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NEWBURYPORT Storm Surge 2025 Speaker Series Celebrates Coastal Connections and Resilience
As a vibrant coastal community with a deep appreciation for oysters, Newburyport is the perfect place to explore how these humble bivalves are heroes of the marine world. Storm Surge is pleased to present its next Speaker Series event: “Life Cycle of an Oyster and How...
Dept. of Conservation & Recreation Gives Newbury $20K for Roof
NEWBURY – The State's Department Conservatoin and Recreation - the ones known for maintaing parks, scenic walkways, and forests, is providing $20,000 to replace the Newbury Historic Schoolhouse located on the Lower Green. The one-room schoolhouse was built in 1877 to...
Fall 2024 College Honor Students …
Champlain College - Trustee's List Elizabeth Chadbourne of Rowley, majoring in Cyber Networking & Cybersecurity Champlain College - Dean's List Ava Chen of Boxford Rose Davis of Newburyport Andrew Genualdo of Amesbury Aidan Pasek of Byfield Parker Rogers of...
Recycle Old Tennis Balls
NEWBURYPORT – For the 125 million tennis balls that Americans throw away each year, there has to be a better solution than dumping them in landfills and generating 20,000 tons of methane gas. To test if Recycleballs.org., a Vermont-based, non-profit organization, has...
Black Nannies and Maids Honored – Newburyport Black History Initiative’s Newest Plaque
NEWBURYPORT – The Newburyport Black History Initiative (NBHI) unveiled Sunday its latest informative plaque to inform and honor the black domestic workers who worked and lived in the city, The NBHI, which has erected 11 informative plaques around the city honoring...
Show Your Love for Horses this Valentine’s Day in West Newbury
by Mary Martin President & Founder, NEER, North Inc. WEST NEWBURY – Valentine’s Day always reminds me of the broken-hearted horses I’ve been privileged to help over the years. As founder and president of New England Equine Rescue North, a small non-profit in West...
Proposed FY26 ‘Local Aid’ to Cities/Towns
City and town finance managers and finance committees got their first look at anticipated state funding for next year's budgets, when the Massachusetts’s governor recently unveiled her budget proposal for FY26. The currently proposed state spending of approximately...
SALISBURY Civil War Roundtable of the Merrimack
Wednesday, February 12, 7:30 PM Hilton Senior Center, 43 Lafayette Road, Salisbury, Mass. This month's meeting will feature two brief talks by Roundtable members. "How Joshua Chamberlain Faced Down an Insurrection at the Maine State Capitol in 1880" and "The Role of...
NEWBURYPORT Anna Jaques Hospital Community Listening Session
Wednesday, February 12th from 11 a.m-12:30 p.m. Beth Israel Lahey Health and its member hospitals are conducting a Community Health Needs Assessment to better understand the most pressing health-related issues impacting the people living and working in the communities...
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