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NEWBURYPORT – Mayor Sean Reardon, making a major personnel move in his first year in office, terminated Parks Director Lise Reid last week. The mayor transferred the maintenance of the city’s 26 parks to the Department of Public Service (DPS). The move comes when the...
ROWLEY — Bring a blanket or chair and join the Rowley Library on the lawn Thursday, July 14, starting at 6:30PM to enjoy The Summer Music Series featuring Music of the Highwaymen. Cool treats will be provided- all ages welcome! Longtime New England singer/songwriter...
BOSTON – A Wenham man was charged on Thursday, June 30 in connection with a scheme to obtain Paycheck Protection Program funds made available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act by submitting false applications. James Joseph Cohen, 59,...
GROVELAND — Town Administrator Rebecca Oldham has announced that the Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority (MVRTA) has started offering bus service in the Town of Groveland for the first time. Route 18 went into operation on July 5. The route begins at...
REGIONAL – Yankee Homecoming started as an economic development event in 1958, when the regional economy was struggling and many mills and businesses had closed. New England artist Jack Frost proposed a regionwide initiative to encourage native New Englanders and...
CHARLESTON, SC — Christopher Velonis of Amesbury recently graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the College of Charleston. Velonis was among more than 1,450 students who received degrees.
NEWBURYPORT – The Newburyport High School girls’ tennis team won the state championship this spring and may be among the top-ranked teams again next year because several star players, led by Caroline Schulson, are returning. The only problem. Even though Newburyport...
GEORGETOWN – The town’s Board of Selectmen declined last week to reappoint two veteran members of the seven-member Conservation Commission (ConCom), who had voted along with all other commission members not to approve G. Mello Trash Disposal Corp.’s proposed 500-ton...
GROVELAND – Superintendent Colin Stokes reminds the community that the Groveland Water and Sewer Department issued an outdoor water ban effective June 28 in response to the Commonwealth declaring a Level 2 drought. Residents are asked to cease all outdoor watering...
ESSEX — Chief Paul Francis and the Essex Police Department would like to inform the community that about 500 National Grid customers in Essex will be affected by a planned power outage this week.. In order to accommodate ongoing bridge work on Main Street, National...
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