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Former Port resident to ride with team in Pan-Mass Challenge
NEWBURYPORT — Ann Doyle will be just one of the many local riders who will be pedaling for a cause this weekend.
Doyle, a Newburyport native, and her team of 48 riders will join thousands of cyclists going across the state in the 30th annual Pan-Massachusetts Challenge.
Doyle's team is riding this year for the fourth time to raise money and awareness for the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation.
Over the past three years, the team has raised more than $750,000 for carcinoid cancer research.
According to the Carcinoid Cancer Foundation, carcinoid cancer and related neuroendocrine tumors are small, slow-growing tumors found mostly in the gastrointestinal system, but can be in other parts of the body, such as the pancreas and the lung.
Doyle, now living in Lincoln, lost her father, Hugh J. Doyle, and a close friend from the same cancer three years ago. Doyle's mother, Eleanor Doyle, still lives in Newburyport at 8 Parker Ridge Way.
It was then she decided to ride the PMC in their honor.
"When my dad was sick with this, I thought, what can I do?" she said.
Doyle, who had already been riding in the PMC for seven years when her father passed away, decided to organize a team to help fund a search for a cure for the disease.
For more information about the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation and the PMC team, visit www.caringforcarcinoid.org.
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Police find guns, ammo in residence
AMESBURY — A 24-year-old Amesbury man is being held without bail after pleading not guilty to weapons possession charges today after police discovered a stolen pistol, ammunition for a second pistol and a makeshift bulletproof vest in his downtown apartment.
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Playing it safe
By this morning, Hurricane Earl will be in Canada, leaving behind a sunny, windy day perfect for Labor Day activities, according to forecasters.
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In its wake, some will be talking about a close call, while others will wonder what all the bluster was about in the first place. -
For surfers, hurricane brings a bounty of waves
For most coastal residents, hurricanes are nothing but a nuisance.
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But for a certain laid-back beach crowd, it's what they wait for all year.
"It's what we live for," said lifelong surfer Mike Paugh, who owns Zapstix Surf Shop in Seabrook. "When we see something like this on the map, business is good. That's how I grew up. I'm 45, and I've watched for this stuff all my life." -
Report: New England fishermen have deadliest profession
NEWBURYPORT — Don't believe the Discovery Channel show "Deadliest Catch."
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The most dangerous fishing is done off New England and the Mid-Atlantic states for groundfish and scallops, not in Alaska's Bering Sea for crabs, according to a report by the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention. -
The day Bobby Donahue disappeared
Were you aware that Newburyport had tunnels? It is a true fact that Newburyport did have tunnels under the ground; some still remain, while others have not been exposed yet.
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There were two main purposes for these tunnels. One purpose was to deny the British Empire from receiving taxation on the goods and imports that they brought into Newburyport by boats from all over the world. The second purpose, and it is a known fact, is that the tunnels were used by the abolitionists for the Underground Railroad; and some people were given work as servants in the homes of the well-to-do property owners who supported abolition. - cats of the week
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Police find guns, ammo in residence
