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Manchester Essex Holiday Celebrations & Rituals 2019
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Manchester Essex Holiday Celebrations & Rituals 2019

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Holiday 2019 in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA has been a rolling string of community events, from the downtown stroll to the lighting of the Friendship Tree at the Town Common. 

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Essex Public Safety Building Groundbreaking

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An assembly of public officials gathered Thursday, November 5 in Essex, MA to official break ground on the town's new public safety building that will be the permanent headquarters for Essex Police and the Fire Department.  They were joined by the project's architects and the construction cr…

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First Parish Rail Restoration 2019

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Cranes showed up at the First Parish Church Monday, November 25 to retrieve the rails atop the churches steeple for renovation.  The last time they were renovated was 1980.

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Manchester Garden Club Holiday Workshop

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The Manchester Garden Club and Chapmans Greenhouse in Beverly Farms, MA held its annual Holiday Workshop featuring stocked DIY stations to create one-of-a-kind decorations.  This year's workshop was busy all day long.

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Manchester Friendship Tree Lighting 2019

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The lighting of the Friendship Tree in Manchester-by-the-Sea brought out the crowds, despite the bitter cold.  Thankfully, there was hot cocoa.

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Lynda Surdam Recognized as Manchester’s Top Year-To-Date Real Estate Agent

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Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage announced that Lynda Surdam is once again topped in Manchester in year-to-date dollar volume sales, according to MLS data (MLSPIN Manchester Market Share from January through November 15). Lynda has been a top agent for 33 years.  Congratulations Lynda.

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Colonial Play At Essex Elementary

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The third graders at Essex Elementary turned back time today for their annual Colonial Day last week as they headed into the Thanksgiving break.  Students dressed in traditional Colonial costumes and learned about life during the time period.  They made corn husk dolls, churned butter, mixed…

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Lecture: Manchester’s Historic Houses

  • Nov 28, 2019
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Amy Kellet and Robert Booth were the featured speakers last week at the Manchester Historical Museum’s lecture, “Manchester’s Historic Homes.”  Booth, a Salem-based historian and Kellet, an architecture specialist who trained at the highly-respected North Bennett Street School on historic fu…

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November Meeting of the Manchester-Essex Rotary

  • Nov 28, 2019
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Last week the Manchester-Essex Rotary held its monthly evening meeting at The Antique Table.  Members enjoyed this switch from the weekly breakfast meetings, as monthly meetings tend to be more relaxed and offer more opportunity to hear from speakers. 

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The Mooring is Super Fine

  • Nov 28, 2019
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In one of the town’s more highly anticipated openings, The Mooring on Central Street held a “soft open” for friends and family, giving a peek into Manchester’s newest bar and restaurant in the space formerly (and briefly) inhabited by Superfine and, for decades before that, The Coffee Cup. T…

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