Malden Catholic students have successfully completed the first marking period of the 2024-2025 school year. High honors were achieved by: Boxford First Honors Sarah Beers '26 Sharlyn Nunez '26 Danvers First Honors Joseph DeBernardo Jr. '26 Julia Hardiman '25 Julia...
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Tom Rush is coming to the Newburyport Fire House Center on January 3 & 4
Tom Rush is a gifted musician and performer, whose shows offer a musical celebration…a journey into the tradition and spectrum of how music can passionately touch the lives of people everywhere. His distinctive guitar style, wry humor and warm, expressive voice have...
2024: A Tough Year for the Iconic Pink House
2024: A Tough Year for the Iconic Pink House NEWBURY – It lost windows and portions of the roof, but the Iconic Pink House was remembered at Christmas. Federal officials had roofing and windows removed from the Pink House just in time for the arrival of winter rains,...
New Pastor Brings Reporter’s Eye and Fresh Approach to Rowley
ROWLEY – Rowley’s first church has a new pastor who’s bringing a fresh approach to ministry in this growing community. This fall, the Rev. G. Jeffrey MacDonald (Jeff) became the 44th pastor of First Congregational Church of Rowley, a United Church of Christ (UCC)...
Boxford Fire Department Receives $260,639 Grant for Call Firefighters
BOXFORD – The Town of Boxford is pleased to announce that the Boxford Fire Department has been awarded a $260,639 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This funding will be utilized over the...
Georgetown, Groveland, Merrimac, and Amesbury Fire Departments Receive $614,728 in Firefighter Grants
REGION – Georgetown Fire Chief Matt McKay, Groveland Fire Chief Robert Valentine, Merrimac Fire Chief Larry Fisher, and Amesbury Fire Chief James Nolan are pleased to share that the Georgetown, Groveland, Merrimac, and Amesbury Fire Departments received a joint...
New England Aquarium Ice Sculpture Stroll
This winter, as nearly 500 endangered sea turtles have received rehabilitative care at the New England Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital after being rescued from Cape Cod, an ice sculpture depicting some of the most critically endangered among them, the Kemp’s ridley sea...
Hillies Workout @ Groveland’s Veasey Memorial Park
Wednesdays, 7:00 AM & Saturdays, 8:00 AM at the bottom of Nun's Hill; all weather - bring water, yoga mat, and light hand weights. All skill levels are welcome! "Our hill group meets at the bottom of the Veasey sledding hill every Wednesday at 7 and Saturday at 8,...
Auditions for “Skin of Our Teeth”
The North Shore Players, a Danvers community theater, announces open auditions for Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize play, “The Skin of Our Teeth.” Large cast, males and females, ages 16 and up. Auditions are at Hogan Regional Auditorium, 450 Maple St., Danvers. That’s...
HISTORY CORNER: Newburyport’s Confederate General
By Joseph Oliver Special to The Town Common ––––––––––––––––– Although we like to see ourselves as virtuous, we all have skeletons hidden in our closets. Here is the story of one such skeleton from Newburyport’s cupboard. On June 19th, 2020, in the Judiciary Square...
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