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NEWBURYPORT — This city is good at preserving and honoring its history, honoring its Coast Guard heritage and preserving its downtown historic buildings, said Northeastern University professor Dr. Kabria Baumgartner last week. What the city did not preserve and honor...
REGIONAL – Towns and cities in eastern Massachusetts last week took the first step toward creating thousands of new multi-family homes to reduce the chronic housing shortage. A new economic development law includes a provision that requires communities served by the...
BOSTON — Almost three months after the election was held, the state House voted to seat Democrat Kristin Kassner of Hamilton as the representative from the Second Essex District. Kassner won the election by one vote after a recount over 10-year veteran Lenny Mirra of...
Tough Warrior Princesses Deliver ‘Joy’ Baskets By Stewart Lytle, Reporter REGIONAL – Since the first of the year, the Tough Warrior Princesses has created and delivered one basket of “joy” per day for cancer victims. That’s about 30 baskets in the last month, each...
Officials Accused of Working Against Town’s Best Interests By Stewart Lytle, Reporter GEORGETOWN – In his resignation letter as the town’s Conservation Agent, Steven Przyjemski accused town officials last week of conducting “an all-out attack” on the Conservation...
Let’s Go Red Hawks By Ava Moeckel, Reporter AMESBURY — The Red-tail Hawk is the most widespread Buteo hawk in North America. With talons measuring up to 1.33 inches, they are among the largest and most intimidating hunters. The hawk has a wingspan that averages a...
REGIONAL – The Center for Children and Teen Center (CATCH), which addresses the mental health challenges of youth, officially opened for business last week with 42 clients and 60 more on the waiting list. Such is the need, said program director Carolyn Gayler-Romero....
TRITON REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT – It’s hard to concentrate on Algebra or the American Civil War if your stomach is rumbling. Thanks to a new partnership between Triton Regional schools and the First Parish Newbury Food Pantry, high school students and Salisbury...
NEWBURYPORT – If you are a Bluegrass music fan, here’s some good news to help warm your winter. You don’t have to wait to whet your appetite until the Steel Drivers arrive in late April for the Belleville Roots Music Series performance. The Gibson Brothers are making...
NEWBURYPORT – Twenty years ago, when Vicki Hendrickson approached then-School Superintendent Francis Bresnahan about launching an adult education program, computers were new and people wanted to learn how to use them. Bresnahan agreed, and Hendrickson launched the...
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