With four young kids, we really don’t have time to make a big fuss over Valentine’s Day these days. Instead, “love” is a four-letter word spoken swiftly (but with intention) between early-morning commutes and raucous family dinners, hockey practices and late-night feedings, where the most Read More
Author Will Speak in Newburyport On Kids and Technology
When my son turned 9 a few months ago, we bought him an iPad. We did so sort of reluctantly. He’d already been clamoring for the family iPad on an almost daily basis, as was his little brother. And we didn’t want to necessarily introduce another device that would distract his attention from Read More
Community Comforts at Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport
When I enter the room for my pre-op appointment at the Anna Jaques Hospital Birth Center, I am greeted by a pretty nurse with blond hair, stylish glasses and a friendly smile. It’s a face I recognize immediately because we’d been in the same local music class together with our kids just this Read More
Pay it Forward to ROOF Over Head in Newburyport
Roof Over Head Collaborative provides housing, hope to families in need. You can help by attending their fundraiser hosted by Orange Leaf in downtown Newburyport on April 8 ----------------------- Newbury resident Kerri Perry was working a fundraiser at the Port Tavern in December Read More
Surviving Winter’s End in Newburyport
Weary of Winter? There are still ways to embrace Newburyport’s coldest season The months of February and March always marks a certain turning point in the life of a New Englander. The holidays are over but the holiday residuals can still remain. Though your neighbor (aka: me) even now has Read More
Curran’s Currents, Personal Bests and Newburyport’s Fall into the Season
The Green Stride Half Marathon now tops my list of local Fall traditions. But even after I got into the meat of my half-marathon training last year, I didn’t feel like a “real” runner. When I crossed the finish line, tired and sore, I still felt like I was posing. Runners – the “real” ones, Read More
Curran’s Currents, Newburyport Police Camp Hits the Right Notes
Small-city living can sometimes be a double-edged sword. But for the most part, it’s pretty amazing to run into people you know no matter what you’re doing, or where you are. Whether we’re getting ice cream at Haley’s, playing on the dolphins at Cashman park, buying cheese at Market Basket or Read More
Curran’s Currents, Why Shop Locally in Newburyport
If you shop at Abercrombie & Fitch, you’ll never meet the company’s CEO Mike Jeffries. That might not be a bad thing considering Jeffries’ alleged business philosophy, which resurfaced earlier this month during an author interview about a new book on retail marketing. In case you missed Read More