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Deck the Docks in Gloucester

Join friends of Adventure for holiday singing and carols on the docks at Maritime Gloucester, Harbor Loop. Enjoy complimentary hot chocolate or mulled cider. Wear warm clothes. Lyrics will be provided. Maritime Gloucester, as part of the Deck the Docks event, is...

Newburyport Lions Club Thanksgiving Day Home Delivery Meals

First Congregational Church Of Rowley’s Olde Tyme Country Fair!

Newburyport Public Library presents bestselling author David Baldacci

Bestselling author David Baldacci will discuss his latest book, Mercy, via Zoom on Zoom December 9, at 7:00 pm via Zoom. Baldacci is a global #1 bestselling author, and one of the world's favorite storytellers. About the Book: For her entire life, FBI agent Atlee Pine...

The Music Hall + Strawbery Banke Museum Present 17th Annual Vintage Christmas

Portsmouth, New Hampshire - Now in its 17th year, Vintage Christmas in Portsmouth still transforms what National Geographic Traveler described as “possibly the greatest small town in the USA,” into a picture-postcard winter wonderland. Vintage Christmas in Portsmouth...

Salisbury Resident in Dean College Theatre Production, I Hate Hamlet

FRANKLIN - Benjamin LeBlanc of Salisbury has earned the role of John S. Barrymore in the Dean College production of I Hate Hamlet, beginning Thursday, December 2 through Sunday, December 5, 2021. Andrew Rally, a young and successful television actor, relocates to New...

Protect Kids by Steering Clear of Knock-Off Toys This Holiday Season

In the scramble to get your hands on the toys your children want this holiday season, experts warn that you should prioritize safety by sticking to age-appropriate toys and by avoiding counterfeit alternatives at all costs. “Illicit sellers of counterfeit toys may...

Area students make Stonehill College Dean’s List

EASTON - To qualify for the Dean's List, students must have a semester grade point average of 3.50 or better and must have completed successfully all courses for which they were registered. The following students earned a spot on the list. Cailey Bitto of Boxford...

‘Bodies’ Found Where Former Selectman Wants to be Buried

SALISBURY – Former town selectman Charles Geary’s 20-year quest to be buried among the town’s founders in the historic Colonial Cemetery may have come to an end. The town appears to have discovered four “objects,” probably the bodies of earlier Salisbury residents or...

Hamilton residents envision the future

Hamilton is the almost perfect picture book example of a small New England town. To keep it that way, and to balance growth with protection of its abundant natural resources, takes work -- and that’s what residents are being asked to do as the town undertakes an...