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REGIONAL – Major Gen. Gordon Granger could hardly have imagined that 156 years after he delivered the news that slaves were free to the people of Texas, the event would be turned into a national holiday called Juneteenth. Nor could the Union general and hero of the...
NEWBURYPORT — The history of African Americans in this city has been what Northeastern University professor Dr. Kabria Baumgartner recently described as stories that “have been erased or misplaced.” Now thanks to the Newburyport Black History Initiative, a dozen...
NEWBURYPORT – Mayor Sean Reardon called the dozen students and adults who won the city’s Human Rights Commission’s Peace prizes this year “good examples for the whole community” for their acts of kindness and inclusiveness. Superintendent Sean Gallagher pronounced...
NEWBURYPORT — Mayor Sean Reardon is pleased to announce that former Deputy Director Wayne S. Amaral will be returning to Newburyport as its next Director of Public Services. Amaral currently serves as Director of the Department of Public Works for the Town of West...
NEWBURYPORT — Mayor Sean R. Reardon is pleased to share that the City of Newburyport will be hosting a Boards, Commissions and Volunteer Fair to highlight opportunities to volunteer with the City of Newburyport. WHEN: Thursday, May 4, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. WHERE:...
NEWBURYPORT AND BEYOND — In its 18th year, the Newburyport Literary Festival has gone hybrid. Many of the popular festival’s offerings this weekend of interviews with authors and poets will be live on Friday night and all-day Saturday in multiple downtown venues. But...
NEWBURYPORT – Mayor Sean Reardon is pleased to announce that the Newburyport Municipal Docks has been recognized as one of the best marinas in the country. The docks have been awarded the Elite Fleet designation by Marinas.com in the annual Boaters’ Choice Awards. The...
Newburyport - Newburyport Art (NAA) is proud to present new work by award-winning Master Artist Sara Demrow Dent. The exhibition opens on Tuesday, April 25th and will run through Sunday, May 7th in the NAA’s Hills Gallery. Members of the public are invited to meet the...
REGIONAL – Congressional representatives in Massachusetts and New Hampshire have joined forces to fight a mutual problem – untreated sewage being dumped into the Merrimack River. Massachusetts Reps. Lori Trahan and Seth Moulton joined New Hampshire Reps. Chris Pappas...
NEWBURYPORT -- Byron Matthews, who died last month at age 94, was probably best known as the mayor who in the 1960s helped save this city’s downtown brick buildings from the urban renewal bulldozer. But to hundreds of avid tennis players throughout the North Shore,...
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