ROWLEY – The Rowley Water Department announces that the department will be flush hydrants beginning later this month. Beginning Tuesday, May 16, the Rowley Water Department will be conducting hydrant flushing on dead-end streets every Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m....
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Enjoy Reading On A StoryWalk
GEORGETOWN – You can now walk and read at Georgetown Peabody Library. Along with four reading benches honoring former library staff and major supporters, the town’s Highway Department has installed 19 metal reading stations as part of a StoryWalk on the side lawn of...
Blood Drive
REGIONAL – Type O negative blood donors are especially needed right now, along with all blood types. As a thank-you, all who come to give May 1-19 will receive a $10 e-gift card. Those who come May 20-31 will get an exclusive Red Cross beach towel, while supplies...
Plant Sale
Don’t you just love seeing daffodils and flowering trees this time of year? We wait so long in New England for the chance to get into our gardens and make them beautiful. The West Newbury Garden Club will be holding its annual plant sale on Saturday, May 20 from...
Newburyport Announces Appointment of Wayne S. Amaral
NEWBURYPORT — Mayor Sean Reardon is pleased to announce that former Deputy Director Wayne S. Amaral will be returning to Newburyport as its next Director of Public Services. Amaral currently serves as Director of the Department of Public Works for the Town of West...
Silent Auction and Upcoming Book Sale
Silent Auction and Upcoming Book Sale The Friends of the Merrimac Public Library has two events coming up. The first is our Silent Auction, running May 8th until May 20th: Mini artwork will be on display in the library. During this time the public is welcomed to come...
Adult & Community Education Classes in Newburyport
Newburyport Adult & Community Education announces that Spring Classes are underway and there many unique and interesting classes to choose from. A few of the many diverse classes include jewelry making with sea glass, mosaics, real estate investing, enneagram of...
Rowley Author, Carla Panciera, Launches Her Latest Book
On Friday, May 12th at theRowley Public Library, 141 Main Street, Rowley, MA, please join Rowley author, Carla Panciera, for the launch of her latest book, Barnflower: A Rhode Island Farm Memoir, and to celebrate local farmers and artisans with a farmers’ market....
Town Hall Boarded Windows
GEORGETOWN – Tired of looking at the boarded windows at Town Hall? The first of the 62 restored windows will be installed later this month. The front windows will be in by the end of June, according to Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco. And all the windows are...
Ipswich Students Raise $17,000 to Fight Hunger
IPSWICH — The Ipswich Middle School Walk for Hunger on April 14 raised $17,000 for the Open Door by more than 300 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students. Furthermore, the students pledged to walk approximately 10 miles from High Street to Great Neck. “Year after...
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