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REGIONAL – Just in time for the holidays, five local artists are displaying their paintings on the walls of the backroom gallery at Illume Book Store, off Market Square in Newburyport. Two have hung their work in Jen Perry’s gallery this fall. The other three are at...
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...
REGIONAL – Two veteran food bank leaders have been honored for their efforts to fight food insecurity in the Merrimack Valley. Jane Merrow who heads the First Parish Church Food Pantry in Newbury, and Bonnie Schultz, the volunteer director of the Among Friends Meal...
ROWLEY - Drop over to Cole's Landscaping on Saturday, Nov. 22 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. and put your little hands on some great trucks, and be sure to have your parents snap a photo of you with the 26' tall Santa. "It’s going to be a fun family day featuring a food...
Greater Newburyport Adult and Community Education will be hosting a Jingle & Mingle event on Tuesday, December 2nd from 5:30 – 8 pm upstairs at the Grog Restaurant. Guests can expect music from the Chuck Walker Trio, light bites and a cash bar. Tickets are $35 per...
HAVERHILL – They're back! Whittier Regional Vocational School has re-grouped to begin pushing a new tax increase on towns to fund a new school. The re-constituted building committee will be reaching out and making recommendations. Why the "Caution" alert? Because the...
NEWBURY — The Newbury Fire Department and mutual aid partners responded to and extinguished a fire at Bob Lobster on the Plum Island Turnpike on Saturday evening. On Saturday, Nov. 15, at just after 4 p.m., the Newbury Fire Department was called to 49 Plum Island...
NEWBURY – You’re an avid golfer, but can’t play St. Andrews or Pebble Beach this year? The Newbury Golf Center has the next best thing. Less than a mile off Interstate 95 on Scotland Road, the 27-acre driving range has added Top Tracer technology and monitors on all...
In conversation with The Monarch Gardner. I had the pleasure of meeting with Katie Banks Hone (aka, The Monarch Gardener) at her shop and nursery at Nutter Farm at 180 Ipswich Rd, Topsfield. I was deeply saddened by the death of Jane Goodall and asked Katie if she had...
NEWBURY – With the increasing cost of groceries, the upcoming holiday season, and the uncertain future of SNAP benefits, the Newbury Police Department is partnering with the First Parish Food Pantry of Newbury to make the police station an official 24-hour drop-off...
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