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NEWBURYPORT – The Clipper City Rail Trail is one of the most popular spots to run, walk or ride a bike. Parents love to push strollers along the scenic path that winds through the city lined with beautiful gardens and artistic statues. But don’t plan on having your...
ROWLEY – If you’ve turned north off of Central Street onto State Highway Rte. 1 and said a prayer that a car, blocked from view, was not barreling up the hill at you, help may be on the way. If you have waited on Glen or Central streets hoping for a break in the...
JACKSON HOLE, WY – It was like a scene out of Mike Wilson’s favorite movie, Forrest Gump. As he ran into the Rocky Mountains on his trek across America to raise money for Lucy’s Bus, his favorite charity, a group of Brigham Young University students joined him,...
If you have ever watched a local High School sports team play games, you may have noticed Peter McClelland on the sidelines shooting photos. For 20 years, the retired Ipswich seventh grade social studies teacher has been snapping photos of area athletes in action. The...
AMESBURY – FlingGolf, which Ipswich resident Alex Van Alen invented in 2012 and is now played on more than 1,200 golf courses in 27 countries, will get a chance to pitch the fast-growing new sport to five potential “Sharks” on the national television show, “Shark...
POCOTELLO, ID – Running into the mountains at 4,500 to 5,000 feet above sea level, Mike Wilson got a welcome call from the New Balance representative in Newburyport, offering to pay for any shoes or other gear he needs as he runs cross country. When The Town Common...
SOMEWHERE IN IDAHO -- Mike passed through southern Idaho, closing in on 500 miles of running across America to help Lucy’s Bus in Amesbury. The Town Common caught up with him in Bliss, ID. Along his journey, Make has had battle packs of dogs and cold temperatures in...
REGIONAL – Two years ago, Jonnie Lyn Evans was promoted by the board of River Valley Charter School to be the school’s executive director. Before her first year was over, her school was shut down and the students and teachers were forced into remote learning. This...
REGIONAL — Kathleen O’Connor Ives graduated from law school not because she wanted to practice law. Her interests were in government and specifically environmental issues. She won a seat on the Newburyport City Council in 2007 before she took the bar exam. So, it was...
BOISE, ID – Mike Wilson was happy to cross the Oregon state line into Idaho last week on his 3,000-mile run across America to raise money for his favorite charity, Lucy’s Bus in Amesbury. He expected to begin the journey across the Rocky Mountains in the next few...
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