by Stewart Lytle | Jun 4, 2024 | Boxford, Community News, Education, Featured
REGIONAL – If you are planning where your children should attend school next fall, a new private school has opened for students in kindergarten through fifth grade at the First Church Congregational in Boxford. Called the St. George’s Classical Academy, the school is...
by Ava Moeckel | Jun 4, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Topsfield
TOPSFIELD – Come to the Topsfield Fair for a Movie Night on Thursday, June 27 at the Arena on the fairgrounds. Featuring the movie Encanto that tells the story of a Colombian teenage girl that has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family...
by Stewart Lytle | May 28, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Newburyport
NEWBURYPORT – At least 18 African-American, former residents of this port city were buried a century ago in the Oak Hill Burying Ground without headstones, but last week they were no forgotten no more. Almost 100 current residents gathered at the bottom of the hill...
by Stewart Lytle | May 28, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Newburyport
NEWBURYPORT WATERFRONT – Aaron T Stephan has a studio two blocks from the working Portland, ME, docks and has long been interested in the men and women who labor there building ships. Last week, Stephan attributed his walks around the docks to his inspiration to...
by Ava Moeckel | May 28, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Community News, Featured, Newburyport
REGIONAL — Nashville resident Crys Matthews, who performs on June 16 at the Belleville Roots Juneteenth concert, is already being compared to Woody Guthrie. She stands out as one of the most promising talents in the new wave of social justice musicians. “Crys is...
by Stewart Lytle | May 21, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Georgetown, Rowley, Salisbury
REGIONAL – Town officials in Georgetown are scrambling to cope with being millions of dollars in the red next year after voters turned down a proposed $2.5 million tax increase in town elections last week. And they will have to slice the town budget, a daunting task...
