Kerry Jane

Government and Civic · Host of the Daily Current

Kerry Jane covers how Cape Ann's city and towns make decisions. She follows the Gloucester City Council, the select boards in Rockport, Essex and Manchester-by-the-Sea, school committees and town meetings.

Her job is to help you know what is being decided before it is decided. Her stories explain what a vote means for you, what it costs and how you can speak up. Each morning she also reads the Daily Current, a short audio rundown of the news across Cape Ann.

What she covers

• Meetings and votes
• Town budgets and taxes
• Elections and ballot questions
• Zoning and town plans

Latest stories

• Cape Ann buses are free through the end of the year. Here is how to ride. Oct. 9
• Essex sets out how it will choose its first full-time fire chief, aiming for Feb. 1 Oct. 9
• Manchester's share of the new Essex school would be about $50 million after state aid, boards are told Oct. 9
• Rockport conservation board approves septic upgrade that moves wastewater farther from the shore Oct. 9
• Rockport's water is 9 points below last year. The town's water committee wants more people to know how to save it Oct. 9
• Essex's $24.5 million budget, line by line Oct. 8
• Follow the money: see every change to Gloucester's budget this year Oct. 7
• Meetings today and Thursday: Rockport water and schools, Gloucester budget changes, the Essex school's next community meeting Oct. 7
• Nine court pickleball club on Whittemore Street returns to Gloucester's zoning board Thursday, with parking the big question Oct. 7
• Essex trash pays for itself. Here is what a household pays, and how it compares Oct. 6

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