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GROVELAND — Fire Chief Robert Valentine reports that the Groveland Fire Department extinguished a brush fire caused by a downed power line on the Groveland/West Newbury line: On Friday, March 7, at approximately 1:25 p.m., the Groveland and West Newbury Fire...
NEWBURYPORT – The Newburyport Bank Charitable Foundation has provided a grant of $2,500 to The Chase Home for Children. The funds will pay for fees and capacity to develop the content, record, engineer, and produce a 10-episode podcast series featuring staff, subject...
ROCKPORT – Police Chief John Horvath reports that the Rockport Police Department, along with the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad and Rockport Fire, responded to the discovery of a possible World War I era ordnance on Cleaves Street. At approximately 4:33 p.m. on...
AMESBURY Grief Care Breakfast is for those dealing with death of a loved one and will be held on Saturday, March 15 from 9:30 – 11:00 am hosted by the Market Street Baptist Church, 37 Market Street, Amesbury. The program is free. Speaker: Pastor Steve MaGee is the...
GEORGETOWN – The SelectBoard asked Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco last week to refer an unsubstantiated charge of payroll fraud by the Conservation Commission to the Essex County District Attorney or the state Attorney General. The referral was approved...
PLUM ISLAND – Despite having the governor, the state Senate minority leader, a state representative and hundreds of passionate volunteers in its corner, The 100-year-old Pink House will be torn down by March 30. The eagles and other birds that rested on its chimney...
PLUM ISLAND – In 1925, Gertrude W. Cutter bought land on the edge of the Great Marsh to build a house for her son, his wife and eventually her grandson. The house has stood with the marsh as its backdrop for a century. In addition to its various private and government...
SALISBURY – The next meeting of the Civil War Roundtable of the Merrimack will be on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at 7:30pm (doors open at 7pm) at the Hilton Senior Center, 43 Lafayette Rd (Rte1), Salisbury, MA. "Gilmor's Maryland Raid of 1864: a Monocacy Side Story,"...
NORTH HAMPTON, N.H. – Should North Hampton School have a comfort dog? It’s an important question, and among several that students in Grades K-8 will be considering on Town Meeting Day as they cast ballots alongside their parents and guardians. Through “Local...
Plant Matters by Ida Wye In conversation with Dianne Plantamura about the rewilding of Veasey Park in Groveland, Mass. Diane is a board member of Friends of Veasey Park and the founder of Veasey’s Native Plant Gardens. Dianne often walked her dog throughout Veasey...
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