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IPSWICH – A meaningful tribute to Ipswich’s military service members is now under construction on South Main Street, where local veteran’s groups and volunteers are building a commemorative brick walkway that leads to the town’s Veterans Memorial. The project is part...
REGIONAL – The residents of Newburyport and nearby North Shore towns and cities lost one of its most charming, colorful, kind and effective people when Roberta Flynn passed away on, July 7th, after a sudden illness. Known as Bobbi to friends and family, the...
A Glowing Night of Community and Remembrance: Thanks to everyone who made the 15th Annual Newburyport Lantern Festival a Beautiful Success. Greater Newburyport Ovarian Cancer Awareness (GNOCA) extends heartfelt thanks to the hundreds of community members who joined us...
The Town Common Vegetable Garden Tips Potato Beetles There are two ways to help beat the potato beetle: 1. Walk the rows and squish every beetle, and check the underside of the leaves for yellow clusters of tiny eggs. Squish out the eggs. Very time consuming... Straw!...
Dean C. Black, 69, passed away peacefully on July 4, 2025. He was born in Ohio and moved to Ipswich at the age of 7. After graduating from Ipswich High School, he began his career as a mechanic at Jimmy’s Exxon in Ipswich, then became a top Snap-on tool dealer in his...
NEWBURYPORT – Michael Lago, probably the oldest, at 92, and much-loved member of the Newburyport Tennis Club, passed away last month. Thanks to his wife, Carol, who introduced him to tennis when he was in his 50s, Mike was a member of Newburyport Tennis Club for more...
IPSWICH – Tuesday nights here are special. For two hours in July and August, residents gather to enjoy music, poetry and dance, mostly by local performers and poets. About 250 people showed up for Ipswich Downtown Tuesday last week, including young families and...
BEVERLY – June 24, 2025 North Shore REALTORS® (NSR) has released housing data for May 2025. In May, the condominium market rebounded in nearly every way except closed sales. Condo prices for 2025 have been flat year to date compared to 2024, but May showed a strong...
JULY 3rd Pre 4th of July Beach party - 7:15 - 10 PM JULY 4th: PET PARADE Starts at 6 p.m. JULY 4th: Fourth of July Concert featuring Ft. Billy D & the Rock-Its: 7:30 - 10 PM JULY 5th: Music: Scott Brown and the Diplomats 7:30 - 10 PM ...
NEWBURYPORT Firehouse Center for the Arts - Legally Blonde the Musical, Friday, July 8 from 7 - 9 p.m., Sat. July 5, 2 - 4 pm and 7-9 pm., and running through July 18. Tickets/info: firehouse.org
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