Salisbury News

With the departure of Health Director Jack Morris last month, city officials are now moving ahead with plans to hire a replacement and look toward the future.

Salisbury Woods, a new townhome community, is conveniently nestled off Route 1, half a mile from the Newburyport Bridge.

The Holy Redeemer Parish Holiday Fair will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Nativity Parish Hall on Green Street in Merrimac.

Salisbury officials have only recently become aware that 10 wind turbines could be built less than a quarter-mile off Salisbury Beach if the state's draft Ocean Management Plan were adopted.

For the past few months, it's been coming together piece by piece, slowly becoming something that people in Newburyport are aware of and appreciate.

Police say they have caught a Salisbury woman who robbed a candy store - using a cup that she claimed was a gun - and later smashed lights and stole from pocketbooks at a local bar.

A High Road woman got quite the surprise when she looked out her window to find nearly 25 cats on her back porch.

Police are seeking information on a young blonde they believe to be desperate enough to try to rob a store across from the police station.

Town officials hope to meet soon with Salisbury's representatives to the Triton School Committee to discuss the realities of this budget season, which aren't looking rosy right now.

One of three men police say was involved in a violent purse snatching on Fountain Street Wednesday afternoon that left a 57-year-old city woman with facial injuries has been arrested, police said.

On the heels of the closure of the American Red Cross office in Newburyport and its consolidation with the Northeast Massachusetts office in Beverly, the agency is beginning to offer CPR classes locally again - in Amesbury at the emergency management office at 9 School St.

Restaurants and rental property owners in town are on notice that increased inspection standards are coming with the arrival of a new health agent.

A renovated Tupelo Music Hall is slated to open tonight in Salisbury. Scott Hayward had kicked the tires on several careers when he took a shot on a building for sale in Londonderry, N.H. A cluster of shops in an old farmhouse, the place had an addition out back that had operated for a decade as The Muse, a folk-music coffeehouse.

Three men were jailed after being arrested by police late Monday night while reportedly attempting to rob the China Buffet restaurant.

A Salisbury woman was sentenced to jail time by Judge Joseph Jennings in Gloucester District Court for breaking into two Gloucester homes on Oct.

Ann Fisk, one of Rockport's most respected and admired civic activists, died peacefully in her home Oct.

Local agencies are conducting a coat drive to ensure no one has to endure the cold weather without being properly dressed.

Town Meeting will be held tonight at 7:30 at Salisbury Elementary School with a number of important issues on the 29-article warrant.

Roving groups of thieves have broken into 400 cars across the northeastern corner of the state over the past three months, police said.

From still lifes to fine crafts and everything in between, Newburyport's art galleries are preparing to show off a wide range of artistry Saturday for their final ArtWalk of the year.