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NEWBURYPORT — The Parks Commission is launching a citywide search for a place young mountain bikers can ride and jump their bikes without annoying neighbors and those who enjoy hiking and dog walking in March’s Hill. For months, the neighbors and the bikers have been...
NEWBURYPORT — Ann Marie Monzione’s $3,000 donation to purchase a bench or plaque to honor her deceased sister has prompted a city council inquiry into the Parks Conservancy’s finances and operations. A city audit of the Conservancy’s finances was already underway. ...
GEORGETOWN — Police Chief Donald Cudmore and Acting Fire Chief Chuck Savage and the Georgetown Police and Fire Departments would like to share guidance and safety tips as Halloween approaches to help Georgetown residents and students celebrate safely this season. ...
GLOUCESTER — Chief Edward G. Conley reports that the Gloucester Police Department welcomed four new officers to the force this week, including two brothers who join a third brother on the department. Officers Andrew Marques, Aaron Aiello and Noah Aiello graduated on...
REGIONAL — To make the Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority buses more visible, relevant and fun, the MVRTA has repainted the buses in a Latin theme or coral, aqua and yellow and given them a hip new name — MeVa. The new buses and name were unveiled last week...
Amesbury — Want to help keep an eye on the Seabrook Station nuclear plant in New Hampshire? The C-10 Research and Education Foundation, the non-profit, citizen-run watchdog over the station, is raising money next week by holding a silent art auction at an Amesbury...
REGIONAL — With National Grid raising the price of electricity by 60 percent this winter, Newburyport may be looking across the Merrimack River with envy as the town of Salisbury renewed its electrical aggregation program for three years to lower energy costs...
NEWBURYPORT — Dredging the Newburyport harbor has begun to maintain the required depths for the Merrimack River channel and replenish sand on Plum Island. H&L Contracting of Long Island, NY will perform the dredging under contract with the U.S. Army Corps of...
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