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I am writing to you today to announce that I will be stepping down as the State Representative for the Fourth Essex District on September 15th to take a new position as a Commissioner on the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. It has been twenty-three years since this...
NEWBURYPORT – Veteran City Councilor Barry Connell admitted the idea came to him in “a fever dream.” It envisioned two or three wind turbines spinning a welcome to visitors and residents as they drive north on Interstate 95 to enter this historic seaport city. “What...
BOXFORD – GEORGETOWN LINE – Jeff McClure, the chair of the Georgetown Water Board, does not appear to be a man who panics easily. So, it was no surprise to members of his board or the water department staff when McClure said last week he would reserve “my panic for...
SALISBURY – Charles Geary wants to be buried among his ancestors in the historic Colonial Cemetery. A resident of Salisbury for 40 years, Geary served an elected Selectman for 14 of those years, worked for the Essex County Sheriff’s Office and served as a part-time...
MANSFIELD, OH – Mike Wilson stopped his Run Across America briefly this week to take a tour of the Ohio State Reformatory, the site where one of his favorite films, The Shawshank Redemption, was shot. He was surprised to find the prison and other scenes from the film...
MERRIMACK RIVER WATERFRONT – Want to channel your inner Billy Joel, Elton John or even Jerry Lee Lewis for the waterfront crowd this summer? Virginia Technology University junior Mateo McDermott on Sunday afternoon rolled out into the waterfront sculpture garden a...
NEWPORT, RI -- Be Present. Be Kind. Be Open. Be Together. Those are the rules for the Folk Family at the Newport Folk Festival, founded in 1959 by George Wein who grew up in Lynn. Newport is unlike any other music event. That was evident this past weekend. Magic...
NEWBURY – Sounds of an oboe playing a Handel concerto wafted across racks of boxed pasta, can goods and cereals Friday afternoon as Boston Orchestra principal oboist Andrew Price entertained a dozen volunteers at the First Parish Newbury Food Pantry. For the last...
BOXFORD – GEORGETOWN LINE – With one bitter fight going on over a proposed 500-ton trash transfer station on one side of town, Georgetown residents now face a possible threat to its drinking water supply across the Boxford line. Toll Brothers, a Fortune 500 national...
SALISBURY — Only a few minutes remained last week in the otherwise peaceful monthly meeting of the Cemetery Commission when war broke out again over the maintenance of the town’s Long Hill Cemetery. Chairman Gordon Frost was called “dictatorial” by Vice Chairman Ken...
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