On this day in 1853, the Dreadnaught was launched. By the sailors, she was nicknamed the “wild boat of the Atlantic,” while others called her the Flying Dutchman. Twice, she carried the latest news to Europe, slipping in between the steamers.
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SEABROOK -- Local police are expected to charge an A Street resident today on at least two burglary counts after police say he and another Seabrook man broke into multiple homes over a period of months. Louis A. Pimental, 22, of 7 A St., was arreste
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ROWLEY -- Four people were left without a place to sleep after a rolling three-alarm fire consumed much of a Central Street house yesterday afternoon, killing a dog belonging to one of the homeowners. Fire departments from across the region converg
Continued ...AMESBURY -- Last night the City Council approved an amended version of Mayor Thatcher Kezer's $59 million municipal budget for the upcoming year, locking in budget increases for numerous departments while leaving the school system with half of what t
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NEWBURYPORT -- Graham Taylor, refuge manager at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge for the past seven years, will leave the post Friday for a higher management position at organization headquarters in Hadley. Taylor, a career employee of the U
Continued ...AMESBURY -- The Amesbury Carriage Alliance's efforts to build a new carriage museum in the Lower Millyard got a huge boost yesterday after the state announced it had awarded the organization a $20,000 grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council to
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