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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...
GEORGETOWN – The Georgetown Education Assn. (GEA) is suing the town’s School Committee in superior court to stop the release of teachers’ personnel records to a private citizen. The school committee, relying on an order from the Supervisor of Records, released the...
Interested in aviation, youth leadership, or service to your community? If so, the Civil Air Patrol is for you! If you’re age 12 to 18 and looking for a challenge, join us for an introduction to the Civil Air Patrol, the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary. Come meet our members...
NEWBURYPORT – Louis Tyree was the man any parent would love to have as a son. He grew up in Indiana, where his father was a farmer and fought with the Union Army in the Civil War. His mother was highly literate and imbued her son with a desire for education and to...
Veterans may get some property tax relief from the state legislature thanks to amendments Minority Leader Bruce Tarr pushed through to the HERO Act. The law, officially known for honoring, empowering and recognizing servicemembers and veterans, was signed into law by...
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