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by Alan Aulson "My dad started this," Nick Costello, the director of the Maudslay Arts Center responded when I asked him about Maudslay Park and the musical and performance events held there. Nick is the director of the Maudslay Arts Center in Newburyport which for...
NEWBURYPORT – Malcolm Carnwath was a Realtor and a respected historic preservationist with deep roots in his beloved Newburyport and Portsmouth. But Carnwath probably prefers to be thought of more as a Jazz pianist. As a long-time member of this city’s historical...
NEWBURYPORT − The St. Basil’s Meal Ministry of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church has offered a weekly free Monday meal for many decades. The program has been selected as a nonprofit partner in the Shaw's GIVE BACK WHERE IT COUNTS Reusable Bag Program for August...
Monday, August 10th at 7 PM: "Act Worthy of Yourselves" with author Salina B. Baker (VIRTUAL). Author Salina B. Baker will be discussing her book, "Act Worthy of Yourselves: A Novel of Dr. Joseph Warren and an American Rebellion". This historical biographical novel...
The Newburyport Chamber Music Festival (NCMF) proudly announces its 2026 Summer Festival, marking 25 years of bringing world-class classical music to the North Shore. This milestone season features a repertoire balancing canonical masterpieces by Haydn, Mendelssohn,...
REGIONAL − Olivia Riley caught the acting bug at Amesbury Middle School, when she performed in The Little Mermaid, the school musical. She sings in its choir and plays the trumpet in the school band. This summer she got an extraordinary opportunity to be a cast member...
PLUM ISLAND – Residents and visitors to Plum Island next spring will have a new gateway to the beaches when Cobalt Development finishes building two-story condominiums at 2 Plum Island Blvd., designed for year-round living. The two luxury condos, built on the site of...
REGIONAL – After years of banging on crumbling sewer pipes to get Washington’s attention about the sewage in the Merrimack River, the disaster this month of dumping millions of gallons a day of raw sewage into the river just before the 250th anniversary of...
Ucoming Maudslay Arts Center Concerts “Summer is just a brief season here in New England,” MAC Director Nicholas C. Costello said, “so come out and enjoy wonderful music at affordable prices in a spectacular natural setting.” Saturday evening at 7 p.m. come hear the...
REGIONAL – After being the elephant in the room as 11 North Shore communities argued over how to pay for a new Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School, the mayor of the city of Haverhill has decided it would be better to pay a higher percentage of the...
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