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To the editor: This year’s volunteer recognition theme of Celebrating Service reflects both the national recognition of the impact and power of volunteerism as well as the research that surrounds the health benefits of volunteerism for the individual. According to the...
NEWBURYPORT — Tuesday, June 7th from 7:00—8:00 PM Join the library to talk about gender diversity and how to support your transgender and nonbinary friends and community members! This workshop will briefly review introductory gender information and recent trends in...
BURLINGTON, VT -- The following students have been named to the dean's list for the spring 2022 semester at the University of Vermont: Nathan Blanchard, Data Science major, from Merrimac is in the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences. Naomi Clark,...
WEST NEWBURY —The Pentucket Regional School District District will adopt the Panther as its new mascot at the High School and Middle School. The School Committee ratified the new mascot on May 24, following a recommendation by the Mascot Selection Steering Committee....
MILTON — On Sunday, May 22, Curry College honored 661 graduates from the Class of 2022 in its 142nd Commencement celebration. The ceremony was held at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Mass., with family members, friends, alumni, faculty, and staff, among other Curry...
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...
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