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REGIONAL – Students and teachers at the River Valley Charter School got an extra week of summer vacation when a three-year-old hot water heater on the first floor failed on Sunday, Aug. 22, sending gallons of water flowing through classrooms and offices. In a letter...
GEORGETOWN – After more than a year and a half of gathering information about G. Mello Disposal Corp.’s proposed new 500-ton transfer station, the town’s Planning Board last week abruptly shut down its fact-finding effort and moved to deliberate at its next meeting on...
WORCESTER -- Maeve Brin of West Newbury, a Sociology major, has received the 2021 Thomas P. Imse Alpha Kappa Delta Award from College of the Holy Cross. The Thomas P. Imse Alpha Kappa Delta Award is given to a fourth-year sociology major who is a member of Alpha Kappa...
In response to fishery performance and quota utilization so far in 2021, DMF is proposing in-season adjustments to 2021 commercial fishing limits for summer flounder. As of August 25, Massachusetts has landed 435,188 pounds of its 1,015,179-pound 2021 quota (45%)....
Maritime Gloucester will present the 37th Annual Gloucester Schooner Festival on Labor Day weekend, September 3-5. For information about the festival visit www.maritimegloucester.org. Get your brushes and paints ready and choose a location out of these possible...
Congregation Ahavas Achim and Lappin Foundation invite families with young children to join a Jewish New Year celebration at Cider Hill Farm, 45 Fern Ave. in Amesbury on Sunday, September 12 from 10 – 11 a.m. Enjoy a Rosh Hashanah story, apples and honey, hear the...
The Humane Society of the United States is urging individuals to make a preparedness plan for their pets. “Making a disaster plan is more essential than ever as the pandemic continues to evolve and create new considerations related to evacuation and the capacity of...
The Newburyport Choral Society (NCS) is will return to in-person rehearsals, kicking off a fall semester program that starts on September 14. Online registration for singers opened on August 27 and runs through September 12. Rehearsals will take place at the...
Haverhill and Lawrence - Northern Essex Community College’s Life Long Studies Program, which is open to adults 18 or older, but especially popular with seniors, will return this fall, after a year-long hiatus, due to COVID-19. Back by popular demand is “Let’s Talk...
NEWTON - Michael Woo, a Lasell University student from Amesbury, is one of 11 orientation leaders selected by the University to welcome and guide incoming students this fall. Lasell's orientation leaders help first-year and transfer students acclimate to the campus...
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