Danvers

Snowy mane

adamg — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:53:21 +0000

Dan Kennedy trekked to Endicott Park in Danvers yesterday.

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Danvers kids to hold big meeping protest this morning

adamg — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:20:04 +0000

Around 11:30 a.m., apparently.

Via the Herald, which wags its stern editorial finger at kids today.

Meeping music video (do NOT listen at work without headphones).

Danvers tells lawyer she's pretty meeped up

adamg — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:59:37 +0000

When New York lawyer Theodora Michaels read about the meeping ban at Danvers High School, she wanted to do something. After careful and diligent consideration, she sat down at her computer and sent an e-mail message to several Danvers school officials that read, in its entirety:

Meep.

Michaels reports she got back a reply saying her note had been turned over to Danvers Police.

... Gee, I'm scared -- maybe the Danvers police will come to NYC to arrest me! I guess they'll also try to extradite people who (I'm guessing) sent emails from other countries. We can be charged with . . . what, first degree meeping? ...

Via Bostonist.

Ode to Meep

adamg — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:26:18 +0000

But here is an example of why that principal is so concerned about meeping students.

Meep, meep!

adamg — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:55:16 +0000

Danvers High School has banned students from going 'meep!'

High school Principal Thomas Murray said students were using it and other words to disrupt school in a particular part of the building on Cabot Road. The term later became part of a disruption some students were planning online.

School Superintendent Wile E. Coyote was unavailable for comment.

When it comes to trash pickup, Massholes don't take no for an answer

adamg — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:01:20 +0000

The Salem News reports a Danvers man was arrested yesterday after he allegedly tried to run down his local garbagemen because they wouldn't take all of his trash under a new town regulation limiting the amount of trash in a single container.

Violent food fight at the mall

adamg — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:36:12 +0000

And, no, not the mall you were thinking of: The Salem News reports four people were arrested Thursday evening after what police say may have been a gang-related fight at the Liberty Tree Mall in Danvers - in which one alleged thug was armed with a hammer and another with a wrench:

Danvers police Sgt. David Joyce said that every available officer on duty went to the mall in response to a call from mall security around 9 p.m. The mall was crowded with holiday shoppers, Joyce said.

Right this way, folks

adamg — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:04:40 +0000

Dan Kennedy knew just where to vote in Danvers today.

IACP: we park wherever we please

Brett — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:12:14 +0000

Right now, there are many police cruisers, both marked and unmarked, parked on Avenue Louis Pasteur. A large number are parked illegally, either in no-parking zones, bus stops, and even blocking crosswalks (in front of Boston Latin, a school zone.) This is an area where both the MBTA and MASCO run a large number of shuttles and need all the room they can get just make the turns. The State Police, Northborough, Danvers, and Boston were among the 'representatives' who showed up with marked cruisers. The unmarked cruisers and personal vehicles had various "I'm a cop" signs- raid jackets in windows, ticket books on dashboards, radios left in plain sight, or emergency lights.

They are attending a conference in Harvard Med's New Research Building, held by IACP, regarding Project Safe Neighborhoods. IACP is a police chief association, so there are probably a bunch of chiefs amongst these lawbreakers. Of note- there are multiple pay lots within 1-2 blocks, and public street parking within a few blocks.

Update: photos from twheaton. More welcome, especially showing plates and the signage showing they're illegally parked.

99 cases of beer in the truck, 99 cases of beer, burn one down, pass it around, 98 cases of beer in the truck

adamg — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:13:57 +0000

Beer goes up in flames.

What's up with the Danvers fire chief?

adamg — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:08:18 +0000

Danvers resident Dan Kennedy doesn't get the fire chief's refusal to let federal chemical investigators on the explosion scene:

... Those of us who live in Danvers deserve an explanation as to why the CSB isn't being allowed in.

On Blue Mass. Group, Ernie wonders that the chief might be hiding:

... The report may conclude "Perhaps this would not have happened if the code violations had been observed by local fire inspectors during their routine inspections."

Helping Danvers blast victims that morning

adamg — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 15:27:34 +0000

Jenglo is a nurse at a hospital near Danvers, and was on duty when the ink plant exploded. After her shift, she went over to Danvers High School to help care for residents of the New England Home for the Deaf - evacuated after the explosion:

I tried to wheel one man to a spot at a table, and the woman next to him pulled him back. Then, she started pointing at her ring finger where there was a huge, gold band and a solitaire diamond band. I asked an interpreter what was going on, and she said, "They're married. His wife doesn't know where you're taking him."

"Oh, that explains it!" I said. "Could you tell her that I'd just like to get them to breakfast?" So the interpreter did, and they got a spot at the table.

They were all wearing their pajamas. One woman brought her beta-fish with her in a bowl. She even brought its food. That really broke my heart. ...

Danvers Explodes

adamg — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 17:40:12 +0000

Andrew Jacob films from within the blast zone, with original music composed the night of the explosion, "The Night Before Turkey Day Explosion:"

How to help Danvers residents

adamg — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 04:13:28 +0000

Suggestions from the state - money is better than physical goods.

Also:

Danversport Victim Fund
Danvers Bank
1 Conant St.
Danvers, MA 01923

Report from the blast zone

adamg — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 01:19:13 +0000

Alfred Nylund lives near the ink plant. He reports:

... My windows were blown in and there was a weird glow outside like dusk, or a solar eclipse, only with an eerie red tinge. Just across the river, where the chemical plant once stood, there rose 300 feet into the sky a mushroom cloud. It's no wonder that people thought that this was the end of it all... World War III, and they ARE nuking small town America, just like "The Day After" said they would! Only no Steve Guttenberg running around like an idiot.

People wandered the streets checking to see if their neighbors were alright. Closer to the blast zone, these wandering people were the walking wounded. It was a surreal experience.

Every house on my street sustained significant damage ...

Michael Agri videos the fire - and captures commentary from other residents watching the inferno: