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Wednesday, January 21st at 7pm: How Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II (VIRTUAL). Author Elyse Graham will discuss her new book, "Book and Dagger: How Scholars and Librarians Became the Unlikely Spies of World War II", the true untold story of the...
Lebanon Valley College Elizabeth Kemp of Georgetown, Mass. has been named to the Lebanon Valley College Dean's List for the fall 2025 semester. Dean's list students must maintain a GPA of at least 3.4 out of 4.0. Kemp is pursuing a bachelor of arts and bachelor of...
Mon. January 19, 2026 YWCA Greater Newburyport Hosts 34nd Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration & Day of Service The YWCA Greater Newburyport is excited to host its annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration & Day of Service on Monday, January 19,...
NEWBURYPORT – If you love whales, the Custom House Maritime Museum has got a treat waiting for you. On 2026’s first First Friday lecture, Kristin Daley, a marine naturalist at the Newburyport Whale Watch will speak at 6:30 p.m. Friday about Newburyport Whale Watching...
PLUM ISLAND – The character of residences on this 11-mile barrier island has been undergoing major change over the last decade. Once a popular vacation destination where people from all over the Northeast rented cottages to enjoy the beach. Sunburned, hungry and...
REGIONAL – The Town Common newspaper welcomes Nate Allard, the former president of the Greater Newburyport Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to its team as a senior Newburyport and Salisbury advertising sales consultant. Born in Newburyport and raised in Salisbury,...
WEST NEWBURY – Closed to vehicles for more than seven years, the Middle Street/Plummer Springs Bridge on the border of West Newbury and Newburyport now has a deck over the Upper Artichoke Reservoir, the drinking water supply for both communities. According to West...
REGIONAL – Please come sing with us in our 91st year! The Newburyport Choral Society (NCS) is a non-auditioned community chorus that welcomes singers of all ag-es from Essex County, southern NH, and the seacoast area. Register now to sing selections from Felix...
Every January, thousands of Christmas trees are dragged to curbsides or forgotten behind garages—symbols of a season that passed too quickly. But for one small family farm in Georgetown, Massachusetts, those trees tell a very different story. For the 8th consecutive...
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