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,...
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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...
The Paul Speidel Quartet Featuring Toni Lynn Washington
Summer Music Series: The Paul Speidel Quartet Featuring Toni Lynn Washington Wednesday, July 19, 7PM on the Rowley Library lawn Our Summer Music Series continues! Bring a blanket or chair and enjoy some great music outdoors. Free frozen treats will be provided. Family...
Maples Crossing Holds First Lacrosse Clinic
AMESBURY – Maples Crossing is taking another step toward being the go-to site for sports on the North Shore by adding a lacrosse clinic for young players. Taught by Lizzy Deacon, a four-year starter for the Amesbury High School varsity lacrosse team and last year’s...
Yankee Homecoming – Join in the Fun
NEWBURYPORT – If you want the 65th Yankee Homecoming to be the best ever, buy a Yankee Homecoming flag for your porch, volunteer to collect donations carrying a bucket at the Sunday parade or just buy a ticket to Brewfest. Yankee Homecoming, an annual nine-day event...
Ipswich Fish & Game Club Urges Opposition to HB 4420
The Ipswich Fish and Game Club has recently notified the public and it's membership of it's opposition to the upcoming HB4420. The club recently directed interested parties to review the recent posting on the Gun Owners Action League (GOAL) website at...
Ready for the Pepper X Heat? Visit the New England Hot Sauce Festival
HAMPTON, NH – If you thought the last couple of weeks have been hot, just wait to see what is planned for the New England Hot Sauce Fest on Saturday, July 29 on the expanded outdoor field behind the Smuttynose Brewing Co. Last year, the first annual spicy food event...
Historic Carousel Rides Again
SALISBURY BEACH — When the historic carousel with 44 “carvings” was turned on for the first time here on the Friday night before the Fourth of July, it was a “commencement” of a new era for a beach that is experiencing major revitalization. That is how Amy Moore,...
‘The Greatest Ride of Your Life’
SALISBURY BEACH — Children and parents pressed their noses last week against the glass of the new Carousel Pavilion hoping the painted horses and other animals inside would come to life. Like generations of beachgoers before them, they hoped to be allowed inside the...
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