First Parking Ban of Winter Declared

The town's first overnight on-street parking ban of the winter has been declared in Danvers for Monday night.

The first overnight parking ban of the winter under the town's new trial rules has been declared for Monday night. No on-street parking will be allowed in Danvers from 1-6 a.m. early Tuesday morning, according to the Department of Public Works. Any cars that are left on the street will be subject to ticketing and towing. The total cost for a vehicle left on the road during the parking ban and towed is $175 - $125 for the tow, $35 for storage and $15 for the parking ticket. The new policy was put into place in early December by an unanimous vote of the Board of Selectmen. The change allows overnight on-street parking all winter long except when a parking ban is announced, rather than a winter-long ban that prohibited overnight parking even …

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Lucy's Attorney to Seek Dismissal of Assault Charge

Selectman Keith Lucy has been charged with assault in connection to an incident at Town Hall last September.

The attorney representing a Danvers Selectman facing an assault charge says his next move will be to ask a judge to dismiss the charges. Keith Lucy, a member of the Danvers Board of Selectmen, is facing a charge of assault after an alleged altercation in Danvers Town Hall on primary election night on Sept. 6. The alleged victim, John Fratus of Appleton Street, sought the charge himself and it was not handled by police. He went to court and after a magistrate's hearing it was found there was probable cause to go forward. Fratus said he was in Town Hall looking at results on election night when Lucy allegedly stepped in front of his wife, Frances, and resident Julie Curtis. “He was red in the face and looked angry,” Fratus wrote in a …

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5 Things To Know on Jan. 3: Orange Leaf Now Open

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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, Jan. 3. 1. Freezing: Thursday morning is expected to be the coldest start to the day in a year, with temperatures not forecasted to even get all that high during the day. The sky will be sunny, the high temperature will be in the mid-20s and the wind chill will be as low as -5 degrees. 2. Jobs: Emeritus at Cherry Hill, a retirement complex on Conant Street, is hosting a job fair on Thursday. Some of the open jobs include resident assistants on all shifts, wellness nurses, wait staff, cooks, housekeepers and concierge. The jobs vary from full-time to part-time and per…

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Town Mulls Whether to Ban or Limit Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

The Danvers Board of Selectmen took its first steps this week in determining how it wants to set up zoning rules to regulate medical marijuana dispensaries.

When the first medical marijuana dispensary opens in Massachusetts in 2014, Danvers wants to be ready. On Tuesday, the Board of Selectmen took its first step toward deciding how it wants to regulate any proposed dispensaries. “I think we can manage it,” Selectman Gardner Trask said. “We can not stop it now; We can put as tight a leash on it as possible.” The dispensaries are coming to the state after voters last month approved Question 3, which will allow for the use of medical marijuana. Up to 35 dispensaries will be allowed in the state, starting in 2014. After more than a half hour of discussion at Town Hall, the board asked Town Manager Wayne Marquis to have town planning staff develop a definition of a dispensary that would be …

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Overnight Winter Parking Ban Lifted

A town policy that dates back more than 40 years banning overnight parking during the wintertime on town streets was lifted on Tuesday in favor of a ban only during snowstorms.

Residents will now being able to park on Danvers streets overnight this winter unless a snowstorm is approaching. That was the decision on Tuesday night by the Board of Selectmen, which unanimously voted to change a town policy that has existed for more than 40 years banning overnight parking between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. during the winter. Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Bill Clark, said he came into Tuesday night’s meeting prepared to send a proposed town bylaw change to a Special Town Meeting. But the overnight winter parking ban is included in the town’s traffic rules and regulations, set by the Board of Selectmen acting as the Traffic Commission, said Town Manager Wayne Marquis. That cleared the way or the board to go ahead and make …

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5 Things To Know on Dec. 4: Regulating Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

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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 Tuesday, Dec. 4. 1. Beautiful: There’s another beautiful day coming up on Tuesday, with again sunny skies and temperatures into the 50s. 2. TIPS: Bars and restaurants that serve alcohol are always under a watchful eye in Danvers. And the best way to avoid appearing before Selectmen to answer allegations of misdoing is to make sure the staff is properly trained. One of the training sessions is coming up on Tuesday the Danvers Police Department where a TIPS training, which stands for Training for Intervention ProcedureS, runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and is being hosted for free …

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Selectman to be Arraigned on Assault Charge Tuesday

Keith Lucy, a member of the Danvers Board of Selectmen, will be arraigned on Tuesday in Salem District Court on an assault charge.

A member of the Danvers Board of Selectmen is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on assault charges in connection with an incident at Town Hall on Election Day in September. Keith G. Lucy, 47, of 7 Ashley Lane faces a single count of assault after the incident on Sept. 6, the day of the primary election. The charges were not filed by police but instead by a citizen, who sought a hearing in front of a Salem District Court magistrate. That magistrate, who heard the complaint from Town Meeting member John Fratus of Appleton Street in a hearing closed to the public, found there was probable cause to issue a criminal complaint against Lucy. He was then issued a summons on Oct. 25 to appear at an arraignment on Tuesday. The assault charge is a …

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Debbie Dunn

10:10 pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013

May 7th everyone is the date for showing Keith Lucy that he cannot threaten and bully Danvers residents any longer. We waited too long already to get rid of this angry loose cannon. Plus I am tired of being asked by my friends in other towns, esp Topsfield, why we continue to elect this deranged individual.   more ›

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5 Things To Know on Oct. 2: Recycling Program Update

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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 Tuesday, Oct. 2. 1. Warm: Tuesday is shaping up to be a decent day weatherwise with partly sunny skies and temperatures well into the 70s. There's a chance of a shower in the afternoon. 2. Fair: Maybe you planned to go to the Topsfield Fair last weekend but held off because of the rain. Well, keep an eye on our daily morning feature “Today at the Fair” which gives you a quick wrap of some of the special events and performances each day through the final day on Monday. And remember, admission is less through Thursday before weekend rates start on Friday. 3. Transportation: The …

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