Ipswich News

EBSCO is bringing its EBSCOhost databases to users-even if users are on their smartphones.

Better late than never. The Essex Regional Retirement Board finally did the right thing by taxpayers this week, voting to transfer the remainder of its assets to the state Pension Reserves Investment Trust.

A five-year study of conservation efforts, released yesterday at a Statehouse forum, proved there are things homeowners, and cities and towns, can do to relieve the stress on the Ipswich River.

Aris Manoloules' brother and the man charged with killing him allegedly had lunch together on the day of his murder.

A woman and her dog are safe after a fire swept through their home on Great Neck last night and caused massive destruction.

A two-alarm fire demolished an Ipswich home early Thursday evening. FOX25 viewer Lorne Sullivan captured video the fire.

In the '60s and '70s it was almost impossible to travel any distance without spotting a bright orange roof and that Simple Simon weathervane.

Farrah and Michael Seidler of Yardley, along with big brother Benjamin, announce the birth of their son and brother, Daniel Ethan , on Jan.

About 20 gallons of oil contaminated a swampy area off Old Right Road when someone illegally dumped it there, along with assorted car parts.

Town officials were disappointed to learn this week that the repaving of South Main and Central streets won't be paid for with federal stimulus funds.

William Sargent, a science and nature author from Ipswich, will read from his children's book "Lily and Minot, The Story of a Princess Who Falls in Love With a Bull," which is set in Ipswich and dedicated to the town on its 375th birthday.

Boston has the Emerald Necklace, a string of linked parks designed by Frederick Law Olmsted that provide green oases in what is often a concrete and asphalt urban desert.

In Taste Tests: This week the Serious Eats team tastes a slew of traditional New York cheesecakes and lets us know which cakes are really the big cheese.

Be the first to review! >> Good cider donuts close to Boston? Oh boy you must try the ones from Russell Orchards in Ipswich they are amazing.

Growing up in Florida, apple picking is logistically impossible. It's one of the many reasons why I've made it a tradition to go each year since I've been living up north, along with the amazing views and resulting fresh-baked pies.

Ipswich residents at Special Town Meeting last night voted overwhelmingly to continue down a trail they began blazing nine years ago, agreeing to spend $2.2 million to permanently preserve nearly 250 acres on the town's eastern gateway as open space and agricultural land.

Air bags and seat belts helped three drivers involved in a head-on crash on Route 1 yesterday escape serious injuries, police said.

Matt Damon , Ben Affleck and about 6 billion other humans are related: In a continuing effort to make pedigree charts seem cool, the New England Genealogical Society has traced the Hollywood pals' roots and found them entwined around a 17th-century English bricklayer named William Knowlton Jr.

DON'T PLEASE, RAP SOME MORE After deleting her Twitter account last week, Miley Cyrus has posted a YouTube video of herself rapping about her decision.

Following his intuition turned out to be a good thing for an employee of a Newbury company.