MassDOT will close a southbound lane of Route 1 at Industrial Drive in Danvers from 9 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday for urgent milling and paving after a large fuel spill. Large trucks won't be able to reach Industrial Drive during that time, though smaller vehicles can with police assistance.
Danvers Public Works said daytime paving will start Wednesday, Oct. 28, at Holten and Pine streets and continue onto Centre Street, with no-parking signs posted in active work areas.
Danvers logged three local obituaries this week: Bannerman, Margaret R.; Ebb, Norma Jean; and Moffett, Gertrude A. (Denault). Gertrude A. Moffett, 94, died at her home on October 23, 2026, surrounded by family; she was the wife of the late Robert Moffett.
Danvers Public Works will pave Elm and Holten streets overnight starting Oct. 25, with daytime work on Holten Street Oct. 28-29; residents can use downtown public lots during the closures.
Danvers Select Board approved a Chick-fil-A license and sent five zoning articles to the planning board.
The Danvers Conservation Commission continued hearings on two major wetland cases to November 12 while clearing two routine compliance files.
The Town of Danvers is inviting residents to a Nov. 12 public meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. on the Endicott Street Visioning Study, aimed at creating a community vision for the corridor near Route 128.
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