I'm LOLing at the other reviews, because... what? The building itself is really cute on the outside…read moreand the inside. What are you expecting from a government building? It's easy to access, easy to navigate, and every single person we've interacted with has been wonderful. From dropping off our ballots to getting our marriage license and finally our marriage certificate - everything was a breeze. Special shoutout to the ladies helping us get our marriage license. We had lots of questions and they walked us through everything. Even when our officiant filled out the document incorrectly, they just handed us another one and said "you're the 4th one today" hahah.

I was very surprised at the condition of this town hall…read more For a wonderful seaside town, I would have thought that the town hall/ offices would be A-1. I found the hallways and actually the entire structure to be old and unattractive. The building had the ambience of a tired worn out office building from days past. I can say that all of the town hall staff were some of the friendliest and most helpful of any city or town hall I have been to, which made my experience a great one. Parking was easily found around lunch time on a week day which is very nice considering there is a school across the street. I'd also like to mention that the parking small yet efficient is free of charge and limited to 1/2 an hour which because of the professionalism of the staff I was inside approximately 10 minutes, Yes Amazing!!! I am giving a solid 3 Stars to Winthrop Town Hall and would like to break it up as follows: 1 Star for the building, 5 stars for the staff.

Staff were nice and respectful, but if there's one thing they don't have are chairs/ benches for…read morevisitors. I went there for fingerprinting for a job application, I waited for at least 20-30 minutes, stood there the whole time, nowhere to sit. A 4 seat bench would be nice to have, I'm pretty sure it's not gonna break their funding. Calling on Mayor Pangallo!

Went to the station twice to buy a few police patches and both times the officers treated my friend…read moreand I very well. Talked to an officer by the name of Cindy and she was very friendly and helpful. She referred me to Officer O'Donnel and she was just awesome too. Thank you Salem PD for having professionals working for your department. Keep up the good work and be safe out there.

AN ABSOLUTELY MUST DO! THE HILLTOP 67 FOOT NEON CACTUS SIGN HAS BEEN RESTORED TO IT'S FORMER GLORY…read moreDAYS & LIGHTS UP RT. 1 WITH ITS ORIGINAL GREEN BRILLIANCE ONCE AGAIN. IT IS BEAUTIFUL & CONTINUES TO SHINE WITH ITS VINTAGE 60's VIBE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT IS STRAIGHT OUT OF VINTAGE LAS VEGAS. This is a Perfect Example of what a Great Restoration project looks like with Adaptive Use for a new purpose & generation. It is impressive during the day but WOWS you at night! You have to see it from afar & then stop & see it up close especially at night. It's FREE! It is located right outside the 110 Grill in Saugus. When people think of Boston they always think of the Citgo Sign at Fenway Park, but there are other very notable signs & one of them is the Hilltop Cactus Sign. First of all it is MASSIVE towering at 67 foot tall. The Hilltop Steak House was a very famous restaurant on Rt1 in Saugus from back in the 60's. People would see that Giant Cactus Sign & it would beckon them to stop in to get a bite to eat. Customers would wait in long lines near the cows for their room & number to be called over the loudspeaker like #92 Kansas City. Then you would go into the restaurant to your designated room & seat & table. The restaurant was HUGE! The Hilltop was one of the busiest restaurants in all of America at its peak serving 20,000 patrons each week. At its pinnacle it served more than 2 million people. This lasted for decades. Delicious Huge Portions of Food for a Good Price. They were known for their Steaks & Prime Rib. Finally the quality of the food went down hill & in 2013 they closed. The Hilltop still has a warm fuzzy soft spot for many people today. In 1966, Frank Giuffrida the owner hired Mack Advertising Inc., to create a new sign for the Hilltop restaurant. Many designs were considered until they decided upon the Giant Cactus. The 67-foot sign contains nearly a half mile of neon tubing. Woahhh! The Barlow Sign Comoany in Hudson New Hampshire meticulously restored this Vintage Jolly Green Giant of a Cactus. Where the restaurant once stood is a mixed use space of residential housing of 280 apartments & retail & restaurants. Instead of knocking down the sign & putting it in some landfill; now it serves a useful purpose for lighting up the city & as a sign for the new community & businesses while still holding on to it's glorious past history. WHAT A BRILLIANT RESTORATION! You have to stop on by. And for those famous cows they have also been rescued. See my review of The Hilltop Steak House Cows located not too far from here in Lynnfield MA. It used to be, you had to have Mega Bucks & be really Rich to have the Good Life, not anymore. The Game has changed. You've been Upgraded. Now You Can Live Like a King on a Limited Budget!

Nice police department nice people I see them around town nice guys if you ever needed anything…read morethey would help

They failed to investigate a possible biochemical murder and instead wrote it off as a natural…read morecause of death. My family member will be missed. I was on constant communication over the phone with this family member up until the last hours of his death. He was weak and unable to move and answered the phone by voice. I was constantly getting sick (dizzyness, weakness, and coughing,)from something reoccurring with a putrid smell in the apartment and a person in the hall heckling a fake cough at different times in the front hallway. When I left the apartment at times, the smell went away. I was unable to be there to save him but went through the same suffering myself since I was there shortly before I went to the hospital while he stayed behind for the same illness. The BPD was called a number of times by me from the hospital to have it investigated and to check on him while he was alive, and the BPD did nothing and didn't even call me back for an update. I was only alerted by the hospital staff about his death, and it wasn't sourced from the BPD as told by the hospital staff. Shame on you, BPD! The hospital tests revealed in me were inflammation and lung damage with hypoxia when blood clots happen. My family member got an optopsy, and there was no trace of covid19 in his system, but it was reported as a cardiovascular failure. I bet this illness caused blood clots and caused a cardiovascular issue in the lungs, and he could not breathe and died. His lungs and sinuses were never examined. He was cremated only days later.

Who says gubmint offices can't be efficient?…read more Wanted to be more of a hippie, so I googled "composting Somerville" only to find subsidized Earth Machine compost bins available from the Public Works. Drove up 20 minutes to closing time, walked through ghostly silent halls and stairwells until I found the living on the second floor. I said, "I'm here for the compost bins." She said, "Check to the City of Somerville for $40." I wrote it, she Xeroxed the bad boy, handed me the copy and sent me behind the building for a pickup. A sweet as honey women in a miniature shack asked me to swing by bay 15 and help her with the garage door. I did, and she rewarded me with a brand new Earth Machine and a recycling crate to replace my split open dealy (thanks rough hands and New England winters!). Total time: 14 minutes. Genuinely surprised to find it line-free, especially on what felt like the first real day of Spring. Oh, and if you're interested in a brokedown CRT television, they have a pile of about 100 behind the main building. Use them for an "art project," amiright Sarah D?

I had my first dealings with the DPW last week when I finally convinced GF to let me compost. (I…read morehad to convince her that it wouldn't smell and that even if it did it could be far enough away from the house not to effect her daily life). The DPW, you see, has compost bins that would generally retail around the $100 mark for $25. A steal! So I trundled on over to the DPW. The building was pretty easy to find. There's DPW-only street parking right outside. The building smelled like the 1970s...or perhaps like it hadn't had a window open since then...or maybe like the inside of an old school bus? Regardless, I went on up, showed my license, paid my $25, and was given back a xerox of the check with a stamp on it. I drove around back and was given a compost bin. I was on my way home 10 minutes later. Not bad for an interaction with a government body!

Nice walk wish people would pick up after their dogs though. Need to keep an eye peeled for many…read more"presents" on the trail.

Found this trail on Google. Quiet and refreshing, although struggle with parking spots.read more

My first real experience of New England outside a few stops along the way and Boston Logan Airport…read moreis the town of Salem. I spent about a day here enjoying the sites. Beautiful town with a lot of interesting museums and historical sites like the Salem Witch Museum, The House of the Seven Gables, etc. People are very friendly, and the food here is delicious. One of my favorite places that I visited in my New England trip this year. From what I hear, this place gets packed on Halloween and I am sure it must be a fun time to visit. Place certainly lives of the Salem Witch trials. My tour guide said the police emblem is a witch. This was possible the first time I was praying for a police car to show up. Great town, if you visit Boston, you should definitely make the trip down to Salem town.

Too bad this needs to be a stop that people have to make on the way to getting married, as I can't…read morethink of anywhere LESS romantic on earth. The workers in this tiny nook are as crabby as the crustaceans a few blocks away in Salem Harbor. Everyone here needs a valium. Including the patrons. You will not get a smile, a single syllable answer will suffice, and do not try to crack a joke or inject levity--nothing works. However, withering looks are free of charge. I think the City of Salem needs to make this office into a stop on the Terror Trail. The tourists would pay big money for this much scariness. Someone, send in the clowns...before it's too late.

Sadly there is no Museum here, just a Historical Marker (see photo) to those brave Puritans who…read morerisked their lives landing on this exact spot in 1623. The group arrived three years after the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock. Initially at Stage Fort Park and later on the other side of Gloucester Harbor. These immigrants were part of the Dorchester Company and had been looking for a location to develop a fishing port. They found it across the bay, naming after Gloucester, England. So only Three Stars, "A-OK" for this minimalistic effort. Heck, the Pilgrims have a granite shrine.

There is an indescribable feeling walking around where my ancestors settled over 300 years ago.read more