Joyce “Dede” Calderone Todd, 94, passed peacefully on March 19, 2025. Dede left us on Wednesday, March 19th, surrounded by family and friends. She was the daughter of Joseph Calderone and Edith Dow and the widow of Robert Sherwood Todd. Dede grew up in the Boston area...
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PHOTO FEATURE: Georgetown Royals Boys Basketball Wins the Division 4 State Championship
Georgetown Royals Boys Basketball Team Wins the Division 4 State Championship VIEW AND PURCHASE HIGH-QUALITY PHOTOS FROM THE 220 INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS BY PETER McCLELLAND https://tinyurl.com/georgetownchamps Pick PICK UP...
Bill Chisholm: Do You Remember Me?
GEORGETOWN – The big news for Georgetown in the Boston sports world last week, besides the Georgetown Royals’ winning the state high school basketball championship, was that a town native bought the Boston Celtics for $6.1 billion. That is the most money paid to...
Boxford Police Successfully Recover Funds in Cryptocurrency Fraud Investigation
BOXFORD – The Boxford Police Department has successfully recovered funds for a local resident who fell victim to a sophisticated PayPal/Bitcoin scam, marking the first time in Essex County that authorities have been able to seize and reclaim cryptocurrency from an...
NEWBURY: 15 Year Old Singer-Songwriter Ava Valianti Announces Events
NEWBURY – Rising indie-pop artist Ava Valianti, a 15 year-old high school sophomore, is making major career moves with her fi rst-ever performances in New York and Boston, supporting the release of her upcoming single, Laugh Track. The track drops Friday, April 4th,...
Friends of the Newburyport Public Library’s Book Sale
The Friends of the Newburyport Public Library is excited to hold its 47th Great Old Book Sale on Wednesday, March 26 through Saturday, March 29, 2025 in the Program Room at the Newburyport Public Library. Thousands of hardcover and paperback books will be available...
Off With Her Crown – Iconic, Beloved Pink House’s Last Sunrise
by Stewart Lytle and Ava Moeckel PLUM ISLAND – Last Tuesday, the Pink House’s final morning, several trucks, a huge excavator and a giant crane arrived before dawn under a heavy fog to begin taking down the house. Four Newbury police officers came to manage traffic on...
Rowley’s Chris Thornton Steps Down from Planning Board as Rowley Farms Advances
ROWLEY – Planning Board members must fill some big shoes at this critical time in the town's development. Last week, Chris Thornton, a chair and member of the Planning Board for more than 10 years, resigned to avoid a potential conflict of interest with Rowley Farms....
34 Citizens Groups from 34 Communities Supporting Rockport’s 2022 Opposition Lawsuit to the MBTA ‘Mandate’
By John T. Kolackovsky On October 5th, 2022, a group of concerned citizens did not believe the State had the right to impose the MBTA “Mandate” Law (3A) on Rockport and filed a lawsuit opposing it. The lawsuit (Docket No. 2277CV00947) argued that it was...
Two Scholarships for Local High School Students – Deadline to Apply: April 4
REGIONAL – The Newburyport Horticultural Society is offering two different scholarships to local high school students. The Deb Lambert Scholarship is for students of Whittier Tech and Essex Tech who are interested in pursuing a degree in an agricultural field of...
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- West Newbury Archelaus Hill Maple Farm Open House Saturday Mar 04, 2026
- Northeast Harvest to Host Agricultural Conference at Topsfield Fairgrounds on March 19th Mar 04, 2026
- Judy Robillard welcomes students back from winter break as she performs crossing-guard duties across from the Pine Grove Elementary School in Rowley. Judy has been safely guiding and bringing cheer to students and their parents for 39 years! Mar 04, 2026
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