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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...
GEORGETOWN – When Town Hall is closed on Fridays, Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco works for a former employer, the city of Haverhill, as an energy consultant. Select Board Chair Doug Dawes, in response to a question from the Town Common, wrote in an email that he...
TRITON REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT – The Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) turned down Triton Regional School District’s request to help fund renovation or construction of a new high school/middle school building. Superintendent Brian Forget said last week...
REGIONAL – As state Sen. Bruce Tarr of Gloucester was sworn in last week to his seventh term as the Senate Republican leader, the second Essex house seat was left vacant as a special committee tries to decide if Democrat Kristin Kassner or Republican Lenny Mirra won...
REGIONAL – The C-10 Research and Education Foundation is hoping for a decision soon on its petition asking the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to conduct a comprehensive investigation into how widespread the cracks in the concrete structures at the Seabrook...
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