NEWBURYPORT – Belleville Church will host piano soloist Sergei Novikov on Sunday, May 31 at 4 p.m. for a concert benefiting the fundraising efforts to reopen the historic Belleville Meetinghouse. Music will include classical, jazz, Broadway tunes, and more. Tickets...
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The Civil War Roundtable of the Merrimack June 10 at Hilton Senior Center, Salisbury
The Civil War Roundtable of the Merrimack will meet on June 10, 2026, at 7:30pm at the Hilton Senior Center, 43 Lafayette Rd (Rte 1), Salisbury, MA. Our June program will be presented by Rick Cochran of Hull, who'll discuss his Civil War novel, "True to His Country: a...
Merrimac Fire Dept. Warns of Local Scam
MERRIMAC — Chief Larry Fisher and the Merrimac Fire Department remind residents to take great caution when receiving phone calls or emails soliciting monetary donations. A resident informed Merrimac Fire recently that they had received a call from an organization...
ST. JOHN’S PREP GRADUATES – Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Hamilton, Newbury, West Newbury, Newburyport…and more…
DANVERS − St. John’s Preparatory School held its 116th Commencement exercises on Saturday afternoon as Head of School Edward P. Hardiman, Ph.D. P’19 ’21 ’26 conferred diplomas upon 279 seniors during an outdoor ceremony held on the school’s campus. The ceremony was...
Newburyport’s Julia Davis * Valedictorian * Bishop Fenwick
Bishop Fenwick is proud to announce Julia Davis ’26 of Newburyport as the Valedictorian for the Class of 2026. Julia has distinguished herself academically by pursuing one of the school’s most rigorous academic programs, including thirteen AP courses. A Presidential...
Rosary Walk at Great Rock Farm – Sunday, June 14
Peace Love Thrift Going Strong at Fifth Anniversary
by Joe Kelly GEORGETOWN – Peace Love Thrift opened on May 1, 2021, at 22 E. Main Street in Georgetown, inside a building that still holds the vault from an older bank that, according to local legend, burned down sometime in the 1880s. The vault survived, and the town...
Newburyport Custom House Lands Rare Patriotic Textile
NEWBURYPORT – It was a tense morning at the Custom House Maritime Museum, the adrenalin and hot caffeine flowed as executive director James Russell, his team and a very special donor competed in the Eldred Auction for a rare patriotic textile of the Declaration of...
SelectBoard Asks Town Administrator About Outside Work
GEORGETOWN – The SelectBoard met last week for more than 90 minutes in executive session with Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco regarding accusations that he has violated his contract by doing work on behalf of the town of Shirley and possibly other employers....
Standoff: ConCom v. Pacheco
GEORGETOWN – The attorney for fired Conservation Commission (ConCom) director Michele Grenier has demanded the town pay her at least one year of salary at $65,000/year to settle claims of discrimination, retaliation, improper reduction of wages and wrongful...
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