The "Gift of Giving" Christmas Eve dinner will take place at Seabrook's Old Fire Barn, on Route 286, tonight from 3 to 7 for those in need in the community. Organized by Jan and Chad Luby of Hampton Falls, those on both sides of the state line who are suffering financial distress this holiday season are encouraged to spend a few warm and welcoming hours with others, enjoying a great Christmas Eve meal and a positive holiday spirit. Volunteers are also welcome to help set up, serve or clean up. For more information, contact Jan Luby at 617-839-7161.
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Port to get $3.5M for jetty fix
Funds have been earmarked for repairs to the south jetty of the Merrimack River on Plum Island.
NEWBURYPORT — Emergency repairs are in store for the south jetty at the mouth of the Merrimack River along Plum Island, thanks to the release of $3.5 million in federal funds.
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The work — aimed at alleviating long-standing erosion issues — could start by early fall, according to the announcement yesterday by the office of U.S. Rep. John Tierney, D-Salem. -
Police await autopsy in fatal crash
AMESBURY — Police investigating Tuesday's fatal car crash on Merrimac Street are awaiting autopsy results on the 80-year-old operator, Iora Alexander.
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Police still do not know if a medical condition or injuries from the car crash killed the former Andover educator and longtime Salisbury resident. -
$8M bond sought for new DPW
AMESBURY — Mayor Thatcher Kezer is asking the Municipal Council to borrow $8 million for a new public works building on South Hunt Road.
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The project is key to removing the public works department from the Lower Millyard to attract investors and developers to rejuvenate the 40-acre site. -
Fireworks to remain outlawed at Seabrook Beach District
SEABROOK — A citizen's petition intended to reverse a fireworks ban on private property in the Seabrook Beach Village District was nullified by voters at Tuesday night's deliberative Town Meeting.
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First the NY Giants, now ... the measles?
INDIANAPOLIS — East Coast fans who left this Super Bowl host city feeling good about Hoosier hospitality may have been exposed to something less welcome: the measles.
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Yesterday, the Indiana State Department of Health alerted public health officials in Massachusetts and New York that some of their residents may have come in contact with the rare but highly contagious measles virus when visiting the crowded Super Bowl Village in downtown Indianapolis. - Move to dissolve police department soundly defeated
- Kezer proposes spending $45,000 for Lake Attitash
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- District Court
- Livingston defends $35.5M Pentucket budget proposal
- Farewell party Feb. 15 for children's librarian
- Library planning vacation programs for children
- Heard Around Town
- February 8, 2012
- Crash kills local woman
- Guilty plea in fatal accident
- Help with the hounds
- Drive aims to find stem-cell donor for local man
- IBEW continues fight despite lower profile
- Heard Around Town
- Rash of car breaks reported in Port
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