AMESBURY – It is not just the NFL with the New England Patriots playing the Jacksonville Jaguars in London or the NBA’s EuroLeague that are taking a U.S. sport international. FlingGolf is crossing the Pond to bring this new sport to British golf courses, including the...
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Ruth Flora (Zieff) Mades
Ruth Flora (Zieff) Mades, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, and formerly of Georgetown, Massachusetts died peacefully on December 4, 2024 at the age of 86 surrounded by her loving family. Ruth was born in 1938, to Barney and Esther (Cohen) Zieff beach side, in Winthrop,...
BankProv Exceeds Community Food Drive Goal, Donates Nearly 2,000 Items to Local Pantries
AMESBURY – BankProv is thrilled to announce the successful completion of its 2024 Community Food Drive, surpassing the ambitious goal of collecting 1,828 food items and achieving nearly 2,000 donations. The initial goal of 1,828 items was inspired by the incredible...
Masconomet Regional High School Students Once Again Take Part in Memory Project
TOPSFIELD – Superintendent Michael Harvey and Principal Katie DiNardo are proud to once again share that 16 Masconomet Regional High School students have taken part in an international project promoting kindness and intercultural understanding. Through the Memory...
New Panel Honors Black Soldiers and Sailors
NEWBURYPORT – During World War II, the father and three uncles of the future Essex County sheriff Frank Cousins, Jr. enlisted in the Navy, Merchant Marine and Army Air Forces to fight against Germany. A new interpretative panel, “Fighting for Double Victory,...
State Office of the Inspector General: No Fraud, Poor Town Record Keeping – Gives Georgetown 60 Days to Change
GEORGETOWN – The state Office of the Inspector General (OIG) ordered the town of Georgetown last week to implement better controls on how employees report of their time worked, particularly when an employee is out of town hall. But Inspector General Jeffrey S. Shapiro...
NORTH SHORE PLAYERS PRESENT ‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL’
NORTH SHORE PLAYERS PRESENT 'A CHRISTMAS CAROL' North Shore Players (www.northshoreplayersma.org) invite you to Christmas Eve, 1939. You will be in the audience as the cast portrays Orson Welles, Lionel Barrymore and the Mercury Players in a live radio version of...
Newburyport Fire Extinguishes Solar Panel Fire
NEWBURYPORT – Fire Chief Stephen Bradbury III reports that the Newburyport Fire Department extinguished a solar panel fire at a single-family home recently. On Tuesday, Nov. 19 at approximately 8:46 a.m., Newburyport Fire responded to 247 Merrimack St. for reports...
Engagement Announcement – Goss & Bretton
Mr. & Mrs. George F. Connolly, Jr., formerly of Georgtown, MA, currently of Appling, GA, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathleen V. Goss, to Jason G. Bretton. Katie is a Georgetown High School graduate and is currently employed at a bank...
Rowley Opposes Whittier Shared Campus
HAVERHILL – Whittier Vocational Tech Regional High School and the Northern Essex Community College (NECC) have moved a step closer to developing a shared campus that might be funded in part by the state. Ten of the 11 communities that make up the Whittier Tech...
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