NEWBURYPORT – The SteelDrivers, one of the biggest names in progressive bluegrass music, has done it again in the port city. The Grammy-nominated band for the second time has sold out its concert next week on April 29 as part of the popular Belleville Roots Music...
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Celebrate Our Planet
REGIONAL -- Earth Day is just around the corner, so what can you do to celebrate? On Earth Day, April 22, the Merrimack River Watershed Council is looking for volunteers to help clean up Deer Island in Amesbury. As a result of visitors and swift downstream currents,...
Actors Studio Looking for Funding and Home
REGIONAL – The Actors Studio, which has been producing high-quality performances with local actors, directors and playwrights for more than 30 years, is in search of money and a new home. “I make no apologies. We need money,” said Marc Clopton, the founder and...
April Vacation Week Youth Events
The Rowley Public Library is delighted to present the following events for April Vacation week, which is the 17th through the 21st. The following list includes the dates, times, and brief descriptions of each event. I have also included a graphic if that would be more...
Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Rowley, and Newbury Police Departments Welcome New Jail Arrest Diversion Program Clinician
Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Rowley, and Newbury Police Departments Welcome New Jail Arrest Diversion Program Clinician ROWLEY — The Chiefs of the Rowley, Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, and Newbury Police Departments are pleased to announce the addition of Jail...
Going Zero Waste as a Family
Going Zero Waste as a Family Wednesday, April 12, 7PM via Zoom *For all ages Learn how to manage eco-anxiety and lessen your impact on the planet with easy-to-implement sustainable living tips for busy families. All ages are welcome! Sarah Robertson-Barnes, founder of...
Making It Personal
On April 22, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm at 14 Titcomb St, Newburyport MA. the Central Congregational Church is partnering with Community Services of Newburyport and their program ‘Making It Personal’ to collect personal care items to be shared with those in need in our...
‘The Story of Plastic’ and a call for a plastic-free future
On Thursday April 20, 2023, Storm Surge will present a free community screening of the Story of Plastic at the Screening Room, 82 State Street Newburyport at 7 pm. Following the film will be a call to action/Q&A moderated by Eileen Ryan, Founder of Beyond Plastics...
Former Newburyport Mayor Byron Will Be Missed
NEWBURYPORT -- Byron Matthews, who died last month at age 94, was probably best known as the mayor who in the 1960s helped save this city’s downtown brick buildings from the urban renewal bulldozer. But to hundreds of avid tennis players throughout the North Shore,...
West Newbury Garage Fire
WEST NEWBURY — West Newbury Fire Department and mutual aid partners extinguished a residential garage fire Sunday night. The West Newbury Public Safety Dispatch Center received a 911 call at 6:35 p.m., reporting a fire at a home on Middle Street. The fire started in...
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