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REGIONAL -- Veterans can now ride free to the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Administration Hospital, 40 miles away, thanks to Merrimack Valley Transit (MeVA). MeVA now provides free door-to-door transportation to and from Bedford Veterans Hospital and its...
REGIONAL – Voters in 11 North Shore cities and towns will go to the polls Tuesday, Jan. 23, to decide if they are willing to pay for a new $444.6 million building for Whittier Vocational Technical High School. In recent weeks, as municipal leaders have become aware of...
REGIONAL -- Marc Clopton calls the Actors’ Studio’s circuitous path from the Tannery Marketplace in Newburyport, where it operated for more than two decades, to its new home on the border of Amesbury and Salisbury “a sojourn.” “I never dreamed it would take so long,”...
SEABROOK, NH — NextEra, which owns the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant, said its plan to alter its emergency personnel will not compromise the public’s health and safety. The company has asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to approve the proposed...
PLUM ISLAND – Frank Bertolino with North Shore Realty is marketing the site of the former Plum Island Grille as a large home with an accessory apartment or as a multi-family house. Or the now-vacant restaurant, two blocks from the beach, could become a restaurant...
NEWBURY - The Newbury Volunteer Fire Department is hosting its annual bonfire from 3 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14, for trees dropped off by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11. The Old Newbury Bonfire will be held at the Tendercrop Growing Field, adjacent to Spencer-Peirce-...
REGIONAL – Whittier Regional Vocational High School could have allowed each of its 11 cities and towns under state law to decide individually how to fund its share of the $264 million price tag for a new building. Rowley SelectBoard chair Cliff Pierce and other town...
REGIONAL — As a cost-saving measure, it probably would not make anyone feel safe and secure if the local fire department was moved to Florida. Similarly, Massachusetts’ U.S. senators and a citizens’ watchdog agency are not happy with the owners of the Seabrook Station...
REGIONAL – 2024 will be dominated by national politics with the race for President and Congress in full swing, plus continued congressional turmoil and attempts to impeach the current President and, of course, the civil and criminal trials against the former...
REGIONAL -- Thanks to increased funding from the state legislature, beach goers from Haverhill, Merrimac, Amesbury and Salisbury can take a Merrimack Valley Transit (MeVa) bus to the beach starting Jan. 7. The Sunday service, particularly in the summer months, is...
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