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Beverly Home Prices Range Widely as $1.47 Million Sale Leads July Deeds

Beverly recorded 15 property sales between June 26 and July 25, according to Essex County Southern District Registry of Deeds records. Nine sales disclosed a price, ranging from $30,000 to $1,472,000, with a median of $610,000. The month's top sale was 4 Balsam Dr Lot 12, which sold for…

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Beverly Homecoming Kicks Off With Concerts, LobsterFest, Fireworks

Beverly Homecoming launches this weekend, running through Aug. 9 with a citywide lineup tied to the Beverly 400+ celebration. The festival, which Beverly Patch reports will include concerts, LobsterFest and fireworks ("Beverly Homecoming Returns Sunday With Concerts, LobsterFest, Firewo…

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Beverly Cyclists to Join Pan-Mass Challenge Aug. 1-2

Beverly cyclists will join thousands of riders in the Pan-Mass Challenge on Aug. 1-2 to raise money for cancer research. More than 6,000 cyclists and 4,000 volunteers are expected at the two-day fundraiser, according to a Patch report headlined "Beverly Residents Ride For A Cure At Pan-…

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Beverly School Lands $4 Million Bond for New Campus Building

Glen Urquhart School secured a $4 million tax-exempt bond through MassDevelopment to finance a new campus entry building, one of the larger local capital projects reported this week. Separately, JLL negotiated the $8.5 million sale of a 60,666-square-foot grocery building in Beverly, ac…

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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of July 13, 2026 through July 19, 2026

This week's Beverly obituary column carries a single notice: Smith, Gail, 91, of Beverly, who died Monday, July 13, 2026, with arrangements entrusted to Campbell Funeral Home in Beverly. The source obituary, posted on Echovita, did not include additional biographical detail such as prof…

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Beverly's top sale hits $1.3 million as two Lothrop Street deeds close in one month

Fifteen properties sold in Beverly between June 19 and July 18, according to Essex County Registry of Deeds records. Prices ranged from $419,000 to $1,315,000 among the 10 sales with disclosed amounts, with a median of $767,500; five deeds carried no disclosed price. The month's top sal…

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Endicott College Launches New Artificial Intelligence Degree Program

Endicott College unveiled a new AI-focused bachelor's degree Thursday as Beverly Bootstraps pressed residents for backpack-drive donations ahead of its final deadline. The college's new Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence & Analytics Management was billed as a first for the r…

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Big Chicken Opens New Beverly Location on Dodge Street

Beverly saw modest but varied news Wednesday, from a new restaurant opening to a nonprofit's donation appeal. Big Chicken, the celebrity-owned fried chicken chain, opened a new location at 55 Dodge Street, according to Live 95.9. Meanwhile, Beverly Bootstraps is asking residents to boos…

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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of June 29, 2026 through July 5, 2026

Two Beverly obituaries were published this week: Audette, Richard R. (78, died June 28) and Chouinard, Leo (died June 30); arrangements are through Campbell Funeral Home and Levesque Funeral Home Inc., respectively.

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Beverly Rings In Fourth of July Weekend Amid Nation's 250th Anniversary

Beverly heads into the Fourth of July holiday weekend coinciding with the nation's 250th anniversary. Beverly Patch has posted a guide to local fireworks and Independence Day events for residents planning to celebrate. Separately, the Beverly/Peabody Lodge #1309 honored 14 North Shore g…

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