by Stewart Lytle | Apr 9, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Groveland, Haverhill, Merrimac, Newburyport, Salisbury
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,...
by Stewart Lytle | Apr 9, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Rowley
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...
by Ava Moeckel | Apr 9, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Newburyport
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...
by Stewart Lytle | Apr 2, 2024 | Community News, Featured
THE ROAD TO PLUM ISLAND — The legions of Pink House supporters meet this week to discuss last-ditch efforts to keep the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (F&WS) from demolishing the beloved house. The meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4 at PITA...
by Ava Moeckel | Apr 2, 2024 | Community News, Featured
WEST NEWBURY – Marvel is one of many success stories at the New England Equine Rescue North (NEER). An aggressive Haflinger, Marvel was thought to be a lost cause. Bought at an auction by a well-meaning but inexperienced owner, the horse developed dangerous habits,...
by Stewart Lytle | Apr 2, 2024 | Community News, Featured
REGIONAL – It was raining on the Friday morning before Easter when dozens of volunteers for the First Parish Food Pantry gathered, as usual, to fill bags with groceries and a special candy treat for the needy. The rain forced the volunteers inside the...
