Last spring, Jack Neary’s new play “The Stands” had its world premiere at The Players Ring in Portsmouth, N.H. It won several New Hampshire Theatre Awards, including Outstanding Professional Production and Best Direction. Now the fast-moving, funny, timely, suspenseful play is coming to the Firehouse Center for the Arts, Market Square, Newburyport, where it plays […]
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Entrepreneur striving to REVIVE women
LEOMINSTER — Erin Logan is continuing her mission to empower women through her endeavors in the local community. The entrepreneur celebrated the opening of her accessories store Lure by Logan with a ribbon cutting last month. Logan has had an online store (shoplurebylogan.com) for a few years, which will remain, and was a vendor at […]
Read to a Shelter Cat program returns Sunday
WINCHENDON — Ahimsa Haven Animal Rescue announced that they will be once again holding their Read to a Shelter Cat event from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at 273 Central St. Numerous slots are available and, though the program is free, donations to assist with veterinary care or canned cat food are […]
Demand outpacing capacity across MA hospital sector
BOSTON — A financial crisis at Steward Health Care has rendered the for-profit system as one of the biggest boogeymen in state government circles, but a pair of leaders at Steward hospitals told lawmakers Wednesday that they face many of the same challenges as their peers in nonprofit settings. Sharp increases in patient demand pushing […]
Harvard students rush Harvard Yard for Palestine tent encampment: ‘Liberated zone’
Harvard students reportedly rushed Harvard Yard to create a tent encampment “liberated zone” for Palestine. Emerson officials were warning students of “imminent law enforcement action.”
Beacon Hill Democrats want to spend $426M on state-run shelters amid cash crunch
Top Beacon Hill Democrats plan to vote on a spending bill Thursday that will shuttle $426 million in surplus revenues leftover from the pandemic to respond to an influx of migrants and limits families’ stay in state-run shelters to nine months.
