On this day in 1888, a necktie party was planned for the evening of the 31st. Because it was Newburyport and not the Old West, no hangings would take place.
NEWBURYPORT — The city unveiled a permanent memorial of the COVID-19 pandemic, when a black granite tribute to resiliency was dedicated on the Clipper City Rail Trail Saturday afternoon.
On this day in 1960, multiple robberies on Water Street led the news. At 115 Water St., oil dealer Frances Twomey’s safe was opened by a thief using Twomey’s own
NEWBURYPORT — The city will be dedicating its newly installed granite sculpture memorializing the victims of the COVID-19 pandemic Saturday at 1 p.m. on the Clipper City Rail Trail.