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ROWLEY – For the last few weeks, when you turned off Central Street onto State Highway Rte. 1, your heart was probably not beating as fast as it once did. The reason: MassDOT has installed the long-needed traffic light with turn signals at the dangerous intersection....
GEORGETOWN – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has assessed a $117,300 penalty to G. Mello Disposal Corp. for violations of the state Solid Waste Management regulations involving the operation of the company’s existing waste management...
IPSWICH - The Town and people of Ipswich, Massachusetts are proud to present Ipswich Illumination 2023, a celebration of beauty & community. Now in its 14th year, Ipswich Illumination features a collection of interactive art installations, live music, poetry,...
NEWBURYPORT – If you like music from drumming by local indigenous musicians to Grammy winning Zydeco from Louisiana, this is the place to be this Saturday. Newburyport’s 3rd Annual Indigenous Peoples Day Event will be held along the downtown waterfront park, starting...
GEORGETOWN – A Newburyport private detective firm demanded Select Board member Rachel Bancroft last week turn over evidence to the state Ethics Commission of her bias in favor of the Conservation Commission if she does not cooperate with its town-funded probe of the...
WEST NEWBURY — Superintendent Justin Bartholomew is pleased to share that Pentucket Regional High School students will participate in the German American Partnership Program (GAPP). The German American Partnership Program (GAPP), supported by the United States State...
REGIONAL – The 13th Annual Comedy Night to raise money for cancer victims through the Solace for Stephanie (Jenkins) last month ago raised $24,300, one of the organization’s biggest year. In a wrap-up letter to the hundreds of “angels,” who participated in the Comedy...
TOPSFIELD – Reading has its rewards. The Topsfield Fair, Fiesta Shows and The International Association of Fairs and Expositions this summer promoted a ‘Read and Win’ program with at 32 libraries in Essex, Middlesex counties and southern New Hampshire. For each...
NEWBURYPORT – As you sit waiting your turn to enter the traffic rotary that links downtown and the Gillis Bridge over the Merrimack River in the city’s north end, have you wondered what are those houses and brick buildings off to east? With its unspectacular houses...
REGIONAL – When Dr. Gary Gastman became the executive director for Link House nine years ago, it had an annual budget of $1 million, and as he described the major mental health services provider, it had “good bones,” but needed “some improvements.” On Oct. 20, when...
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