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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-...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
GEORGETOWN – You can now walk and read at Georgetown Peabody Library. Along with four reading benches honoring former library staff and major supporters, the town’s Highway Department has installed 19 metal reading stations as part of a StoryWalk on the side lawn of...
IPSWICH — The Ipswich Middle School Walk for Hunger on April 14 raised $17,000 for the Open Door by more than 300 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students. Furthermore, the students pledged to walk approximately 10 miles from High Street to Great Neck. “Year after...
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