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🌱 Patch AM: Why Beverly just landed on 2025’s “hottest ZIP code” list

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Cheers Beverly! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Why Beverly just landed on 2025’s “hottest ZIP code” list
  • How a simple backpack is lifting spirits for Beverly neighbors in need
  • When will Beverly kids get free Bruins-backed winter coats?

Also on today's calendar: Don't Stop Believin' Karaoke with DJ Lou and 19 more events.

Find out what's happening in Beverlyfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

Find out what's happening in Beverlyfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

  • Thursday: Windy; a p.m. snow shower, with a high of 36 and low of 18 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
  • Friday: Sunny, breezy and cold, temps: high: 32, low: 21.
  • Saturday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 33 and low of 24 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Why everyone's talking about Beverly: 2025's hottest ZIP code has beaches, colleges, and community (wcvb.com) — Beverly is being spotlighted nationally as one of 2025’s hottest ZIP codes, thanks to its Gold Coast mansions, public beaches, and vibrant neighborhoods. The piece tours everything from Endicott College’s coastal campus to Coast to Coast Paddle and the Beverly Farmers Market, showing how residents, students, and small businesses are shaping a lively, engaged community.
   

• Lifebridge Backpack Program Delivers 100 Coats, Packs To Beverly, Salem Residents In Need (patch.com) — Housing-insecure residents in Beverly, along with neighbors in Salem and Gloucester, just received nearly 100 backpacks stocked with coats, hygiene items, and other cold-weather essentials through Lifebridge’s annual Backpack Program. Funded and supplied by local donors and volunteers, the effort has grown from 40 to 200 specialized CITYPAK backpacks a year, directly supporting people facing homelessness in our area.
   

• Boston Bruins Foundation, Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts to deliver free coats to Beverly, Brockton, Chelsea, Dorchester, Fall River, Hadley, Lawrence, Lynn, Palmer, Roxbury, Whitman,… (fallriverreporter.com) — Beverly children in need are set to receive free new winter coats and hats as part of the Boston Bruins Foundation and Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts’ expanded 2025 “Operation Warm” tour. The program will visit 12 communities statewide, delivering brand-new winter gear through local schools and nonprofits to ease the burden on families this season.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Connolly Brothers Completes a 20,000 SF Design-Build Renovation Project for Boston Onnuri Church in Billerica —Julia Kelley Read on Patch
  • A Musical Ghost Story “ Brilliantly Shines at North Shore Music Theater, Celebrates in Joyous Holiday Cheer! —Mark Allen Wood Read on Patch
  • Mathnasium posted a job opening for Math Instructor / Tutor in Beverly. Apply here.
  • Cava posted a job opening for Team Member in Beverly. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Beverly here.

🗞 Nearby News

Salem

  • Salem To Close Parking Lot Ahead Of 'Exchange' Development (patch.com)

Danvers

  • Pot Cafes Coming To MA With Expected Final Vote This Week (patch.com)
  • Salem Mulls Merging Elementary Schools Amid Structural Budget Deficit (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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