REGIONAL – If Whittier Regional Vocational Technical School is going to receive state funding for a new building on the Northern Essex Community College campus, the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) is insisting that all 11 municipalities in its district...
Arts & Culture
Small-Town Women-Owned Businesses in the Center of Georgetown
To the Editor: Small-town woman-owned businesses in the center of Georgetown: There are many women businesses that I think are awesome. We all work together. Peace Love Thrift, Georgetown Barber Shop, Hatter's Tea Shoppe, Humble Warrior Yoga Studio, Bent Emporium,...
Newburyport Charitable Foundation Awards $2,500 to The Chase Home for Children
NEWBURYPORT – The Newburyport Bank Charitable Foundation has provided a grant of $2,500 to The Chase Home for Children. The funds will pay for fees and capacity to develop the content, record, engineer, and produce a 10-episode podcast series featuring staff, subject...
Upcoming Events – Multi-Towns
AMESBURY Grief Care Breakfast is for those dealing with death of a loved one and will be held on Saturday, March 15 from 9:30 – 11:00 am hosted by the Market Street Baptist Church, 37 Market Street, Amesbury. The program is free. Speaker: Pastor Steve MaGee is the...
‘Not the News We Hoped to Deliver’
PLUM ISLAND – Despite having the governor, the state Senate minority leader, a state representative and hundreds of passionate volunteers in its corner, The 100-year-old Pink House will be torn down by March 30. The eagles and other birds that rested on its chimney...
Pink House Celebrates 100th Birthday
PLUM ISLAND – In 1925, Gertrude W. Cutter bought land on the edge of the Great Marsh to build a house for her son, his wife and eventually her grandson. The house has stood with the marsh as its backdrop for a century. In addition to its various private and government...
Civil War Roundtable of the Merrimack
SALISBURY – The next meeting of the Civil War Roundtable of the Merrimack will be on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at 7:30pm (doors open at 7pm) at the Hilton Senior Center, 43 Lafayette Rd (Rte1), Salisbury, MA. "Gilmor's Maryland Raid of 1864: a Monocacy Side Story,"...
Plant Matters
Plant Matters by Ida Wye In conversation with Dianne Plantamura about the rewilding of Veasey Park in Groveland, Mass. Diane is a board member of Friends of Veasey Park and the founder of Veasey’s Native Plant Gardens. Dianne often walked her dog throughout Veasey...
UPCOMING EVENTS
NEWBURYPORT Songs of Freedom & Hope Sing Along, Central Congregational Church 14 Titcomb Street, Newburyport. Sunday, march 16, 2:00 - 4:00PM Central Congregational Church will host Songs of Freedom & Hope, open community sing, on Sunday, March 16, 2025, 2:00...
Ready for Irish Music?
NEWBURYPORT – After the snows of the last few weeks, the Belleville Roots Concert for St. Patrick’s Day is a welcome harbinger of spring. The non-profit organization that supports the maintenance and restoration of the historic Belleville Church buildings is bringing...
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