Newburyport News

Staccato in Wellesley is running a winter clearance sale through the end of the month, with clothing, accessories, and boots marked down 40-70 percent.

A sidewalk in Newburyport offers a view of the 18th-century legacy that led to High Street's inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.

I don't mean I owned Fowle's, but I've outlasted a handful of proprietors and spent enough money there that I feel like a minority partner.

One of the fun things about the Newburyport Blog getting involved in advocating for Newburyport's proposed Local Historic District , is that I've had the privilege of looking through the historic surveys, which you can see here .

I have never seen this gorgeous painting of a "Hunter in the Meadows of Old Newburyport, Massachusetts," by Alfred Thompson Bricher c. 1873.

As with this woman, Gisela Ashley has found that many employers consider mature workers more desirable than their younger counterparts.

Newburyport art gallery and shop Chameleon will mark Valentine's Day with a 'conversation heart' Valentine jewelry sale, running this Friday through next Tuesday.

These are some of the comments on the online petition in support of Newburyport's Local Historic District .A The petition reads: "We the undersigned are in support of creating a Local Historic District for Newburyport, Massachusetts that consists of High Street, the gateway to the city, and downtown Newburyport.

"In the 1960's Newburyport looked like a bomb hit it, it looked like Berlin after the war, it looks great now, we don't need a Local Historic District ." In the 1960's downtown Newburyport did look like a bomb hit it, just take a look at the filmA "A Measure of Change" made in 1975, it is pretty shocking, and yes, Newburyport has come a long, long ... (more)

NEWBURYPORT, Mass. - Speedboard USA and Zurn Yacht Design announce its exclusive partnership to build high-performance stand-up paddleboards , delivering better hydrodynamics, aesthetics and athletic performance for avid paddlers, cross-trainers and SUP enthusiasts.

A New Season Begins for the Newburyport Whale Watch Is there any better way to share the beauty of living on the seacoast area with your family or friends than to marvel at the amazing creatures that exist in our own backyard? Take a ride on our 95-foot boat, the Prince of Whales which is one of the largest, most comfortable and fastest whale watch ... (more)

She was born Oct. 22, 1916, in Salisbury, Mass., at her family homestead, the daughter of Louis A. and Rosanna Gagnon.

Michal Truelsen takes cues from our planet and its riches in her new work, entitled Earth Stories, on view through February at the Loading Dock Gallery at Western Avenue Studios, 122 Western Ave.

A man arrested minutes after allegedly robbing Harrigan's Liquor Store at knifepoint on Saturday is possibly responsible for other area robberies in recent months.

Widely respected and admired St. Thomas Aquinas High School Athletic Director Jack Leary will assume a new role beginning next year.

George is happy , I 'm happy.A The online petition in support of Newburyport's Local Historic District is doing well, and seems, at least at this point, to be adding signatures, 150 for the LHD and 13 against.A This works for me.

The Northeast region has seen something of a population explosion in rodents, according to the Daily News of Newburyport, which quotes one pest-control business owner as saying he logged a 40 percent spike in calls last year to deal with mouse infestations.

Today's Newburyport Daily News has a story by Dyke Hendrickson about how the Study Committee has put wording into the draft of the Local Historic District ordinance for Newburyport to protect High Street, the actual roadway, from ever experiencing the destruction that almost happened by MassHighway in 1999.

There is now an online petition in support of Newburyport's propsed Local Historic District .A You can find the petition online here .

EZ Care Growing Technologies, a Saugus-based company that creates organic, green products by using water-retentive soil, will set up operations in the Newburyport CleanTech Center next month, according to the Daily News of Newburyport.