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Essex Select Board caps commercial shellfish licenses at 45 amid historic clam shortage

ESSEX -- May 18, 2026, Essex Select Board installs Annie Cameron as chair and cuts commercial shellfish licenses nearly in half to 45. The board opened its May 18 meeting by unanimously electing Cameron chair, with the prior chair continuing as secretary. The most debated item was the commercial shellfish license

Beverly City Council Delays Trash Fee Vote, Schedules Special May 27 Meeting

BEVERLY -- May 18, 2026, Beverly City Council punts on trash fee vote, schedules special meeting for May 27. The nine-member council declined to take a first-reading vote Monday on a proposed ordinance that would raise the city's residential trash fee from $100 to as much as

Saugus Library Board Eyes Possible Vote to Cut Marblehead Borrowing Access

Saugus library trustees monitor Marblehead's 50 percent library funding cut and potential decertification.

Gloucester Council Approves Applied Materials Expansion, Eyes 800 New Jobs

Gloucester City Council voted 9-0 to approve a building-height special permit for an Applied Materials logistics expansion at 11 Dory Road that company officials say could grow the firm's local workforce from 1,200 to 2,000 employees within 10 years.

Select Board Approves $20,000 HVAC Reserve Transfer Over Heat Pump Objections

WEST NEWBURY -- May 14, 2026, West Newbury Select Board approves $20,000 reserve fund transfer to replace a failing public safety building HVAC unit. The board, meeting for the first time with newly elected member Barry Fogel joining re-elected member Christopher Wile and Chair Wendy Reed, voted unanimously to