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‘Bloody Tuesday’ Strike Honored

IPSWICH – Last week dozens of people, including descendants of Nicholetta Paudelopoulou, gathered at the corner of Main and Saltonstall streets to unveil a new plaque honoring the 27-year-old mill worker and other bystanders whom police shot 109 years ago to break up...

Sports Photos by Peter McClelland

Obituary: Paul J. Duval, 89 November 16, 1932 – Jun 15, 2022

Rowley — Paul J. Duval, age 89, of Rowley, Ma., passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family in the afternoon on Wednesday, Jun 15, 2022. Paul was born on November 16, 1932, to Raymond and Marie (Connors) Duval. Paul graduated high school and joined the...

LGBTQIA+, Addiction & Stigmatization: There is Help

DANVERS — In recognition of Pride month, Recovery Centers of America (RCA) in Danvers recently hosted an event titled “LGBTQIA+ and Stigmatization: Understanding the impact and how to find resources.” Speakers from RCA, HRI Hospital, and Great Boston Addiction Center...

Mike Wilson To Make Second ‘Run Across America’

NEWBURYPORT – After running alone for more than 3,000 miles from the west coast, braving extreme weather, packs of dogs and numerous flat tires on his running stroller, Mike Wilson is planning to make the great American crossing on foot again next year. Wilson plans...

Ipswich Contractor sentenced for $1.8 million payroll tax scheme

BOSTON – An Ipswich man who owned and operated numerous businesses in the state was sentenced to a year of home confinement and three years of supervised release for manipulating his payroll to evade over $1.8 million in taxes. George Vasiliades, 58, was also ordered...

Battle For March’s Hill: Neighbors v. Dirt Bikers

NEWBURYPORT — The 17-acre March’s Hill, one of the highest points in the city, was used during the War of 1812 to watch for British ships on the Merrimack River. Today, neighbors of March’s Hill still have an eye out. But instead of British warships, they are keeping...

LET’S GO OUTSIDE – Saturday June 25 – 6 Plum Island Tpke, Newburyport MA 10am – 3pm – Parker River National Wildlife Refuge

Heroes and Homecomings: Norman Rockwell and World War II – Thursday, June 16 at 7 PM

Merrimack River Getting Help

THE MERRIMACK RIVER – As a boy in Merrimacport, Dan Healey fished and played with his friends in what he described last week as “a very smelly” Merrimack River. The water smelled; the fish he and his friends caught smelled, he said. “When my mother would throw me out...