ROWLEY – It is not just the season for joy, but one to honor those who have served with a national wreath-laying ceremony. On the North Shore, volunteers will gather at the Rowley Burial Ground. on Saturday, December 14, at 10 a.m. Wreaths Across America, a national...
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Newburyport’s New $474,560 Tennis Courts Could Host High School Championship
NEWBURYPORT – Construction of three new tennis courts at the Nock Middle School will not likely be finished this May in time for Newburyport High School to host the state scholastic tennis championships in June. But thanks to a grant of $474,560 from the...
Greater Newburyport Adult and Community Education Announces Online Registration is Now Open for Winter Classes
REGIONAL – Greater Newburyport Adult and Community Education announces that online registration is now open for winter classes. The fall semester runs from January 21 through March 29 with classes running anywhere from a one-night workshop to the full eight-week...
Newburyport’s Belleville Congregation Events
Belleville Congregational Church, 300 High Street, Newburyport. Rev. Ross Varney, Pastor. Please join us for worship December 15th as we light the third Advent candle at 10am in the Chapel. And join us for coffee hour after the service. Our thrift shop is open...
Newburyport Coral Society
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...
Ruth Flora (Zieff) Mades
Ruth Flora (Zieff) Mades, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, and formerly of Georgetown, Massachusetts died peacefully on December 4, 2024 at the age of 86 surrounded by her loving family. Ruth was born in 1938, to Barney and Esther (Cohen) Zieff beach side, in Winthrop,...
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,...
Newburyport Fire Extinguishes Solar Panel Fire
NEWBURYPORT – Fire Chief Stephen Bradbury III reports that the Newburyport Fire Department extinguished a solar panel fire at a single-family home recently. On Tuesday, Nov. 19 at approximately 8:46 a.m., Newburyport Fire responded to 247 Merrimack St. for reports...
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...
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...
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