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Newburyport High School Graduate Earns award at Colgate University

HAMILTON, NY - Lila Piacquad, a member of the Colgate University Class of 2023, has earned the Dean's Award for Academic Excellence. Piacquad is a Sociology major and a graduate of Newburyport High School, from Newburyport. Students who receive a term grade point...

The Newburyport Public Library hosts “An American Quilt: Unfolding a Story of Family and Slavery” (VIRTUAL)

The Newburyport Public Library, in collaboration with several other area libraries, will host Dr. Rachel May for a presentation of her book, An American Quilt: Unfolding a Story of Family and Slavery. Following the trail left by an unfinished quilt, this saga examines...

The Newburyport Public Library will be closed holiday weekend

The Newburyport Public Library will be CLOSED all day Friday, December 31, 2021 and Saturday, January 1, 2022 for New Year's. Regular hours resume Monday, January 3, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. Returns accepted at main entrance book return and Market Basket drops. Please, no...

Foundation Pays Firefighter’s Mortgage

NEWBURYPORT — The Tunnel to Towers Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting first responders, veterans and their families, has paid in full the mortgage on the home of fallen Newburyport Firefighter Brett Burkinshaw. Firefighter...

The Alchemy of Grief – Community Art Project

Newburyport Public Library will be CLOSED holiday weekend

The Newburyport Public Library will be CLOSED all day Friday, December 24, 2021 and Saturday, December 25, 2021 for Christmas. Regular hours resume Monday, December 27th at 9:00 a.m. Returns accepted at main entrance book return and Market Basket drops. Please, no...

Newburyport Public Library January in person and virtual programs

Newburyport - Saturday, January 8th at 3 pm: Powow River Poets Reading. Join for an afternoon of poetry with the Powow River Poet. Readings are free, accessible, and open to the public. The poets reading this month are Midge Goldberg, Kyle Potvin, and Deborah Warren....

Newburyport Gets a Great Book Review

NEWBURYPORT – If you are looking for a last-minute present that will wow residents or non-residents of this destination for history tourists, you need look no further than Ghlee Woodward’s insightful book, Newburyport Clipper Heritage Trail, Volume 1. The book that...