Merrimac News

With the approval by the City Council to make Cheryl Robertson the city's new treasurer, Mayor John Moak has already lined up a new assistant.

The same arguments have been voiced for years. City leaders, business owners and shoppers have advocated for a downtown parking garage, saying there simply isn't enough parking and the downtown retailers need ...

The Pentucket Regional School Committee is urging public input during its upcoming budget process.

No one ran against the city's two state lawmakers in November's elections, but that didn't stop them from emptying a combined total of nearly $290,000 from their war chests.

Sure, the Greater Newburyport area saw its fair share of movie stars in 2008. Mel Gibson spent a few days in September filming a new movie in Merrimac.

Police Chief James E. Mulligan and Georgetown School Superintendent Carol Jacobs met recently with Essex District Attorney Jonathan W. Blodgett to sign an Interagency Memorandum of Understanding for Schools.

Wrapped in a thermal blanket, Alaskan coat, and a leopard fur headband, Lee Pratto lay down on her cot for another night's sleep in St.

The following items were recorded in the Salisbury police log: Blaine A. Bosley, 58, 200 Lafayette Road, Salisbury, was arrested on a warrant Thursday at 4:57 p.m. The warrant was served at 200 Lafayette Road; ...

I am writing in response to The Daily News article about the Pentucket School District and the Massachusetts School Building Authority's school building grant program .

The following items were recorded in the Amesbury police log: Three men were arrested Sunday at 10:24 p.m. on Perkins Street.

Union Congregational Church, 350 Main St., Amesbury, is having the Willing Worker's Christmas Party on Monday, Dec.

Atkinson Congregational, 101 Main St., Atkinson, N.H.: Service of lessons and carol tonight, 7. Caritas Holy Family Hospital, 70 East St., Methuen: Recitation of the Rosary Monday through Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. ...

The Board of Selectmen recently added two members to the Shellfish Advisory Commission.

The following item was recorded in the Newburyport police log: A 15-year-old juvenile was issued a summons yesterday at 8:31 a.m. for giving a false name to police.

"A Great and Mighty Wonder," the fourth annual Christmas cantata, rings out from First United Methodist Church, 146 Main St., Amesbury, tomorrow at 5 p.m. Choirs from five United Methodist churches in northeast ...

For 67 years Robert Antell has relived a day reserved for most as a chapter in a history book, or better known as the day that Franklin D. Roosevelt established will forever live in infamy.

The town is ringing in the holiday season Sunday with the Santa Parade beginning at 1 p.m. followed by the tree lighting events at 4. Everything is free, and as Santa Parade Committee member Jen Marden pointed ...

The holiday season is a gold mine for community theaters, many of which stage reliable productions like "A Christmas Carol." But while the standards may satisfy Christmas traditionalists, it wasn't enough for ...

NEWBURYPORT: The following cases were recorded at Newburyport District Court on Friday, Nov.

The following item was recorded in the Newburyport police log: James Sowick, 21, 115 West Main St., Merrimac, was issued a summons yesterday at 6:55 a.m. on charges of driving without a license.