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Danvers Early Voters Face Friday Deadline For State Primary

Danvers voters have until Friday to cast an early, in-person ballot in the Massachusetts state primary this week. Patch's "Danvers Early, In-Person Voting For MA State Primary Runs Through Friday" and a companion Salem News roundup both pointed residents to polling times as the window c…

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Sports

Danvers sports roundup, Aug. 17 to Aug. 23

Danvers student-athletes were recognized this week with 2026 Bay State Games Sportsmanship Awards, honored alongside peers from Essex Tech and Swampscott for fairness, respect and leadership shown during the statewide multi-sport competition. No Danvers High School games were reported f…

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Real Estate

Danvers Sale Prices Span Nearly $13 Million While Median Holds at $685,000

Danvers recorded 14 property transfers between July 24 and Aug. 22, but only five deeds disclosed a sale price, ranging from $610,000 to $13.5 million with a median of $685,000. The month's top transaction was 51 Newbury St., which sold for $13.5 million from PEG Boston Danvers Property…

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Maple Street Repaving Underway on Route 62

MassDOT and Danvers DPW are overseeing pavement restoration on Maple Street (Route 62) this week, with contractor Newport Paving handling the work as part of the state's Municipal Pavement Program. The town's News Flash confirmed the project is underway along the busy Route 62 corridor,…

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Two Danvers Establishments Lose Liquor Licenses for a Day

Two Danvers establishments lost their liquor licenses for a day this week after a violation Salem News did not detail. The suspension surfaced August 19, the same day Danvers Patch reported that Twisted Fate Brewing Co. honored 100-year-old family matriarch Mary Skafas with a specialty …

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MassDOT to Install Wrong-Way Driver Warning Signs on Route 128

MassDOT will install new wrong-way driver warning signage along Route 128 in Danvers starting this week. The work, flagged in the town's official News Flash on Tuesday, August 18, adds signage at highway ramps as part of a statewide countermeasure effort. Danvers Patch, in a report head…

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Essex Tech Gets $1.2 Million for Career Training Programs

Essex Tech in Danvers will receive $1.2 million in state funding for free adult career training programs. Per Danvers Patch, the money flows through the state's Career Technical Initiative and will support no-cost workforce training for adult learners at the vocational school. Separatel…

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Obituaries

Obituary notices, week of August 10, 2026 through August 16, 2026

Three Danvers obituaries were published this week: Corado, Maria Magdalena; Henrichs, Frederick G.; and Myers, Jeanne E. (MacKinnon). Corado, 83, died August 11 and will be remembered at services at Murphy Funeral Home in Salem, with a graveside service at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Danve…

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Real Estate

Danvers home sale tops $2 million as trust transfers dominate deed records

Danvers recorded 14 property deeds between July 17 and Aug. 15, but only two listed a sale price: $512,000 for a unit at 234 Locust St. and $2,060,000 for a property whose address was not specified in the record, the sold from Karen Doherty to Thomas R. Haught. Those two figures average…

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