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On International Women’s Day next week, the North Shore Women’s Connect (NSWC) is hosting a conference designed to help women overcome personal and professional barriers. The conference will feature 19 speakers, women from different races, ethnicities, industries,...
REGIONAL -- Northeast Arc (NeArc) has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism to benefit traditionally under-served, under-funded and culturally diverse communities served by the Autism Support Center. “We are honored to once again...
NEWBURYPORT – To celebrate Black History Month, the city has installed its latest edition of black initiative signage at the playground on Inn Street. The sign, one of about a dozen going up around the city, will be unveiled by Mayor Sean Reardon at 4 p.m., Tuesday,...
TOPSFIELD - The Topsfield Fair, the nation’s oldest fair, has been named one of 11 UP-STAND Family-Friendly Awards in 2023. Awarded annually by UP-STAND, the Family-Friendly Awards celebrate accessibility and changing norms associated with family-friendliness at...
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...
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...
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...
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