This month’s exhibit in Northern Essex Community College’s Linda Hummel-Shea ArtSpace Gallery is a homecoming for Newton, NH painter Kale Baker, who graduated from Northern Essex in 2014, before transferring to Montserrat College of Art, where she earned a Bachelor of...
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Hamilton Wenham Public Library Services The Library will be closed Monday, April 19 in observance of Patriots’ Day
The Pickup Window is open: Mon. & Fri.: 10-4, Tue., Wed., & Thur.: 10-7, Saturday: 10-3. Please call ahead or place orders online, window service is for items already located, processed, and ready for pickup. Appointments: Visit the Children's room, browse the...
The Merrimack River Watershed Council Water Quality Monitoring Report available
The Merrimack River Watershed Council (MRWC) Water Quality Monitoring Report is now published on their website.To view the report visit merrimack.org Many water testing volunteers invested time and effort collecting data, and sharing their experiences of the Merrimack...
Career and Technical Education schools transition to fully in-person learning
The Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators share The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) updated guidance on April 1 for culinary and cosmetology programs as schools statewide continue to plan for a transition to fully in-person...
Registration Opens for Virtual Camp Stepping Stones Weeklong, online activities help children and families cope with the death of someone close
Danvers – Care Dimensions will hold its 20th annual Camp Stepping Stones, a special opportunity for children and their families to connect with other grieving families, to honor and remember those who have died, and have some fun. This year, with COVID precautions in...
Rowley Public Library Virtual Program hosts The History of the Merrimack River & how to clean it up
Join the Rowley Public Library virtually on Wed., April 21 at 7pm. Local author and journalist Dyke Hendrickson will discuss his new book, Merrimack: The Resilient River, An Illustrated Narrative of the Most Historic River in New England, in this Zoom webinar. Visit...
CRANE ESTATE HORTICULTURALIST LEADS SPRING PRUNING WORKSHOP
The Italian Garden at Castle Hill in full bloom event. Crane Estate horticulturist Beth Walsh will lead an in-person and hands-on workshop to learn proper pruning techniques and the best strategies to mitigate winter damage and deer browse. The workshop will include...
Essex Police Department Tips During National 9-1-1 Education Month
ESSEX - Chief Paul Francis and the Essex Police share guidelines and tips to access help in the midst of an emergency during National 9-1-1 Education Month. According to the National Emergency Number Association, approximately 240 million calls are made to 911 each...
April at The House of the Seven Gables
The House of the Seven Gables officially opened as a museum and settlement house on April 30, 1910. Caroline Emmerton restored the famed mansion and capitalized on the fame of Nathaniel Hawthorne to fund her settlement house. The settlement house provided a slew of...
Newburyport Yard Waste Facility open for the season
The Yard Waste Facility will be opened on Tuesday, April 6 this year. It will be open Tuesdays- Saturdays from 7:30 AM -2.30 PM. To order your resident sticker visit: City of Newburyport Click on the Online Services button. Click on Online Payments Center. Click on...
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