Recipes

October 8, 2026

Reading's First Fall Without the Street Faire: Where the Town Is Gathering Instead

"Wow that's so sad my kids and I made a lot of memories there." A reader posted that comment on September 3, 2026. It sits under Reading Recap's June story rep...

August 27, 2026

How Bowden Park Brings Melrose Together This August

On the first Thursday of August, a handful of volunteers set up folding tables at Bowden Park, next to the produce stands, and started portioning out meals mad...

October 1, 2026

Kowloon's Revere Beach Location Is Open While Saugus Plans Continue

Drive past Kowloon on Route 1 today and nothing about it looks like a restaurant in transition. The parking lot is full most weekend nights. The sign is lit. I...

September 10, 2026

Peabody's Restaurant Scene: Mall Openings and Main Street Restaurants

On July 23, a company called Wonder opened its doors at 229 Andover Street with a ribbon cutting, live music, and free tote bags for the first hundred customer...

August 27, 2026

Toscana Forno Opens on Walkers Brook Drive as Reading's Food Scene Grows

Main Street has spent the past couple of years swapping one storefront tenant for another. A butcher shop became a smash-burger-and-fries spot. A deli became a...

September 3, 2026

Lynnfield's Two Greens: One Had Its Weekend in June, One Never Stopped

Walk the Town Common today and you will find exactly what a New England town common is supposed to hold on the last Monday in August: shade, a war memorial, a ...

September 17, 2026

One Select Board Meeting, Two Very Different Opening Days on Route 114

Drive down Route 114 past the Loop and you pass two buildings that sat empty, in one form or another, for years. One is the old Harrison's Roast Beef building ...

September 25, 2025

Annual Home Maintenance Checklist to Keep Your Property Value Up

Owning a beautiful home in Lynnfield, MA, means more than enjoying tree-lined streets, spacious properties, and a small-town charm close to Boston. It also com...

By Evelyn Rockas

August 20, 2026

Downtown Danvers Is Turning Into Somewhere You Walk To, Not Drive Past

"The Giovanni's restaurant has been vacant for a number of years and it felt like a lot longer than that sitting there, languishing." As Patch reported, an att...