https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/06/gloucester-field-hockey-nec-honors/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-06T06:42:09-05:00Gloucester's Olivia Madruga is Northeastern Conference field hockey MVP, and five teammates also earn honors https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/06/cape-ann-federal-contracts/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-06T06:00:00-05:00Cape Ann's $32M in federal contracts: why 88% goes to outside firms https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/06/gloucester-conservation-commission-nov-4/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-06T05:31:29-05:00Gloucester wetlands board gives the East Main Street fishing pier three more years, OKs a Sumac Lane dock over a neighbor's objection, and sends a Coffins Beach fence back for a gap https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/06/gloucester-planning-development-nov-4/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-06T05:31:29-05:00National Grid plans to replace 1.5 miles of bare power lines along Washington Street into Rockport; Gloucester council committee backs six utility petitions, including a fiber line for Applied Materials https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/06/gloucester-school-committee-nov-4/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-06T05:31:29-05:00Gloucester schools lose 83 students in a year, and the superintendent corrects the special education count to 25.3 percent https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/06/manchester-bennett-street-forum-nov-4/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-06T05:31:29-05:00Manchester shows four ways to fix the Bennett Street intersection, from an all way stop to closing Bennett Street at the corner; a survey is open until Nov. 27 https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/06/manchester-conservation-commission-nov-4/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-06T05:31:29-05:00Manchester conservation board puts the 136 apartment School Street hearing off to Nov. 24 and asks the sailing association for more paperwork on its new docks https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/06/mersd-school-committee-nov-3/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-06T05:31:29-05:00Manchester Essex schools cannot mail the Essex Elementary booklet to homes, state campaign finance office says; first budget draft comes Nov. 25 https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/05/gloucester-paving-fernald-bray-skippers/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-05T20:56:48-05:00Gloucester will repave Fernald Street, Bray Street and Skippers Way Nov. 10 and 11 https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/05/manchester-senior-center-open-house-nov-7/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-05T20:56:48-05:00Tour Manchester's proposed senior community center building Saturday, Nov. 7 https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/05/mersd-school-committee-oct-20/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-05T20:56:48-05:00Manchester Essex School Committee votes to borrow up to $95.3 million for the new Essex Elementary School https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/05/gloucester-from-the-deep-nov-7/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-05T06:00:00-05:00From the Deep arts party returns to downtown Gloucester Nov. 7 https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/05/rockport-school-budget/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-05T06:00:00-05:00Rockport's $17.7 million school budget: who decides, what it pays for and how students are doing https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/05/va-disability-compensation-essex-county/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-05T06:00:00-05:00In Essex County, 7,491 veterans get VA disability pay, up 5% in two years, and 1,490 have the top rating https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/05/gloucester-cart-size-swaps-start-nov-9/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-05T01:49:48-05:00Gloucester cart size swaps start Monday, Nov. 9. Find your swap day https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/04/fontbonne-gloucester-volleyball-result/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-04T20:56:34-05:00Fontbonne beats Gloucester 3 to 0 in girls volleyball https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/04/essex-school-building-committee-oct-27/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-04T09:47:15-05:00Essex school building committee says a spring revote would add about $4.5 million, and its mailer is on hold over campaign finance rules https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/04/essex-selectmen-nov-2/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-04T09:47:15-05:00Essex selectmen back all 19 fall town meeting articles as the Finance Committee holds off on public works spending https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/04/gloucester-ordinances-shopping-carts-nov-2/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-04T09:47:15-05:00Gloucester shopping cart ordinance heads to the full council with a 50 cart exemption and a Nov. 24 hearing https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/04/manchester-bennett-street-forum-tonight/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-04T09:47:15-05:00Tonight in Manchester: public forum on the Bennett Street intersection https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/04/manchester-select-board-nov-2/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-04T09:47:15-05:00Manchester accepts its harbor plan as a working document and lets harbor and well contractors start at 7 a.m. https://capeanncurrent.com/2026/11/04/rockport-school-committee-oct-21/Cape Ann Currenten2026-11-04T09:47:15-05:00Rockport schools are 29 students above projection; MCAS shows strong third and fourth grades and a middle school gap