan for both!

Manchester by the Sea Essex, MA

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 …

06/20/2025

It's here! Today an tmorrow at Gloucester's Stage Fort Park see the Battle of Bunker Hill reenactment, the event that cemented America’s drive for independence 250 years ago. Enjoy this piece to get details and come on down. Also, check out Essex Historical Society & Shipbuilding Museum's exhibit, "The Seeds of War" that brings you to Essex at that time, and the men who went to Charlestown to fight.

“Revolution on the Coast” looks at how our coastal towns shaped the fight for freedom—through shipbuilding, resistance, and sheer resolve.

On the morning of June 17, 1775, smoke curled above the hills of Charlestown. Red-coated British regulars stood in ranks across the Charles River, on what is now Boston’s North End …

05/31/2025

Happy Pride, flag raising this morning in with Northern Shore Pride. # northshorepride

05/11/2025

Local Elections Are Coming Up! This year, the Cricket's 2025 Election page introduces all candidates in contested races in MBTS (Select Board, Planning Board, Library Trustees) and Essex (Board of Selectmen). Meet the candidates, and learn what issues matter to them—all in one place.

Essex Election is Monday, May 12 at Essex Public Safety Building, 11 John Wise Ave.
Manchester Election is Tuesday, May 20 at Memorial Elementary School. Polls open at 7 a.m. for both.

MANCHESTER / Library Trustee Leslie Beatty Hi, I’m Leslie Beatty, and I’m running a Library Trustee position because I’m a fierce advocate of what libraries can do for our community. By having a supportive and educated …

05/05/2025

Our "Meet the Candidate" night last week with Annie Cameron and Ruth Pereen in Essex, cohosted by the Greater Cape Ann Chamber of Commercemerce and 1623 Studios, was a big success thanks to a great audience and prepared candidates. Election is Tuesday, May 12.

Essex Board of Selectmen candidates Ruth Pereen and Anne Cameron faced questions on downtown revitalization, the budget, coastal flooding, zoning regulations and affordable housing, among others, at …