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Fenwick finds consolation in Shann tournament
Anne Marie TobinPEABODY — They may not have won the tournament, but the Bishop Fenwick softball players were winners where it counted most Saturday at the 2nd Annual Emily Shann Memorial Softball Tournament. Shann was only 15 when she was killed in a tragic accident last April. Her family and friends have honored her memory with the […] The post Fenwick finds consolation in Shann tournament appeared first on Itemlive.
Regaling tales of the Gloucester Sea Serpent, a forgotten legend of cryptozoology
If we were to ask you to name the possibly real water monster with humps, you’d surely say the Loch Ness Monster. But by the time this interview is over, your answer should be the Gloucester Sea Serpent. Our local monster is arguably even older and more widely witnessed than Nessie.
Loss of $482K school funding lamented in Swampscott
Benjamin PierceSWAMPSCOTT — District leaders debated the budget process in the aftermath of Town Meeting during a School Committee meeting. In the first night of Town Meeting on May 20, a proposal by Committee Member Amy O’Connor passed by majority vote, amending the town’s operating budget for fiscal year 2025 to increase school funding by $482,000. […] The post Loss of $482K school funding lamented in Swampscott appeared first on Itemlive.
Ipswich votes in favor of doing away with dam
The Ipswich Mills Dam has existed in some form for nearly 400 years. On Tuesday, a majority of the town's voters said they support getting rid of it. In the battle over a historic Ipswich dam, more than half of the town’s voters are in favor of removing the obsolete, but picturesque, structure that has existed in some form for nearly 400 years.
Air quality alert issued for 7 Mass. counties. What does it mean?
Air quality alerts have been issued for seven Massachusetts counties on Wednesday due to expected elevated levels of ozone, the state’s Department of Environmental Protection announced. That means air quality is likely to be unhealthy for sensitive groups, including people with heart or lung disease (such as asthma), older...
Unions, districts share blame for unbalanced budgets
Across the state, school districts are in an uproar over budget cuts. Perhaps nowhere is the problem more pronounced than in Andover, but the issue is not exclusive to that community. It’s far more widespread, and to solve it will require compromise and acceptance of the reality that one-time pandemic federal funds have dried up leaving budgets with significant deficits.
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