Newburyport News

The Holy Redeemer Parish Holiday Fair will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Nativity Parish Hall on Green Street in Merrimac.

Salisbury officials have only recently become aware that 10 wind turbines could be built less than a quarter-mile off Salisbury Beach if the state's draft Ocean Management Plan were adopted.

In the mood for a cultural explosion of music? No need to travel the globe. Greater Newburyport has put together a medley of music this weekend that will get everyone tapping their feet.

A 14-year-old boy on the North Shore is accused of bringing knives to school and trying to sell them.

While I was looking around while waiting for the light to turn at High and State streets, it came to mind that a lot of local history was made here over the years.

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A 14-year-old Newburyport High School student is to be arraigned today in Essex County District Court, juvenile division, and is facing potential jail time for being in possession of multiple dangerous weapons on school property.

The Newburyport Medical Center is officially ready for its ribbon cutting. Located next to Anna Jaques Hospital, the newly built, 40,000-square-foot facility is now home to seven different medical practices, as well as the first comprehensive, standalone cancer treatment facility in the area.

Nothing kicks off the Christmas season like your local Santa Claus Parade. The streets are lined with people bundled in cold weather gear, infants in strollers and kids anxiously waiting to see Santa for the first time this season.

A fading tropical storm posing as a nor'easter will pound the eroded Plum Island shores today while bringing a rainy, blustery fall day to the region.

Weeks after the Newburyport Public Schools hierarchy declined to support a contract ratified by teachers, the two sides appear to be at odds over agreeing on new terms.

The person who oversees various town construction projects and activities such as plowing at the Department of Public Works is headed back to Newburyport.

When the leaves are still on the trees in New England October, when the light has changed with the seasons, and the sun is slanted low in the sky, it can be quite dark on the ground.

A Peabody man will soon answer to a judge after being arrested twice in two days.

A terrorist connected to the 1976 bombings of the Newburyport Superior Courthouse and Seabrook post office has been asked to speak at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, spurring an angry Gov.

Voters throughout Amesbury and Newburyport will head to the polls today to vote for elected offices in those cities.

A domestic dispute between a husband and wife took a potentially deadly turn yesterday, when, according to police, 38-year-old Manuel Grieco attacked and beat his spouse, 40-year old Dawn Tanski.

Incumbent Larry McCavitt was unseated from his Ward 1 City Council seat last night by political newcomer Allison Heartquist, who dominated the vote on Plum Island on her way to 56 percent of the total.

Mayor John Moak did something unusual on Tuesday - he left work at 4 p.m. when City Hall closed for business.

Three men were jailed after being arrested by police late Monday night while reportedly attempting to rob the China Buffet restaurant.