Economic confidence fell for the third month in a row, underscoring local concerns around the Trump administration’s trade policies and cutbacks on federal funding.

Resentment within rural areas has driven rural voting and influenced a growing gap between rural and urban areas.

Two years ago, City Councilor-at-Large Erin Murphy suggested that the Council’s dysfunction was turning off candidates, after just eight at-large candidates emerged in the 2023 race, thereby eliminating the need for a preliminary. This year, 17 candidates have filed paperwork to run for the four at-large seats.

Nineteen state attorneys general are seeking injunctive relief against President Donald Trump's sweeping executive order on voting and election administration. A New York Law School professor said he expects for the injunction to be granted.

Incumbent Beverly Mayor John Andy Burns won re-election during Monday’s town election, alongside the incumbent Beverly Town Council members. Beverly’s 2025 Beverly Municipal Election took place Monday at the Beverly Town Hall on 5 Walnut Avenue.

Challengers vying for the at-large seats will be Bernard P. Iandoli, Cayden Davis, Charles E. Luster, Edson Montero, Gary Rosen, Jermoh Kamara, Jessica R. Pepple, Owura-Kwaku Sarkodieh and Satya B. Mitra.