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...
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PIGrille Damages Sent to Mediator
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...
Watch Your Holiday Tree Burn
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-...
Whittier Could Have Allowed City-Town Voting
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...
Seabrook’s Emergency Plan Opposed
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...
Looking for a Fight in 2024?
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...
MEVA Adds Bus Service to the Beach
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...
Georgetown Chair Survives Ouster
GEORGETOWN – A few weeks after the town’s Conservation Commission Chair was asked to resign, members of the town’s Community Preservation Committee (CPC) tried to remove its chair. Former SelectBoard member David Twiss, upset with Harry Cortiglia, the veteran chair of...
Left Out of the History Books – No More
NEWBURYPORT – The city has installed a new interpretive sign beneath the statue of the esteemed liberator, William Lloyd Garrison, pays tribute to the black activists, who, city planner Geordie Vining said, “made history, but were left out of the history books.” The...
Fight To Rebuild Ipswich & Triton School Buildings
REGIONAL – The superintendents of Ipswich and Triton schools were disappointed that the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) did not invite their districts this year to apply for funding to rebuild their deteriorating school buildings. Both Ipswich’s Dr....
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