We are in the home stretch now. All the long school vacations are done. One more three-day weekend (Memorial Day) and we’ll say goodbye to teachers, the school routine, and the daily grind. No snow days this year in Newburyport makes for ...
The frenzy of the holidays is upon us, and it seems no one can escape from long to-do lists, buying presents, and tackling crowds. Whether you shop locally or hit ...
The big kids are back in school. This means our playgrounds are a lot quieter. We don’t have to worry about our toddlers being knocked down by mammoth ten year olds. No teenagers are giving our preschoolers the evil eye because their tr ...
This is it, the last Whiny Wednesday to be written during summer vacation! Some of you are sad, some of you are ecstatic, and some (like me) are having mixed feelings about greeting the new school year. Regardless of how you feel, I am su ...
We live on the North Shore, it’s summertime, and the kids are out of school. A trip to the beach is a no-brainer. My mission this week is to give you the lowdown on some of the most family friendly beaches in the area.
With the arrival of June comes the opening of Newbury’s Spencer Pierce Little Farm, a place my family could visit over and over again. There is something about kids and animals. No matter how grumpy my boys are, a few minutes of patting ...
Last summer, on a whim, my family visited the Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth and spent an amazing day in the past. If your kids are like mine, they hear the word museum and they start groaning. But this is a different kind of museum. ...
Serving the City’s Younger Citizens: Newburyport Youth Services By Kathleen Downey On a raw and dreary April afternoon during Newburyport’s school vacation week, two classrooms inside the Kelley School were ...
I am not terribly athletic and, being the mother of three boys, this puts me at a disadvantage. However, there is one “sport” that I am quite good at. I have mad skills in mini-golf!
A concerned mother turned filmmaker aims her camera at the high-stakes, high-pressure culture that has invaded our schools and our children’s lives, creating unhealthy, disengaged, unprepared and stressed-out youth.
