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Boston Sports Legends In Downtown Painting
NEWBURYPORT – Several Boston sports luminaries – Byrd, Big Papi, Gronk, Brady and Bobby – showed up in downtown Newburyport last week at the corner of State and Pleasant streets. At least they were there in the imagination of local painter Richard Burke Jones. The...
Ocean Plunges Raise Money
PLUM ISLAND – Normally this time of year, the fish, whales and seagulls have the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean all to themselves. But lately, humans have been crashing into the waves as if it were summer. All to raise money. Last week, on Monday, one of the...
New firefighters for Georgetown
GEORGETOWN — Three Georgetown firefighters recently graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Call/ Volunteer training program. Firefighters Celia Xie, along with Connor and Chad Cameron, who are brothers, are among 21 graduates from the MFA’s...
Manchester landmarks renamed
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA – For decades hikers of all ages have made the trek up the 1.5-mile loop of Beaverdam Hill to marvel at two giant boulders that millennia ago were pulled from the bedrock and deposited by the last glacier that helped shape the North Shore...
Newburyport Police Promotes Sgt. Megan Tierney
NEWBURYPORT — Sgt. Megan Tierney was promoted recently .Sgt. Tierney began her career with the Newburyport Police Department as a dispatcher in 2010, and became a sworn police officer in 2012. She was assigned as a school resource officer from 2016 to 2020. Tierney...
Sports Photos by Peter McClelland
Looking for Something ‘Rewarding’ to Do?
WEST NEWBURY – On a cold morning last week with snow piled under the feet of the horses and humans, Andrea Moore-Dickison had just finished combing out the mane of a miniature horse at the New England Equine Rescue North (NEER North). “It was all matted,” she...
Salisbury Native Died for Texas Independence
SALISBURY – This week, the state of Texas celebrates the 186th anniversary of the 13-day Battle of the Alamo, celebrating historic figures like Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and Bill Travis. Thanks to work by the Salisbury Historical Commission, we should also add the...
Dervish Brings Century-old Tradition to Belleville Church
NEWBURYPORT – When the acclaimed Irish band, Dervish, takes the stage at the Belleville Congregational Church Sunday, it will be following in a tradition that began a century ago where Irish musicians brought their unique style of music across the seas. Michael...
