AMESBURY – Watch some of the nation’s best FlingGolf players compete on ESPN next week and become a flinger yourself in September at the New England FlingGolf classic held at the Amesbury Country Club and the Apple Hill Golf Club in East Kingston, NH. ESPN2 will...
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Howlett Brook Fishway Construction Underway
TOPSFIELD, MA – - Construction on the Howlett Brook Dam fishway Jul 20, 2023 upgrades have begun and will be completed by early August. A weir-pool fishway had previously existed at this site but was completely destroyed during the Mother’s Day Flood in 2006. The dam...
August 2023 Events at Bradley Palmer State Park
TOPSFIELD - Bradley Palmer State Park is located at 40 Asbury St. in Topsfield. All programs are free and open to the public. Reasonable accommodations upon request. Adults must accompany children. For outdoor events wear closed toe shoes, consider insect repellent...
Bluebird Performance Lands in Rowley
ROWLEY – The Bluebird Performance Venue has found a comfortable nest at the First Congregational Church, bringing this month an eclectic group of musicians playing seldom heard instruments, vocalists and poets for a second concert at the church. “I’ve never met more...
Bake Sale Fundraiser
MERRIMAC - The Friends of Merrimac Council of Aging, would like to invite everyone in the community to come and support a Bake Sale Fundraiser. On Sat., Aug. 12th from 9am-12pm at the the Merrimac Senior Center located at 100 E. Main Street in Merrimac, tasty treats...
Fair Tickets on Sale
TOPSFIELD – It is not too early to plan your visit to the 205th Topsfield Fair at the end of September. If you buy your tickets now, you can save on admission tickets and ride tickets. The annual fair, which opens Sept 29 and runs through Oct. 9, is selling discounted...
New Skate Park Draws a Crowd
SALISBURY – Eric Cotton took time off from his job at a restaurant in Portsmouth. NH, last Friday to be among the first to test out the banks, bowl and half rails of the new concrete skate park at Partridge Brook Park. The “ripper” from Sweden, who lives in Dover, NH,...
Tutors in Demand
AMESBURY – Tutors, like Kathy Ells, were needed long before Covid-19 shuttered schools three years ago. But the remote or limited teaching during the Covid shutdown appears to have made tutors in even more demand as students try to bridge the pandemic’s learning gap,...
Letter to the Editor – Greater Newburyport Ovarian Cancer Awareness
To the editor: Greater Newburyport Ovarian Cancer Awareness wishes to thank the hundreds of community members who joined us to float over 450 lanterns on the Bartlet Mall’s Frog Pond at our 13th Newburyport Lantern Festival on July 3. In spite of the challenging...
Lady Windermere’s Fan – Play Presented by Theater in the Open
Lady Windermere’s Fan (Pay what you will) Presented by Theater in the Open Maudslay State Park July 22-30 One of Oscar Wilde’s parlor comedies, Lady Windermere’s Fan is a masterful examination of reputation, love, and deceit. Lady Windermere suspects her husband of...
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