The lawn is the largest single crop in America, is the most irrigated crop, and is a complete and utter biodiversity desert. “Lawns significantly degrade the ecological health of land and water and contribute to global warming.” – Owen Wormser Here are some...
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Newburyport Horticulture Society’s Annual Student Scholarships
The Newburyport Horticulture Society (HORT) awarded three (3) student scholarships in May to area graduating senior high school students who are planning a college major in a field that will benefit the environment. A $2,500 HORT scholarship was awarded to both Hannah...
The Blind Can Walk Newburyport’s Rail Trail
NEWBURYPORT – The beloved Clipper City Rail Trail with its interesting sculptures and interpretative signage is easy to navigate -- if you can see. Now thanks to new technology being installed by the Newburyport Lions Club, even walkers with low vision will soon be...
Georgetown Knights of Columbus Officer John Takis to Ride in the 2025 Pan-Mass Challenge to Fight Cancer
We all have varying degrees of challenges in our daily life. Our good health, happiness, and family are most important. Over the past 19 years I have participated in athletic events which I have used to meet my fundraising goals. It is difficult to ask for your...
Newburyport Lantern Festival Thank You
A Glowing Night of Community and Remembrance: Thanks to everyone who made the 15th Annual Newburyport Lantern Festival a Beautiful Success. Greater Newburyport Ovarian Cancer Awareness (GNOCA) extends heartfelt thanks to the hundreds of community members who joined us...
FROM MY GARDEN, by lonnie brennan: POTATO BEETLES
The Town Common Vegetable Garden Tips Potato Beetles There are two ways to help beat the potato beetle: 1. Walk the rows and squish every beetle, and check the underside of the leaves for yellow clusters of tiny eggs. Squish out the eggs. Very time consuming... Straw!...
Dean Charles Black
Dean C. Black, 69, passed away peacefully on July 4, 2025. He was born in Ohio and moved to Ipswich at the age of 7. After graduating from Ipswich High School, he began his career as a mechanic at Jimmy’s Exxon in Ipswich, then became a top Snap-on tool dealer in his...
Mike Lago Remembered
NEWBURYPORT – Michael Lago, probably the oldest, at 92, and much-loved member of the Newburyport Tennis Club, passed away last month. Thanks to his wife, Carol, who introduced him to tennis when he was in his 50s, Mike was a member of Newburyport Tennis Club for more...
Virginia Ann (Iglehart) Kent
Virginia Ann (Iglehart) Kent of Rowley, Mass., passed away peacefully on June 29, 2025, with family by her side. She was the devoted wife of Donald L. Kent. Born on June 21, 1935, in Baltimore, MD, she was raised in Portsmouth and Norfolk, VA, by her late mother, Mary...
ROWLEY: Summer Concert Series at the Library
The Rowley Public Library is offering a Summer Concert Series: live family-friendly music events Wednesday evenings in the month of July. Bring a blanket or chair and relax on their beautiful front lawn while enjoying great local musicians. Free frozen treats will be...
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