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Bancroft Asked to be Removed from ConCom

GEORGETOWN – Town leaders here are at it again. After the chairman of the Conservation Commission was forced to resign last year and more than 100 residents the year before asked the then-chair of the SelectBoard to step down, a member of the Parks and Recreation...

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Pictures with A Purpose

NEWBURYPORT – To celebrate Black History Month, the city has installed its latest edition of black initiative signage at the playground on Inn Street. The sign, one of about a dozen going up around the city, will be unveiled by Mayor Sean Reardon at 4 p.m., Tuesday,...

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Whittier Throws in Towel

REGIONAL – After a plan to finance a new Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School suffered a crushing defeat last month, the school administration and the North Shore communities it serves are re-thinking it path forward. Whittier, which teaches 1,250...

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Inside the Pink House

PLUM ISLAND TURNPIKE — Driving to Plum Island, it is not unusual to wonder what the iconic Pink House, empty and alone on the edge of the Newbury Salt Marsh, looks like inside. Speculation about the Pink House among its many supporters has always been rampant, but has...

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Listen to Great Music in Churches

REGIONAL – The churches will be alive with music this winter. Dervish, one of the most celebrated Irish bands, will be back at Belleville Congregational Church for the Belleville Roots concert on March 16, and the Bluebird Performance Venue will hold its next concert...

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Newburyport Recreation Center Unveiled

NEWBURYPORT – The city wants to renovate and expand a building on Low Street that once enrolled and trained Massachusetts National Guard soldiers for war into a sleek, indoor-outdoor facility that is safe for children and teenagers to gather, learn and play. Mayor...

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A ‘Unique’ Site for Sunsets

NEWBURY – If you ever enjoyed a cocktail at the Plum Island Grille watching the sun set over the marsh, you’ve had a taste of the joy might bring of calling that space your own. The Grille at 2 Sunset Dr. on the western edge of the island is closed, and Realtor Frank...

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Topsfield Fair Named Top Family Event

TOPSFIELD - The Topsfield Fair, the nation’s oldest fair, has been named one of 11 UP-STAND Family-Friendly Awards in 2023. Awarded annually by UP-STAND, the Family-Friendly Awards celebrate accessibility and changing norms associated with family-friendliness at...

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Whittier to Re-Think New Building

REGIONAL – After seeing its proposed $446 million building resoundingly defeated last week, the Whittier Regional Vocational Technical District plans to move slowly in developing a new plan to replace its 50-year-old building. “We will take time to reevaluate how we...

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Anyone Else Volunteer for the Conservation Commission?

GEORGETOWN – It is not unusual for a city mayor or chair of the town’s selectboard to end a meeting asking for volunteers to serve on various boards or commissions. There never seems to be enough citizens to go around. But not here in Georgetown, particularly when it...

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