Category: Newburyport

The Newburyport City Council approved about $1.8 million in funding to reconstruct sections of the city’s waterfront boardwalk to address deteriorating boards and safety hazards.

The Newburyport Planning Board approved updated zoning language allowing redevelopment of the former Brown School into a 29-unit affordable housing project, including demolition of the gym and a small addition.

A Newburyport father told the school committee his daughter has had no school placement or education since 2022 and accused Newburyport Public Schools administrators of refusing to educate her.

Newburyport police and fire suspended the search for a missing boater seen clinging to a skiff in the Merrimack River, according to city officials. Efforts resume Thursday.

Witnesses reported a person clinging to a small skiff this morning before the vessel was found adrift. Police, fire, State Police, and the Coast Guard are still searching.

During it’s Nov. 17 meeting, the Newburyport City Council discussed how the $18 million dollar placement of a pump station, that’s integral to the completion of the Indian Hill Pipeline Project, has hit an impasse.

At a recent meeting, Newburyport’s Zoning Board of Appeals examined traffic, safety concerns, and 40B requirements for a 212-unit apartment project at the former Kmart site at Port Plaza, where 25 percent of the units have capped rents from $2,482 to $3,441.

A 37-year-old Jet Ski operator sustained serious injuries Monday evening after he was thrown into the Merrimack River by a breaking wave.

A man who fell overboard five miles off the Newburyport coast was brought to shore Tuesday after bystanders performed CPR. First responders continued life-saving efforts before rushing him to the hospital.