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GEORGETOWN — Three Georgetown firefighters recently graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Call/ Volunteer training program. Firefighters Celia Xie, along with Connor and Chad Cameron, who are brothers, are among 21 graduates from the MFA’s...
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA – For decades hikers of all ages have made the trek up the 1.5-mile loop of Beaverdam Hill to marvel at two giant boulders that millennia ago were pulled from the bedrock and deposited by the last glacier that helped shape the North Shore...
NEWBURYPORT — Sgt. Megan Tierney was promoted recently .Sgt. Tierney began her career with the Newburyport Police Department as a dispatcher in 2010, and became a sworn police officer in 2012. She was assigned as a school resource officer from 2016 to 2020. Tierney...
WEST NEWBURY – On a cold morning last week with snow piled under the feet of the horses and humans, Andrea Moore-Dickison had just finished combing out the mane of a miniature horse at the New England Equine Rescue North (NEER North). “It was all matted,” she...
SALISBURY – This week, the state of Texas celebrates the 186th anniversary of the 13-day Battle of the Alamo, celebrating historic figures like Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie and Bill Travis. Thanks to work by the Salisbury Historical Commission, we should also add the...
NEWBURYPORT – When the acclaimed Irish band, Dervish, takes the stage at the Belleville Congregational Church Sunday, it will be following in a tradition that began a century ago where Irish musicians brought their unique style of music across the seas. Michael...
IPSWICH — It’s cold outside while you are waiting in the pickup line at your child’s school, and you would like to relax, listening to the radio while you wait. But your battery is getting old, so you decide to leave the car running to keep the heat and radio on. ...
NEWBURYPORT – “That we are talking about outdoor patios in February is awesome,” Nancy Caswell told an ad hoc committee of the City Council last week. With the city under a blanket of snow, the committee was debating whether to make the two-year experiment with...
Ipswich – The Golf Club at Turner Hill has been sold for $11.6 million, according to the Essex County Registry of Deeds. Set on 300 acres of lush rolling hills in Ipswich, the championship 18-hole private golf course was the site of the 2017 U.S. The sale, which...
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