Newburyport News Archives

“Usually it quiets things down somewhat”

The recently released leader of the Salisbury-based gang called"Crimesquad 4 Life 3:19" will spend the next three years of his life behind bars. via EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

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“It is a higher-end fine art, fine craft show, hopefully to appeal to a broader audience, broader appeal from 50 miles out”

City festivals continue to go upscale. On the heels of last year's Yankee Homecoming's first juried craft show designed to weed out lower-end vendors, the spring festival once known as the Salmagundi Festival, ... via NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

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“April is the cruelest month when it comes to brush fires”

Firefighters are praying for a soaking rain and asking the public to use extra caution as sunny, dry weather and gusty winds have forest and brush fire dangers at the highest warning level throughout ... via NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

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“We know that protecting our environment is a job that we all share”

In an ongoing effort to assist community and watershed groups working to protect urban rivers and ecosystems, EPA's New England office is providing a second year of a water monitoring equipment loan to the ... via WebWire

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“I tell her, 'OK, Mom, I'll do it that way,'”

One of Anna Mamakos' favorite childhood memories involves waking up in the wee morning hours on Greek Easter Sunday. via GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA

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Town officials are planning the town's first Community Service Fair on Saturday, May 31. via NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

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“That stopped the normal flow of sand from one side to the other”

While homeowners, citizens and city leaders from Newbury and Newburyport continue the fight to stop the growing erosion problem on Plum Island, for some, it's nothing they haven't already seen. via SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

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“It makes it hard to ask for $100,000 for something else.”

Haverhill would receive $2.4 million toward its Hale Hospital debt, as part of the $27.9 billion state spending plan the House Ways and Means Committee unveiled yesterday. via EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA

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“He's definitely not out of the woods yet.”

It was Monday when a door at the Taylors' home on Whitehall Road accidentally got left open. via GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA

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Merrimac: Government at a glance via NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

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“When it's hot out, it's not hot in here, with the natural breezes. It's from a time people lived closer to the environment.”

Huddled along the row of huge homes that have sprung up like dunegrass on Plum Island's beach, Saffords cottage seems small and out of sync with the building boom going on all around it. via NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

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Taking on debt and leaving the bill for future generations may be as American as apple pie, but it's not exactly the path to "long-term economic prosperity" touted by the Patrick administration in its effort to ... via SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

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For months, police in four communities were getting reports from women and girls about a man in a blue car who had exposed himself to them. via NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

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“Scent discriminating is a whole different ball game.”

The girl was gone, but Dracut police officer Bill Bailey and his dog Mason knew how to find her - with saliva. via GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA

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“We tried to think of something eternal, that was always changing and growing, but not necessarily toward one goal”

After many years of friendship and artistic collaboration, the members of Newburyport's Exit Dance Theatre enjoy an easy, natural companionship. via NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

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The UMass Lowell-sponsored DesignLab, an after-school program at Amesbury Middle School, is drawing more participants than it can manage and has students using the words cool, fun and interesting while talking ... via NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

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“More and more, Web designers are challenged to make the work come to the user, not the other way around”

Strand Marketing has launched a new web site at www.strandmarketing.com. Based in Newburyport, MA, Strand provides integrated marketing communications for regional and international high-tech companies, ranging ... via Microwave Journal

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“Drug Treads: Can You Read the Signs?"; May 6: "Generation Rx: Danger in our Medicine Cabinet"; and May 13: "Turning Off the Tap: Underage Drinking & Prevention Strategies.”

A three-art youth substance abuse prevention adults-only workshop, sponsored by the Newburyport BEACON, will be held the following Tuesdays, from 7 to 9 p.m., in the City Hall's auditorium, second floor, 60 ... via NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

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“The booster seats help lift the child up about 2.5 inches so that the belt goes properly across the hips”

The House yesterday advanced a bill that would require the use of booster seats for children between the ages of 5 and 7 who are under 4 feet 9 nine inches tall.. Advocates and state lawmakers say seat belts do ... via NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

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“The house needs a lot of cleanup now”

Animal control officials removed an additional 22 cats last weekend from a home where 30 were taken away last week, inundating the Merrimack Valley Feline Rescue Society shelter and foster homes with cats ... via NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA

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