Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 31st, 2008 No Comments »
This is what downtown Cabot Street looked like at 12:45 this afternoon. The city is paving the street from Pond Street to Bow Street. Public Services Director Michael Collins says Cabot should be back open to traffic by the evening commute.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 30th, 2008 No Comments »
The new Innocenti Park will be unveiled Friday night when Beverly firefighters and police play Salem firefighters in their annual Homecoming softball game at 7 p.m. But the field is not the only improvement. This is a view of the expanded walkway along the Bass River that workers installed as part of the overall cleanup and renovation of Innocenti and the McPherson Youth Center.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 30th, 2008 1 Comment »
That’s State Rep. Mary Grant (right) with Captain Dusty’s owner Lisa Bartlett, who will team up for Friday’s kickoff event to Beverly Homecoming, the annual ice cream social. You can make your own sundae from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Church in the Cove, 167 Hale St. Cost is $5 for adults, $3 for children and seniors. Tickets are available in advance by calling Rosie McKenna at 978-927-8546 or … continued »
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 29th, 2008 No Comments »
Mike Collins of the Department of Public Services says the city hopes to do the final paving of Cabot Street on Thursday.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 28th, 2008 No Comments »
This sign on Cabot Street is promising that the newly expanded One Stop Market and liquor store (across from Papa Gino’s) will be ready soon.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 28th, 2008 No Comments »
Beverly police and the McPherson Youth Center will be teaming up tomorrow (Tuesday) on a drug awareness/safety day down at the youth center. From 4 to 7 p.m. there will be a cookout, pickup basketball and a free throw contest, says Sgt. Joe Shairs. They’ll also be giving out some of the 125 bike helmets made available to the city through the state grant. The event is free.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 24th, 2008 1 Comment »
Did you know we had a world champion in our backyard, or at least in our waters, last weekend? This is a photo of Thomas Hormos, who is the reigning world champion in Snipe class sailing. The Snipe is a 15 1/2-foot racing dinghy, and 20 of the boats were in Beverly last weekend for the New England Championships, hosted by the Jubilee Yacht Club.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
What’s up with the former Friendly’s Ice Cream site on Rantoul Street?
Land owner Dinart Serpa, who runs most of the Dunkin’ Donuts in the city, plans to build three office/retail buildings there, but the work has been delayed by a dispute with neighbors. Jack Kelleher of Kelleher Construction, which will do the project, said this morning that dispute has been resolved and work will resume “reasonably quickly.”
Friendly’s was there from 1966 to 2001. The building … continued »
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 22nd, 2008 1 Comment »
If you’ve been to Lynch Park lately, you might have noticed the planter that used to be a fountain that used to be a planter.
Sounds confusing, but it worked out fine. The city has converted the former fountain into a planter this year and added granite curbing to protect it from vehicles. Parks and Recreation Director Bruce Doig said the fountain would often get clogged from sand and hair because … continued »
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
Beverly Police have issued this announcement about the street paving that starts tomorrow:
The Department of Public Services will begin road paving on the following streets on Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Streets included are:
Cabot Street between Pond and Abbott Streets
Pond Street
Bow Street
Chapman Street
Chapman Terrace
This work will take approximately one week. All work will occur between 7AM and 5PM. Vehicles on the listed streets must be moved by 6:30AM. Any vehicle obstructing the work … continued »
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. (more)