By Michelle Aulson Guest Columnist ––––––––––––––––– GEORGETOWN – If you’ve been by our farm lately, you may have noticed a few taller, fuzzy faces peeking over the fences. Yes, it’s true – we now have alpacas! Six of them, in fact, rescued by the MSPCA at Nevins Farm...
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Michael Updike: Gravestones Don’t Have to be Morbid
NEWBURY – When one thinks of a gravestone carver, the conjured image is probably that of a humorless, gnarled man hunched over a large stone slate, his chisel and hammer tapping away to memorialize the birth and death dates of the deceased. That is not Michael Updike,...
Smart Glasses Help the Blind Read
REGIONAL – When Steve Baran came to lunch recently to talk about the Lions Club Clipper City Rail Trail project for low vision people, he who has been blind from birth picked up the menu and started to select his choice. Am I being scammed? this writer thought. Baran...
Silver Springs – Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band
Silver Springs – Fleetwood Mac Tribute on the Salisbury Beach Oceanfront Stage last Saturday night. Catch them again, Sat. Aug. 30th at the Carousel Lounge, 27 Ocean Front St. Salisbury! (Photo: Lonnie Brennan)
TONIGHT! SALISBURY BEACH – FREE CHRISTIAN CONCERT
Dementia-Friendly Equine Assisted Program
It Takes a Herd™ is a non-riding equine program for care partners and care recipients living with dementia. The goal of the program is to help care partners return to their original roles within the partnership and to strengthen the relationship through connection,...
MOVED TO BLUE OCEAN MUSIC HALL! 2005 Salisbury Beach Christian Concert Series – WED NIGHT FREE!
Dear Friends and Supporters of our Salisbury Beach Christian Concert Series, We have great news. Due to the inclement weather, tomorrow night's concert featuring Nashville Recording Artist Mark209 will be moved to the famous Blue Ocean Music Hall right on the...
Smooth Sailing at Yankee Homecoming
NEWBURYPORT – In years past, when veteran Yankee Homecoming leader Dennis Palazzo came home from managing Yankee Homecoming, his wife would ask, “What is the drama today?” This year, except for a couple of days of heavy rains, which postponed the bed race and the...
2025 Salisbury Beach Christian Concert Series
Rowley Opposes Whittier Shared Campus
HAVERHILL – Critics last year of approving a new building for Whittier Vocational Tech Regional High School often complained that not enough students from their towns and cities were being accepted. According to a new report on the admissions from each of the 11...
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