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REGIONAL – Several North Shore towns appear to be girding for battle with the state government, opposing the mandate for MBTA communities to build multi-family housing. At their Town Meetings last week, Rowley, Georgetown and West Newbury were among towns across the...
NEWBURYPORT -- The city planning department, working with the Newburyport Black History Initiative (NBI), will honor black residents who were buried in the historic African American section of the Old Hill Burying Ground this month. “All these men, women, and children...
100 Years of Boston Comedy Wednesday, May 22, 6:30PM at the Rowley Library Arts journalist Nick Zaino explores Boston’s long history of comedy, from vaudeville to YouTube, highlighting some of the personalities that have defined laughter in America for 100 years. Fred...
Anti-Racism Series Final Session The Public is Invited to Take Part in Newburyport Anti-Racism Series Final Session on Thursday, May 16. Help Create a Communitywide Pledge and Commitment to Diversity Newburyport – The PEG Center for Art & Activism, the YWCA of Greater...
Pentucket Spring Concert Schedule WEST NEWBURY -- Students in the Pentucket Regional School District (PRSD) Fine and Performing Arts Department will be showcasing their work at the following free events unless otherwise noted. All community members are welcome. The...
2024 Larkin Gala to Support Larkin Memorial Cottage Project DANVERS -- Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School (ENSATS) is proud to announce that Essex Tech will once again host the annual Larkin Gala on Saturday, May 18, at 6 p.m., on the lawn at Essex...
AMESBURY – It has been a tortured path for Chrissy Lebel, but in recent months she has found a home among a collection of innovative entrepreneurs at CIWorks as she creates hand-lettered signs, murals and art for businesses and boats. Along the journey she lost a...
REGIONAL -- The historical fiction novel, Love in War, by The Town Common reporter Stewart Lytle won the gold medal last week at the Ben Franklin Awards, awarded by the Independent Book Publishers Assn. Love in War, a sweeping historical romance set against the...
ROWLEY – The Barn at Bradstreet, one of the most in-demand wedding venues on the North Shore, is again hosting farm-to-table dinners, featuring produce and staples from local farms, including the popular Chicadee Farms. On 7 acres, the nation’s second oldest...
Ipswich Mills Dam Removal Project Nationally Recognized On April 23, 2024 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced projects in 29 states will receive just over $70 million to support 43 projects that will address outdated or obsolete dams, culverts, levees and...
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