On this day in 1849, the Newburyport Athenaeum, which was established in 1809 for the purposes of “promoting learning and diffusing useful knowledge by establishing a repository for valuable and rare publications,” was sold at auction after voting to dissolve a month earlier.
— Information provided by the Historical Society of Old Newbury
SALISBURY -- A new library, the town's next operating budget, energy conservation and the acquisition of roads are among the important issues Town Meeting will debate tonight at 7 p.m., when it gathers in the auditorium of Salisbury Elementary School
Continued ...Top regulators of New England's endangered fishing industry have asked the region's fishermen not to take out their frustrations over regulatory rules and low catch limits on the onboard, federally-commissioned catch observers who monitor what they p
Continued ...ROWLEY - Two months after the water department's primary and secondary operators resigned due to their alleged involvement in butchering deer at Well #3 on Boxford Road, which resulted in a $25,000 fine for the town, the town is still searching for n
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NEWBURYPORT - A local book-publishing team with experience with both education and regional institutions recently completed a handsome retrospective that should have a captive audience in this area: a history of the University of Massachusetts. The b
Continued ...BOSTON -- The state Senate's budget chief is describing differences between the House and Senate spending plans for fiscal 2014 as "incremental." But a quick review of the bill shows the branches taking different paths on education and welfare issues
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