Thinking about where to put down roots? This top 10 list might come in handy. Categories like 'chance for success', school finances and k-12 achievement were considered. See the states with the best school systems here. 24/7 Wall Street used Education Week's Quality Counts 2015 Report to identify the best and worst. See the states with the worst schools [...]

Betty Slatko - Amazing Advocate Award

Jessica Murphy - Unsung Hero Award

Sonia Johnson - #1 in Sales Award

Denise Mootafian - Customer Service Award

Toni Riddle - Team Spirit Award

Andrea Lacroix - Center - Go Getter Award

Every year at this time we direct our focus toward helping those in need. This year we will be delivering coats to Grace Center, shopping for our local food pantry, buying children's books for Ipswich Caring and sponsoring a gift tree for Ipswich Humane Group. Visit our office at 16 Market Street, Ipswich, across from Family Dollar during [...]

Good Housekeeping has been around a long time so I will happily take their advice this Thanksgiving on how to handle the turkey!

1. Should I buy a fresh or frozen turkey? Frozen turkeys are widely available and often on sale during the holidays. Some are prebasted to enhance juiciness. You can buy them well in advance of Thanksgiving, but [...]

Thumbing through an old edition of "This Old House" magazine, thinking about Thanksgiving festivities about to begin and guests arriving any minute now, I thought you'd find this enlightening. Tip #6 gives an easy measure for safety, mainly for older fireplaces, that if it's too hot to hold your hand right above the mantle, stop using your [...]

This year, MONEY set out to find the nation's top small CITIES with populations between 50,000 and 300,000. Here North of Boston, in Essex County particularly, most TOWN populations are less than 50,000. MONEY promises a look at small TOWNS next time [...]