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NEWBURYPORT – The sounds of new homes being built wafted across Auburn Street last week as a group of historians, museum leaders and city employees watched Ed Balsky search for long-dead bodies on a hillside of the 18th Century Oak Hill Cemetery. In an area of the...
IPSWICH — Unless its neighbors file another lawsuit to stop it, the Waldingfield estate, which traces its history to 1638, may soon be undergoing major renovations to become a corporate campus. The Massachusetts Land Court has turned down an appeal by the Friends of...
On Wednesday, June 14th at 7 pm, the Trustees of the Reservations’ Lead Coastal Ecologist, Russ Hopping, will be presenting at the Storm Surge Speaker Series held at the Newburyport Senior/Community Center. For those unable to attend in person, the event will be...
Portsmouth, NH - Nvest Financial, LLC, a provider of financial services with offices located in Portsmouth, NH, Kennebunk, ME and Lynn, MA, announced that its CEO, Nichole D. Raftopoulos has been named to Forbes’ Top Women Wealth Advisors and Forbes’ Best in State...
DANVERS - St. John’s Preparatory School held its 113th Commencement exercises on Saturday morning as Head of School Edward P. Hardiman, Ph.D. conferred diplomas upon 272 seniors during an outdoor ceremony held on the school’s campus. In his valedictory address,...
Firefly Fun with the Mass Audubon Thurs, June 22, noon - Virtual There is a lot of science behind the magic of fireflies! Learn how and why lightning bugs light up, about the different species of fireflies, and how these beetles can be identified by their flash...
The Story of Route 1 Wed, June 21, 7PM Author Susan Mara Bregman will give a presentation based on her new book, ‘Along Route 1: Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts,’ in this ZOOM webinar. An unapologetic combination of historic gravity, exuberant entertainment,...
Richard A. Winkelman Sr. “Wink”, 83, of Salisbury, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 1, 2023 at his home. He was the husband of the late Kathleen (Ward) Winkelman and Patricia (Waters) Winkelman. Richard was born in the Bronx, the son of the late Robert and...
REGIONAL – Major Gen. Gordon Granger could hardly have imagined that 156 years after he delivered the news that slaves were free to the people of Texas, the event would be turned into a national holiday called Juneteenth. Nor could the Union general and hero of the...
NEWBURYPORT — The history of African Americans in this city has been what Northeastern University professor Dr. Kabria Baumgartner recently described as stories that “have been erased or misplaced.” Now thanks to the Newburyport Black History Initiative, a dozen...
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