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GROVELAND -- Library Director Darcy Lepore is pleased to announce that Langley-Adams Library was awarded a federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant for $15,000 from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC). The grant was awarded to...
Boxford Police Dept. is Now Accredited Boxford, MA — The Boxford Select Board and Chief James B. Riter are pleased to announce that the Boxford Police Department has been fully accredited by the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission (MPAC). The MPAC voted to...
REGIONAL – The future of trash pickup can be seen in Amesbury and a few other municipalities as the city last week rolled out the first brown trash carts that are picked up by trucks with only a driver. “Only trash in the new G. Mello brown carts will be collected;...
REGIONAL – As Solace for Stephanie will tell you, cancer is no laughing matter, except for one night a year, when the 13-year-old non-profit organization assembles some of the best comics in the area to raise money to help those fighting cancer. Named for Stephanie...
Newbury, Rowley, Ipswich to Receive $948,084 for Local Road and Bridge Projects Funding is included in $375M transportation infrastructure bond authorization BOSTON – Newbury will receive $267,000.06, Rowley will receive $238,751.03, and Ipswich will receive...
AMESBURY – Watch some of the nation’s best FlingGolf players compete on ESPN next week and become a flinger yourself in September at the New England FlingGolf classic held at the Amesbury Country Club and the Apple Hill Golf Club in East Kingston, NH. ESPN2 will...
TOPSFIELD, MA – - Construction on the Howlett Brook Dam fishway Jul 20, 2023 upgrades have begun and will be completed by early August. A weir-pool fishway had previously existed at this site but was completely destroyed during the Mother’s Day Flood in 2006. The dam...
ROWLEY – The Bluebird Performance Venue has found a comfortable nest at the First Congregational Church, bringing this month an eclectic group of musicians playing seldom heard instruments, vocalists and poets for a second concert at the church. “I’ve never met more...
TOPSFIELD – It is not too early to plan your visit to the 205th Topsfield Fair at the end of September. If you buy your tickets now, you can save on admission tickets and ride tickets. The annual fair, which opens Sept 29 and runs through Oct. 9, is selling discounted...
SALISBURY – Eric Cotton took time off from his job at a restaurant in Portsmouth. NH, last Friday to be among the first to test out the banks, bowl and half rails of the new concrete skate park at Partridge Brook Park. The “ripper” from Sweden, who lives in Dover, NH,...
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