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TOPSFIELD – It is not too early to plan your visit to the 205th Topsfield Fair at the end of September. If you buy your tickets now, you can save on admission tickets and ride tickets. The annual fair, which opens Sept 29 and runs through Oct. 9, is selling discounted...
SALISBURY – Eric Cotton took time off from his job at a restaurant in Portsmouth. NH, last Friday to be among the first to test out the banks, bowl and half rails of the new concrete skate park at Partridge Brook Park. The “ripper” from Sweden, who lives in Dover, NH,...
AMESBURY – Tutors, like Kathy Ells, were needed long before Covid-19 shuttered schools three years ago. But the remote or limited teaching during the Covid shutdown appears to have made tutors in even more demand as students try to bridge the pandemic’s learning gap,...
Lady Windermere’s Fan (Pay what you will) Presented by Theater in the Open Maudslay State Park July 22-30 One of Oscar Wilde’s parlor comedies, Lady Windermere’s Fan is a masterful examination of reputation, love, and deceit. Lady Windermere suspects her husband of...
AMESBURY – Maples Crossing is taking another step toward being the go-to site for sports on the North Shore by adding a lacrosse clinic for young players. Taught by Lizzy Deacon, a four-year starter for the Amesbury High School varsity lacrosse team and last year’s...
NEWBURYPORT – If you want the 65th Yankee Homecoming to be the best ever, buy a Yankee Homecoming flag for your porch, volunteer to collect donations carrying a bucket at the Sunday parade or just buy a ticket to Brewfest. Yankee Homecoming, an annual nine-day event...
HAMPTON, NH – If you thought the last couple of weeks have been hot, just wait to see what is planned for the New England Hot Sauce Fest on Saturday, July 29 on the expanded outdoor field behind the Smuttynose Brewing Co. Last year, the first annual spicy food event...
SALISBURY BEACH — When the historic carousel with 44 “carvings” was turned on for the first time here on the Friday night before the Fourth of July, it was a “commencement” of a new era for a beach that is experiencing major revitalization. That is how Amy Moore,...
SALISBURY BEACH — Children and parents pressed their noses last week against the glass of the new Carousel Pavilion hoping the painted horses and other animals inside would come to life. Like generations of beachgoers before them, they hoped to be allowed inside the...
ROWLEY – One of the most popular venues for people to get married on the North Shore is now hosting Farm to Table Dinners featuring local farm produce and fun chefs in an ambiance of a farm restored to its 17th century glory. The Barn at Bradstreet Farm, the second...
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