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“The Street Project" Investigates Road Safety Film screening to support regional “MV Vision Zero” effort NEWBURYPORT, MA — Bicycle and pedestrian fatalities in the United States are skyrocketing. In 2021, about 7,500 pedestrians and nearly 1,000 bicyclists were killed...
November Rowley DTC Meeting with Food Collection Rowley - November 14, 2023 — The Rowley Democratic Town Committee will hold its next monthly meeting at the Rowley Public Library, November 14th at 7pm. We will be joined by guest speaker Marcia Hubbard from The Open...
NEWBURY - When U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced last week that it planned to demolish the beloved Pink House on the Plum Island Turnpike, its strongest supporters were completely blindsided. The leaders of the Support the Pink House (STPH), a non-profit...
GEORGETOWN – Land Court Judge Kevin Smith sided last week with G. Mello Trash Disposal Corp. and ordered the town’s Conservation Commission to approve conditions on the proposed 500-ton trash transfer station that are not “unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious.” The...
ROWLEY – If you would like to do more this Veterans Day than thank veterans for their service, join in the fun Saturday for a 5-kilometer run/walk. And bring your children for a 1-mile fun run. The Rowley Volunteer Fire Protection Association (RVFPA) is hosting this...
PLUM ISLAND – Francis Broadbery, owner of the now closed Plum Island Grille, will face a magistrate Nov. 15 to determine if he will be charged with malicious destruction of property at the grille estimated by a private contractor to be $192,000. The Newbury Police...
REGIONAL – Ken Irwin, a music producer, who has heard and seen more bands than most, described the Authentic Unlimited Band as “the best he has heard in years.” The 2023 winners of two International Bluegrass Music Awards, including Vocal Group of the Year, will bring...
NEWBURYPORT – William Lloyd Garrison, the outspoken abolitionist against slavery and one of this city’s most esteemed sons, would be pleased with the new interpretative sign being installed next week near his statue in Brown Square across the street from City Hall....
GEORGETOWN – If you have ever gone through marriage counseling with a mediator, you can appreciate what the town of Georgetown is about to go through as it tries to restore the trust between the SelectBoard (BOS) and its Conservation Commission (ConCom). The two...
GEORGETOWN — Police Chief Donald Cudmore is pleased to share that the Georgetown Police Department received 13 LifeVacs as part of a donation from the Georgetown Kiwanis Club. The Kiwanis Club donated 13 LifeVacs to the Georgetown Police Department on Oct. 19....
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