The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will offer family-friendly Trip-Tip self-guided adventures for 22 state park locations during the traditional April school vacation week. The self-guided opportunities can be experienced at any time which started on...
Community News
What Makes Community? A presentation by Nate Robertson and the Amesbury Carriage Museum
Amesbury – The COVID Pandemic has forced us to consider how we live our lives and what we value in our communities. Nate Robertson, a Community and Economic Development Planner for the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, has been exploring this important question. ...
New Hampshire Public Radio and The Music Hall present Writers on a New England Stage
PORTSMOUTH, NH – New Hampshire Public Radio and The Music Hall announced the latest line-up for their award-winning series, Writers on a New England Stage, now being presented in an intimate and virtual format. Featured authors include Erin Brockovich, the celebrated...
Discovering Your Salem Ancestry-How to Access Genealogical Records in Essex County and Beyond
As part of Salem Ancestry Days, this FREE educational and inspirational webinar will help you learn how to access records of your Salem ancestors and what resources are available to amateur and professional genealogists by some of the leading repositories in New...
Give blood with the Red Cross in April during National Volunteer Month
With no substitute for blood and no way to manufacture it, volunteer donors are essential for hospital patients in need of transfusions. During National Volunteer Month this April, the American Red Cross is celebrating the blood, platelet and plasma donors who help...
First Congregational Church of Rowley Historical Scavenger Hunt
First Congregational Church of Rowley is holding an historical scavenger hunt to raise money for the Missions Team on Sunday, May 2 (Rain Date May 9). Clues will be sent, via email, to registered participants Sunday morning by 11am. Visit more than 20 historical...
Essex Agricultural Society and the Charles E. Larner Family Foundation Scholarship deadline extended to May 1st
The Essex Agricultural Society DBA Northeast Harvest and the Charles E. Larner Family Foundation are accepting applications from local students. The Essex Agricultural Society will award $1,000.00 scholarships, paid directly to the school, at the second semester of...
Amesbury Earth Day Celebration at Camp Kent Nature Center
Join Amesbury Recreation for an Earth Day cleanup at Camp Kent Nature Center on April 24 from 10am - to 1pm. Small groups will work to tidy up the Eagle Trail, the butterfly garden, the adventure course, and other most commonly used places. The Camp Kent staff hopes...
The Music Hall’s Innovation + Leadership series presents Best Selling Author Bill Bufordwith his new book DIRT
On Wednesday, April 28 at 7pm (livestream), bestselling author and winner of the James Beard Award, Bill Buford comes to The Music Hall’s virtual stage as part of the Innovation + Leadership series, now being presented in an intimate, online format. The author will...
The Friends of the Rowley Library sponsor “Design a sunny perennial border”
The Board of the Friends of the Rowley Library are sponsoring a virtual zoom lecture “Design a sunny perennial border” April 16, 2021 at 7:00pm. Host Jana Milbocker is the principal of Enchanted Gardens, a lecturer and garden writer. She published The Garden Tourist:...
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