REGIONAL -- Veterans can now ride free to the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Administration Hospital, 40 miles away, thanks to Merrimack Valley Transit (MeVA). MeVA now provides free door-to-door transportation to and from Bedford Veterans Hospital and its...
Ava Moeckel
Changes Will Not Compromise Safety
by Ava Moeckel
SEABROOK, NH — NextEra, which owns the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant, said its plan to alter its emergency personnel will not compromise the public’s health and safety. The company has asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to approve the proposed...
Watch Your Holiday Tree Burn
by Ava Moeckel
NEWBURY - The Newbury Volunteer Fire Department is hosting its annual bonfire from 3 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, for trees dropped off by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11. The Old Newbury Bonfire will be held at the Tendercrop Growing Field, adjacent to Spencer-Peirce-...
MEVA Adds Bus Service to the Beach
by Ava Moeckel
REGIONAL -- Thanks to increased funding from the state legislature, beach goers from Haverhill, Merrimac, Amesbury and Salisbury can take a Merrimack Valley Transit (MeVa) bus to the beach starting Jan. 7. The Sunday service, particularly in the summer months, is...
Left Out of the History Books – No More
by Ava Moeckel
NEWBURYPORT – The city has installed a new interpretive sign beneath the statue of the esteemed liberator, William Lloyd Garrison, pays tribute to the black activists, who, city planner Geordie Vining said, “made history, but were left out of the history books.” The...
Learn Something Fun This Winter
by Ava Moeckel
NEWBURYPORT – When winter seems unbearable, don’t just suffer through the long, cold nights. Have some fun. Patti St. John, the director of Newburyport Adult and Community Education (NACE), has a few good ideas. Get to know your ancestors, learn to sing outside the...
‘We Shall Remember’
by Ava Moeckel
NEWBURYPORT -- The latest addition to the shoreline of the Clipper City Rail Trail is a memorial, unveiled Sunday, that is designed to help trail goers remember something many would like to forget, the Covid-19 Pandemic. The circular granite stone, brought from...
A Bountiful Harvest
by Ava Moeckel
NEWBURY – To make Thanksgiving special, the First Parish Newbury Food Pantry had its busiest day of the year Friday, delivering and handing out turkeys along with this week’s bags of food it delivers or are picked up for 750 area households. On the last delivery day...
Horses Are Great Therapists
by Ava Moeckel
REGIONAL – Fair Winds Farm in West Newbury has partnered with the Amesbury-based Center for Children and Teen Center (CATCH) to provide equine-based therapy programs for young people. “It seemed like a natural partnership.” said Carolyn Gayler-Romero, CATCH director....
State May Create River Collaborative to Fight Pollution
by Ava Moeckel
REGIONAL – The Merrimack River has not been a good place to swim or boat this summer. The record rainfall has overwhelmed several municipal sewage facilities in Merrimack Valley, causing cities like Lowell, Lawrence, and Manchester, NH, which have combined sewage and...
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