Big Chicken To Give Free Sandwiches To Beverly First Responders Aug. 19

Big Chicken's Dodge Street location will offer free sandwiches to police, fire, military and healthcare workers on Aug. 19, according to a Patch calendar listing, one of the few concrete items on Beverly's public calendar this week.

ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS

Longtime Beverly resident Edward "Ted" Downing, 85, is remembered in "Edward Downing Obituary (2026) - Beverly, MA - Daily Item - Legacy." The notice, posted through the Daily Item, marks his death; per Legacy.com (read it at https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/itemlive/name/edward-downing-obituary?id=62195565).

Beverly's Frederick G. Henrichs is also remembered this week in "Frederick G. Henrichs Obituary (2026) - O'Donnell Cremations, Funerals, Celebrations - Danvers," posted through O'Donnell Cremations, Funerals & Celebrations in Danvers; per Legacy.com (read it at https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/frederick-henrichs-obituary?id=62191420).

COMING UP

Big Chicken, at 55 Dodge Street, plans to thank police, fire, military and healthcare workers from the Beverly community with free sandwiches on Wednesday, Aug. 19, per "Big Chicken to Honor Police, Fire, Military and Healthcare Workers with Free Sandwiches on ..." (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/beverly/calendar/event/20260819/a53955d4-f876-42d3-9b43-9d96e45b723d/big-chicken-to-honor-police-fire-military-and-healthcare-workers-with-free-sandwiches-on-august-19).

NYC-based stand-up comic Peter Liu is booked for a show at 9 Wallis St. in Beverly on Saturday, Aug. 15, at 6 p.m., per "Peter Liu Off Cabot - 9 Wallis St, Beverly - Patch" (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/beverly/calendar/event/20260815/c993b805-ddaa-48f8-9063-0d2ab43e47f0/peter-liu-off-cabot-9-wallis-st-beverly).

Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.