First Congregational Church of Rowley is holding an historical scavenger hunt to raise money for the Missions Team on Sunday, May 2 (Rain Date May 9). Clues will be sent, via email, to registered participants Sunday morning by 11am. Visit more than 20 historical...
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Essex Agricultural Society and the Charles E. Larner Family Foundation Scholarship deadline extended to May 1st
The Essex Agricultural Society DBA Northeast Harvest and the Charles E. Larner Family Foundation are accepting applications from local students. The Essex Agricultural Society will award $1,000.00 scholarships, paid directly to the school, at the second semester of...
Amesbury Earth Day Celebration at Camp Kent Nature Center
Join Amesbury Recreation for an Earth Day cleanup at Camp Kent Nature Center on April 24 from 10am - to 1pm. Small groups will work to tidy up the Eagle Trail, the butterfly garden, the adventure course, and other most commonly used places. The Camp Kent staff hopes...
The Music Hall’s Innovation + Leadership series presents Best Selling Author Bill Bufordwith his new book DIRT
On Wednesday, April 28 at 7pm (livestream), bestselling author and winner of the James Beard Award, Bill Buford comes to The Music Hall’s virtual stage as part of the Innovation + Leadership series, now being presented in an intimate, online format. The author will...
The Friends of the Rowley Library sponsor “Design a sunny perennial border”
The Board of the Friends of the Rowley Library are sponsoring a virtual zoom lecture “Design a sunny perennial border” April 16, 2021 at 7:00pm. Host Jana Milbocker is the principal of Enchanted Gardens, a lecturer and garden writer. She published The Garden Tourist:...
Rowley Public Library Virtual Program – The History of the Merrimack River & how to clean it up
Join the Rowley Public Library virtually on Wed., April 21 at 7pm (Registration required). Local author and journalist Dyke Hendrickson, the outreach historian for the Merrimack River Watershed Council, will discuss his new book, Merrimack: The Resilient River, An...
Northeast Harvest is seeking a new full-time Program Coordinator and Grant Writer
Northeast Harvest is a Buy Local program representing Essex and Middlesex counties supported by the Essex Agricultural Society. Northeast Harvest works to help sustain the farmers and agricultural producers of both counties in Massachusetts. We work in collaboration...
Newburyport Public Library hosts Nature in Our Backyard (VIRTUAL)
Bill Gette of Mass Audubon will discuss wonderful local areas that are less traveled – places where you can relax and contemplate the natural world. He will describe several Essex County Greenbelt (ECG) properties, walking trails along deserved country roads in West...
New murals proposed for Gloucester
North Shore Community Development Coalition and Action Inc. have partnered together to bring new art into downtown Gloucester through The Punto Urban Art Museum (PUAM). This program was founded by North Shore CDC in Salem’s Point neighborhood to break down the...
Local Nurses Vaccinate Friends and Neighbors with Skill, Compassion
AMESBURY -- Some work in schools, others in hospitals. Some are retired, while others are just starting out in their careers. But the nurses of the Lower Merrimack Valley Regional Collaborative all have one thing in common: they are passionate about helping their...
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