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Photos by Libby O'Neill / The Town Common St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Newburyport hosted Swords to Ploughshares Northeast Sunday at the church. Swords to Ploughshares brought a forge to St. Paul’s to repurpose guns that have been surrendered through buy-back...
AMESBURY — The Amesbury High School community will be looking for a new mascot after Superintendent Elizabeth McAndrews supported the change and a special review committee voted nine to two to change the mascot from the Indians. The School Committee is expected to...
REGIONAL – If you are over 50, you probably remember helping your mother paste S&H Green Stamps in the little books and waiting excitedly for the new catalog to arrive to pick out what cool item the stamps could be redeemed for. If you are under 50, you are...
REGIONAL — The two cities in the region will be led by Sean Reardon for four years and Kassandra Gove for another two years. Both were elected last week in somewhat unexpected victories. Reardon, who will replace 12-year-Newburyport Mayor Donna Holaday, defeated...
REGIONAL – One of the best memories of home for the holidays is coming downstairs on Christmas morning and seeing what Santa Claus left in the stockings. There was candy and small gifts, maybe a new winter hat and gloves. It was delightful to pour out the stocking on...
Seated behind the controls in his Byfield recording studio, EJ Ouellette will tell you he’s an entrepreneur. But make no mistake about it, as he turns up the volume on his latest collaboration with Tomika Dixon (granddaughter of Ouellette’s hero, blues legend Willie...
TRITON REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT – After a rainstorm like the Nor’easter that rolled through last week, a Zamboni-like machine the size of a riding lawn mower scrubs and squeegees the floors removing water in sections of the Triton High School/Middle School. The...
NEWBURYPORT – The potentially controversial design of the proposed Visitor Center/Restroom at Market Landing Park on the Merrimack River waterfront will go before the City Council on Nov. 8. Any building that might obstruct views of the river has long faced...
NEWBURYPORT – Replacing the out-of-business Global Oil gas station on the high-profile corner of High and State streets may take six months to a year, the oil company’s lawyer told the Newburyport City Council Monday. Jeff Roelofs, the attorney for Global, pointed the...
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