On Saturday, December 14 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 15 at 2:30 p.m. the Newburyport Choral Society, under the direction of Dr. Minji Kim, will perform a selection of beautiful holiday music exploring the themes of love, joy, remembrance, and spiritual...
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New Panel Honors Black Soldiers and Sailors
NEWBURYPORT – During World War II, the father and three uncles of the future Essex County sheriff Frank Cousins, Jr. enlisted in the Navy, Merchant Marine and Army Air Forces to fight against Germany. A new interpretative panel, “Fighting for Double Victory,...
Rowley Opposes Whittier Shared Campus
HAVERHILL – Whittier Vocational Tech Regional High School and the Northern Essex Community College (NECC) have moved a step closer to developing a shared campus that might be funded in part by the state. Ten of the 11 communities that make up the Whittier Tech...
Brighter Smiles … THE ORAL/SYSTEMIC LINK 3/3
If you missed Part 1 and/or 2 of this series, you can find it at www.thetowncommon.com. The past couple weeks have been about the growing evidence that links oral and systemic disease, and the need for more collaboration between dentists and physicians. All of this,...
Rowley Country Club Food Drive for Rowley Food Pantry
GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY! Thank you to everyone who supported the Rowley Country Club's Food Donation Dinners to Benefit the Rowley Food Pantry. The sell-out social fundraising event was held on Saturday, November 16th, and in exchange for the tremendous donations...
Hair Heir: Barbershop Owner Rocco DiTullio II Cuts the Hair of his Grandson, Rocco IV Who’s Sitting on His Dad, Rocco III, as Family Members Look On
Four Generations: Rocco IV sits on his dad's lap (Rocco III), while Rocco II cuts his grandson's hair in time for his First Communion. Great grandfather John Caputo (background) tends to one of many loyal customers at Rocco's Barber Shop at...
Central Congregational Hosts Christmas Fair
NEWBURYPORT – Central Congregational Church’s annual "It's a Holly Jolly Christmas Fair" takes place on Saturday, December 7th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The fair is a fun holiday shopping experience with an extensive raffle of 60 baskets; Jewelry and Accessory Wonderland;...
Preserving Newbury’s Historic Lower Green
NEWBURY – Settlers from Ipswich rowed up the Parker River in May of 1635 to establish this farming and trading community. They built a meeting house surrounded by one and two-room houses that were close together just north of the river to protect themselves from...
Groveland Police Summon and Charge Haverhill Woman in Connection to Series of Package Thefts
GROVELAND — Chief Jeffrey Gillen reports that the Groveland Police Department has summonsed a woman in connection to a series of package thefts that occurred on Monday. On Monday, Nov. 18, at about 2 p.m. Groveland Police were made aware of a woman stealing multiple...
Brighter Smiles … THE ORAL/SYSTEMIC LINK 2/3
If you missed Part 1 of this series, you can find it at www.thetowncommon.com. I ended last week with a statement that I have used numerous times before – just because it doesn’t hurt doesn’t mean there isn’t a problem. We keep learning more and more about the link...
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