West Newbury News

State Rep. Harriett L. Stanley , Chair of the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing, says the overarching principles of payment reform are beginning to emerge : Even this morning, major media coverage was about the progress of national health care legislation.

Santa will make his annual Christmas Eve ride through the town again this year. His elves are busy loading the sleigh and preparing the reindeer, so Santa will ride a fire truck instead.

A three-year high school improvement plan submitted by Principal Jonathan Seymour and developed by the school council.

Now is not the time to consider regionalizing the public safety dispatch department, police Chief Lisa Holmes told selectmen.

West Newbury police have taken out charges against the man who police say led a chase through the Greater Newburyport region Thanksgiving night.

In the wake of announcements made this week that Triton will cut 13 positions and teachers, state lawmakers are saying there isn't much that can be done.

Two people are recovering from serious injuries after a nearly head-on car crash over the weekend.

In giving her initial projections for next year's budget, Finance Director Tracy Blais said a deficit may be looming.

Despite the world's problems, this is the time of year to share and celebrate! I searched out the following Green Quick Fixes to help you participate in the jubilation while keeping carbon footprints conservative and by supporting recycled, fair-trade and eco-friendly markets.

Artisans in the Open's 12th annual Holiday Fair is set for tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Parish Hall at the First Religious Society, Unitarian Universalist, 26 Pleasant St., Newburyport.

Yesterday morning, West Newbury Police and the Essex County Sheriff's Department swept the middle and high schools in search of drugs, but found none.

A New Hampshire man is behind bars after a wild ride and crime spree that spanned three states.

Newburyport's Exit Dance Theatre reprises its original take on the holiday classic "The Twelve Days of Christmas" this weekend at the Firehouse Center for the Arts in Market Square.

Church leaders in the region voiced support yesterday for a decision handed down over the weekend by Episcopal Bishop M. Thomas Shaw that will allow church clergy in Eastern Massachusetts to officiate at the marriages of same-sex couples.

House leaders are ordering their staff members to take five furlough days as a way to mitigate further budget cuts, and many North Shore lawmakers, though not all, are voluntarily giving up a week's pay as a show of support.

As Ernest Merrill was driving down Route 113 in West Newbury on Saturday night, he glimpsed what many astronomers refer to as a once-in-a-lifetime sighting - a fireball falling from the sky.

It's only a little more than half of what the city asked for, but it's enough to immediately hire three firefighters and keep the Bradford fire station open for at least a few months and "probably" until the end of the fiscal year on June 30.

In the mood for a cultural explosion of music? No need to travel the globe. Greater Newburyport has put together a medley of music this weekend that will get everyone tapping their feet.

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.

One actor, Bobby Kerrigan of Wenham, has starred in so many roles that he stopped counting.