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1 week ago | 
salemnews.com | Jim Sullivan
NEWBURYPORT - As Department of Public Services workers spent much of the week installing parklets in front of several downtown restaurants, city officials and at least one restaurant owner are employing a wait-and-see strategy when it comes to whether the outdoor dining program needs tweaking.
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1 week ago | 
salemnews.com | Jim Sullivan
NEWBURYPORT — A special investigator hired by the city to look into allegations of bullying and harassment in the public library’s archival center in 2023 recently determined volunteers who helped run it, as well as patrons, were “unfairly dismissed and defamed” in public, as well as in letters to the editor published by The Daily News.
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2 weeks ago | 
salemnews.com | Jim Sullivan
NEWBURYPORT — With a wooden dolphin, a miniature cannon as well as a 7-foot-tall wooden lighthouse model ready for kids to enjoy, the Custom House Maritime Museum has embarked on a new voyage. A standing-room-only crowd packed the museum’s basement on Tuesday to cut the ribbon to its new children’s educational discovery center. kAm“(6 92G6 2 =@E @7 DEF77 5@H? E96C6 2?5 E96 5:D4@G6CJ 46?E6C :D 7C66 @7 492C86[” rFDE@> w@FD6 3@2C5 r92:C q@3 rC@?:? D2:5] “xE’D 2 3:8 562=]”k^Am kAm{@42E65 :?
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3 weeks ago | 
salemnews.com | Jim Sullivan
NEWBURYPORT — A trio of city councilors have co-sponsored a resolution condemning recent detention and deportation actions by the federal government, while reaffirming their support for newcomers. “As an elected body, we can stand together and have one voice on any given issue that’s going on in our society and that’s where we’re coming from,” Ward 2 City Councilor Jennie Donahue said.
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3 weeks ago | 
salemnews.com | Jim Sullivan
NEWBURYPORT — Touting “The Importance of Being a Reader” as a theme, the Newburyport Literary Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary this weekend. This year also marks the last three-day event for founder and director Vicki Hendrickson, who is passing the torch to the festival’s new co-directors, Jill Gross and Paula Berger. kAmw6?5C:4<D@? D2:5 6?4@FC28:?8 A6@A=6 E@ C625 2?5 D66< ?6H G@:46D[ A=246D 2?5 6IA6C:6?46D 92D 366?
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1 month ago | 
salemnews.com | Jim Sullivan |Jim Sullivan
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 :?
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1 month 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:@?
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1 month 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 :?
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1 month 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.
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1 month 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?
