GLOUCESTER – Fire Chief Eric Smith reports that on Friday August 16, at approximately 3:29 p.m., the Gloucester Fire Department was called to 57 Holly St. for a report of a structure fire. Companies arrived to find fire showing from a window, and quickly stretched a...
Community News
Sequel to Debut Equestrian Novel
MERRIMACK – Local Author Jean MacDougall-Tattan’s second novel, Because of Biz, is now available at Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, Amazon.com, and other online booksellers. The novel is the sequel to her debut novel, Biz’s Journey Home, which was released in...
Rowley Democratic Town Committee
The Rowley Democratic Town Committee will meet Thursday, August 22 at 7 pm at the Rowley Public Library. The Rowley DTC provides a forum to meet like-minded people, learn about local issues and candidates, and be active participants in the political process. For any...
ROWLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY: Contention in the Commons with Gordon Harris
Tuesday, August 27, 6:30PM at the Rowley Public Library A remnant of our Colonial roots in Massachusetts is the word “Commonwealth,” the principle that a political community must act for the common good, with power vested in the citizenry. In the commons, the early...
Market Street Baptist Church – Amesbury
Market Street Baptist Church, 37 Market Street Amesbury led by Rev. Michael John, Pastor offers Sunday worship service at 10:00 am followed by a coffee hour. An elevator to the sanctuary is provided. Worship can be watched on: ACT12 (Thursdays at 4:30 pm & Fridays...
Gloucester, Ipswich, Newburyport, Salisbury, and Topsfield Receive Money from State’s Bonding Bill
REGIONAL – Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester, successfully pushed through six amendments aimed at boosting local projects in the Affordable Homes Act, recently signed into law by Gov. Maura Healey. This new law and its associated programs are designed to...
Rowley Man Sat on Famous Girder
ROWLEY – Michael Kovalchuk remembers that the first time he saw one of the country’s most famous photographs he was dining at the American Barbecue restaurant. In the restroom hung the photo called Lunch at Top of a Skyscraper. Most of us have seen it. Eleven...
High-Tech Pollution Sensor on Newburyport Dock
MERRIMACK RIVER – If you like to boat, swim or just walk along this river, the $35,000 that the Fluidion sensor pollution testing device costs, plus the $4,000 to $6,000 a year to maintain it, may be the one of the best investments for the river. On July 2, just in...
Newburyport Antique Car Show Dazzles
NEWBURYPORT – For the last 12 years, car enthusiasts have gathered on downtown streets for three hours to marvel at more than 250 classic cars from the 1950s, ‘60s and 70s. The 12th annual Cruisin’ The 50’s car show, sponsored by the Greater Newburyport Chamber of...
Whittier Tech Receives $350,000 Grant for Culinary Arts Program
HAVERHILL – Superintendent Maureen Lynch is pleased to announce that the Culinary Arts Program at Whittier Tech has been awarded a $350,000 Massachusetts Skills Capital Grant. This spring, nearly $15 million in Skills Capital Grants were awarded to schools across the...
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