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5 Things To Know on March 7: ‘The Love of Three Oranges” on Stage

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

Welcome to “5 Things,” your daily source for community events, happenings in town and other little tidbits of information. Here are five things you need to know on Thursday, March 7. 1. Storm: Thursday will be a stormy day, with snow accumulating up to 2 inches and wind gusting from the north up to 50 miles per hour. 2. Play: Danvers High School Academy Theatre will present the play "The Love of Three Oranges" at Danvers High School on Thursday at 7:30 pm. Admission is a $5 donation. 3. Unemployment: The January unemployment rate will be announced on Thursday by the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. The data will also include labor force data and jobs estimates for the entire state. 4. Consumers: This week is …

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A Month Later, All Residents Have Returned to Twin Oaks

The last of the residents displaced from Twin Oaks Nursing Home last month after a sewage backup returned last week.

All residents have now returned to Twin Oaks Nursing Home, about a month after the entire building had to be evacuated when sewage backed up into the first floor of the building when a sewer pipe broke. It happened on Sunday, Jan. 6 and the final resident was back on Wednesday, Feb. 6, according to Peter Mirandi, director of the Board of Health. Mirandi said he plans to meet with the Fire Department this week to develop an "after-action report." For the most part, evacuation of the 92 residents at the Locust Street went without any major problems, he said. A majority of the residents were moved to Wakefield Nursing and Rehab, Cedar Glen in Danvers, Radius Danvers and Academy Manor in Andover. "Our emergency preparedness kicked in," he said…

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5 Things To Know on Feb. 7: Health Officials Get Update on Days Inn, Twin Oaks

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Welcome to “5 Things,” your daily resource for community events, happenings in town and other little tidbits of information. Here are five things you need to know on Thursday, Feb. 7. 1. Sun: Thursday will be the calm before the storm, with partly sunny skies and temperatures in the 20s. 2. Loan: The affordable housing project now under construction on Conifer Hill Drive will be awarded a loan on Thursday during a ceremony in Revere. Phase 2 of Conifer Hill Commons - a 42-unit affordable development next to the 48 affordable units of phase 1 - has been granted a $1 million loan from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund administered by MassHousing and the Department of Housing and Community Development 3. 4-H: Project winners from the local 4-…

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Following CDC Warning, Danvers Health Officials Urge Residents To Get Flu Vaccine

Free flu clinic being offered for Danvers residents at Senior Center on Wednesday, Dec. 12.

The first case of influenza has already been reported in Danvers, and this year is shaping up to be one of the worst flu seasons in a while, officials from the CDC said in a teleconference last week. Influenza—more commonly known as simply "the flu"—is a contagious respiratory illness caused by viruses infecting the nose, throat and lungs. It spreads via infected people coughing, sneezing or talking, though people can also get infected by touching something with the flu virus on it before touching their mouth, eyes or nose. Flu Shot Clinic for Danvers Residents The town of Danvers has 153 flu shots remaining, and on Dec. 13, will host a flu clinic from 5-7 p.m. at the Senior Center on Stone Street. Danvers Public Health Nurse Chris O'Shea …

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5 Things To Know on Oct. 4: Mrs. Essex County

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Welcome to “5 Things,” your daily resource for community events, happenings in town and other little tidbits of information. Here are five things you need to know on Thursday, Oct. 4.  1. Yucky: Thursday’s weather forecast isn’t sounding like it will be much of an improvement over what we have seen most of the week. Fog and showers are expected to hang around for most of the day with temperatures in the 60s. 2. Committee for Diversity: The Danvers Committee for Diversity has a film series planned for October and it gets started on Thursday. “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” will be shown in the Gordon Room (downstairs) of the Peabody Institute Library at 7 p.m. 3. Mrs. Essex County: If you are a married woman living in Essex County, Thursday is …

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5 Things To Know Today in Danvers: Sept. 6

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Welcome to “5 Things,” your daily resource for community events, happenings in town and other little tidbits of information. Here are five things you need to know on Thursday, Sept. 6. 1. Sun: The sun remerged on Wednesday afternoon and is forecasted to stick around on Thursday with temperatures in the 70s. 2. Apples: September has been officially declared “Apple Month” in Massachusetts. “The harvest is ahead of schedule,” said Bar Weeks, executive director of the New England Apple Association. Massachusetts is the 12th largest producer of apples in the country. The state Department of Agricultural Resources runs a website with a lookup for farms that sell apples this fall, which includes Connors Farm in Danvers. 3. Election: The polls are…

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Federal Help Requested For Contaminated Factory Site

The former Creese and Cook Co. leather factory site has been found to contain hazardous contaminants.

Danvers is turning to the Federal government for help cleaning up contaminated sites on Water and Clinton streets, and inside the Crane River.  The Mass. Department of Environmental Protection and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency briefed the Danvers Board of Health on the status of a Federal Superfund grant for the former Creese & Cook leather factory site, at last week's meeting.  Along the railroad track, inside the Crane River sediment and the soil at a portion of the 33 Water St. condominiums and 55 Clinton St. property were found to contain harmful contaminants: arsenic, dioxin and chromium.   The contaminants stemmed from the Creese & Cook co. former leather factory, where animal hides were processed into shoe, handbag, glove and…

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Town Seeks Legal Action Against Days Inn

The motel on Endicott Street is alleged to be in violation of sanitary codes.

Editor's Note: The number of homeless families living in the motel has been changed to accurately reflect the latest number. The town of Danvers is taking legal action against Days Inn, based on alleged violations of the sanitary code.  Danvers Health Director Peter Mirandi told the Board of Health that the town filed on Thursday morning in housing court. Mirandi said chronic dampness, which propagates mold, was one of the major concerns at the 152 Endicott Street motel.  "[Days Inn] should meet the minimum fitness for human habitation," Mirandi said to Board members.  As of last week, there are currently 58 families, including more than 80 children, living in the motel.  Some of the families, Mirandi said, have been living in the motel …

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Jennifer Johnson

8:27 pm on Saturday, June 9, 2012

I think she's implying that the Town just wants these families out of Danvers. Not only are they paying thousands of dollars to bus and educate them, but they do not receive any tax money from "residents" at the hotels like they do normal transients. Seems plausible when you consider that the families living there must have regular visitation with State social workers and DCF workers and yet the …   more ›

Arsenic Found In Crane River, Former Leather Factory Site

The DEP and EPA discovered hazardous contaminants in the area surrounding the former Creese and Cook Tannery on Water Street.

The Mass. Department of Environmental Protection and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this month will begin a process to decontaminate surface soils surrounding the former Creese and Cook Tannery on Water Street, areas that were deemed an imminent health hazard earlier this year. The main contaminants found on the site were arsenic, chromium, and dioxin, Danvers Health Director Peter Mirandi told the Board of Health on Thursday. Along the railroad track, inside the Crane River sediment and the soil at the 33 Water St. and 55 Clinton St. property have all been deemed imminent hazards that pose both human health and ecological risks. The areas have been fenced since February 2012. The fifth location, a vacant wooded area on Cheever …

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Town Seeks Help in Identifying Asbestos Dumper

Asbestos was found in the dumpster behind Thorpe Elementary School earlier this week.

  The town is seeking help from the community to identify the persons involved with the asbestos dumping in a Thorpe Elementary School dumpster earlier this week. Board of Health Director Peter Mirandi said he first received notice of the situation on Monday morning, after a custodian noticed construction debris sticking out the dumpster behind the school. The dumpster was removed to the town's Transfer Station and was taken in for sampling by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). A new dumpster was brought to the elementary school, but when the custodian returned Tuesday morning, he found more debris had been dumped. Mirandi told the Salem News the debris appears to have possibly come from a house in the Woodvale subdivision …

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helen burns

10:04 am on Saturday, March 10, 2012

Exactly! Lock the dumpsters. Perhaps there is a property owner out there who had asbestos removed recently (and probably paid a large amt. of money for "legal disposal") who would come forward and identify who did the work. Have permits for this work been researched?   more ›