🌱 Patch AM: How a Beverly manufacturer could save $250,000 from one worker’s idea

What's up Beverly! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Beverly manufacturer could save $250,000 from one worker's idea
• How Beverly's fire data is helping shape statewide safety decisions

Also on today's calendar: The Meditations and 12 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the wall say to the other wall. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 77 and low of 62 degrees.
• Thursday: Rather cloudy and humid, temps: high: 80, low: 65.
• Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 79 and low of 62 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• TechAMP Helps Manufacturing Workers Take the Next Step (uml.edu) — A Beverly-based manufacturer, Harmonic Drive, is benefiting from a new UMass Lowell training program that helped one worker redesign a process projected to save the company more than $250,000. The yearlong TechAMP certificate lets employees like Joe Hegarty and others upgrade their skills while working, and may soon offer transferable college credits for those pursuing engineering degrees.
   

• Massachusetts Fire Departments Achieve Nation's Fourth-Highest Emergency Response Reporting Rate (hollistonreporter.com) — Beverly's fire department is among the early adopters of a new national emergency response reporting system that helped Massachusetts reach the fourth-highest reporting rate in the country. The NERIS platform gives near-real-time data to guide funding, staffing, and safety decisions, replacing older systems that took months to produce reliable statistics.
   

📸 Around Beverly

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Beverly

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday August 26
• The Meditations →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  8:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Austin Prep: Summer Preview →
  Austin Preparatory School, 101 Willow St, Reading
  5:00 pm
• Thurston Howell – A Premier Yacht Rock Spectacular! 2026 →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  8:00 pm
Friday August 28
• Jeff Pitchell and Texas Flood →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  8:00 pm
Saturday August 29
• Duke Robillard →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  8:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• Deric Dyer - Music & Stories from a Life of Touring with Tina Turner and Joe Cocker →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  7:00 pm
Friday September 11
• The Woman's Friend Society Gala →
  Salem Waterfront Hotel, 225 Derby St, Salem
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday August 27
• Piece-by-Piece: The Art of Assemblage, Where 1 + 1 = 3 →
  37 Rocky Neck Ave, Gloucester
  12:00 pm
Thursday September 3
• ABRAXAS: New England's Premier Santana Tribute →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  8:00 pm
Friday September 4
• Block Party #3 2026 →
  1 Main St, Gloucester
  6:00 pm
Saturday September 5
• Barry Goudreau's Engine Room →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  8:00 pm
Friday September 11
• Ball In the House →
  Off Cabot Comedy, Music, & More, 9 Wallis St, Beverly
  8:00 pm
• A Band of Brothers - Not Just an Allman Brothers Tribute →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  8:00 pm
Saturday September 12
• Paul D'Angelo's 3rd Annual So-Long-To-Summer Comedy Show →
  The Cut - Stage • Studio • Restaurant • Bar, 177 Main St, Gloucester
  8:00 pm
• The Michael Allman Band →
  Off Cabot Comedy, Music, & More, 9 Wallis St, Beverly
  8:00 pm

📣 Beverly Shout Outs!

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• Boston MedFlight — (781) 863-2213
• Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church — (978) 774-3163
• CRoy Plumbing and Heating LLC — (978) 979-9236

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Endicott College posted a job opening for Assistant Coach, Roller Hockey (Seasonal) in Beverly. Apply here.
• Chipotle Mexican Grill posted a job opening for Crew Member in Beverly. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Beverly here.

🗞 Nearby News

Danvers

• Essex Tech Touts Lowest Per-Pupil Cost Among MA Vocational Schools (patch.com)
• Danvers Police To Host 'Fill The Cruiser' School Supply Drive (patch.com)

Ok Beverly! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Meet me at the corner. (Thank you Earlene M. for sending it in!)
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