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REGIONAL – If climate change and new weather patterns were not already top of mine, the city of Newburyport plans to make sure residents of all ages on the North Shore are aware of ways they can help reduce the impact of rising seas, hurricanes and storms. With almost...
Ipswich - Ipswich Public Library announces the next featured author for the 2023 Louise & Hugh Johnson Author Series: Julia Glass. Thursday, September 28 (7:30 p.m.) at the Ipswich Country Club (148 Country Club Way, Ipswich, MA). Free. Registration required. Limited...
AMESBURY — In a “just in case letter,” Amesbury High School graduate Sgt. Jordan Shay asked that his family and friends to create a scholarship fund for students who “want to make a difference in the world.” After his battlefield death 30 miles north of Baghdad during...
By the Rowley Plastic Bag Reduction Coalition ROWLEY - To Prepare for the Rowley Plastic Bag Restriction Bylaw on Sept. 8 the Rowley Plastic Bag Reduction Coalition, an ad hoc group of Rowley residents committed to reducing plastic waste, is helping Rowley residents...
Dear Chairwoman Smith and Members of the BOS, One of the first people I was introduced to when I came into Georgetown over 40 years ago was a man named Charles Blanchard. My wife knew him since she had joined 4-H at age eleven and he was the Essex County 4H Agent,...
REGIONAL – The Essex Agricultural Society, which operates the Topsfield Fair, has awarded 34 college scholarships this year, many of them to graduates from North Shore schools. Most of the scholarships are for $1,000 and are paid to the college during the second...
Georgetown - A new book club is starting up at the Georgetown Public Library which is focused on various ways of understanding and practicing acts of kindness and compassion that lead to justice. Hosted by Rev. Holly Brauner, from the First Congregational Church in...
Georgetown Fire Dept. Responds After Woman is Injured by Cooking Fire GEORGETOWN — Chief Matt McKay reports that the Georgetown Fire Department treated and transported a woman who suffered burns during a cooking fire Saturday evening. On Saturday, Aug. 19 at 5:35...
Newburyport Adult and Community Education Announces Online Registration is Now Open for Fall Classes Open to ALL Local High School Students Newburyport Adult and Community Education announces that online registration is now open for Fall classes. The Fall class...
NEWBURY – The town of Newbury will hold its second annual Town Day Saturday to celebrate local art, music, history, nature, people and places. Events will take place in the town’s three neighborhoods: Byfield, Old Town and Plum Island. “The first Newbury Town Day in...
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