by Ava Moeckel | Nov 21, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Newbury, Newburyport
NEWBURY – Food banks, like the First Parish Food Bank, are entering their busiest season. The volunteers that serve food to hundreds of people each week have been preparing since August to meet the demand for turkeys. Jean Merrow, who heads this food bank, has 211...
by The Town Common | Nov 21, 2024 | Boxford, Community News, Featured
BOXFORD – The Town of Boxford is pleased to announce the completion of the Glendale Road culvert replacement project, enhancing resilience and safety on a Parker River tributary crossing. The project, totaling $630,000, was made possible through funding from the...
by The Town Common | Nov 21, 2024 | Boxford, Byfield, Community News, Featured, Georgetown, Ipswich, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley
ROWLEY – Jeff Megna of the F. S. Roberts & Son Funeral Home in Rowley was recognized at the Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association annual Funeral Service Appreciation Night in Needham last month. “We are excited to recognize our colleague Jeffrey E. Megna of...
by The Town Common | Nov 21, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Newbury
NEWBURY – Town Administrator Tracy Blais, Police Chief Patricia Fisher and Fire Chief Dave Evans are pleased to share that members of Newbury Police, Fire and Dispatch received commendation awards for their combined efforts in saving a man’s life last month. The...
by The Town Common | Nov 13, 2024 | Amesbury, Arts & Culture, Beverly, Boxford, Byfield, Community News, Danvers, Essex, Featured, Georgetown, Groveland, Hampton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Merrimac, New Hampshire, Newbury, Newburyport, Portsmouth, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Seabrook, Topsfield, West Newbury
Cantemus Chamber Chorus, with 42 members from across the North Shore, will present three concerts in December that share “The Peace of Wild Things.” Inspired by the Animal Kingdom, this concert preserves some seasonal traditions, and goes beyond. The repertoire...
by Stewart Lytle | Nov 13, 2024 | Amesbury, Community News, Featured, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Ipswich, Merrimac, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, West Newbury
REGIONAL – Gov. Maura Healey has come up with a new plan to build a modern Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School (WT) on the Northeastern Community College campus (NECC) in Haverhill. In what was described as “early stages” of consideration by state...