ROWLEY – Route One’s third recreational cannabis shop will celebrate its grand opening Saturday with a party that features live music, celebrities and free food. The Joint Operations Rowley Dispensary, which joins two other recreational cannabis shops within a mile...
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A Serene Scene On The River
Fight Over Historic Ipswich Waldingfield Mansion Continues
IPSWICH — After a year of contentious hearings over the fate of a historic mansion here, the Planning Board may vote this week if it will approve permits to allow Ora, a global ophthalmology company, to convert the Waldingfield estate and grounds to a corporate...
Letter To The Editor
Dear Editor: Thanks very much to the Yankee Homecoming committee for choosing me and the Greater Newburyport Ovarian Cancer Awareness as a recipient of the 2022 Generations of Giving Volunteer Recognition Awards. It was an honor to be chosen and to be included with...
Calling All Singers: For The Honors Youth Choir Of Chorus North Shore
Amesbury Picks New Public Safety Leaders
AMESBURY – This city has a new chief of police and will soon have a new fire chief. Craig J. Bailey, a veteran of the force, has been appointed the 23rd Chief of the Amesbury Police Department, replaced Chief William Scholtz, who retired due to health issues from the...
Solace for Stephanie Hosts Comedy Night On Saturday
REGIONAL – Looking for a fun night and a chance to help neighbors suffering from cancer? You still have time to buy tickets to the 12th Comedy Night, sponsored by Solace for Stephanie. It will be held at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 13 at the Topsfield Fair. Tickets are...
Yankee Homecoming Lights Up Saturday Night Sky
Photos Courtesy www.617IMAGES.com. Newburyport's annual Yankee Homecoming celebration fireworks over Cashman Park on Saturday night. The successful week-long community event wrapped up Sunday afternoon with a parade along High Street.
A City’s Black History Remembered
NEWBURYPORT – It may surprise you that this city, which erected a statue in front of City Hall to slavery abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, once refused to let black children attend its public schools. In the early 1800s, long before the Civil Rights Movement of...
Inaugural Edition of SILVER SCREAM CON in Danvers
DANVERS – The inaugural edition of SILVER SCREAM CON, celebrating all things horror will take place August 26th - August 28th at The DoubleTree Boston North Shore Hotel in Danvers. Curated by heavy-metal band Ice Nine Kills frontman Spencer Charnas, SILVER SCREAM CON...
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