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The Music Hall is thrilled to announce that Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, Broadway composer, and multi-award-winning artist Sara Bareilles will headline this year’s Emerging Artist Benefit Concert at The Music Hall’s Historic Theater on Sunday, May 11, at 7 p.m....
GEORGETOWN – My name is Mike Anderson, and I am running for the position of Light Commissioner. I am a lifelong resident of Georgetown and have worked full time at the school department for many years. I have served the community in many capacities. Starting as a...
In conversation with Matthew Martin of Restoration Horticulture, The Native Plant Podcast, and teacher of Arboriculture at Essex Tech. Matthew grew up in Salem, Mass., in a neighborhood with a view of the power plant, to loving parents who worked in factories. His...
by Mike Dempsey Voters at the town meeting this year on April 28 will be presented with a decision on four Community Preservation projects for approval. The first is a project to approve environmental testing at a historic former mill building at 46 Washington St. for...
NEWBURYPORT – The Central Congregational Church will hold a Personal Care Drive on May 3, 2025 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Central Congregational Church is partnering with Community Services of Newburyport to collect personal care items to be shared with those in need...
NEWBURYPORT – Vote for your favorite butterfly species until May 18 when it will be painted as a mural outside at the Senior Center. Candidate species are the fritillary, swallowtail, sulphur or mourning cloak butterfly. In celebration of butterfly season, the city...
NEWBURYPORT – City Marshal Matthew Simons reports that the Newburyport Police Department is investigating after a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle Friday afternoon on Low Street. Officers were called to the area of 232 Low St. around 3:12 p.m. Friday, April 18,...
GEORGETOWN – The Town Common invites all contetested and uncontested candidates for the upcoming election to kindly participate in a televised forum on Wednesday, April 23 from 7 :00 P.M. (sharp) to 8:30 P.M. The event will take place in the third floor meeting room...
Who Sent the $6 Million Override Letter? Some residents of Georgetown received what has been called a “near-anonymous letter” urging them to vote for the upcoming $6+ million Proposition 2 1/2 tax increase/override next month. The letter stated that it came...
GREATER NEWBURYPORT – For the last 20 years, spring here has been a time to celebrate books and readers. From Friday, April 25 through Sunday April 27, this year will be no different as the Newburyport Literary Festival celebrates “The Importance of Being a Reader.”...
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