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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Danvers town (1990 pop. 24,174), Essex co., NE Mass.; settled in the 1630s, set off from Salem 1752, inc. as a town 1757. Danvers has light manufacturing, including electronic equipment, chemicals, machinery, and apparel. The Salem witchcraft incidents began there in 1692; more than half of the victims were from Danvers. John Greenleaf Whittier spent his later years in the town, and the American Revolutionary Gen. Israel Putnam was born there. Numerous buildings of historical and architectural interest are preserved, several dating from the 1600s. Author not available, DANVERS.... Read more

Danvers
Danvers, USA Massachusetts: founded in 1630 as Salem Village and renamed in 1775 after Sir Danvers Osborne, governor of New York in 1753. In 1858 South Danvers became a separate town and in 1868 was renamed Peabody. The two other cities with this name... Read more

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	WELL-LOCATED DANVERS HOLDS OWN IN HISTORY ; DANVERS - There have been a few changes in town since Jim Murphy...landmarks of this gateway to the North Shore. To a passerby, Danvers seems like just another pathway for the Route 1 sprawl...the annual Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's Day. Danvers, the first town in the nation to pledge funds to ... Read more
	DANVERS SAVINGS EXTENDING ITS REACH ; DANVERS - In a risk-averse industry, Danvers Savings Bank is intent on avoiding the biggest risk facing community...with its name or Palladian window-logo. Last week, for example, Danvers Savings opened a branch in Wilmington, its second location in... Read more
	DANVERS TO MARK ITS 250TH ANNIVERSARY ; DANVERS - Bagpipers from Ireland, puppets from Canada and hundreds of Danvers schoolchildren will march Sunday in Danvers 250th Anniversary Parade, which also will salute a hometown heroine, the late Karen A. Martin. Martin... Read more
	FOOTBALL; THANKSGIVING 2004; Small big for Danvers.(Sports) ; Byline: BILL KEEFE DANVERS - To finally hit it big, Danvers had to go Small. Chris Small did it all for Danvers, rushing for two touchdowns, passing for two more, intercepting a pass on defense, and coming up with the stop on a two-point try to... Read more
	Donald F. Innis of Danvers, 67, a businessman.(Obituaries)(Obituary) ; Donald F. Innis of Danvers, owner and president of Donald F. Innis Inc. Contractors of Danvers and I & I Realty Trust of Danvers, died Friday at his home following a lengthy illness. He was 67. Born in North Andover, Mr. Innis was raised and... Read more
	C. Everett Elliott, businessman, Danvers community leader; at 84 ; C. Everett Elliott, a Danvers businessman and community leader, died...84. Born in Swampscott, he grew up in Danvers and graduated from Holten High School...business, church and civic affairs in Danvers. He was the retired president of Elliott... Read more
	NORTH SOCCER; DIV. 2; Danvers sweeps.(Sports) ; ...sectional titles have become as common to the Danvers High girls soccer team as traffic on the...North final yesterday at Chelsea High. Danvers stayed on course for the program's first...step that we went to the previous year, Danvers coach Jim Hinchion said. So we've done... Read more
	Thomas C. Kerans Jr., Danvers selectman, 74.(Obituary) ; Thomas Cyrille Kerans Jr. of Danvers, a former selectman and a sales representative...Topsfield, he was raised and educated in Danvers. He graduated from Holten High School...community, serving two terms on the Danvers Board of Selectmen and as a town meeting... Read more
	Francis W. Dwinell, 77 Longtime Danvers firefighter ; Francis W. Dwinell, a Danvers firefighter for 44 years, died Friday in Beverly...illness. He was 77 and was a lifelong resident of Danvers. Mr. Dwinell had retired 12 years ago from the Danvers Fire Department. Mr. Dwinell was noted for his... Read more
	Danvers at twilight: Everyone comes out to play It all happens under the park lights ; DANVERS -- Drive through Danvers some evening and you notice that there's something different about...product of the athletic and recreational programs that are going on in Danvers," said Patrick Veilleux, the Danvers High School basketball coach... Read more

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	Tasha Danvers-Smith, a hurdler on the British Olympic team, announced that she would not compete at the summer games in Athens because she is pregnant.(People)(Brief Article)
	Polaris Engineering Corp. has merged with Hancock Associates of Danvers, Mass., and branch offices in Marlborough, Lakeville, Salem, N.H., and now in Chelmsford, Mass.(ENGINEERING)
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