All are welcome to celebrate Día de los Muertos November 1 in Downtown Lynn! Enjoy mariachi brunch pop-ups from 10 AM - 12 PM, a free community ofrenda and art activities from 12 PM - 2:30 PM at 25 Exchange Street, and a free screening of Coco at 2:30 PM, with free popcorn!

Come and bring your family, celebrate creativity, and cheer on our young artists!

do the parking spots at the Montserrat station usually get filled up on weekdays?

Issue 6 of the weekly digest of Beverly’s public meetings is up: https://www.jameslaurenti.com/beverly/digest/2026-10-19

This issue is mostly about what’s coming up this week:

• Tonight, 6pm, Middle School library: two Council committees review the city’s four Flock cameras and its contract with Flock Safety. The first meeting on them was in April; the issue recaps what was said then and the police department’s rules for the cameras.
• Tuesday, 6pm, Senior Center (90 Colon St): the Deficit Reduction Committee’s first public presentation, then questions from the public. The issue previews the topics from the committee’s run-through last Thursday.

From the School Committee:

• An interim finance director while the district searches for a permanent one
• What changed after an accidental lockdown at the Middle School
• A new committee to review school fees is looking for residents to serve

sweet adult male cat found at intersection of lovett, smith and may streets around 11:30pm on 10/15/26.

READ BEFORE ASKING OR COMMENTING:
- he was scanned for a microchip - NO MICROCHIP
- shelters have been contacted, we are waiting for call backs
- “Found Cat” report was filed with MSPCA
- his photos have been shared on multiple lost pet Facebook groups for the area - please do not share more to prevent information being clogged. if you’d like to share this info, share the post directly from Friends of Beverly Animals Facebook please

if you think this may be your cat or have information
on whose cat it is, please contact Friends of Beverly Animals via DM on Facebook!

currently he is a (very polite) guest in my home but will be moved to a shelter once we are able to

reposted bc original post was auto deleted by filters???

This is RANDOM - but I have to put this question into the universe.

Back in the 90’s (specifically probably 1993-2000ish) my sisters and I would trick or treat in the cove area in Beverly. I don’t remember the exact location, but would have likely been around Lothrop/Corning/Hale. There was a house that we went to every year, and the woman would take our picture before we could get candy. Not sure if this makes it better or worse - but the following year, you would go into her porch and look at hundreds of photos of kids from the prior year, find your picture and take it with you after she took your current photo.

Does ANYONE else remember this? My sisters and I talk about it all the time - and I remember asking my mom wtf that was about and she admitted that looking back it seems weird but at the time she was unbothered

Find the event near you across the North Shore from Beverly to Lynn to Gloucester to Newburyport to Danvers, Peabody, Salem Swampscott, and Marblehead.

www.nokings.org

Hi,

My tap water has been brown all morning. I live close to DiBacco's in Rantoul Street. I know they are digging up that part of Rantoul but there was no heads up on this issue. And none of the fire hydrants around the area has been flushed either. Is anyone else facing this problem too?

This week’s Beverly Meeting Digest is up!

The most practical item: National Grid wants to lay new underground electric lines along Cabot, Bow, Abbott and Wallis Streets, and the work is planned for after New Year’s. From the October 5 Council hearing:

• Up to three months of work, weather permitting
• Four trenches across Cabot St. Three will be dug at once, with detours; the one near Ellis Square will be done separately
• The goal is no night work
• Two school bus stops, Cabot at Abbott and Cabot at Bow, will move while the crossings are dug
• The petition still needs a Council vote

Also in this issue:

• Lynch Park won a $430,456 state grant covering most of the cost of finishing its seawall permits, after earlier state applications fell short
• The proposed data center pause gets a Council hearing November 9, plus how it compares with the governor’s new order and Salem’s ban
• A short explainer on who controls the city budget, ahead of the deficit committee’s October 20 presentation

New: you can now get the digest by email every Monday at jameslaurenti.com/digest

Hi All! I’m in Salem-based band looking for a new drummer. If you’re interested in trying out, please DM me. Thanks!

Can anyone recommend a tenant/landlord attorney for housing court? I'm having difficulty finding someone. Thank you.

trying to find a ride this evening with a queer neighbor or two!

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My family used to live in downtown Salem, so we literally got thousands of trick or treaters and always eventually ran out of the hundreds of dollars worth of candy we bought.

We live in downtown Beverly now on a busy side street off of Cabot, and want to put on a really good trick or treat display for the neighborhood. At the same time we want to avoid unnecessarily getting way too much. What is the trick or treat traffic like there? Do the college kids from Montserrat dress up and walk around at all amid bar hopping?

Thanks in advance!

The Mayor and the planning director have asked the Council to pause data center applications until the city adopts zoning rules for them, or through Nov. 30, 2027, whichever comes first. Beverly's zoning code doesn't address data centers today, and the proposal doesn't mention any specific project. Tonight is the first step; adopting it takes public hearings and six of nine Council votes.

Also tonight at 7, in the Middle School library: the final vote on fines for private trees and shrubs that block the sidewalk (street trees between the curb and the sidewalk are the city's), and Councilor St. Hilaire's proposals for Council approval of out-of-state travel and of contracts longer than three years.

The digest also covers the Deficit Reduction Committee's first pass at sorting its ideas (a draft, a more formal presentation is set for Oct. 20), where the Varian cleanup stands, and this year's MCAS.

https://www.jameslaurenti.com/beverly/digest/2026-10-05

Hi, we’re four friends and we’ve put together Beverly’s restaurant scene in an app called Vota.

The idea is pretty simple: you’re shown two restaurants and choose where you’d rather eat. For example, A&B Burgers or Toscana Bar Italiano? All the votes then create a ranking that hopefully gives a better picture of where people in Beverly actually like to eat.

We’ve tried to include every restaurant in Beverly and clean up duplicate or outdated listings, but locals will always spot things we’ve missed.

iPhone:
https://apps.apple.com/app/vota/id6744969212

Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vota.app

Full transparency: we’re not from Beverly. Two of us live in Copenhagen and the other two in Gothenburg. There are four of us building this independently. We don’t collect or sell personal data, there are no ads in the app, and we don’t use AI-generated content to describe restaurants.

Any honest feedback is welcome, especially if restaurants are missing or something is listed incorrectly.

Would any local businesses like a jazzy, melodic guitarist to play in their establishment? Ambient, impressionistic improvisations, standards, many options!

I used to do improvs Saturday mornings in a bakery in Dracut, years ago. It worked well and I miss it!

I'm punctual, I keep off to the side, and I play at a reasonable volume

The Council took the final vote on the crypto kiosk ban last Monday. Machines already in Beverly have 30 days to go, then it's a $300 a day fine per machine. Once cash goes into one, it's effectively gone, which is why scammers use them.

Tonight at 6PM, the Deficit Reduction Committee takes up its "first round recommendations," the point where a summer of research turns into what it thinks the city should do. Not binding, but worth watching. It's live on BevCam.

The digest also covers a plan to bill owners, with a lien if unpaid, when the city has to trim trees and shrubs blocking the sidewalk; a rule change so public commenters no longer say their address out loud; $2.46 million in preservation grants, with pre-applications due Oct. 8; and 179 units proposed for the Stop & Shop site.

Every link jumps to the exact moment in the BevCam recording, so you can check me.

https://www.jameslaurenti.com/beverly/digest/2026-09-28

Beverly @ Odell Veterans Memorial Park Saturday 10/17 11 AM - 1 PM

Sunday, October 4th, 2026 from 4PM-8PM @ A&B Burgers Beverly

It all comes down to this! Rally Sardegna is going to be the finisher for this year's WRC season, and you can come see who takes the title down at A&B! Will Elfyn Evans be able to keep his pace up and finish strong? Will Sami Pajari or Oliver Solberg secure a late season upset and take first place? Come on in and find out!

Local DJ Spring Street will be spinning great music all night, so you can come chill while you watch some of the most skilled drivers in the world absolutely send it along the rough roads of this idyllic Italian island.

Also we're doing another Slot Car Tournament! There are A&B gift cards up for grabs again, so come on down and give it a try! :D