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"Ride with Purpose. Ride with Pride. Ride for Our Troops" was the motto of the American Legion Post 113 of Manchester-by-the-Sea' end-of-summer fundraising ride to support Operation Troop Support, a local organization that provides support directly to our troops...
Celebrity Pokemon Collector and Internet Personality Zezar poses for a photo with Julliane DeSantis and her son Giovanni.
BOXFORD – Robert and Nancy King spruced up the welcoming signs to the King's Tree Farm and Nursery in West Boxford this past weekend. I stopped and asked Robert what was up, and he explained how he and his wife Nancy had just given the old signage a facelift. Robert,...
REGIONAL – For years since he lost his sight, a 93-year-old World War II veteran relied on his wife to read to him. But then she died, and his world got very small until he turned to the Lions Club for help. Bob LaFrance, a Lions Club member for 45 years and head of...
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — The 5th Annual New England Hot Sauce Fest brought approximately 2,000 ticketed guests to Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth for a day of hot sauce, food, music, family fun, and some seriously intense pepper challenges — while raising a record...
ROWLEY – The new director of the Council on Aging has lofty ambitions for the town’s seniors, which make up about a third of the approximately 6,250 residents. Marty Blanchard wants the town to find or build a space large enough and designed for senior activities....
Last week, The Town Common in a story about Rowley’s new fire chief wrote: The Rowley department has one female firefighter, Lt. Merissa Titus-Abate, and (the new chief) is looking for more. His partner in Topsfield was a woman, whom he described as emotionally...
The Newburyport Choral Society welcomes prospective singers to an Open Rehearsal on Tuesday, September 1, at 7:00 p.m. at Belleville Congregational Church, 300 High Street. Kick off our Winter 2026 concert season by joining us for the first rehearsal. New singers are...
Salisbury Christian Concert Series Wed. August 19 & Wed. Aug. 26, 6:30 - 9:00 PM FREE concerts at Salisbury Beach Waterfront Stage! Come early, browse through the shops. Take in the views, enjoy a great Christian Concert sponsored in part by...
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