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LATHAM, NY - Major General Ray Shields, the adjutant general for the state of New York, announced the recent promotion of members of the New York Army National Guard in recognition of their capability for additional responsibility and leadership. Howard Love from...
NEWBURYPORT - Storm Surge is a volunteer-run community organization in Newburyport promoting science-based outreach and education to encourage municipalities to prepare for the impacts of sea level rise, increasingly severe Atlantic Ocean storms, and other effects of...
Haverhill and Lawrence - Northern Essex Community College has launched NECC Now, a podcast designed to highlight members of the college community who are doing exciting things within and outside the college. Each month, Marc Lemay, a veteran broadcast journalist, will...
WEST NEWBURY — Pentucket Regional High School’s DECA chapter achieved several honors at the 63rd annual Massachusetts DECA State Career Development Conference. Hannah Linehan, a senior from Merrimac, earned State Champion honors in Financial Consulting. For the second...
BOSTON – The Baker-Polito Administration’s Division of Banks awarded over $2.5 million in grants to fund first-time homeownership education programs and foreclosure prevention counseling centers throughout the Commonwealth. The funds awarded through the Chapter 206...
Boston - A recently approved state Senate bill to create a Governor’s cabinet-level Secretary of Veterans Services would require that Secretary to be a veteran, thanks to an amendment added to the bill by state Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester). That...
If you are knowledgeable about crops and have Internet access, you qualify to be a weekly crop reporter. It only takes about 10-15 minutes each week to alert USDA of the crop situation in the county using the Internet report form. That information will be used to...
REGIONAL – USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct its biannual Agricultural Labor Survey in April. The survey will collect information about hired labor from more than 2,000 farmers and ranchers. NASS will publish survey results May 25 in...
NEWBURYPORT – From flying the Ukrainian colors to renaming Russia Street, North Shore residents are showing their support for Ukraine in its fight to remain an independent democratic country. Photos: Stewart Lytle / The Town Common [gallery columns="1" size="large"...
NEWBURYPORT – Designing a public restroom can be tricky these days and may be much more expensive than members of the ad hoc committee on the Newburyport waterfront park expected. After agreeing on most design issues for the new, 4-acre Market Landing Park on the...
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