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TOPSFIELD, MA – Robert McGee of Rockaway, NY, won the 7th annual Topsfield Fair Hot Dog Eating Contest on Saturday, eating 13 quarter-pound hot dogs (the equivalent of 3.5 pounds) in buns in the allotted 7-minute time. He set a new record, beating the old record set...
GEORGETOWN, MA – Sand mining at the 100-year-old Zibell Farm has led to a property tax change. The Board of Assessors ruled last week that the 5 acres of the 30-acre property no longer qualify for reduced farm taxes, saying the land was converted into a sand and...
BOXFORD, MA – August 29 is a date that changed the life direction of Cynthia Sweet, who founded and heads Sweet Paws Rescue. Twenty years ago on that date, Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest storms to hit the U.S., overwhelmed the New Orleans’ levees and flooded...
GEORGETOWN, MA – SelectBoard member Laura Repplier told Mike Donahue, another SelectBoard member, she can no longer work with him without a third-party being present. On Sept. 10, Repplier emailed him: “Mike, your initiation of this conversation and tenor of your...
NEWBURYPORT, MA – The Kiss and Tell Book Club at the Illume Book Store in Newburyport read and discussed Stewart Lytle’s Spanish Civil War novel, Love in War. Seated from left are Erin Tennis, club leader, Stewart and Melissa Wilkinson. Standing from left are Katie...
BOXFORD, MA – The Town of Boxford is proud to announce that S&P Global Ratings has assigned its highest possible credit rating — AAA — to the Town’s $18.64 million General Obligation Municipal Purpose Loan Bonds, Series 2025. The rating, issued on September 25,...
BOXFORD, MA – Boxford Town Treasurer Ellen Guerin announced that the Town received competitive bids from bond underwriters on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, for an $18,030,000 25-year general obligation bond issue. Piper Sandler & Co. was the winning bidder on the...
BEVERLY, MA – Chief John G. LeLacheur and the Beverly Police Department report that a 17-year-old male juvenile was arrested following a fire at a church. A 17-year-old male, of Beverly, was arrested and charged with: Breaking & Entering A Building at Night with...
PORTSMOUTH, NH – October 3, 2025 – After undergoing its annual recertification and independent assessment of investment management processes, investment strategy implementation, and other fiduciary practices, Nvest Financial Group, LLC today announced its...
The Fun Event of the Year - at the Georgetown Knights of Columbus Join the Knights of Columbus of Boxford, Byfield, Georgetown, Rowley, and beyond, at 87 E. Main Street in Georgetown, Mass., on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, or simply purchase a 'deed' for the 'ownership' of...
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