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dugout canoe on Merrimack River

NEWBURYPORT – Aquinnah Wampanoag master canoe builder Johnathan James Perry and Mashpee Wampanoag Darius Coombs launched a mishoon, a dugout canoe, in the Merrimack River on Sunday, to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day. Once a pine, it was turned into a dugout canoe...

Beverly Police Respond to Shooting

BEVERLY – Chief John G. LeLacheur reports that the Beverly Police Department are currently on scene and investigating an apparent shooting that occurred Saturday night. On Saturday, Oct. 11, at approximately 7:17 p.m., Beverly Police received reports of shots fired in...

Susan E. Maloney May 5, 1947 – October 8, 2025

Susan E. Maloney passed away peacefully in Salem, NH, on October 8, 2025, at the age of 78. She was born on May 5, 1947, in Boston, MA, and was formerly of Ipswich and Boxford, MA. From the start, she was destined to touch the lives of all whom she encountered with...

Breast Cancer Awareness Stamps

This month, purchase Breast Cancer Awareness Stamps from your local post office, including from Karyn at the Groveland Post Office. Help fund the fight, find a cure.

Seed Saving Lecture at the Rowley Public Library Tues. Oct. 28 6:30 P.M.

Seed Saving Lecture at the Rowley Public Library The Rowley Library will host Gretel Anspach, a Trustee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and a Lifetime Master Gardener with the Massachusetts Master Gardener Association, on Tuesday, October 28 at...

New Record Set at Topsfield Fair Hot Dog Eating Contest

TOPSFIELD, MA – Robert McGee of Rockaway, NY, won the 7th annual Topsfield Fair Hot Dog Eating Contest on Saturday, eating 13 quarter-pound hot dogs (the equivalent of 3.5 pounds) in buns in the allotted 7-minute time. He set a new record, beating the old record set...

Sand Mining Is Not Farming

GEORGETOWN, MA – Sand mining at the 100-year-old Zibell Farm has led to a property tax change. The Board of Assessors ruled last week that the 5 acres of the 30-acre property no longer qualify for reduced farm taxes, saying the land was converted into a sand and...

Saving People: One Animal at a Time

BOXFORD, MA – August 29 is a date that changed the life direction of Cynthia Sweet, who founded and heads Sweet Paws Rescue. Twenty years ago on that date, Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest storms to hit the U.S., overwhelmed the New Orleans’ levees and flooded...