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Ipswich Receives Metropolitan Area Planning Council Grant

IPSWICH — Town Manager Stephen Crane is pleased to share that the Town of Ipswich has received grant funding courtesy of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) to provide technical assistance for Phase I of the Town’s Section 3A work. The $40,000 in grant...

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Ipswich Students Raise $17,000 to Fight Hunger

IPSWICH — The Ipswich Middle School Walk for Hunger on April 14 raised $17,000 for the Open Door by more than 300 sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students. Furthermore, the students pledged to walk approximately 10 miles from High Street to Great Neck. “Year after...

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Fate of Town Hall Hangs on Vote

NEWBURY – For close to 20 years, townspeople here have been arguing, often heatedly, if they need to spend money on a new Town Hall. That debate may be resolved soon. On Tuesday, voters will decide whether to override the state’s spending limits to build a new Town...

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Judy Collins Coming to Town

NEWBURYPORT – If you still find yourself humming the tune Both Sides Now by the legendary singer-songwriter Judy Collins, the Firehouse Center for the Arts has a treat for you. The Grammy winner is coming to Newburyport next month to perform her memorable songs at the...

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Calling All Book Lovers

NEWBURYPORT AND BEYOND — In its 18th year, the Newburyport Literary Festival has gone hybrid. Many of the popular festival’s offerings this weekend of interviews with authors and poets will be live on Friday night and all-day Saturday in multiple downtown venues. But...

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Conservation Commission Feud Grows

GEORGETOWN – In the on-going battle between town officials and the Conservation Commission, chair Carl Shreder and other commission members last week rejected Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco’s accusation that fraud was involved in the compensation for its former...

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Doggie Day Care Owner Sentenced to Probation

ROWLEY — April Bernhardt, the former owner of the Hydrant Regency dog kennel will not have to go to jail, as the result of a conviction on 40 counts of animal cruelty. But for the next three years she cannot own or possess any animals. Judge William Martin in the...

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Stop Dumping Sewage in the River

REGIONAL – Congressional representatives in Massachusetts and New Hampshire have joined forces to fight a mutual problem – untreated sewage being dumped into the Merrimack River. Massachusetts Reps. Lori Trahan and Seth Moulton joined New Hampshire Reps. Chris Pappas...

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Is Conservation Commission in Peril?

GEORGETOWN – The future of this town’s wetlands regulations has become a focal point in the upcoming Board of Selectmen election as town officials battle over upcoming appointments to the Conservation Commission, replacing the conservation agent and possibly the...

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Blindness Fund Receiving Grant Applications

REGIONAL - For programs and services that meet the needs of the vision impaired, improve their quality of life, and enable them to live an independent and productive life, the Greater Newburyport Fund for the Blind (GNFB) is accepting grant applications for up to...

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