IPSWICH – Area firefighters joined together at the beloved Majestic Dragon on Rt. 1 in Ipswich to conduct joint inspection and training excercises prior to the demolition of the closed business. Equipment and firefighters from Ipswich Fire and Rescue (Truck 1),...
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Rowley Country Club Food Drive!
ROWLEY: It's Christmas in May at the Rowley Country Club as volunteers celebrate another success food drive!
Georgetown Kiwanis Pancake Festival
GEORGETOWN: Great pancakes, sausages, eggs, and all the fixings and neighborly friendship was served up at this year's Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast at Georgetown's Perley Elementary School. Fire Chief Matt McKay (center) focus on flip-time!
GROVELAND: Quick Updates!
By Michael Dempsey Special to The Town Common GROVELAND – Last month the town announced the release of a Request for Expression of Interest or REI on the development of 150 Center Street. The town-owned parcel was purchased in 2013 and consists of 60 acres of...
SALISBURY/GLOUCESTER/BEVERLY and Beyond: Latest Complicated Rules for Massachusetts Fishermen
REGIONAL – Last week, the Division of Marine Fisheries is enacted several changes to the commercial summer flounder management program for 2025. The changes are designed to increase the quota available to the inshore summertime fishery, maximize this resource’s value...
Beverly Police Arrest Man on Warrant for Attempted Murder
BEVERLY – Chief John G. LeLacheur reports that the Beverly Police Department located and arrested a New Jersey man on a warrant for attempted murder in that state. ANDREW ARIAS-PEGUERO, AGE 54, OF FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY, was arrested and charged as a "Fugitive From...
Local Scholars
AMESBURY: Jessica Cortez named to the Troy University Chancellor's List. Piper Brown was named to the Dean's List at Emerson College. Safiya Tarbell elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi BOXFORD: Valentina Knowles, was named to the Dean's List...
LAUREL GRANGE PLANT/BAKE SALE – WEST NEWBURY
DANVERS: Historical Society’s Art Collection
DANVERS – Salem State University students Alanna Niemczura and David Spalding-Aguirre are discovering 19th and 20th century artists from Danvers. Last semester they both participated in a research project for Associate Professor of Art History Gretchen Sinnett’s The...
Volunteers Needed for the 2025 Greater Newburyport Green Expo!
Volunteers Needed for the 2025 Greater Newburyport Green Expo! Sunday, May 18, 2025 | 1:00 – 4:00 PM Bresnahan Elementary School & Newburyport Senior/Community Center The 2025 Greater Newburyport Green Expo needs volunteers to help make this community celebration...
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