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...
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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...
Shawsheen and Merrimack River herring migration soon
Join the MRWC on April 12th at 7pm to learn about river herring on the Shawsheen and Merrimack Rivers. Jon Honea, a professor of ecology at Emerson College and a Conservation Commissioner for the Town of Andover, will be speaking about the ecological and historic...
Buying Young
Wouldn’t it be nice to go back and do some things over again? I remember graduating college and wondering why my friend, who had recently graduated as well, was buying a small dumpy single family home in the next town over from where we grew up. I asked him why and...
Pontine Theatre Presents THE GREEN SHAY by George Savary Wasson: A story of old Kittery Point, Maine
PORTSMOUTH NH: April 9 -11, Pontine Theatre brings George Savary Wasson’s early 1905 novel, The Green Shay to the stage. The two-person production features Pontine Co-Directors, Greg Gathers and Marguerite Mathews. Wasson’s books have been described as “the most...
Amesbury Chamber of commerce shares Transition to Phase IV of Reopening Plan
BOSTON — The Baker-Polito Administration announced that Massachusetts will advance to Step 1 of Phase IV of the Commonwealth’s reopening plan on Monday, March 22. The Administration continues to take steps to reopen the Commonwealth's economy with public health...
Easing Students’ Anxieties as They Return to the Classroom
When it comes to the emotional well-being of students post-pandemic, a new study reveals that teachers expect significant challenges when schools make a full return to in-person learning. The study, commissioned by the Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), the world...
Essex Heritage Spring Annual Meeting Thursday April 22
The Zoom meeting will run from 9-10AM. The agenda will include updates on Essex Heritage initiatives, announcing the partnership grants, and more. The meeting will last under 40 minutes and will be followed by break-out sessions for the three focuses of Essex...
Georgetown Information on State’s Vaccine Preregistration Program and Guidelines for Fully Vaccinated Individuals
GEORGETOWN — The Baker-Polito Administration recently announced a new sign-up tool for the state’s seven mass vaccination sites. The system, which launched Friday, March 12, is designed to help make it easier to request and book an appointment at these sites when they...
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