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by Michael Dempsey GROVELAND – Two Community Preservation Act projects in the Pines approved at Annual Town Meeting are finally being built. One project, approved in 2023, will place a Skate Park behind the current basketball court. As a gathering place for dedicated...
SALISBURY – At a recent SelectBoard meeting, Town Manager Neil Harrington recapped recent town meeting and other actions including: Passage of all articles at town meeting except the acceptance of one public street (postponed to the spring) Money added to general...
NEWBURY — The Newbury Fire Department and mutual aid partners responded to and extinguished a fire at Bob Lobster on the Plum Island Turnpike on Saturday evening. On Saturday, Nov. 15, at just after 4 p.m., the Newbury Fire Department was called to 49 Plum Island...
by Lonnie Brennan GEORGETOWN – Residents received a double-side printed letter last week advising them the water they have been drinking has been “in violation,” on-going, since May 2025. The letter, however, states that “this is not an emergency. If it had been an...
NEWBURY – You’re an avid golfer, but can’t play St. Andrews or Pebble Beach this year? The Newbury Golf Center has the next best thing. Less than a mile off Interstate 95 on Scotland Road, the 27-acre driving range has added Top Tracer technology and monitors on all...
NEWBURYPORT – The City of Newburyport has launched the Port Bikeshare pilot program, offering bicycles for rent at location along the city’s Clipper City Rail Trail. The program, which allows riders to use the Movatic app to locate, rent and return bikes, is a...
In conversation with The Monarch Gardner. I had the pleasure of meeting with Katie Banks Hone (aka, The Monarch Gardener) at her shop and nursery at Nutter Farm at 180 Ipswich Rd, Topsfield. I was deeply saddened by the death of Jane Goodall and asked Katie if she had...
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