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Lions Eye Research Fund Awards Its Sight Award To Marie And John Veilleux Of The Amesbury Lions Club

The Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund (MLERF) has awarded its Sight Award in tandem to Marie and John Veilleux of the Amesbury Lions Club for 2020-2021. The William T. Murphy Sight Award, named for Murphy’s nearly 30 years of dedication to MLERF, recognizes an...

Wenham Select Board Puts Town Administrator On Paid Administrative Leave

WENHAM – Wenham’s Town Administrator, Ryan Ferrara, has been placed on paid administrative leave. No further information about the move by the Wenham Select Board was forthcoming, as Chair Catherine Harrison made the announcement at the beginning of the Tuesday, Dec....

Sports Photos By Peter McClelland

An American Quilt: Unfolding A Story Of Family And Slavery

Clemenzi Family Turns It Up For Christmas

GEORGETOWN – Through the pandemic, lockdowns, and the assorted ups and downs of the past two years, Georgetown music teacher Eric Clemenzi and his son Xavier have never let the music stop. In fact, over the past several months, Eric and Xavier, 12, have turned things...

Secure The Shadow: Victorian Spirit And Post-Mortem Photography

Georgetown Fire Department And Mutual Aid Partners Respond To Multiple Incidents All Within An Hour

GEORGETOWN — Georgetown Fire Department responded to a fire in a home on Canterbury Drive and an unrelated medical call while mutual aid partners responded to a lighting strike this past Saturday according to a report by Acting Chief Chuck Savage. On Saturday at 11:48...

Lower Merrimack Valley Regional Collaborative Booster Clinics

WEST NEWBURY — The Lower Merrimack Valley Regional Collaborative has announced that it will host two community COVID-19 vaccination clinics for those seeking booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, Dec. 15, and Wednesday, Dec. 22, from 5 to...

Seasonal Characters Go Shopping In Downtown Amesbury

AMESBURY – Normally, December is a busy time of year for the North Pole, but on Thursday, December 16th, winter’s most recognizable faces are taking a road trip to Amesbury to get some local shopping done. “I suspect they’ll be on the hunt for items that Santa’s elves...

New MassFishHunt Recreational Permitting System

MassFishHunt - the official recreational fishing, lobstering, and hunting permitting system for Massachusetts – has been upgraded. The new system went live on December 1, 2021. Anglers, hunters, and trappers will be able to buy licenses and permits, report a harvest,...