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The Chamber of Commerce and Industrial Foundation is urging the town to roll back the split tax rate that places a larger tax burden on local businesses and gives homeowners a small tax break.

Members of the Municipal Council last night defended their handling of a waste and recycling contract as they voted unanimously to allow the mayor to enter into a five-year joint contract with Newburyport.

EDGE TECHNOLOGY: Surgical patients at Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport will soon have access to the latest technology - a harmonic scalpel - thanks to the Provident Community Foundation.

Good weather, a historic presidential race and weighty ballot questions triggered a record Election Day turnout in Massachusetts.

In response to criticism from local officials, the Massachusetts Highway Department plans to shave a year off the estimated 3 to 31a2 years the Derek Hines Memorial Bridge will be closed.

Like many artists, Robert Wiley spends his days in solitary pursuit of his craft within the walls of his studio.

Amesbury's annual Veterans Day Parade will take place tomorrow at 10 a.m. The parade route begins at the Amesbury Fire Station, will proceed to Huntington Square, down Main Street and concludes at the Dough Boy ...

Amesbury and Newburyport have joined together in a waste contract that will generate considerable savings and bring some major changes to trash collection, yard waste disposal and recycling for residents.

Nearly 60 local artists will be featured during the Amesbury Cultural Council's annual Open Studio Tour Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and next Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. The free, self-guided tour provides a ...

Just nine days before the last shot was fired in what at the time was the bloodiest war in world history, Amesbury lost its first son to the mud-choked battlefields of France.

As Janice McGrane, Georgetown's town clerk and those in other local cities and towns processed registrations through the Oct.

Based on foot traffic, phone calls and general inquiries flooding his office in recent weeks, City Clerk Richard Jones is predicting about 88 percent of the city's registered voters will turn out today to cast ...

Local town clerks validate what national surveys are showing - young people are engaged by the election, and many of them are getting behind Barack Obama.

This week Mayor Thatcher Kezer continued to explain how the town ended up with a negative free cash balance during a presentation at the Finance Committee meeting and during his taped "Mayor's Report," which ...

After the smoke cleared, Christine Tardiff said one of her biggest reliefs came when firefighters came out with her two cats in a carrying case.

Students and staff at Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School will show off the learning and career-building that goes on at the school during its annual open house on Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m. All of the ...

I am writing to urge readers to vote no on Question 1, the ballot question that proposes to eliminate the state personal income tax over the next two years.

A smoky, two-alarm fire off Whitehall Road did extensive damage to two condominium units and may have claimed the lives of two pet cats yesterday afternoon.

Get ready for pumpkins and hayrides and good old-fashioned apple pie as Amesbury hosts its 19th annual Woodsom Farm Festival on Saturday.

At least one institution is thriving as a result of the sputtering economy--the public library.