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NEWBURYPORT – If you love whales, the Custom House Maritime Museum has got a treat waiting for you. On 2026’s first First Friday lecture, Kristin Daley, a marine naturalist at the Newburyport Whale Watch will speak at 6:30 p.m. Friday about Newburyport Whale Watching...
PLUM ISLAND – The character of residences on this 11-mile barrier island has been undergoing major change over the last decade. Once a popular vacation destination where people from all over the Northeast rented cottages to enjoy the beach. Sunburned, hungry and...
REGIONAL – The Town Common newspaper welcomes Nate Allard, the former president of the Greater Newburyport Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to its team as a senior Newburyport and Salisbury advertising sales consultant. Born in Newburyport and raised in Salisbury,...
REGIONAL – Please come sing with us in our 91st year! The Newburyport Choral Society (NCS) is a non-auditioned community chorus that welcomes singers of all ag-es from Essex County, southern NH, and the seacoast area. Register now to sing selections from Felix...
Every January, thousands of Christmas trees are dragged to curbsides or forgotten behind garages—symbols of a season that passed too quickly. But for one small family farm in Georgetown, Massachusetts, those trees tell a very different story. For the 8th consecutive...
A few of the headlines from our 2025 coverage: Newburyport Company Lands $462,700 Federal Grant Federal tax dollars given to Crystal Engineering Co., Inc. in Newburyport, a CNC machining company servicing many industries including aerospace will receive $462,700 to...
REGIONAL – Thousands gathered throughout the region last Saturday to participate in Wreaths Across America programs to honor veterans this holiday season. A Christmas wreath is laid at the base of each veterans grave, thanks to the generous donations of those who...
REGIONAL – With the long federal government shutdown that threatened to shut off SNAP food assistance, there has been a lot of focus on the dozens of food pantries for people in our area. But what about food and supplies for pets? Shayna Gatautis and Toni Knott, both...
MERRIMACK RIVER – By the summer of 2027, a fun outing would be to hop on one of three brightly colored Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority (MeVa) ferries and ride for free up and down this powerful river. The solar-powered catamarans will be 33 feet long and...
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