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PLUM ISLAND – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public input on a potential change to entrance fees in the fall of 2024 for Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). In accordance with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004, the proposed...
REGIONAL – Local governments have less than four months to comply with Section 3A of the state Zoning Act, which mandates communities to create new zoning for multi-family housing in hopes of stemming the shortage of affordable housing in eastern Massachusetts. Here...
HisTOURy is excited to continue hosting guided tours of historic buildings around Essex County this fall! HisTOURy is a nonprofit whose mission is to promote the appreciation and preservation of historic buildings in communities throughout New England and New York. On...
The Exchange Club of Newburyport erected a Field of Honor at Bartlett Mall as a place for remembrance and reflection of the events of September 11, 2001 the men and women of the United States Military who serve, or have served, our Nation; first responders, aid...
REGIONAL – The award-winning historical fiction novel, Love in War, by The Town Common reporter Stewart Lytle, is now available at both bookstores in Newburyport: the long-established Jabberwocky in the Tannery and Illume Bookstore on Market Square. The novel,...
GLOUCESTER – More than 320 thrift fashionistas and hunger-relief supporters attended the sold out The Open Door Thrift the Runway Fashion Show presented by its thrift store, Second Glance, on Sunday at The Cut. The event aligned with New York Fashion Week and Hunger...
NEWBURYPORT – Louis Tyree would have been amazed if he could have watched Mayor Sean Reardon and state Rep Dawne Shand honor him and several of his descendants last weekend with an interpretative sign that described his life. As a young man, the son of a black soldier...
NEWBURY – When two vans owned by Global Remediation Services arrived at the Pink House last week and a crew toured the house with Matt Hillman, manager of the Parker River Wildlife Refuge, supporters of the house assumed their worst nightmare – the demolition of the...
WEST NEWBURY – Chief Michael Dwyer reports that the West Newbury Fire Department and mutual aid partners participated in the rescue of a Belgian Draft horse. Around noon on Sunday, Sept. 1, West Newbury firefighters responded to 2 Georgetown Road for a report of a...
NEWBURYPORT – Jen Perry opened Illume, the second bookstore in this small city, on National Independent Bookstore Day. On that day, April 29, 2023, the city’s downtown was humming with the annual Art Walk and even more appropriately with the Newburyport Literary...
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