Almost Gone ... ? The Iconic Pink House - with most windows and most roofing materials removed this fall - sits battered yet still holding her own last Saturday, bracing for another punishing winter storm (the home got hit with 8 inches of wet driving snow on Sunday...
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Local Winter 2025 People/Group PHOTO CONTEST
$100 Grand Prize $50 2nd Place $25 3rd Place Sponsored by The Town Common DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS 7:00 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2025 Submit to: editor@thetowncommon.com Professionals and amateurs are invited to send us your photos for contest entry and...
AMESBURY Chamber of Commerce Networking Mixer at Mill 77
Join us for an evening of casual networking at one of our newest businesses, Jewell Town Pottery, organized in partnership with G4 propertiess and Mill 77. Appetizers and refreshments included. Thursday, feb. 27, 5-7 pm Jewell Town Pottery, 777 Elm St. $10 member, $15...
NEWBURYPORT Storm Surge 2025 Speaker Series Celebrates Coastal Connections and Resilience
As a vibrant coastal community with a deep appreciation for oysters, Newburyport is the perfect place to explore how these humble bivalves are heroes of the marine world. Storm Surge is pleased to present its next Speaker Series event: “Life Cycle of an Oyster and How...
WENHAM Museum’s Spring & Summer Sports Sale Thursday, February 27 through Sunday, March 2, 2025
After a successful inaugural sale in 2024, Wenham Museum’s Spring & Summer Sports Sale returns for its second year. In keeping with the Museum’s former Attic Treasures Sale tradition, the Spring & Summer Sports Sale brings the community together for a fun and...
Dept. of Conservation & Recreation Gives Newbury $20K for Roof
NEWBURY – The State's Department Conservatoin and Recreation - the ones known for maintaing parks, scenic walkways, and forests, is providing $20,000 to replace the Newbury Historic Schoolhouse located on the Lower Green. The one-room schoolhouse was built in 1877 to...
SALISBURY Civil War Roundtable of the Merrimack
Wednesday, February 12, 7:30 PM Hilton Senior Center, 43 Lafayette Road, Salisbury, Mass. This month's meeting will feature two brief talks by Roundtable members. "How Joshua Chamberlain Faced Down an Insurrection at the Maine State Capitol in 1880" and "The Role of...
ROWLEY Antarctica: An Austral Summer Cruise
Thursday, February 20, 1:00 PM Is traveling to the seventh continent on your bucket list? Join photographer Jack Homes and his wife Meg as they walk and cruise Ushaia, the South Shetland Island, and Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. Call the Rowley Council on...
Looking to Teach Cool Stuff? Newburyport’s Adult & Community Education Program
NEWBURYPORT – The Greater Newburyport Adult and Community Education is looking for instructors for its spring semester, which runs from late April through mid-June. There are many things you can teach, including arts and crafts, cooking, nature, outdoor learning,...
Are UFOs Real?
AMESBURY – Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), now called Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), came to the Costello Senior Center last week. About a dozen senior residents listened enthusiastically to Chris Torres of Salisbury Beach explain how the government and...
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