IPSWICH —The Ipswich Fire Department is one of nearly 300 fire departments across the state to have been awarded a grant as part of the Department of Fire Services Fiscal Year 2021 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Program. The $15,000 grant awarded to the Ipswich...
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Ipswich Shares Information on COVID-19 Variants
IPSWICH -- Town Manager Anthony Marino and Director of Public Health Colleen Fermon provide the community with information regarding COVID-19 variants. As a virus mutates, variants of that virus will emerge. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Ipswich Police Department Announces Autism Awareness Patch Fundraiser
IPSWICH — Chief Paul Nikas announced that the Ipswich Police Department will be participating in the Autism Police Patch Program throughout the month of April this year. Through the program, which seeks to raise awareness of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Ipswich...
The Cabot Returns with Live Music in 2021 as the Porch Sessions at Hale Farm Return
Jon McLaughlin, Livingston Taylor To Perform in June Beverly - The Cabot has announced that The Porch Sessions at Hale Farm will return in spring/summer 2021. The first announced performances are Livingston Taylor on June 12th for two performances at 2:00pm and...
Northern Essex Community College ArtSpace Gallery Features Local Painter
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...
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...
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