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Georgetown High School's athletic department has opened registration for fall 2026 tryouts, its only sports news of the week.

Georgetown Public Schools Athletics has opened registration for Fall 2026 sports, with tryouts beginning Monday, Aug. 24. Girls soccer and boys soccer will try out at the GMHS turf, cross country at Penn Brook Elementary, girls volleyball in the GMHS Big Gym, and golf at a location stil…

Andover Soccer Association opens 2026 registration as its new season gets underway.

Andover Soccer Association's new soccer year is underway, with 2026 registration open for boys' and girls' teams ages 5-18; the group, which calls itself the second-largest youth soccer association in Massachusetts, serves about 1,500 players and 1,200 families. Its calendar flags an Au…

Crabtree issues air quality, heat advisories as sewer project design set to begin

Town Manager Scott Crabtree issued dual warnings this week, alerting Saugus to poor air quality and an approaching high-heat advisory, as the town confirmed design work on the Sewer Subsystem 1D Rehabilitation Project starts July 20. The town also invited residents to a celebration mark…

Salem School Committee Votes To Offer Top Job To Boston Administrator

Salem's School Committee moved to hire a Boston Public Schools administrator as its next superintendent this week. The committee voted to offer the top job to Thomas Welch, an associate superintendent with Boston schools, according to Salem Patch's "Salem Picks Boston Schools Leader As …

Breaking Grounds Café to shut down after nine years, city keeps water limits

Breaking Grounds Café, which trained and employed workers with disabilities for nine years, is closing downtown, CBS News Boston and Peabody Patch reported, even as the city keeps mandatory outdoor water-use restrictions in force under the state's drought declaration. Mayor Ted Bettenco…

Newburyport Rejoins Regional Health Alliance, Clears Beaches for Swimming

Newburyport rejoined a regional public-health alliance and cleared its beaches for swimming this week, restoring services and summer access for residents. The Daily News of Newburyport reported the health-alliance move on July 12, without detailing which municipalities or services are c…

Methuen Mayor Announces Plan to End Furloughs, Boost School Funding

Mayor Beauregard announced plans to end unpaid employee furloughs and boost public school funding for fiscal 2027, the city's biggest municipal news of the week. The announcement came as Methuen opened preregistration for a new curbside composting program with Black Earth Compost and co…

MBTA to Restore Bus Route 465 to Danvers This Fall

MBTA bus service is coming back to downtown Danvers this fall after a six-year absence, restoring a regional transit link the town has been without for years. Patch reports the return of Route 465 will reconnect Danvers center to the broader North Shore bus network, though a firm start …

Andover Agrees To Pay $225,000 To Settle Youth Services Lawsuit

A fiery Interstate 495 crash and a costly town legal settlement led Andover news today. A 25-year-old Lawrence woman died and a driver and three children were injured when a two-vehicle crash caught fire on I-495 in Andover late Wednesday night, State Police said, a story also carried b…

Obituary notices, week of July 6 through July 12, 2026

Two Ipswich obituaries were published for the week of July 6–12, 2026: Shanks, Beth Marie, and Huntley, Alberta Rae. Both notices were posted through Campbell Funeral Home; no further biographical detail was available in the sources consulted this week.

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