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Visitors throng to the shopping area on Bearskin Neck.
In this seaside town, year-round residents balance a love-hate relationship with the seasonal visitors who carry the economy.By Naomi Kooker
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Blues-rock guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd heads to Beverly on Sunday, Aug. 27, to perform songs from his new album, “Lay It On Down,” with his band at The Cabot.
INFORMER
The Cummings Foundation has granted $100,000 to Lowell’s House of Hope to fund renovations that will allow the shelter to provide temporary housing for 30 families.
Readers offer their takes on the homeless situation in Salem, and the end of the braid ban at Mystic Valley Regional Charter School in Malden.
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INFORMER
The Cummings Foundation has granted $100,000 to Lowell’s House of Hope to fund renovations that will allow the shelter to provide temporary housing for 30 families.
In this seaside town, year-round residents balance a love-hate relationship with the seasonal visitors who carry the economy.
ROWLEY
Scott Demas has been named president of the group that provides education and training to law enforcement professionals nationwide.
IPSWICH
The town has earned $27,700 that will help pay premiums for workers compensation and property casualty insurance for fiscal year 2018.
Groveland
He will be taking an active role in strategic planning as well as leading the development of a comprehensive training plan.
AMESBURY
The artwork, which should be submitted by Aug. 31, will appear on promotional material such as posters, a calendar, and a cookbook.
NOTEWORTHY
Lynnfield’s Thomas Ackerman is the number-one-ranked master CrossFitter in Massachusetts.
COLLEGE SPORTS
For several talented young athletes from north of Boston heading off to college, it’s been a summer of intense preparation.
LOCAL FARE
Fresh off the boat — and the farm — make Riversbend in Essex a delight.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Blues-rock guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd heads to Beverly on Sunday, Aug. 27, to perform songs from his new album, “Lay It On Down,” with his band at The Cabot.
BLOTTER TALES
Police continue to chase Pokémon Go
Pokémon Go results in calls to police, a police chief rescues a pet pig, and other odd tales from local police blotters.
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BRION O’CONNOR | ON THE MOVE
Cool charity rides, in every sense
In the wake of the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge staged every August, there are dozens of great charity rides in eastern Massachusetts, most after Labor Day.
ROWLEY
Scott Demas has been named president of the group that provides education and training to law enforcement professionals nationwide.
IPSWICH
The town has earned $27,700 that will help pay premiums for workers compensation and property casualty insurance for fiscal year 2018.
Groveland
He will be taking an active role in strategic planning as well as leading the development of a comprehensive training plan.
For several talented young athletes from north of Boston heading off to college, it’s been a summer of intense preparation.
Dizzying rides, cotton candy-coated fingers, prized livestock, games of silliness and tests of skill, the annual festival again promises to bring a joyous end to summer.
The year’s wet, cool weather — coming after years of drought — has been perfect for the growth of fungus.
This questionable use of state resources and funds stayed below the public radar.
Carmela Denneno, the longtime matron of Denneno’s Pizza in Stoughton, worked up until three days before she died.
High school concussions
See the number of concussions reported by area high schools with a sortable table.
