HATHORNE – Essex Tech students, staff and faculty will help more than 200 children have a brighter holiday following this year’s 7th annual Hawk Holiday Hope Community Service Learning Project. Each year classes at Essex Tech are given the name of a child who is in...
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Newburyport Bank Supports Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce
Newburyport – Newburyport Bank has donated $2,000 as an Event Underwriter sponsor of the Hampton Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner. Each year the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce holds this event to recognize and bestow awards to local businesses...
Saving Newbury’s Iconic Pink House
NEWBURY — When the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) bought the iconic Pink House on Plum Island in 2011, it thought the single-family house, which is the subject of countless paintings and photographs, might serve the federal government as a guest house for...
Growing CIWorks May Spur Lower Millyard Development
AMESBURY – In what could be a boost to the long-awaited re-development of the Lower Millyard district, CIWorks has been asked to manage and recruit businesses and manufacturing firms for space in a building that overlooks the scenic Powwow River and Rail Trail. If...
First Parish Food Pantry Breaks Ground On Permanent Home
REGIONAL – The food pantry at Newbury’s First Parish Church held a groundbreaking last week to build a 2,400-square-foot building that allows the pantry that serves more than 300 people a week to return to its roots at this historic church. “It couldn’t come soon...
Wreaths Across America Honors North Shore Veterans
ROWLEY – Last year, when Tammy and Ron Garron attended the Wreaths Across America ceremony in Topsfield, they were so touched by the ceremony they decided this year to bring the initiative that honors veterans to the Rowley Burial Ground. The Garrons joined Rowley’s...
Northern Essex Community College to expand Culinary Arts Program
Haverhill — After opening its Lupoli Family Institute of Culinary Arts in downtown Haverhill in the fall of 2020, Northern Essex Community College has announced that it will be expanding and offering two new credit programs, an associate degree in culinary arts and a...
Haverhill AMVets Post 147 And VFW Lorraine Post 29 To Host Christmas Party
REGIONAL – Veterans can celebrate Christmas together for the first time this year from noon to 2 p.m. at the AMVets Post 147 and VFW Lorraine Post 29 in Haverhill on Dec. 23. “With much excitement, a group of volunteers is happy to announce that there will be a...
Amesbury Lions Roar With Soup And Coats For The Needy
In the spirit of Thanksgiving on the Wednesday before the big day, the Amesbury Lions Club delivered over three hundred cans of soup to Our Neighbors Table as part of their ongoing fall community collection of soup for those who are food insecure. The Amesbury Lions...
Gifting a Tree This Holiday Season Helps Green Up Newburyport
As the holidays approach Friends of Newburyport Trees (FoNT) has several gift ideas to suit your budget and to support the verdant urban forest of our City. To honor a family member, friend, colleague, or organization, give A Recognition Tree and memorialize the gift...
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