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REGIONAL – If there is any lingering question that electric cars are the future, ask your police chief. He may be driving an all-wheel drive Tesla or will be soon. The Newburyport City Council has approved Marshall Mark Murray’s proposal that the city buy a Tesla as a...
IPSWICH — A wet past few weeks may have dampened some Fourth of July plans, but too much water generally isn’t a problem for Foote Brothers Canoe & Kayak Rental. “We always say that we need two things to make what we do work: water and sunlight. We’ve got plenty...
ROWLEY – For 20 years, shoppers for antique furniture, jewelry, home décor and almost anything you can think of have been visiting Lynn Norloff’s Vintage Flair store in quest of the treasures she has found and now offers for sale. But in September, the shop that has...
SALISBURY — Only a few minutes remained last week in the otherwise peaceful monthly meeting of the Cemetery Commission when war broke out again over the maintenance of the town’s Long Hill Cemetery. Chairman Gordon Frost was called “dictatorial” by Vice Chairman Ken...
NEWBURYPORT – When the new waterfront park is completed on the Merrimack River in 2024, is it better to have the two smaller parking lots on opposite ends of the park or consolidate all parking into one larger lot on the east side of Market Landing Park? Would you...
NEWBURYPORT – After only two months as president of the Greater Newburyport Chamber of Commerce, former state Sen. Kathleen O’Connor Ives will leave the chamber July 10, citing “unanticipated and pressing family commitments.” O’Connor Ives, who was the unanimous...
REGIONAL – Elizabeth de Veer discovered that the beach in winter is different from summer when she spent hours watching her beloved Labradoodle run unleashed on Plum Island during the cold months when Newbury and Newburyport allow dogs to run free. De Veer, a writer,...
GEORGETOWN – G. Mello Disposal Corp.’s plans to build a 500-ton transfer station near Interstate 95 got even more complicated last week. Mello, which collects trash in several North Shore communities, already operates a 50-ton transfer station on East Main Street...
Ipswich — Veterinarian Dr. Helen Noble frequently takes two important passengers along for the ride when she goes out on barn visits—her two small dogs, Mattie and Haley. “Mattie is little and she gets into trouble...She put those chickens away for a reason,”...
IPSWICH – Will Essex Pastures have 191 units like developer John Bruni wants or 141 units that were approved by the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) last month? Will it have the almost 8,000 square feet of retail space as Bruni proposed, or none as the ZBA...
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