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REGIONAL – It is summer, when families love to head to the beaches and pools. For safety, every child, whether he or she have disabilities or not, should know how to swim. Northeast Arc, a not-for-profit organization that helps children and adults with disabilities...
MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA Two groups of Grade 8 students from Manchester Essex Regional Middle School (MERMS) attended and presented projects at the State Civics Showcase at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston last month. Each spring, the Massachusetts Department of...
NEWBURYPORT – The Firehouse Center for the Arts is thrilled to announce its summer Mainstage production of Legally Blonde: The Musical, running July 4 through 27, 2025. With book by Heather Hach and music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin, this...
Balance Budget Bookkeeping Launches to Help Businesses Take Control of Their Finances Balance Budget Bookkeeping is excited to announce its official launch, offering professional bookkeeping services tailored to support small business owners. Understanding the common...
NEWBURYPORT – The Firehouse Center for the Arts is thrilled to announce its summer Mainstage production of Legally Blonde: The Musical, running July 4 through 27, 2025. With book by Heather Hach and music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin, this...
EAGLE SCOUT Timothy Fionn Eagan Son of Denise and Thomas Eagan Topsfield, Mass. Timothy Eagan is an 18 year old graduating senior of Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School. He plans to attend Saint Anselm’s College in the fall. He also hopes to join...
By Gabe DiSaverio Founder of TheSpicyShark.com You ever have a dream that lives in your bones for so long, it feels like a part of who you are? That’s what has been to me since I first saw it at eight years old. The music, the suspense, the characters—Brody, Hooper,...
PLUM ISLAND – Many details have yet to be released regarding the deaths of two young women described as best friends, Dahiana Canas, 25 of East Boston, and Vanessa Correa, 25 of Lynn, who drowned off Plum Island Point last week. Did they go to the beach to swim, or...
by Ida Wye Essex Tech aboriculture accomplished a real milestone this spring when there nascent Maplewood Arboretum was certified. This remarkable achievement for a public education institution will inspire and educate the present and future students and the...
NEWBURYPORT – Lloyd L. Hamm, Jr., President and CEO of River Run Bancorp, MHC, together with the Boards of River Run and Newburyport Bank, are pleased to announce the appointment of James J. McCarthy as President and Chief Operating Officer of Newburyport Bank,...
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