NEWBURYPORT — The Greek Food Festival sponsored by the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church of Newburyport at 7 Harris Street will take place on Friday and Saturday, July 29-30 from 11:30am to 8pm and Sunday, July 31 from 11:30am to 3pm. There will be indoor and outdoor...
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Groveland Fire Department Debuts Website Redesign
GROVELAND — Groveland Fire Department’s website has newly redesigned website design by John Guilfoil public relations The website, grovelandfd.com, has a modern look and a user-friendly design, which includes information about the department’s history, a news blog,...
Third Authentic Ukrainian Dinner at Pub 97
GROVELAND – When Terry and Bernardine Clifford first tasted Nadiia Sadowski’s authentic Ukrainian food at a fundraising dinner at the Custom House in Newburyport, they offered to host a dinner at their 97 Pub here to raise money to feed the people of Nova Kahovka,...
Is This a Solution For March’s Hill?
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...
‘Empty Greenhouses and Tears’
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...
Cities Notify Residents of Sewage in the River
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...
Yankee Homecoming Kicks Off This Weekend
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 Petition Calls for Dawes To Step Down
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...
Representative Belsito brings $475,000 to the 4th Essex District as part of the Economic Development Bill passed by the Massachusetts House of Representatives
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 Library Summer Music Series: Charley Carrozo
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...
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