$100 Grand Prize $50 2nd Place $25 3rd Place Sponsored by The Town Common DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS 7:00 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2025 Submit to: editor@thetowncommon.com Professionals and amateurs are invited to send us your photos for contest entry and...
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Fall 2024 College Honor Students …
Champlain College - Trustee's List Elizabeth Chadbourne of Rowley, majoring in Cyber Networking & Cybersecurity Champlain College - Dean's List Ava Chen of Boxford Rose Davis of Newburyport Andrew Genualdo of Amesbury Aidan Pasek of Byfield Parker Rogers of...
Black Nannies and Maids Honored – Newburyport Black History Initiative’s Newest Plaque
NEWBURYPORT – The Newburyport Black History Initiative (NBHI) unveiled Sunday its latest informative plaque to inform and honor the black domestic workers who worked and lived in the city, The NBHI, which has erected 11 informative plaques around the city honoring...
Show Your Love for Horses this Valentine’s Day in West Newbury
by Mary Martin President & Founder, NEER, North Inc. WEST NEWBURY – Valentine’s Day always reminds me of the broken-hearted horses I’ve been privileged to help over the years. As founder and president of New England Equine Rescue North, a small non-profit in West...
Proposed FY26 ‘Local Aid’ to Cities/Towns
City and town finance managers and finance committees got their first look at anticipated state funding for next year's budgets, when the Massachusetts’s governor recently unveiled her budget proposal for FY26. The currently proposed state spending of approximately...
SALISBURY Civil War Roundtable of the Merrimack
Wednesday, February 12, 7:30 PM Hilton Senior Center, 43 Lafayette Road, Salisbury, Mass. This month's meeting will feature two brief talks by Roundtable members. "How Joshua Chamberlain Faced Down an Insurrection at the Maine State Capitol in 1880" and "The Role of...
REVERE BEACH 2nd annual Winter Wonderland
Saturday, February 8, 2025, from 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM This family-friendly event will feature world-class ice sculptures, a Winter Market with over 20 local vendors, and a chili cook-off. Enjoy live entertainment, including a Snow Queen Stilt Walker, a Snowflake Skater,...
Are UFOs Real?
AMESBURY – Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), now called Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), came to the Costello Senior Center last week. About a dozen senior residents listened enthusiastically to Chris Torres of Salisbury Beach explain how the government and...
Fall 2024 College Honor Students
Nichols College President's List Carter Renaud of Hampton, N.H. Dean's List Fernando Barranco of Haverhill Gianna Filtranti of Amesbury Jack Ellis of Hampton, N.H. Plymouth State University President's List Cassidy Margerison, of Haverhill Morgan Ruebel, of Ipswich...
SALISBURY: Civil War Roundtable of the Merrimack
Wednesday, February 12, 7:30 PM Hilton Senior Center, 43 Lafayette Road, Salisbury, Mass. This month's meeting will feature two brief talks by Roundtable members. "How Joshua Chamberlain Faced Down an Insurrection at the Maine State Capitol in 1880" and "The Role of...
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