NEWBURY – For close to 20 years, townspeople here have been arguing, often heatedly, if they need to spend money on a new Town Hall. That debate may be resolved soon. On Tuesday, voters will decide whether to override the state’s spending limits to build a new Town...
St. John’s Prep Announces Academic Honors for Third Quarter 2022–2023
Danvers, MA —St. John’s Prep recently announced the names of students who earned academic honors for the third quarter of the 2022–2023 school year, which ended on March 24, 2023. Students who qualified for the Headmaster’s List earned grades of A- or above in all...
Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Rowley, and Newbury Police Departments Welcome New Jail Arrest Diversion Program Clinician
Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Rowley, and Newbury Police Departments Welcome New Jail Arrest Diversion Program Clinician ROWLEY — The Chiefs of the Rowley, Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, and Newbury Police Departments are pleased to announce the addition of Jail...
The Pink House on Glass
NEWBURY – The Pink House, standing alone on a narrow plot of land next to the Great Marsh, may be the most photographed and painted structure in New England. There is even a Pink House clothing line. And now, the well-known image of the house with its checkered past...
Letter to the Editor: Priorities: Education not a New Town Hall
Dear Mr. Editor: The Covid 19 pandemic should have been a wakeup call for Newbury officials to get their priorities right. Rushing into building a new town hall should not be our first priority. Triton has been hit with a double whammy. It saw its students get...
Newbury Town Hall Fight
NEWBURY – Politics are heating to a boil here this spring with an upcoming Town Meeting on April 25 where residents are expected to spar over the proposed new, multi-million-dollar Town Hall. The Board of Selectmen election will follow on May 9 where two seats will be...
Triton Partners with Food Bank To Fight Student Hunger
TRITON REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT – It’s hard to concentrate on Algebra or the American Civil War if your stomach is rumbling. Thanks to a new partnership between Triton Regional schools and the First Parish Newbury Food Pantry, high school students and Salisbury...
Newburyport Christmas Tree Pick Up
Christmas trees pick-up at the curb will begin on Monday, January 2nd. Trees will be collected on various days (not necessarily your trash collection day). Please do not bag the trees, but please do remove bases, tinsel, and lights. Trees put out by Monday, January...
Plum Island Home Damaged by Winter Storm Elliott
NEWBURYPORT -- Acting Chief Stephen H. Bradbury III reports that a vacant house on Plum Island in Newburyport was damaged by the severe winter storm and bomb cyclone known as Winter Storm Elliott. Newburyport Fire and Building Department officials responded to and...
Fisher Named Police Chief
NEWBURY — Newly appointed Police Chief Patty Fisher joins Select Board Chair Alicia Greco and Town Administrator Tracy Blais as women fill out the town’s senior leadership ranks. On the recommendation of the retiring chief John Lucey, Jr., the Select Board promoted...
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