Last New England Shark Kill Tourney Bows Out

NEWBURYPORT – It is safe for sharks to swim again in the waters off this port city.  After eight years, the Newburyport Shark and Tuna Killing Tournament, which opens Sept. 11 for seven days, will no longer hand out prizes for killing the largest sharks. In a...

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Letter To The Editor

Dear Editor: Thanks very much to the Yankee Homecoming committee for choosing me and the Greater Newburyport Ovarian Cancer Awareness as a recipient of the 2022 Generations of Giving Volunteer Recognition Awards. It was an honor to be chosen and to be included with...

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Yankee Homecoming Lights Up Saturday Night Sky

Photos Courtesy www.617IMAGES.com. Newburyport's annual Yankee Homecoming celebration fireworks over Cashman Park on Saturday night. The successful week-long community event wrapped up Sunday afternoon with a parade along High Street.    

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A City’s Black History Remembered

NEWBURYPORT – It may surprise you that this city, which erected a statue in front of City Hall to slavery abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, once refused to let black children attend its public schools.  In the early 1800s, long before the Civil Rights Movement of...

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