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BOSTON - Regional school districts struggling to meet the rising costs of transporting students will get a boost under a proposal from Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr to fully fund the state’s obligation. Tarr, who has proposed adding $14.5 million to a line item in...
IPSWICH — The Waldingfield estate has undergone major changes since it was first built along the Ipswich River in 1638. Historic Ipswich notes that every hundred years the property has been transformed with relocation, expansion and a devasting fire in the 1920s. In...
NEWBURYPORT – Pickleball is back at the Newburyport Tennis Club this weekend. The NTC, which has housed indoor tennis for more than 40 years, has repaved and painted an underutilized parking lot, large enough for three pickleball courts. Play is expected to begin...
BOXFORD – Police are investigating a troubling incident that happened at Masconomet High School about a week prior to the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. A 61-year-old Lynn man entered the school through a propped open door at the school on May 13, according...
REGIONAL – Sarah Abramson became an environmental activist at age eight when she learned that there was a hole in the Earth’s ozone layer. Fast forward more than two decades, and Sarah, now the mother of a two-year-old son, has a new worry about the planet – keeping...
GLOUCESTER – Public Health Director Max Schenk and Cape Ann Mass In Motion Grant Coordinator Jennifer Donnelly would like to share information about resources and organizations that may help parents amid the ongoing infant formula shortage. Donnelly, as part of her...
AMESBURY — Amesbury Fire Department responded to a two-alarm fire in a home on Elm Street last Thursday afternoon after receiving a 911 call at 31 Elm St. Chief Kenneth Berkenbush was the first to arrive at the scene. He discovered smoke showing from the third floor...
LOWELL – Two PRIDEStar EMS paramedics have been honored by Steward Health Care for their actions that saved the life of a Haverhill man in February. Robert DeFlumieri and Matt Fleming, Paramedics and Operations Supervisor, responded to a medical call in the early...
NEWBURYPORT — Maudslay Arts Center Summer Concert Series (MAC) will celebrate its 29th season with a line-up of concerts featuring something for every musical taste from Big Band to jazz, from opera to bluegrass, from country to the Great American Songbook. MAC...
AMESBURY — Amesbury Fire Department responded to a fire in a condominium complex on Pond Street Monday afternoon at approximately 5pm at 25 Hope Drive. Heavy smoke was showing from the eaves and attic area of the two story, four-unit condominium complex. Mutual aid...
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