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NEWBURYPORT – Most of the candidates for mayor and city council gathered last week at the Rip Tide on Plum Island for a meet and greet with dozens of voters over pizza hosted by The Townie, a web-based platform for local opinions, ideas and constructive debate. Both...
www.SheepDeeds.com Join the Knights of Columbus of Boxford, Byfield, Georgetown, Rowley, and beyond, at 87 E. Main Street in Georgetown, Mass., on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, or simply purchase a 'deed' for the 'ownership' of one square for the duration of the event. You...
NEWBURYPORT – Aquinnah Wampanoag master canoe builder Johnathan James Perry and Mashpee Wampanoag Darius Coombs launched a mishoon, a dugout canoe, in the Merrimack River on Sunday, to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day. Once a pine, it was turned into a dugout canoe...
Seed Saving Lecture at the Rowley Public Library The Rowley Library will host Gretel Anspach, a Trustee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and a Lifetime Master Gardener with the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association, on Tuesday, October 28 at...
TOPSFIELD, MA – Robert McGee of Rockaway, NY, won the 7th annual Topsfield Fair Hot Dog Eating Contest on Saturday, eating 13 quarter-pound hot dogs (the equivalent of 3.5 pounds) in buns in the allotted 7-minute time. He set a new record, beating the old record set...
GEORGETOWN, MA – Sand mining at the 100-year-old Zibell Farm has led to a property tax change. The Board of Assessors ruled last week that the 5 acres of the 30-acre property no longer qualify for reduced farm taxes, saying the land was converted into a sand and...
NEWBURYPORT, MA – The Kiss and Tell Book Club at the Illume Book Store in Newburyport read and discussed Stewart Lytle’s Spanish Civil War novel, Love in War. Seated from left are Erin Tennis, club leader, Stewart and Melissa Wilkinson. Standing from left are Katie...
NEWBURYPORT – You’re walking along the popular Clipper City Rail Trail, enjoying the day, talking with a friend or partner while soaking in the views, when suddenly an ebike flies by you with no warning. It doesn’t happen often, but there are complaints being heard by...
NEWBURYPORT – Just in time for winter, the city of Newburyport has signed a 36-month contract to supply electricity at a slightly lower rate. Dynegy Energy Services will supply electricity through the Community Choice Power Supply program at a new rate of $0.13747 per...
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