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BOXFORD – GEORGETOWN LINE – With one bitter fight going on over a proposed 500-ton trash transfer station on one side of town, Georgetown residents now face a possible threat to its drinking water supply across the Boxford line. Toll Brothers, a Fortune 500 national...
SALISBURY — Only a few minutes remained last week in the otherwise peaceful monthly meeting of the Cemetery Commission when war broke out again over the maintenance of the town’s Long Hill Cemetery. Chairman Gordon Frost was called “dictatorial” by Vice Chairman Ken...
NEWBURYPORT – When the new waterfront park is completed on the Merrimack River in 2024, is it better to have the two smaller parking lots on opposite ends of the park or consolidate all parking into one larger lot on the east side of Market Landing Park? Would you...
REGIONAL – Elizabeth de Veer discovered that the beach in winter is different from summer when she spent hours watching her beloved Labradoodle run unleashed on Plum Island during the cold months when Newbury and Newburyport allow dogs to run free. De Veer, a writer,...
REGIONAL – If there is any lingering question that electric cars are the future, ask your police chief. He may be driving an all-wheel drive Tesla or will be soon. Newburyport’s Marshall Mark Murray has proposed that the city authorize the purchase of a Tesla as a...
Vintage Base Ball is back at the farm! The Essex Base Ball Organization has announced its 2021 schedule in which they play a doubleheader almost every Sunday at noon through September. If you love baseball and history and long for a Sunday afternoon relaxing in the...
BYFIELD — In recent years as North Shore green space is gobbled up by the growing demand for housing, the battle municipalities face is often whether to side with people, who vote and pay taxes, or salamanders and tree frogs. That issue is before the Newbury...
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,...
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