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What's Open, Closed In Beverly On July 3 And 4
The holiday falls on a Saturday this year, meaning it will be observed on Friday. That means some changes to local schedules and events.

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The holiday falls on a Saturday this year, meaning it will be observed on Friday. That means some changes to local schedules and events.

A trash audit by the town found that 45 percent of Swampscott households were throwing out one barrel or less of trash per week.
The three-way race for two seats on the board of selectmen was the only contested, town-wide race in this year's municipal election.
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Even as some economists predict more people working from home, the company is expanding one of its Beverly office properties.
Topsfield Fair organizers say they are monitoring the coronavirus crisis while moving forward with plans for the October festival.
Mike Dent, who has worked at some of Boston and New York's best restaurants, will run Boston Hot Dog Company when it reopens.
The new rules, which go into effect Aug. 3, will require residents to purchase overflow bags for extra trash.
Massachusetts State Police are continuing their investigation into the crash that killed an off-duty Salem police officer.
"We understand some in our community are scared because they don't know us," Beverly Police Chief John LeLacheur said.
A new owner is looking to take over the liquor license and open a new bar at the Maple Street location that once house the Osborn Tavern.
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The company said all 11 of its locations in southern New England have fallen victim to the coronavirus economic slowdown.
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"It looked like my son had been whipped," the boy's mother said after his father removed the tentacles and treated the wounds with vinegar.
Dana Mazola, who died in a car crash last week, will be remembered in a public funeral on Salem Common.
A house decorating contest, which was originally to have been expanded to make up for canceled events, has also been scrapped.
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The $156.9 million spending plan includes job cuts, including the elimination of positions in Peabody Public Schools.
Phillip Pizzo has served 35 years of 11 concurrent life sentences after convictions of kidnapping and raping women from malls in the 1980s.