IPSWICH — To listen to Neil Shea of the Ipswich River Watershed Assn., a lot of shad, herring and baby fish are looking forward to the town removing the Ipswich Mills Dam from the river in downtown. The dam, built in 1908 to produce power for the mills along the...
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Erin Bonney Casey Named Ipswich River Watershed Association’s Next Leader
IPSWICH –Erin Bonney Casey is the new executive director of the Ipswich Watershed Association. She succeeds Wayne Castonguay who led IRWA for almost 13 years and who succeeded Kerry Mackin, who led it for almost twenty years. The Watershed Association is a non-profit...
Ipswich Fire Department Extinguishes Fire in Commercial Structure
IPSWICH — Fire Chief Paul Parisi reports that the Ipswich Fire Department extinguished a working fire in a commercial building on Mitchell Road. On Wednesday, June 12, at about 11:14 a.m., the Ipswich Fire Department received a commercial fire alarm activation at D&D...
Ipswich River Watershed Association Awarded $90,000 Cummings Grant
Ipswich River Watershed Association Awarded $90,000 Cummings Grant Ipswich nonprofit receives 3 years of funding from Cummings Foundation Ipswich, June 4, 2024 – Ipswich River Watershed Association (IRWA) is one of 150 local nonprofit that will share in $30 million...
Ipswich Police Department Supports Students During Project “Sticker Shock”
IPSWICH — Last week, Ipswich Police Department officers supported Ipswich Public School students during a project to raise awareness about the dangers of underage drinking. Project Sticker Shock involved students and officers attending partnering liquor stores and...
Ipswich, Newbury, and Rowley to Receive Funding for Local Road and Bridge Projects
Ipswich, Newbury, and Rowley to Receive Funding for Local Road and Bridge Projects FY’25 Funding is included in $375M transportation infrastructure bond bill Regional – Governor Maura Healey has signed H.4529, An Act financing improvements to municipal roads and...
Ipswich Mills Dam Removal Project Nationally Recognized
Ipswich Mills Dam Removal Project Nationally Recognized On April 23, 2024 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced projects in 29 states will receive just over $70 million to support 43 projects that will address outdated or obsolete dams, culverts, levees and...
Ipswich Running Group’s Annual ‘Plogging’
Ipswich Running Group members Melanie Simard, Charlotte Bednar, Jessica Theriault, John Crespi and Michael Sullivan braved the rain on Saturday (April 20) to pick up trash during their Annual Plogging (picking up litter while jogging) run in honor of Earth Day. The...
Coffee Cupping
Coffee Cupping Saturday, April 20 from 10AM-12PM at the Georgetown Peabody Library, 2 Maple Street, Georgetown, MA Calling all caffeine fiends! Join Rob Fitzgibbon as he teaches the art of coffee cupping; the practice of observing the taste and aroma of brewed coffee....
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