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REGIONAL -- To raise money to continue the battle to clean up the Merrimack River, Curt Rogers, dressed as “King Sturgeon,” and 11 more hardy souls plunged into the cold Atlantic Ocean off Plum Island last month. Seventy fans watched from the shore. Rogers dressed as...
GEORGETOWN – Whether taxpayers here will see a large, permanent tax increase next year will be decided by the voters on May 13, not by the Town Meeting on May 6, as previously thought. Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco told the SelectBoard last week that he had...
REGIONAL – Massachusetts, jokingly nicknamed Taxachusetts for its long history of high taxes, took steps this year to lower the provide $1 billion in tax relief for businesses, families, rents and two programs to help seniors, 60 and 65 years old and older. During the...
REGIONAL – The River Valley Charter School is looking for a new director following Jonnie Lyn Evans’ announcement Friday that she will leave the school in June after helping found it 25 years ago and serving in its administration for the last 11 years. “While there is...
NEWBURYPORT - The Newburyport Arts Collaborative brings to the Firehouse Center for the Arts some of Disney’s most popular characters in Frozen Jr. Over six shows, two different casts of 60 local students will perform the stage adaptation of the Broadway musical March...
NEWBURYPORT – The Merrimack Valley Transit Authority (MEVA) and city leaders will hold a forum Thursday on proposed changes to the city’s bus routes designed to appease unhappy residents on two streets near Ana Jaques Hospital. The proposed change will eliminate...
REGIONAL – At a time when local schools are facing tough challenges with declining enrollment, lower revenues and rising costs, the Massachusetts Assn. of School Committees (MASC) named Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr from Gloucester to be its educator of the year....
On International Women’s Day next week, the North Shore Women’s Connect (NSWC) is hosting a conference designed to help women overcome personal and professional barriers. The conference will feature 19 speakers, women from different races, ethnicities, industries,...
GEORGETOWN – The Conservation Commission (ConCom), under direction of the state Land Court, voted last week four to zero with two abstentions to approve the controversial trash transfer station on Carleton Drive. The commission, which regulates wetlands and other...
REGIONAL – One of Georgetown’s treasures was Peter Pratt, who for almost a half century sat behind a display case he used as a desk surrounded by an eclectic array of large and small toys, vintage coins and his favorite soap box derby kits. The Pratt Hobby Shop at 20...
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