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ROWLEY — Angela Daley, head chef and owner of Three Sweet Peas Bakery Cafe, didn’t expect to outgrow her new space on Main Street within three weeks of opening, but a visit on a Saturday morning makes it clear why she may be on that trajectory. Customers line up...
REGIONAL – If your feet are moving a little slower, but you still love to play competitively, you may want to try one of the country’s fastest growing sports, known by the odd name of pickleball. Like FlingGolf is reinventing traditional golf, pickleball, as player...
REGIONAL – Students and teachers at the River Valley Charter School got an extra week of summer vacation when a three-year-old hot water heater on the first floor failed on Sunday, Aug. 22, sending gallons of water flowing through classrooms and offices. In a letter...
GEORGETOWN – After more than a year and a half of gathering information about G. Mello Disposal Corp.’s proposed new 500-ton transfer station, the town’s Planning Board last week abruptly shut down its fact-finding effort and moved to deliberate at its next meeting on...
BOSTON - Governor Charlie Baker, Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg and Attorney General Maura Healey announced the appointment of Representative Bradford R. Hill to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC). Per statute, two commissioners are appointed by a majority vote...
I am writing to you today to announce that I will be stepping down as the State Representative for the Fourth Essex District on September 15th to take a new position as a Commissioner on the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. It has been twenty-three years since this...
NEWBURYPORT – Veteran City Councilor Barry Connell admitted the idea came to him in “a fever dream.” It envisioned two or three wind turbines spinning a welcome to visitors and residents as they drive north on Interstate 95 to enter this historic seaport city. “What...
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 arrived at 5:20 Sunday, Aug. 22 on the Merrimack River waterfront. The Planet Fitness...
BOXFORD – GEORGETOWN LINE – Jeff McClure, the chair of the Georgetown Water Board, does not appear to be a man who panics easily. So, it was no surprise to members of his board or the water department staff when McClure said last week he would reserve “my panic for...
REGIONAL – The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) slapped the wrist of Seabrook Station Thursday for not projecting the likely deterioration of its structural concrete caused by alkali-silica reaction (ASR). In a 20-page quarterly inspection report, the NRC issued a...
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