Thursday, July 8, 2010 | View Comments
On a Wednesday in 2006, Lisa Manley was preparing to move with her husband and young son to Basel, Switzerland. She was a medical recruiter and was headed for a new job at the Novartis world headquarters.
“The house was packed, and we were moving in one week,” the Newburyport native said. She knew she had not been feeling well, but wrote it off to the stress of the move. But that day, her life changed when the doctor told her she had stage three, advanced colon-rectal cancer.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010 | View Comments
In today’s health-conscious society, there are seemingly endless possibilities when it comes to choosing a diet and making food choices. Here in the states, culturally-accepted models of healthy eating such as choosing organic items, going vegetarian, following the Mediterranean diet, and eating fewer carbohydrates are popular mainly due to their mainstream acceptance as “normal” lifestyle choices. In Newburyport, Revitalive’s Health & Wellness center and nearby café offer the healthy consumer another, lesser-known choice: a raw, vegan, organic, gluten-free diet as well as detoxification services and raw food education classes. If just hearing those words together in one sentence makes you feel overwhelmed or confused, you’re not alone. Read on and see how I discovered that Revitalive’s wellness programs and raw-vegan diet are in fact simple, easy-to-follow, rooted in research…and delicious!
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Monday, June 21, 2010 | View Comments
Newburyport -Today caught the band Liz Frame and the Kickers at The Newburypot Farmer’s Market last week and then sat down with its founder Liz Frame to find out more about them.
NBPT Today: We notice from your bio you have been preforming for a while, how long have you been with your current band and how [...]
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Sunday, March 7, 2010 | View Comments
It’s a constant harangue of “nothing to do, nothing to do” if you have a teenager you’ve heard it. We’ve been hearing it for a long time in Newburyport, “there just isn’t enough for the kids to do in this city”. The lack of activities for youth has been blamed for all sorts of mischief and even petty crimes, but that is all changing, as the city seems to now be over flowing with activities for kids to take advantage of.
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Sunday, January 31, 2010 | View Comments
Opportunity Works provides employment support to individuals with disabilities. They promote a culture of dignity and respect while empowering and teaching those who gather each day to get working!
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Monday, January 18, 2010 | View Comments
Since we first blogged about the bread + butter project back in September, the O’Rourke family of Newburyport presented its first contribution of $350 to Pettengill House, Inc. of Salisbury, expanded its sales and nonprofit partnerships throughout New England, and introduced a new limited-time line of LOVE bread + butter products – just in time for Valentine’s Day!
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Sunday, January 10, 2010 | View Comments
Tobin Eckian has been an artist and a musician for over 30 years. Locally her work is shown exclusively at Chameleon, and she also sells online in her Etsy Shop. Tobin’s eclectic studio is located on Liberty Street, though she splits her time between Newburyport and Newton New Hampshire.
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Monday, December 21, 2009 | View Comments
“After graduating with a biology degree from San Francisco State University, California, I worked for several corporations and biotech companies, where I learned graphic illustration, Web design, photo editing and desktop publishing on the side. Then I took a weekend adult watercolor class. I was hooked and my creativity exploded!”
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 | View Comments
Local photographer Greg Nikas takes stunning pictures of the beautiful landscape that surrounds us here in Newburyport. We were pleased to interview him for our continuing profile series and happy to be able to share some samples of his beautiful photography.
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Friday, September 25, 2009 | View Comments
Lisa Riordon is the featured artist in the gallery space at the YWCA of Newburyport through October 31st. More than 40 pieces from her “Children in Silhouette” series are included, all inspired by childhood images of kids playing and exploring their world.
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Monday, September 14, 2009 | View Comments
When they were 10 and 11, Emma and Katie O’Rourke contributed to a Thanksgiving food drive, volunteered at a local soup kitchen and sold home-made jewelry and headbands at their school to support an international hunger organization. A year later, they launched a website and clothing line to help food pantries in their backyard and [...]
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009 | View Comments
Newburyport-Today stopped by the Parking lot next to the Chamber on Friday to pick up our Fresh Catch of the week. We weren’t fishing off the public docks, we were handed off two whole cods out of the back of a truck, and no we weren’t worried at all!
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Thursday, August 20, 2009 | View Comments
It’s Friday evening, July 31, 2009, and I’ve taken a break from pedicabbing to experience the opening ceremony in Sturbridge, Massachusetts of the 30th Annual Pan-Mass Challenge – the charity that Newburyport Pedicab was founded to support. The Pan-Mass Challenge, the grand-daddy of sports philanthropy events. The Challenge has grown from a collegial ride of a few dozen close friends to an annual bike-a-thon of 5000 riders and 3000 volunteers.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 | View Comments
Well the summer is rolling by! Yankee Homecoming is over but the crowds are here still, and that’s a good thing.
New shops on Inn Street are doing well Englands ice cream and Cross-stitching are bringing them in.
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Friday, July 3, 2009 | View Comments
Newburyport resident Pat Greeley is an inspiration. As part of the Pink Angels she has helped to raise over a Million dollars for cancer research.
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009 | View Comments
Reel People is being shown at the Firehouse Theater this weekend at 7:30 PM both Friday and Saturday nights. Tickets are just $10 for the hour long documentary.
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Friday, April 24, 2009 | View Comments
Welcome to the first of our new Artist Profile series. This week, we’re profiling local photographer Meg Manion Silliker
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Wednesday, April 22, 2009 | View Comments
We found local resident Orren Fox through Twitter and were immediately impressed. Orren is a 12 year old boy with a clear passion for animals of all kinds, chickens in particular. He chronicles his love through his blog, Happy Chickens Lay Healthy Eggs and provides a wealth of information about breeds, habitat, and temperament.
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Monday, March 30, 2009 | View Comments
Newburyport Today headed down to Triton High School on Saturday to cheer on Newburyport’s Destination Imagination teams. The enthusiasm was contagious! The kids all did a great great job. We wanted to post a few photos and some information.
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Monday, March 23, 2009 | View Comments
Youth Service’s mission is to create quality programming and events for the city’s youth in safe and supportive environments that encourage growth, self exploration and empowerment. The department also acts as an advocate for the youth, so that their ideas, concerns and needs are heard and addressed by the community of Newburyport.
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