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IPSWICH — A wet past few weeks may have dampened some Fourth of July plans, but too much water generally isn’t a problem for Foote Brothers Canoe & Kayak Rental. “We always say that we need two things to make what we do work: water and sunlight. We’ve got plenty...

ROWLEY – For 20 years, shoppers for antique furniture, jewelry, home décor and almost anything you can think of have been visiting Lynn Norloff’s Vintage Flair store in quest of the treasures she has found and now offers for sale. But in September, the shop that has...

NEWBURYPORT – After only two months as president of the Greater Newburyport Chamber of Commerce, former state Sen. Kathleen O’Connor Ives will leave the chamber July 10, citing “unanticipated and pressing family commitments.” O’Connor Ives, who was the unanimous...

GEORGETOWN – G. Mello Disposal Corp.’s plans to build a 500-ton transfer station near Interstate 95 got even more complicated last week. Mello, which collects trash in several North Shore communities, already operates a 50-ton transfer station on East Main Street...

Ipswich — Veterinarian Dr. Helen Noble frequently takes two important passengers along for the ride when she goes out on barn visits—her two small dogs, Mattie and Haley. “Mattie is little and she gets into trouble...She put those chickens away for a reason,”...

IPSWICH – Will Essex Pastures have 191 units like developer John Bruni wants or 141 units that were approved by the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) last month? Will it have the almost 8,000 square feet of retail space as Bruni proposed, or none as the ZBA...

NEWBURYPORT – The temperature and the humidity along the Merrimack River felt more like the lower Mississippi River Wednesday as a Dixieland Jazz band led a crowd of rail trail enthusiasts in marching along the newly opened waterfront gap in the Clipper City Rail...

SALISBURY — War broke out last week over burial urns, shepherd’s poles and benches before the town’s Cemetery Commission.  At the usually peaceful meeting of the town’s cemetery commission, about 20 emotionally distraught residents came to the Town Hall auditorium to...

REGIONAL – The food pantry at the First Parish Church in Newbury needs a new, permanent home.  The pantry that started in a small library of the church five and a half years ago has grown to serve 250 to 300 individuals and families every Friday.  “It’s like we spent...