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City Councilor at-Large Hannah Bowen won Tuesday’s special election to replace State Rep. Jerry Parisella and represent the 6th Essex district on Beacon Hill. Bowen, a 43-year-old Democrat, won with 73% of votes and carried all six of Beverly’s wards against Republican Medley Long III. “ I am so thankful to the residents of Beve rly and Wenham for entrusting me to represent them on Beacon Hill. I do...

An event to support the town’s LGBTQ+ community was held Thursday night following two Select Board members’ abstention from approving a banner advertising the town’s Pride event next month. Titled “Pride Not Prejudice,” the event was. at Twisted Fate Brewing on Andover Street and featured work from local artists. The event supported the Danvers Human Rights and Inclusion Committee that went before...

We have never endorsed candidates in local elections, which are non-partisan, as you know. However, this year is different. The stakes are higher. The prospect of a majority of Select Board members who appear eager to bring the Trump agenda to our town is both worrisome and all too real. Five Republican candidates are running for Select Board and another for School Committee. We hope you...

The Democrat caucus elected delegates to the MassDems convention on Thursday, April 24 at the Danvers Library. Danvers elected 13 delegates of the allotted 14 delegates to Danvers; gender balanced. In addition, there are 4 ex-officio delegates bring the total delegation to 17 delegates. This is the largest delegation in recent years. Delegates are as follows: Liz Bernazzani Lou Bernazzani Phil Bolduc...

DanversDems will be participating in the Town-wide Clean Up on Saturday April 26. We will have 3 teams cleaning up at Library and mill pond surrounding area, the Senior Center and Holten Richmond Middle School.

At-Large City Councilor Hannah Bowen won the Democratic primary Tuesday night in the race to replace 6th Essex State Rep. Jerry Parisella. Bowen garnered 2,733 votes, beating Beverly Ward 1 City Councilor Todd Rotondo who received 2,054 votes, according to unofficial election results. Bowen will now face Republican Medley Long III in the general election on May 13. 

Students and teachers, union leaders and laborers, first-time protesters and veteran marchers. Everyday people from all over Massachusetts came to Boston on a cold, and rainy day to protest the Musk-Trump agenda. They brought their youngsters in backpacks and strollers. Some brought their pets. All had the same goal: to stop Trump/Musk and MAGA from stealing our democracy, betraying our allies, halting...

Date: April 26, 2025Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Town HallToomey RoomAddress:1 Sylvan St.Danvers, MA 01923 Select Board, School Committee, Library Trustee, Town Meeting Members Key Election Dates

Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They’re taking everything they can get their hands on, and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we’re taking to the streets nationwide to fight back with a clear message: Hands off! Boston and ALL of Massachusetts are fighting back! Senator Ed Markey has called on us to get 100,000 people on Boston Common....

The Select Board unanimously voted for Jill Cahill as the towns new Town Manager. The two remaining finalists out of an original field of 31 were Jill Cahill, who has served three years as Gloucester’s chief administrative officer and Sean Fitzgerald, who served seven years as the Swampscott’s town administrator. Selectperson David Mills opened last night’s discussions by saying Danvers is fortunate...