TOPSFIELD -- If you enjoy Dunkin’ Donuts’ spice coffee, you may want to try True North Ale Co.’ Topsfield Fair Giant Pumpkin Ale in the Topsfield Fair’s Beer Garden, especially while listening to the classic rock sounds of Starship, featuring Mickey Thomas and special...
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Hot Sauce Helps Oceans
HAMPTON, NH – New England Hot Sauce Fest weathered the threat of storms this summer to raise more than $12,000 to help environmental groups’ fight to protect New England’s seacoast and ocean. The festival, produced by Gabe DiSaverio, owner of the Spicy Shark sauces...
Essex Heritage Trails & Sails: 10 Days of Free Events
Long-standing program helps connect people to the incredible historic, cultural, and natural resources of the Essex National Heritage Area! ESSEX COUNTY – Presented by Essex Heritage, Trails & Sails is an annual event series that features more than 150 free events...
Newburyport Breaks Ground for John F. Cutter Jr. Fire Station
NEWBURYPORT – The City of Newburyport on Thursday ceremonially broke ground on the new John F. Cutter Jr. Fire Station, which will provide 21st century fire service and become the City’s first public building to meet net zero energy construction requirements. Mayor...
Conservation Commission Battle Gets Hotter
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...
Fighting Climate Change Locally
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...
Students To Learn ‘In the Shay Way’
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...
1,500 Reusable Bags Donated to Rowley Residents
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...
Open Letter: In Regards to Carl Shreder and the Georgetown Conservation Commission
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,...
Essex Agricultural Society Scholarships
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...
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