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ROWLEY — While Police Chief Scott Dumas is on medical leave, the SelectBoard has named department veteran Stephen May to head the town’s police force temporarily. Dumas informed Town Administrator Deborah Egan on April 10 that he would be on medical leave. The reason...
GEORGETOWN – It’s campaign season for towns that elect Boards of Selectmen. This is usually a hurly burly time on the North Shore when current select board members seek reelection and compete with residents who think they would do a better job governing their town....
REGIONAL – This year’s Newburyport Literary Festival, which begins on Friday, will be the last time that Victoria Hendrickson, its director, founder and muse, will head the popular event. She leaves the event that attracts some of the best novelists, writers and poets...
NEWBURYPORT – By next spring, one of five major entrances to this historic city will likely be transformed from a collection of largely non-descript homes and buildings to four “classic” new homes that will share a dock on the Merrimack River. “Coming across the...
PLUM ISLAND TURNPIKE – Maybe the non-profit Support the Pink House organization (STPH) could take a page from the Salisbury Historical Commission and propose to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (F&WS) that it license the almost 100-year-old icon while the community...
REGIONAL - The Greater Newburyport Housing Choice Coalition has invited Rev. Jared Mercer, pastor of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Newburyport, to speak about how the community provided housing for five Afghan refugee families. Rev. Mercer will provide an update on...
Newburyport Literary Festival NEWBURYPORT - The 19th annual Newburyport Literary Festival (NLF) will take place April 26-28, 2024. This year the festival will honor local Newburyport historians Bethany Groff Dorau, Dyke Hendrickson and Ghlee E. Woodworth. “We’re proud...
REGIONAL – Since 1873, ship’s captains, fishermen and recreational boaters have used an odd looking, wooden triangle on the Salisbury side of the Merrimack River as a daytime navigational marker. Nicknamed Ben Butler’s Toothpick after the Civil War general,...
ROWLEY — A proposal to transfer the Rowley Communications Center, the town’s 911 dispatch service, to a regional dispatch service has stirred up a nor’easter among residents. The proposed move to the North Shore Regional 911 Center in Middleton, which is designed to...
NEWBURYPORT -- As long as the Newburyport high school girls’ tennis team continues its winning way, the school may soon be able to host the state championships on new courts at the Nock Middle School. The Community Preservation Commission has approved the Newburyport...
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