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AMESBURY — Police Chief Craig Bailey and Superintendent of Schools Elizabeth McAndrews report that the school day was disrupted Monday after an alleged act of “swatting.” The Amesbury Police Department and other law enforcement agencies are actively investigating...
MERRIMAC — Chief Larry Fisher reports that the Merrimac Fire Department extinguished a garage fire at a home on Brandy Brow Road. On Wednesday, Feb. 15, at approximately 4:55 p.m., the Merrimac Fire Department received a 911 call reporting a fire in an attached garage...
AMESBURY – What To Do With an Old Truck Stop? The city of Amesbury is taking the next step to find out. It is asking for proposals from private developers for how best to redevelop the once popular Trader Alan’s Truck Stop on Pond View Avenue near Interstate 495. The...
NEWBURY – Politics are heating to a boil here this spring with an upcoming Town Meeting on April 25 where residents are expected to spar over the proposed new, multi-million-dollar Town Hall. The Board of Selectmen election will follow on May 9 where two seats will be...
An individual with disabilities will be able to have horseback riding lessons this spring thanks to a scholarship awarded by Rotary Club of Ipswich-Rowley and Windrush Farm in North Andover. Any disabled adult, at least 18 years old and under 185 pounds, who lives in...
Dear Friends, It’s the end of my first full week as your duly elected State Rep, and it has certainly been a whirlwind. I wanted to share with you what we accomplished this week: After a long wait, last Friday I was sworn in by Governor Maura Healey. It was wonderful...
The Carr-Petrova Duo featuring violinist Molly Carr and pianist Anna Petrova will perform “HERS,” a program made up entirely of works by female composers, on Sunday, Feb. 19, at 4 p.m. at the Unitarian Church, 26 Pleasant St., Newburyport. This will be the first of...
Local artist Peter Neverette has lived in Rowley for almost eight years. A house painter by trade, he’s a photographer by compulsive passion. Peter never goes anywhere without his Nikon, believing the possibility of immortalizing a moment of poignance or beauty is...
NEWBURYPORT — This city is good at preserving and honoring its history, honoring its Coast Guard heritage and preserving its downtown historic buildings, said Northeastern University professor Dr. Kabria Baumgartner last week. What the city did not preserve and honor...
REGIONAL – Towns and cities in eastern Massachusetts last week took the first step toward creating thousands of new multi-family homes to reduce the chronic housing shortage. A new economic development law includes a provision that requires communities served by the...
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