NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA Local News
30 Jul 2010 at 1:33pm
Annual Yankee Homecoming Bed Race
29 Jul 2010 at 9:46pm
July 29, 2010
by Staff reports
31 Jul 2010 at 3:59am
NEWBURYPORT — If the notorious anti-gay group Westboro Baptist Church thought they would find a sympathetic ear in Newburyport last night, they clearly picked the wrong city.
A protest by the Kansas-based hate group of a production of "The Laramie Project" at the Firehouse Center for the Arts failed to materialize yesterday, but that didn't stop hundreds of young people from gathering in Market Landing Park in support of the play.
by By Sonya Vartabedian
31 Jul 2010 at 3:58am
NEWBURYPORT — For Maureen Moore, one of the best parts of summer in Newburyport is Yankee Homecoming.
The 15-year-old from Newbury is one of the summer festival's biggest fans. There's so much about Homecoming that she enjoys, she's hard-pressed to pick a favorite event.
by By Katie Farrell Lovett
31 Jul 2010 at 3:57am
NEWBURYPORT — The city is poised to receive a $500,000 boost from the federal government in its quest to build a downtown parking garage, Congressman John Tierney announced yesterday.
The U.S. House of Representatives included the money in funding for the city's intermodal parking facility in the fiscal year 2011 Department of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
by By Lynne Hendricks
31 Jul 2010 at 3:56am
AMESBURY — A U.S. District Court judge ruled this week that Amesbury resident Paul Arguin, 47, has satisfied his restitution to the U.S. government and should not be liable for the full $3.2 million he was sentenced to pay after pleading guilty to charges of fraud while a consultant for the Air Force.
by By Katie Farrell Lovett
31 Jul 2010 at 3:55am
NEWBURYPORT — For decades, the Jimmy Fund collection has been a key part of the parade at the end of Yankee Homecoming.
Members from all sorts of organizations and volunteers have walked the route collecting donations in their buckets over the years.
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31 Jul 2010 at 3:54am
MDA Ambassador multitasks
Seven-year-old Joey Miller, a goodwill ambassador from the Muscular Dystrophy Association who kept the firefighters company downtown while they collected funds for the MDA, did a little bit more than just smile and wave. Joey, who was in great spirits despite a recent spinal rod surgery, got to show off some of his extra-curricular skills when Sensei Kendall from Tokyo Joe's Karate stopped by from Market Square. Kendall showed Miller how to breathe deeply, make a fist and karate-chop a board in two, all from his wheelchair. When Kendall told Joey that all it takes to break the board is knowing you can, Joey told him, "I know I can do it!"
by Words on Birds
31 Jul 2010 at 3:41am
Margo and I continued wrapping up our Breeding Bird Atlas work for this year. We again met Phil Brown to check again on the Salisbury bald eagle nest. When we arrived, the young bird was perched on the edge of the nest and he, or she, pretty much didn't move the entire time that we were there. It turned its head from side to side to look around, but he reminded us of one of those plastic owls that have a moving head to supposedly scare away other birds. (I say supposedly because they never work!)
by By Angeljean Chiaramida
31 Jul 2010 at 3:40am
SALISBURY — A one-car accident on Beach Road yesterday morning flooded the police dispatch center with so many 911 calls it froze the system temporarily and ended up backing up traffic in and out of Salisbury Square for more than an hour.
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31 Jul 2010 at 3:39am
Hello, there, I'm Boris. As you can see, I'm a pretty darned handsome Maine coon look-alike. The folks here think I'm about 5 years old. I was brought in over a year ago as a stray. I had a really rou
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by The Lookout
30 Jul 2010 at 3:59am
Gabby Puma Sallo of Chinchero, Peru, presents a traditional Peruvian weaving and dyeing demonstration tomorrow and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. at The Riverwalk Bead Shop and Gallery, 32 Elm St., Amesbury.
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30 Jul 2010 at 3:58am
Yoga on the beach warming up on Plum Island
For the seventh summer, Angelena Craig will be leading kripalu yoga classes on the beach on Plum Island at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. The classes will meet Tuesdays and Fridays at 8 a.m., weather permitting, starting next week through the month of August.
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30 Jul 2010 at 3:57am
CHILDREN/families
FAMILY HOUR IN THE OPEN. Hour of outdoor family entertainment presented by Theater in the Open featuring storytelling, song, dance, theater and group activity third Saturday of the month at 11 a.m. through September; free. Maudslay State Park, Curzon Mill Road, Newburyport. 978-465-2572, www.theaterintheopen.org.
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29 Jul 2010 at 3:40am
A group of fine art printmakers who continue to find inspiration in techniques that are centuries old highlight their craft in their seventh annual "Making an Impression" exhibit, opening tomorrow in Sargent Gallery at the Newburyport Art Association.
by The Lookout
29 Jul 2010 at 3:35am
Newburyport firefighter Chris Richard returns to the outdoor stage at Moseley Woods next week, this time with a new cause at heart.
In years past, the singer-songwriter and acoustic guitarist has collected donations for the charity Let's March Against Cancer in honor of his wife, who died of breast cancer four years ago.
by By Russell Contreras
28 Jul 2010 at 3:59am
The bullet wounds show on Rechhat Proum's back when he bends down to pull lemon grass or water spinach on his farm in peaceful northern Massachusetts. When the 56-year-old Cambodian refugee lifts a pumpkin, the movement of his shirt reveals deep stab wounds on his stomach.
by By Michelle Locke
28 Jul 2010 at 3:57am
Spirits have gone premium. Bartenders have turned artisan. Even ice has become a little cooler.
So, it only makes sense that mixers are getting a makeover with upscale versions promising to bring chic cocktails to a fridge near you.
by By J.M. Hirsch
28 Jul 2010 at 3:56am
My search for a tender, juicy and flavorful breaded chicken sandwich took me to the place where so much great thinking begins — the beer aisle.
After playing with various ways and ingredients for imparting flavor and moisture to this most ubiquitous of bird meats, I discovered that a beer bath had the biggest payoff in terms of big flavor with almost no effort.
by By Alison Ladman
28 Jul 2010 at 3:55am
Coleslaw doesn't have to be a mayonnaise-laden mess of shredded cabbage and carrots. The following recipes are great simple summer salads that will bring pops of flavor and color to any picnic or barbecue. The easiest way to shred the vegetables is to use a box grater, a mandoline or a food processor (with the shredder disc).
NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA Obituaries
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31 Jul 2010 at 2:00am
SALISBURY — Susan Leone Buczek, 58, loving daughter and sister, of Salisbury and previously of Connecticut, died suddenly of cardiac arrest from coronary artery disease. She was a daughter of Antonetta Leone of Connecticut and the late Donato Leone.
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30 Jul 2010 at 2:00am
NEWBURYPORT — Ann Faye Murphy-Walsh died at the Anna Jaques Hospital early Tuesday morning, July 27, 2010, after a short critical illness.
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30 Jul 2010 at 2:00am
SEBRING, Fla. — Earle O. Hopkins, Jr., 76, of Sebring, Fla., passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2010 in Sebring.
He was born June 8, 1934, to Earl O. and Helen (Johnson) Hopkins in Haverhill and had been a resident of Sebring since 1989, coming from Amesbury.
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30 Jul 2010 at 2:00am
IPSWICH — Gertrude Sophie (Prisby) Marcorelle, age 85, lifelong resident of Ipswich, died peacefully at her home Wednesday afternoon, July 28, 2010, surrounded by her loving family.
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29 Jul 2010 at 2:00am
AMESBURY — Aline Marie (Guilmette) Dandurant, age 82, lifelong Amesbury resident, died peacefully at her home Sunday afternoon, July 25, 2010, surrounded by her family, whom she loved so dearly.
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29 Jul 2010 at 2:00am
BEVERLY — Real A. Angers, 91, husband of the late Alice (Byron) Angers, died peacefully at Beverly Hospital on Tuesday, July 27, 2010.
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29 Jul 2010 at 2:00am
NEWBURYPORT — Robert James Murphy, 82, passed away on Saturday, July 24, 2010 surrounded by his family.
Bob was born in Tomahawk, N.C., on March 22, 1928 to Robert J. Murphy and Carolyn Newton Murphy. He was a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Class of 1950 and served in the Korean War as Company Executive Officer and Company Commander of the First Engineers Battalion.
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28 Jul 2010 at 2:00am
HAMPTON, N.H. — Anna (Cardoza) Carreiro, 87, of Amesbury, formerly of Wareham, died Sunday, July 25, 2010 in Oceanside Nursing Home, Hampton, N.H. She was the widow of the late Albert Carreiro and the daughter of the late Pedro and Maria (Nunes-DeFraga) Cardoza.
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28 Jul 2010 at 2:00am
PLAISTOW, N.H. — Mr. Thomas Kenneth Connelly, 85, of Plaistow, N.H. and Ft. Myers, Fla., formerly of Salem, beloved husband of 59 years to the late Shirley E. (Hunt) Connelly, passed away surrounded by his family, following a brief illness Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at the Merrimack Valley Hospice House in Haverhill.
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27 Jul 2010 at 2:00am
NEWBURYPORT — Ann Perry (Sager) MacFarlane died on Friday evening, July 16, 2010 after a protracted fight with cancer. She passed away quietly in her home in Ventura, Calif., with family around her. Perry, as she was known, leaves behind a vast legacy of friends and admirers from around the country. She was 63-years-old.