Jim Sullivan

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NEWBURYPORT — Sean Gallagher will no longer be pursuing a return to the Garden City after withdrawing his name from the list of finalists for the top job at Beverly Public Schools. Reached by phone Tuesday, Gallagher, who is superintendent of the Newburyport Public Schools, called his decision best for himself and his family. kAm“pE E9:D E:>6 :? >J 42C66C[ }6H3FCJA@CE 92D 364@>6 9@>6 :?

1 week ago | salemnews.com | Jim Sullivan

NEWBURYPORT — A tricky triangular corner of connecting properties where a number of protected trees were felled has led to the city to order Moseley Village condominium owners to pay for a land survey. Located off Moseley Avenue and Merrimac Street, Moseley Village is a quiet condominium complex which was redeveloped in 2002. kAmt2C=:6C E9:D >@?E9[ 4@?5@>:?:F> @H?6CD C646:G65 462D6\2?5\56D:DE @C56CD 7C@> E96 4:EJ[ =6EE:?8 E96> <?@H E92E 2 ?F>36C @7 EC66D H6C6 C646?E=J 4FE 5@H? :? 2 AC@E64E65 D64E:@?

1 week ago | salemnews.com | Jim Sullivan

NEWBURYPORT — Local builder David Hall is about to see a 12-year dream come true over the weekend when he opens up the barn, growing area and chicken coop of his Hillside Center For Sustainable Living complex off Pond Road. “We’re going from a multiunit, high-efficiency group of buildings to a more active urban farming operation,” he said. kAmw2==[ H9@ @H?D %96 %2??6CJ |2C<6EA=246 2=@?8 H:E9 A2CE?6C z6:E9 |@D<@H[ D2:5 :E H2D :? a_`b E92E 96 8@E E96 :562 E@ 3F:=5 2 4@>>F?:EJ @7 9@>6D :?

1 week ago | salemnews.com | Jim Sullivan

NEWBURYPORT — For more than 100 years, portraits of the Rev. Samuel Spring and his wife, Hannah, have been displayed in various locations at Central Congregational Church. But those regularly visiting the Titcomb Street church may have noticed recently the circa 1810 paintings were nowhere to be found. No, they weren’t pilfered like those swiped from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990.

3 weeks ago | salemnews.com | Jim Sullivan

NEWBURYPORT — Looking to bolster their burgeoning internship program, Custom House Maritime Museum members last week voted to establish an endowment fund in memory of late curator Kevin J. MacDonald. MacDonald passed away on March 9 from complications brought on by a respiratory illness. He was 55. kAm“x ;FDE <?@H E92E z6G:? H@F=5 36 C62==J A=62D65 E@ <?@H 96 H2D 23=6 E@ 4@?E:?F6 8:G:?8[” |24s@?2=5’D H:76[ qFC?656EE6[ D2:5] “%96 rFDE@> w@FD6 2?5 2== @7 }6H3FCJA@CE H2D D@ DA64:2= E@ 9:> 2?5 2?