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Joyce “Dede” Calderone Todd, 94, passed peacefully on March 19, 2025. Dede left us on Wednesday, March 19th, surrounded by family and friends. She was the daughter of Joseph Calderone and Edith Dow and the widow of Robert Sherwood Todd. Dede grew up in the Boston area...
BOXFORD – The Boxford Police Department has successfully recovered funds for a local resident who fell victim to a sophisticated PayPal/Bitcoin scam, marking the first time in Essex County that authorities have been able to seize and reclaim cryptocurrency from an...
NEWBURY – Rising indie-pop artist Ava Valianti, a 15 year-old high school sophomore, is making major career moves with her fi rst-ever performances in New York and Boston, supporting the release of her upcoming single, Laugh Track. The track drops Friday, April 4th,...
BYFIELD, NEWBURY, ROWLEY, SALISBURY (Triton School District) – The Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) has awarded local businessman John Weston the Outstanding School Part-ner Award for last year. At the School Committee meeting on Wednesday, March...
The Friends of the Newburyport Public Library is excited to hold its 47th Great Old Book Sale on Wednesday, March 26 through Saturday, March 29, 2025 in the Program Room at the Newburyport Public Library. Thousands of hardcover and paperback books will be available...
by Stewart Lytle and Ava Moeckel PLUM ISLAND – Last Tuesday, the Pink House’s final morning, several trucks, a huge excavator and a giant crane arrived before dawn under a heavy fog to begin taking down the house. Four Newbury police officers came to manage traffic on...
ROWLEY – Planning Board members must fill some big shoes at this critical time in the town's development. Last week, Chris Thornton, a chair and member of the Planning Board for more than 10 years, resigned to avoid a potential conflict of interest with Rowley Farms....
By John T. Kolackovsky On October 5th, 2022, a group of concerned citizens did not believe the State had the right to impose the MBTA “Mandate” Law (3A) on Rockport and filed a lawsuit opposing it. The lawsuit (Docket No. 2277CV00947) argued that it was...
REGIONAL – The Newburyport Horticultural Society is offering two different scholarships to local high school students. The Deb Lambert Scholarship is for students of Whittier Tech and Essex Tech who are interested in pursuing a degree in an agricultural field of...
HAVERHILL – Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School received a $3,200 Massachusetts Financial Literacy Grant to help the school host a financial education fair, known as Credit for Life Fairs, for their students. Seventeen schools received this additional...
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