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NEWBURY – The Town of Newbury is soliciting proposals to lease space in or around the Byfield section for a fire station. The lease for the current Byfield station at 44 Central St. expires on June 30, meaning the Town must issue a Request for Proposal through a...
NEWBURYPORT – During the American Revolution, the word freedom had different meanings to the colonists, depending on the color of their skin. When the first shots were fired by the scrappy colonists 250 years ago to begin the American Revolution, Newburyport was...
NEWBURYPORT – Despite living in what he called “darken times,” John Feehan, executive director of the YWCA, told a large crowd last week that abandoning the mission of eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all “is...
NEWBURYPORT – Newburyport Bank has donated $10,000 as a sponsor of the annual YWCA of Greater Newburyport’s Engaging Communities Luncheon. The annual fundraising event for the YWCA was held at the Mission Oak Grill in Newburyport last week. This year’s luncheon theme:...
NEWBURYPORT – Fire Chief Stephen Bradbury III reports Newburyport firefighters were called at 11:22 a.m. to an area of State Street, where a large brush fire was threatening a number of nearby buildings. Because of heavy winds, which complicated firefighting efforts,...
In conversation with Matthew Martin of Restoration Horticulture, The Native Plant Podcast, and teacher of Arboriculture at Essex Tech. Matthew grew up in Salem, Mass., in a neighborhood with a view of the power plant, to loving parents who worked in factories. His...
Newburyport: Soothing Immigration Fears Police Officers Will Not Work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement NEWBURYPORT – While undocumented persons are being whisked away to jails in the U.S. and abroad, Marshall Matthew Simons told the city’s Human Rights...
HAVERHILL – The first three graduating classes ever at Whittier Regional Vocational High School will be celebrating their reunions together at 6 p.m. on Sept. 27 at Roma Restaurant. The classes of 1974, 1975 and 1976 are invited to join their classmates and enjoy the...
NEWBURYPORT – City Marshal Matthew Simons reports that the Newburyport Police Department is investigating after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle Friday afternoon on Low Street. Officers were called to the area of 232 Low St. around 3:12 p.m. Friday, April 18,...
GREATER NEWBURYPORT – For the last 20 years, spring here has been a time to celebrate books and readers. From Friday, April 25 through Sunday April 27, this year will be no different as the Newburyport Literary Festival celebrates “The Importance of Being a Reader.”...
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