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GEORGETOWN – The Board of Selectmen called a special meeting last week to consider ousting Carl Shreder as chair of the town’s Conservation Commission for sarcastic comments he made about using Town Hall as a fire suppression exercise. Select board member Douglas...
REGIONAL – If climate change and new weather patterns were not already top of mine, the city of Newburyport plans to make sure residents of all ages on the North Shore are aware of ways they can help reduce the impact of rising seas, hurricanes and storms. With almost...
AMESBURY — In a “just in case letter,” Amesbury High School graduate Sgt. Jordan Shay asked that his family and friends to create a scholarship fund for students who “want to make a difference in the world.” After his battlefield death 30 miles north of Baghdad during...
By the Rowley Plastic Bag Reduction Coalition ROWLEY - To Prepare for the Rowley Plastic Bag Restriction Bylaw on Sept. 8 the Rowley Plastic Bag Reduction Coalition, an ad hoc group of Rowley residents committed to reducing plastic waste, is helping Rowley residents...
Dear Chairwoman Smith and Members of the BOS, One of the first people I was introduced to when I came into Georgetown over 40 years ago was a man named Charles Blanchard. My wife knew him since she had joined 4-H at age eleven and he was the Essex County 4H Agent,...
REGIONAL – The Essex Agricultural Society, which operates the Topsfield Fair, has awarded 34 college scholarships this year, many of them to graduates from North Shore schools. Most of the scholarships are for $1,000 and are paid to the college during the second...
I’m sure we all agree that keeping up with technology is not easy. From computers to cell phones to cars, and everything in between, changes take place at lightning speed. No matter what we buy, there is always something right around the corner, or already there, that...
NEWBURY – The town of Newbury will hold its second annual Town Day Saturday to celebrate local art, music, history, nature, people and places. Events will take place in the town’s three neighborhoods: Byfield, Old Town and Plum Island. “The first Newbury Town Day in...
IPSWICH -- Lori LaFrance is no stranger to being recognized by prestigious national organizations for her work on environmental issues with students at Ipswich High School. LaFrance, who has been teaching science for 17 years to mostly juniors and seniors, was one of...
NEWBURYPORT – “Less park, more parking” was the refrain Mary Jo Haley, the city’s parking enforcement supervisor, heard repeatedly last week from frustrated employees and potential customers of downtown businesses. “There is no place to park,” she told the city’s...
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