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5 Things to Know Today, June 10: Farmers Market Opens Up

A great way to start the day with a quick look at the events and happenings in the city.

Welcome to “5 Things,” your daily source for community events, happenings in the city and other little tidbits of information. Here are five things you need to know on Monday, June 10. 1. Clouds: Monday will be a cloudy day, with rain expected to move in later in the day. Temperatures will get into the 70s. 2. Scholarship: Congratulations to Jebadiah Raines of Beverly, a graduate of North Shore Regional Technical High School who will be attending Culinary Institute of America. On Monday, he will be awarded the The Milano Family/Union Oyster House Scholarship by the Massachusetts Restaurant Association Education Foundation during an event at Danversport Yacht Club – part of $80,000 in scholarships that will be awarded. 3. Student Loans: Two…

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5 Things to Know Today, May 31: ArtsFest Vendors Ready to Go

A great way to start the day with a quick look at the events and happenings in the city.

Welcome to “5 Things,” your daily source for community events, happenings in the city and other little tidbits of information. Here are five things you need to know on Friday, May 31. 1. Hot: Friday will be a sunny and hot day. The forecast is for temperatures well into the 80s with a chance of hitting 90 degrees. 2. ArtsFest: The annual downtown festival ArtsFest is only about two weeks away, and Friday marks the original deadline to let organizers know if you want to have a booth at the event. The good news is that the event “sold out” about two months ago. ArtsFest is planned for Saturday, June 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 pm. rain or shine. 3. Trash: Don’t forget, trash pickup continues to be delayed by a day this week. Monday was the Memorial…

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State, US Legislators to Hold Joint Office Hours in Beverly

Staff from four elected officials, both state and US, will be at State Rep. Jared Barisella's office hours in Beverly on Friday.

Joint office hours are being held for four elected officials in Beverly on Friday. Staff from the offices of State Senator Elizabeth Warren, US Congressman John Tierney, State Rep. Jerald Parisella, D-Beverly, and State Senator Joan Lovely, D-Salem, will also be meeting at the Beverly Senior Center from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Friday, May 31. "Constituents will have the opportunity to discuss concerns they have on federal and state issues. Staff from Sen. Warren’s and Rep. Tierney’s offices will be available to assist residents with issues pending before a federal agency," read a press release.  Appointments are not necessary.  The Beverly Senior Center is located at 90 Colon Street, Beverly.

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Tierney Wants Personalized Guns Within Two Years

U.S. Rep. John Tierney has introduced a bill that would require "personalized guns" within two years.

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5 Things to Know, April 12: Last Chance to Apply for Rotary Scholarships

A great way to start the day with a quick look at the events and happenings in the city.

Welcome to “5 Things,” your daily source for community events, happenings in the city and other little tidbits of information. Here are five things you need to know on Friday, April 12. 1. Rain: Friday will be a rainy day, with some rain expects early and again another round of rain in the afternoon. The temperature is not expected to get above 40 degrees and some sleet may mix in with the rain at times. An east wind will blow up to 18 miles per hour. 2. Vacation: It’s the last day of school before April vacation for students in the Beverly Public Schools. Monday is Patriots Day and all of next week is the final weeklong vacation for students before school ends in June. 3. Scholarship: The final day to submit an application for the …

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5 Things To Know, April 8: Learning About 'The Real Shutter Islands’

A great way to start the day with a quick look at the events and happenings in the city.

Welcome to “5 Things,” your daily source for community events, happenings in the city and other little tidbits of information. Here are five things you need to know on Monday, April 8. 1. Possibly Perfect: The forecast for Monday sounds like it may be a nearly perfect springtime day. The sky is expected to be sunny with a high temperature in the upper-50s. 2. Fenway: Monday is a holiday, of sorts, in Boston and New England as the Red Sox return home to Fenway Park for the first time this season. The team is 4-2 and is taking on the Baltimore Orioles at 2 p.m. 3. Gun Control: North Shore Community College, which has a campus in the Cummings Center in Beverly, is hosting a forum on gun control at its Danvers campus on Monday. The event, …

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5 Things To Know, March 15: Angie Miller Soars on Idol

Angie Miller safe on American Idol, St. Patrick's Day weekend, and more Beverly news tidbits.

Here are five things to start your day in Beverly: 1. Beverly's own Angie Miller soared through to the next level on American Idol last night, as one of three finalists who received the most votes! If you missed her performance Wednesday night, you can catch it here. 2. Congressman John Tierney posted a new blog on Beverly Patch about this year’s 6th Congressional District High School Art Awards at Montserrat College of Art. Check out a list of the award winners here. 3. St. Patrick's Day is Sunday, and there's a ton of events around Beverly to celebrate being Irish. Check out our list of happenings here, and if you know of something we missed, be sure to add it in the comments. 4. If you like food news, here's our roundup of North Shore …

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Montserrat Hosts Annual 6th Congressional District Art Competition and Exhibition

Congressman John F. Tierney will once again serve as honorary chairman

Tierney Votes 'Yes' on Fiscal Cliff Deal

The deal will preserve some tax cuts and allow others to expire.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Senate's "fiscal cliff" deal Tuesday night, averting a potential calamity for many taxpayers and setting new tax rates for some. Highlights of the agreement include: “President Obama and the Senate came to an agreement on a deal to prevent the country from going over the fiscal cliff," Congressman John Tierney wrote in a statement Wednesday morning. Tierney voted in favor of the bill. "It was the only bill brought to the House floor for a vote and it is imperfect. However, this legislation is a first step and it will ensure that millions of middle-class Americans and small businesses will not have the largest tax increase in the history of our country. Meanwhile, millionaires and billionaires …

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STILL STANDING: Tierney Defeats Tisei [VIDEO]

The battle for the 6th District seat is over.

Congressman John Tierney has defeated Republican challenger Richard Tisei in an extremely tight race for Massachusetts 6th District congressional seat. This has been an unusually high-profile congressional race in Massachusetts, which is considered a stronghold for House Democrats. Tierney suffered from the impact of a family scandal involving his wife, her brother and her brother’s illegal offshore gambling business. Tisei, on the other hand, climbed to popularity with his aggressive campaign, his theme of bipartisanship and his years of serving in the state legislature. He out-raised Tierney in campaign donations every quarter. Tisei made Tierney’s family legal scandal a focus of the campaign, calling Tierney’s credibility into question…

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Kathryn Boivin

4:39 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012

I used to live in Massachusetts, and I know how idiotic the voters there are--they keep voting in the same slimy, paid off criminals year after year. I hope you enjoy all the higher taxes, higher unemployment, higher energy costs, inflation and misery coming everyone's way now that you dumb democrats have reelected an inept, progressive, socialist liberal president hell bent on making "everyone …   more ›