GLOUCESTER – As her time in the corner office draws to a close, Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken is reflecting on the City’s successes and focusing on the people and organizations that exemplify the spirit of public service. With the successes came a series of challenges,...
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NECC is Partnering with the Haverhill YMCA to Offer Free Drop-in Child Care
Haverhill — Nationally, one in four community college students is the parent of a child under the age of 18 and, at Northern Essex Community College, the statistics are similar. That’s why the college in partnership with the Haverhill YMCA is launching a pilot program...
Windhover receives matching grant for outdoor stage and garden
Rockport — Windhover Performing Arts Center has received a matching grant for half of the money towards the purchase of a permanent frame tent covering for the outdoor stage and garden. The amount received is $20,000. The Center is reaching out now for help with...
Sports Photos by Peter McClelland
Historic Carousel Returning To The Beach
SALISBURY – For six decades of summers, families from throughout the East Coast flocked to the beach here to enjoy the sand, sun and crashing waves. But if asked what they remembered most about Salisbury Beach, many beachgoers would likely say the Broadway Flying...
Foundation Pays Firefighter’s Mortgage
NEWBURYPORT — The Tunnel to Towers Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting first responders, veterans and their families, has paid in full the mortgage on the home of fallen Newburyport Firefighter Brett Burkinshaw. Firefighter...
Help Design a New Skate Park
SALISBURY – Calling all skateboarders. Whether you prefer to skate on street plazas, fly around bowls, jump ramps or race through pipes, the town of Salisbury’s Parks and Recreation Commission would like to hear from you about your skating preferences as it plans a...
Wreaths Across America Honors North Shore Veterans
ROWLEY – A week before Christmas, dozens of volunteers gathered in the Rowley Burial Ground next to Town Hall and the Library to remember and honor 500 veterans who are buried there with a wreath and a kind word. The event was also designed to teach the next...
The Alchemy of Grief – Community Art Project
Mello Transfer Station Voted Down Again
GEORGETOWN – G. Mello Disposal Corp. is batting 0 for 2 with town regulatory boards to win approval for its proposal to build a 500-ton transfer station on Carlton Drive. In September, the Planning Board voted unanimously to deny its site plan approval for the...
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