REGIONAL – A 23-year-old institution, the Greater Newburyport Adult and Community Education has opened online registration for spring classes, which run from April 26 through June 17. Classes range from one-night workshops to a full eight-week semester. The program...
Ava Moeckel
Will Ipswich Star in an Ed Sheeran Music Video?
by Ava Moeckel
IPSWICH – To promote his new song Old Phone, Ed Sheeran stopped by a pop-up bar, the new, Old Phone Pub, with a hundred fans Friday for a pint and his latest song, Old Phone. The native of Ipswich, England, had just one day, two counting set up, to open the...
Triton Donor Receives MASC Award
by Ava Moeckel
BYFIELD, NEWBURY, ROWLEY, SALISBURY (Triton School District) – The Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) has awarded local businessman John Weston the Outstanding School Part-ner Award for last year. At the School Committee meeting on Wednesday, March...
Rowley’s Chris Thornton Steps Down from Planning Board as Rowley Farms Advances
by Ava Moeckel
ROWLEY – Planning Board members must fill some big shoes at this critical time in the town's development. Last week, Chris Thornton, a chair and member of the Planning Board for more than 10 years, resigned to avoid a potential conflict of interest with Rowley Farms....
Pink House Celebrates 100th Birthday
by Ava Moeckel
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...
Whittier Tech Shuts Down Four Programs
by Ava Moeckel
HAVERHILL – While considering steps to merge with Northern Essex Community College (NECC), Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School's committee voted last week to end or consolidate several underperforming classes for next year, including Design and Visual...
Looking to Teach Cool Stuff? Newburyport’s Adult & Community Education Program
by Ava Moeckel
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,...
Wind Turbine Springs a Leak – Sprays Hydraulic Fluid Over Neighborhood
by Ava Moeckel
NEWBURYPORT – Mark Rickey's wind turbine, solar panels and a biomass boiler have long been examples of green manufacturing here. But earlier this month, wind and rain caused a container of hydraulic fluid on the turbine to spill into its catch basin, polluting the...
Newbury First Parish Food Bank – Making Good Choices
by Ava Moeckel
NEWBURY – First Parish Food Bank patrons were greeted last Friday with a new labeling system on the food packages they received designed to encourage them to make healthier eating choices. In a new program with the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Boston...
Apply for Grants at ECCF
by Ava Moeckel
The Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF) is opening a new funding round through the NiSource Charitable Foundation Fund for Merrimack Valley. Grants between $25,000-$200,000 are available to nonprofit organizations in the areas of basic needs and hardship...
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