https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefsThe daily local brief for Danvers, MA.en-ushttps://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-10-09https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-10-09Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Northshore Horror & Anime Fest comes to Danvers Indoor Sports, 150R Andover St., from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, with cosplay, guests, vendors, panels, contests and family activities. Admission is $15 for Saturday, $10 for Sunday or $20 for the weekend, and children 12 and under get in free. Parking is free, and organizers say a zero-tolerance policy for harassment, violence or threatening behavior will be enforced.https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-10-08https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-10-08Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Fall Winter Children's Drop & Shop opens today at 9 a.m. at Danvers Indoor Sports and runs through Sunday, October 11. The consignment sale offers children's clothing, gear, toys, books and furniture for ages 0 to 16, including winter coats, boots and wool sweaters. Admission is free, and there is a fee to consign items.https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-10-07https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-10-07Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000A law announced at the State Police barracks in Danvers, honoring a trooper killed by a wrong-way driver, is rolling out radar-triggered wrong-way warning trailers on Massachusetts highways. The initiative also adds hundreds of permanent detection systems, roadway design changes, and new driver-education and police-training requirements through 2027.https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-10-06https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-10-06Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Gov. Maura Healey declared a state energy emergency on Monday, Oct. 5, and announced a one-time benefit of up to $680 for qualifying oil-heat households, expected in December. The executive order extends heating assistance to about 50,000 middle-class households that rely on heating oil and previously did not qualify, and increases aid for about 156,000 low-income households. Healey also said she will eliminate a solar incentive charge on residential electric bills for three months, and the emergency declaration activates legal protections against price gouging.https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-10-05https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-10-05Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Danvers Electric customers will see bills rise about 10 percent under a rate increase that takes effect October 6 and will be reflected in October bills. The Municipal Light Board approved the increase to cover higher costs of buying and delivering power. Officials said the average residential bill, based on 750 kWh of use per month, will go up about 9.8 percent, or $11.95 a month.https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-10-04https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-10-04Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Danvers town offices will be closed all day Monday, October 12, for Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day. Residents with business at town offices may want to plan around the closure.https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-10-03https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-10-03Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000The 208th Topsfield Fair opened Friday with the All-New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off and runs daily through Oct. 12. Featured performers include Chubby Checker, Grand Funk Railroad and Ashley McBride, alongside the Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show, the Painted Pony Championship Rodeo and a Demolition Derby. Admission is $20 per person each day.https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-10-02https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-10-02Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000Hysteria, the outdoor haunted attraction at Connors Farm, opens tonight with gates at 6:30 p.m. and the haunt running about 7 to 11 p.m. It runs Friday and Saturday nights through Oct. 31, plus Sunday, Oct. 11, on a route through cornfields, woods, 17th-century burial grounds and along a swamp. The farm says tickets are non-refundable and advises people with heart conditions, asthma or other health conditions, those who are pregnant, and anyone under the influence not to take part.https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-10-01https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-10-01Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000DPW crews and D&R Paving begin overnight paving downtown Thursday, Oct. 1, working from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. and continuing Friday night into Saturday morning, weather permitting. Work starts on High Street, then moves to Conant, Maple and Elm streets. No-parking signs will be posted in active work areas, and the public downtown lots will remain open throughout the project.https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-30https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-30Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Danvers Falcons beat Saugus 25–21, 25–11, 25–23 on Monday for their fifth consecutive win, improving to 7–2 after a 5–17 season last year. Hannah Tersolo had 17 assists, seven digs and three aces, and Lauren Garofalo added 11 digs, eight kills and three aces. Danvers next faces in-conference opponent Masconomet Regional at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-29https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-29Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000All Saints Episcopal Church of the North Shore will observe Companion Animal Remembrance Month from Oct. 1 through Oct. 31. The series of free public events on pet loss and the bonds people share with animals is organized by Perfect Paws Pet Ministry and is open to people of every faith and those who do not identify with one. The featured event, the 23rd annual North Shore Community Blessing of the Animals, runs Saturday, Oct. 3, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the church across from Town Hall, led by the Rev. Ian J. Hamilton; children may bring stuffed animals, and paper prayer cards will be available for animals that cannot attend.https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-28https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-28Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000The National Weather Service flood watch for Danvers, issued Sunday, September 27, remains in effect through late Monday night, and flooding from excessive rainfall is still possible. Up to 1 to 1.5 inches of additional rain could fall in low-lying areas. The watch covers much of Massachusetts, including Eastern and Western Essex County.https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-27https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-27Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Danvers defeated Reading Memorial 37-20 on Friday for its third straight win, improving the Falcons' record to 3-0. Danvers came in ranked 34th in MaxPreps' Massachusetts football rankings, compared with 124th for the Rockets. The Falcons open conference play against Marblehead at 6:30 p.m. this Friday.https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-26https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-26Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000The National Weather Service has issued a high-wind warning through 8 a.m. Sunday and coastal flood and high-surf warnings through 8 p.m. Sunday for Danvers. Forecasters expect gusts over 60 mph, up to six inches of rain and widespread power outages. Saturday brings showers, a possible thunderstorm after 2 p.m., and northeast winds gusting to 44 mph, with 1 to 2 inches of rain possible during the day.https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-25https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-25Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Rebecca Nurse Homestead at 149 Pine Street hosts its 17th Century Fall Faire on Saturday, September 26, from 1 to 5 p.m. The harvest-season event features costumed reenactors, live music, hands-on activities for kids, local artisans, and fall-themed food and drink.https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-24https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-24Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Danvers Public Works will replace the Dayton Street sewer main starting Tuesday evening, Sept. 29. Crews will work overnight from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. for three to four nights, weather dependent, with a detour in place and police details directing traffic; the town asks motorists to use caution and allow extra travel time. Spot sewer repairs on Longbow Road are scheduled for Monday, Sept. 28, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., with minor traffic impacts and possible delays.https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-23https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-23Wed, 23 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Planning Board took up public hearings Tuesday night in Town Hall's Toomey Room on requests for special permits, waivers, and site plan review at 156 and 158 Maple Street, filed by Peter M. Zagorski, Trustee of PMZ Realty Trust. The requests cover excess parking, design special permits for townhouse and mixed-use building standards, and waivers on parking circulation and screening. Separately, the applicant for a proposed contractor's yard in the existing hotel parking lot at 50 Dayton Street requested a continuance to the board's October 13 meeting.https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-22https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-22Tue, 22 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Endicott Park begins a free weekly hayride series today, running from 3 to 5 p.m. The rides are offered every Tuesday through late October, weather permitting. There is no admission charge.https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-21https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-21Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000Danvers was among 10 departments sending mutual aid to a four-alarm fire at a mixed-use building at 19 Broadway Ave. in Rockport on Sunday morning. Crews responded to a report of a strong gas odor at about 9:58 a.m., found thick black smoke and an active fire, and knocked it down around 1 p.m. No injuries were reported, but at least two families and commercial businesses were displaced; the Rockport Fire Department and State Police are investigating the cause.https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-20https://nanopress.net/danvers-ma/briefs/2026-09-20Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000The Danvers Historical Society stages a free dramatization of Lucy Larcom's 1875 poem "A Gambrel Roof" today at Tapley Memorial Hall, 13 Page Street, with doors at 2:30 p.m. and curtain at 3 p.m. as part of Trails & Sails. The production retells the story of Sarah Page taking tea on the roof of the Jeremiah Page House to skirt her husband's ban on taxed tea inside it, with period music, an art installation and a Q&A afterward. Reservations are strongly recommended; the building and parking are wheelchair accessible, with additional parking in the Elm Street lot, and donations are appreciated.