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REGIONAL – Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester, successfully pushed through six amendments aimed at boosting local projects in the Affordable Homes Act, recently signed into law by Gov. Maura Healey. This new law and its associated programs are designed to...
MERRIMACK RIVER – If you like to boat, swim or just walk along this river, the $35,000 that the Fluidion sensor pollution testing device costs, plus the $4,000 to $6,000 a year to maintain it, may be the one of the best investments for the river. On July 2, just in...
NEWBURYPORT – For the last 12 years, car enthusiasts have gathered on downtown streets for three hours to marvel at more than 250 classic cars from the 1950s, ‘60s and 70s. The 12th annual Cruisin’ The 50’s car show, sponsored by the Greater Newburyport Chamber of...
Essex Ensemble to perform in Newburyport at Maudslay Arts Center to Benefit for All-Volunteer First Parish Newbury Food Pantry NEWBURYPORT, MA – August 5, 2024. The Essex Ensemble, directed by local resident and pantry volunteer Andrew Price and featuring...
NEWBURYPORT – Don't miss out on the local event of the summer: parade, fireworks, music, events and waterfront walks along the Newburyport waterfront! Yankee Homecoming's last few days feature sidewalks sales (August 1 - 3), a U.S. Coast Guard Open House on August 1...
NEWBURYPORT – To educate tourists and residents about this city’s largely unknown black history, new plaques have sprung up all over downtown. They tell the stories of an African American neighborhood, about activists who worked against slavery and of ordinary...
PLUM ISLAND – The Captain’s Fishing Parties & Blue River Diamond’s sail the Merrimack River, not the Dnipro River, but on Aug. 18, there will be a sunset cruise to raise money to help Ukraine’s desperate population. Nova Kahovka for Life, Inc., a Newburyport-based...
NEWBURYPORT – New Orleans has Mardi Gras. San Antonio has Fiesta, week long, citywide parties that hosst colorful events, concerts, parades and sometimes fireworks. This old port city on the Merrimack River enjoys Yankee Homecoming, which starts Saturday, and ends...
TAMPA, FL – The University of Tampa has honored 2,221 students who were named to the dean's list for the Spring 2024 semester. Students must maintain a GPA of 3.75 or higher to be eligible for the dean's list. Abigail Bonasera of Topsfield a Junior majoring in Nursing...
Dear Community, We’d like to thank everyone who supported and attended the Anti-Racism Series sponsored by the PEG Center for Art & Activism, The YWCA of Greater Newburyport, and Eddie Carson. It was a great start to a vital reimaging of what a more inclusive...
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