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NEWBURYPORT – Parks Commission chair Ted Boretti last week offered a series of proposals to resolve the on-going battle between youths who ride bikes and build jumps and the residents who live next to the wooded, section of March’s Hill. In the first meeting since...
NEWBURY – When Janet Bach of Marblehead reversed rapidly last May in the small parking lot and crashed her car into the cashier station for the Byfield Greenhouses and Garden Center, she killed not only Susan Sforza Nico of Seabrook, NH, and injured two others, but...
MERRIMACK RIVER BASIN – Only 13 days after the new state law regarding notification of sewage discharge into the Merrimack River went into effect on July 6, heavy rains overloaded the sewage treatment plants and forced the dumping of untreated sewage. The city of...
NEWBURYPORT – Paul Bushey, the general chair of Yankee Homecoming, predicts the numbers of people at events starting this weekend will be substantially up from attendance even before the Pandemic struck. “People are chomping at the bit for things to get back to...
GEORGETOWN – Will the battle over the proposed 500-ton per-day trash transfer station cause this town’s top elected official to resign? A petition signed by more than 100 residents is asking Selectboard Chair Doug Dawes to “resign immediately,” accusing him of having...
TOPSFIELD – Representative Jamie Zahlaway Belsito and her colleagues in the Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a $4.2 billion dollar Economic Development bill on Thursday. The funding for this bill comes from the American Rescue Plan Act, Fiscal Year 2022...
Rowley — Bring a blanket or chair and join us on the Rowley Library lawn tonite Wednesday, July 20, starting at 7PM. Cool treats will be provided- all ages welcome! Part of our Summer Music Series. Charley Carrozo is a well-known musician in Greater Boston. Tonight he...
DANVERS — The Women's Fund of Essex County (TWF) recently announced it awarded annual grant funding totaling $250,000 to 34 non-profit organizations dedicated to transforming the lives of women and girls throughout Essex County. "Supporting the essential needs of...
NEWBURYPORT—We have a two-part virtual series on FDR that starts on Monday, July 25 at 7 PM. This series is run by Jeffrey Urbin of the Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. “FDR Museum History Talk: Exploring the Great Depression '' asks what were the economic,...
ROWLEY —In July and August, the library is hosting art created by members of the Greater Haverhill Arts Association, which provides artists and enthusiasts with a strong sense of community as well as opportunities to share their art with each other and the public....
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