In conversation with Matthew Martin of Restoration Horticulture, The Native Plant Podcast, and teacher of Arboriculture at Essex Tech. Matthew grew up in Salem, Mass., in a neighborhood with a view of the power plant, to loving parents who worked in factories. His...
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Newburyport: Soothing Immigration Fears
Newburyport: Soothing Immigration Fears Police Officers Will Not Work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement NEWBURYPORT – While undocumented persons are being whisked away to jails in the U.S. and abroad, Marshall Matthew Simons told the city’s Human Rights...
Whittier to Hold Reunion for First Three Classes
HAVERHILL – The first three graduating classes ever at Whittier Regional Vocational High School will be celebrating their reunions together at 6 p.m. on Sept. 27 at Roma Restaurant. The classes of 1974, 1975 and 1976 are invited to join their classmates and enjoy the...
Newburyport Police Seek Information After Pedestrian Was Struck by Vehicle
NEWBURYPORT – City Marshal Matthew Simons reports that the Newburyport Police Department is investigating after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle Friday afternoon on Low Street. Officers were called to the area of 232 Low St. around 3:12 p.m. Friday, April 18,...
Amesbury Police Use Drone to Find Lost Dog in Woods
AMESBURY – The Amesbury Police Department was notified that Jenni, a service dog, was lost on March 25, 2025. The following day, Jenni remained lost. Using a drone, Officer Neil Moody began the aerial search of the swampy woods off Allenclaire Drive where Jenni was...
Greater Newburyport YWCA Annual Engaging Communities Luncheon April 16, at Mission Oak
NEWBURYPORT – Lizbeth Heyer will be the featured speaker at the YWCA Greater Newburyport annual Engaging Communities Luncheon on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm at Mission Oak Grill, 26 Green Street in Newburyport. Lizbeth Heyer, President 2Life...
Bill Kirchen Plays Bob Dylan
NEWBURYPORT – If you are a fan of Bob Dylan, you need to make plans Saturday to see Bill Kirchen and his all-star Texas band perform Dylan’s songs from his performances at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964 and 1965. Kirchen will perform at the Belleville Roots Concert...
Plant Matters
Let’s talk about Reynoutria japonica, also known as Japanese knotweed the alien plant invader. My friend and resident of Maine, Ike Johnson, has an eradication formula: “Getting rid of it is not that difficult. First, cut it back every hour for two years. Second,...
Sea View Wins Battle with State
ROWLEY – The Sea View Retreat long-term care facility has been exonerated by an administrative magistrate in the state Public Health Department of charges that it committed deceit, malpractice, gross misconduct and was incompetent in closing the decades-old nursing...
Will Ipswich Star in an Ed Sheeran Music Video?
IPSWICH – To promote his new song Old Phone, Ed Sheeran stopped by a pop-up bar, the new, Old Phone Pub, with a hundred fans Friday for a pint and his latest song, Old Phone. The native of Ipswich, England, had just one day, two counting set up, to open the...
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