Danvers

Lucie Consentino is still upset with what she calls major disorganization Wednesday at the Danvers, Massachusetts, mass COVID-19 vaccination site. A rumor that extra doses were available had brought out a lot of people eager to be vaccinated, many of whom waited in line in vain.

We went back to the mass vaccination site at Danvers a day after long lines formed as rumors spread about extra vaccine doses.

A long line formed Wednesday at a mass vaccination site in Danvers, Massachusetts, after word spread that extra doses of the vaccine were available, but some people were ultimately turned away. Many showed up at the town’s DoubleTree Hotel, the only mass vaccination site north of Boston, where 1,100 extra doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were delivered. Once people heard…

Massachusetts will allow those accompanying people 75 or older to mass vaccination sites to receive the coronavirus vaccine.

Massachusetts’ first mass vaccination site north of Boston, opened Wednesday at the DoubleTree Hotel in Danvers. Joanne O’Brien, a 93-year-old from Winthrop, was one of the first to get her vaccine there. She said she has “six great grandchildren and I really enjoy them so I want to keep myself healthy.” Her daughter Susan O’Brien helped book her mom’s...

Massachusetts opened its first mass vaccination site on the North Shore Wednesday.

The Texas Road House restaurant in Danvers caught fire Monday morning. Firefighters responded to the call at 301 Newbury Street in Danvers. The fire is contained and being cleaned up, according to the Danvers Fire Department. No further information was immediately available.

Route 1 north in Danvers, Massachusetts, was temporarily shut down and several area businesses had to be evacuated after a utility crew ruptured a gas line while working on improvements Thursday morning.

Route 1 north was temporarily shut down and several area businesses had to be evacuated after a utility crew ruptured a gas line while working on improvements in Danvers, Massachusetts, on Thursday morning. State police said a utility company struck a gas line while working on improvements around 11 a.m. Route 1 north was shut down for over two hours,…

The manager of an indoor sports facility in Danvers, Massachusetts, was hospitalized after being stabbed Wednesday night, police said.   According to Danvers police, the alleged attackers – two brothers – were arrested after the altercation with the staff member at the Danvers Indoor Sports Facility. The victim was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and has since been…

Two Massachusetts brothers are facing charges for allegedly stabbing a staff member Wednesday night at a sports complex in Danvers.

Two people are facing charges following the alleged stabbing of a staff member Wednesday night at the Danvers Indoor Sports Facility in Massachusetts, authorities said.

A crowd gathered in Danvers to discuss the removal of pro-police flags from fire trucks.

Student athletes on the North Shore of Massachusetts rallied Friday to save their fall sports seasons. Their protest in downtown Danvers came after the Northeastern Conference decided to postpone all fall sports due to COVID-19. The conference is made up of 12 communities including Peabody, Swampscott and Danvers. On Monday, the NEC voted to postpone fall sports to the “Fall…

A group of young athletes came together to protest the decision to postpone fall sports.

An investigation has been taking place at Danvers High School in Massachusetts, where students say some of their classmates have displayed a pattern of racist language. The district is not revealing specifics, but it sent a letter to the school community shedding some light on the circumstances. “A number of current and former students of Danvers High School have reached…

Students in Danvers are raising serious concerns about their school environment.

A four-year-old girl who wandered off from her home Sunday afternoon drowned in a nearby river in Danvers, Massachusetts, authorities say.

The pandemic has schools across Massachusetts searching for ways to celebrate their seniors. One school in Danvers is taking it on the road, hand delivering diplomas to 300 graduates. Headmaster Dr. Ed Hardiman and a team of administrators from St. John’s Prep have spent nearly two weeks on a bus making the deliveries. They are traveling to 64 cities across…

Many graduates are missing out on the traditional pomp and circumstance, but one school is making sure students get their own celebration.