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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...
REGIONAL -- Northeast Arc (NeArc) has been awarded a $10,000 grant from the Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism to benefit traditionally under-served, under-funded and culturally diverse communities served by the Autism Support Center. “We are honored to once again...
REGIONAL – A cleaner Merrimack River may soon be more than a pipe dream. Last summer was one of the worst for raw sewage flowing downriver by your boat or dock. And don’t expect it to get much better this year, depending on the number of rainstorms that roll through....
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...
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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