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Every year we here at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge get hundreds of calls asking us about the infamous greenhead fly. Named for their giant green eyes, beach goers and birders alike often find them intolerable. They sneak up, they swarm, and ouch they bite, but they are really very important to our ecosystem.
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Newburyport Today is thrilled to welcome back local photographer Mariah Gale for her weekly post. Please look for Mariah strolling around Newburyport snapping photos and asking “what’s the word on the street?” This week she got some great photos of folks enjoying Yankee Homecoming.
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Picture a belly dancer and a pair of Latin dancers on the stage at the same time, dancing to the same music, and you’ve got some of what native musician Roger Ebacher is all about.
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Newburyport Today is thrilled to welcome local photographer Mariah Gale as a weekly contributor. Please look for Mariah strolling around Newburyport snapping photos and asking “what’s the word on the street?” Looks like she found some great subjects for her first post. Look for her photos and quotes here weekly.
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I hope you all take advantage of the many events that happen next week. People and organizations expend a great deal of time and resources to make this an enjoyable week. I have always enjoyed this festival.
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Easy and healthy, our grilled vegetable dinner was a big hit. We used some fun varieties that you might not immediately think of, but try to break out of your comfort zone and try something new.
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On Sunday, June 19, friends and family of Dick Walsh gathered at the Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm in Newbury to honor one of our own. Walsh was not a native of either Newbury or Newburyport, but if anyone put his blood, sweat and tears into the soil here, it was Dick Walsh.
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The Farmer’s Market was hopping as usual, but we had to stop and enjoy the clear serenity of Nancy Jarvis. We found her tucked in the shade carefully watching the crowd and taking in the beauty of the day.
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This week for our Park Sunday series, Newburyport Today visited Spencer Peirce Little Farm in Newbury. This working historic landmark is one of the best places we can think of to spend an afternoon.
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Lisa Cousins, who still lives in the family home on Water Street, is a familiar face from Bob Lobster (Plum Island), the Carry Out Café at the Route 1 traffic circle and now the Thirsty Whale downtown. A retiring type, she likes to “stay in the kitchen” – so although people may not know her face, they certainly know her food.
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