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REGIONAL – The superintendents of Ipswich and Triton schools were disappointed that the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) did not invite their districts this year to apply for funding to rebuild their deteriorating school buildings. Both Ipswich’s Dr....
Newburyport Adult and Community Education to Offer ESL Classes Newburyport Adult and Community Education will offer affordable ESL/English classes to non-English speaking individuals or those interested in increasing their skills. The classes are for beginning to...
‘Tis the season to give blood or platelets Long-sleeved T-shirt for donors through Jan. 5 When blood products are fully stocked on hospital shelves, patients don’t have to wait for critical care. Giving blood or platelets with the American Red Cross in December can...
REGIONAL – Cancer is not funny, but comedian Paul Gilligan and friends have raised a lot of money year after year cracking jokes to raise money for the non-profit Solace for Stephanie that makes life a little easier for North Shore cancer victims. From being a class...
GEORGETOWN – Carl Shreder, who chaired the town’s Conservation Commission (ConCom) for almost a quarter century, was honored last week by the state Legislature for protecting the town’s environment. A few days after he was asked by SelectBoard chair Amy Smith to...
REGIONAL – Town leaders across the North Shore can only hope a blizzard hits Haverhill but not any of the coastal towns on Jan. 23, keeping Haverhill’s residents from voting in the multi-town election to approve a nearly half-billion-dollar new building for the...
GEORGETOWN – The G. Mello Trash Disposal Corp. has asked the state Land Court to remove the conditions the town’s Planning Board imposed on the 500-ton trash transfer station the company plans to build once it gets town approvals. Mello’s appeal said some of the...
NEWBURYPORT – When winter seems unbearable, don’t just suffer through the long, cold nights. Have some fun. Patti St. John, the director of Newburyport Adult and Community Education (NACE), has a few good ideas. Get to know your ancestors, learn to sing outside the...
NEWBURY — On a cold December night last week on Plum Island, supporters of the Pink House turned up the heat on the area’s delegation to Congress, particularly U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, to save the federally owned Pink House from demolition. Supporters of the Pink...
GEORGETOWN – It appears it was not enough to pressure the 25-year veteran chair of the town’s environmental watch dog commission to resign. Critics of the Conservation Commission (ConCom) have turned their sights on the vice chair and possibly other commission members...
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