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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...
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...
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...
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...
NEWBURYPORT – If you are looking for a last-minute present that will wow residents or non-residents of this destination for history tourists, you need look no further than Ghlee Woodward’s insightful book, Newburyport Clipper Heritage Trail, Volume 1. The book that...
GEORGETOWN —Georgetown Police School Resource Officer (SRO) Taylor Ford recently organized a successful holiday toy drive with the help of students at Georgetown Middle High School. SRO Ford worked with members of the school’s Criminal Justice Club to organize and...
The Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund (MLERF) has awarded its Sight Award in tandem to Marie and John Veilleux of the Amesbury Lions Club for 2020-2021. The William T. Murphy Sight Award, named for Murphy’s nearly 30 years of dedication to MLERF, recognizes an...
WENHAM – Wenham’s Town Administrator, Ryan Ferrara, has been placed on paid administrative leave. No further information about the move by the Wenham Select Board was forthcoming, as Chair Catherine Harrison made the announcement at the beginning of the Tuesday, Dec....
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