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Now that the seniors have graduated and the weather has warmed up, the entirety of Newburyport High School is getting antsy for summer vacation to begin. Throughout the school windows are opened wide and during lunch, groups of students arrange themselves in the courtyard hoping to get as much Read More
Exactly one year ago my family adopted Martha. She is a long-legged tan hound mix with a whole lot higher energy level than we bargained for. After living the past decade with a mellow and more timid canine, getting used to Martha’s exuberance took my family quite a while to get used to. Read More
The decision to take a year off after graduating high school and before beginning college was not spur of the moment for me. I had been thinking about taking a gap year for some time, beginning, I believe, in my junior year of high school, when I found myself up to my ears in school work and Read More
I come from a family of bird-watchers, photographers, artists, and hikers. When I was young, my family would drag me out of bed at six or seven in the morning declaring that we were already running late for prime observation time. We would drive past dozens of houses, over the bridge to plum Read More
I distinctly recall the moment that I met Linus. It was four years ago and I had just dragged myself through my front door, red and sweaty from Cross Country practice, only to be introduced for the very first time to my brother’s new German exchange student. Rather than feel embarrassed, I Read More
As summer draws to a close and fall appears now, I am grappling with the bittersweet knowledge that for myself and my fellow 2014 high school graduates, a chapter of our lives is coming to a close, and the end of an era is fast approaching. On the one hand, I can’t help but look forward to the Read More
As I stepped up to receive my high school diploma a few Sundays ago, the college search process was far from my mind. It seemed like eons ago that I was lost at Goucher College because my tour guide abandoned me while I was in the bathroom. The thing I remember the most vividly about my college Read More
When the Newburyport High School theater department put on a production of Rent, the topics in the musical drew attention to the lack of any sort of gay-straight alliance in the city. Rent touches on sensitive subjects such as the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1990’s and risky behavior. It also Read More
Although spring may be taking its time coming to Newburyport, it will certainly be invading the Newburyport Public Library on April 5th, the night of the 3rd annual Books-In-Bloom Fundraiser. Longtime school librarian, and Friends of the Library Board member Judy Avery shared some of the history Read More
Come January 1st, everybody has a New Year's resolution. The hope is that by making a single change in their daily routines, their lives will change tremendously for the better. When you actually think about it, does that actually make sense? Will giving up your guilty pleasure for chocolate Read More
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