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NEWBURYPORT – The popular Pleasant Street coffee shop Changing Tides has changed owners and is transitioning to be more than a coffee shop. Anne and George Potts, who spent their careers in corporate finance, strategic planning and marketing, purchased the shop and...
GEORGETOWN – The search for a missing $11,166.50 dock the town bought for the American Legion Park on Pentucket Pond is over. We found it. Well, actually, The Town Common took a tape measure to the pond to measure the old dock (out of the water, on land) and the new...
by Kay Lee Ogden This will be a series of local businesses to encourage customers to shop locally and make people aware of the services and talents that we have surrounding us! Please shop local! This week's business spotlight: "Bent Emporium" a curative vintage!"...
Alfonso Paglia, known lovingly to all as Al, passed away peacefully at home on July 9, 2026, surrounded by the quiet dignity of a life well lived. He was born in Italy and immigrated to Canada and the United States, where he built a life marked by faith, devotion, and...
REGIONAL – The River Valley Charter School (RVCS) trustees last week handed the reins of the school to education administration veteran Joey Gustafson to be the interim executive director in hopes she can calm the troubled waters the kindergarten to eighth grade,...
WED. JULY 8 Boxford The Spirt of America in Boxford. 5:30 at the Holyoke-French House. Reading of the Declaration of Independence, musical performances, light refreshments, patriotic sing-along, *Rain Location: Boxford Community Center at 10 Elm. Georgetown 6 PM: The...
Event dates: July 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 BEVERLY and DANVERS Step into an enchanted forest where fairies meddle in the affairs of mortals, lovers lose their way, and magic turns the ordinary into the extraordinary. The North Shore Players, a community theater in...
by Kay Lee Ogden This will be a series of local businesses to encourage customers to shop local and make people aware of the services and talents that we have surrounding us! Please shop local! This week's business spotlight: We are welcoming the new "Emporium at West...
GEORGETOWN – The SelectBoard voted last month not to reappoint Rachel Therrien, the Chair, Vice Chair and long-time member of the Conservation Commission (ConCom). She was not invited to speak to the board to advocate for her reappointment, which she wanted to do....
NEWBURY − Flags are NOT banned on Plum Island. The controversy in advance of the 250th Anniversary of Independence Day erupted on this small island last week when the town sent a notice to three residents reminding them of their responsibilities under an agreement to...
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