Monthly Archives: July 2011

There is a lot of grumbling going on in the City and it has to do with the development at High & Woodland.    People are shocked that such buildings would be allowed in Newburyport that has had zoning restrictions from … Continue reading →

Oh, my gosh!      Some people like to think of this Week as a time of shallowness – tourists eating ice cream, milling about booths where goods are hawked, seeing the fireworks and milling about the town aimlessly. If they have … Continue reading →

Yankee Homecoming is just too big!     Apparently the YH Committee is kicking out small portions of press releases for the entire week.      Unfortunately, that just doesn’t work for most of us.        With responsibilities and schedules, planning ahead is the only … Continue reading →

Hurrah for the bike lanes! Now, a typical stuck-in-the-mud bureaucrat would say, “We used a special epoxy for the lines and can’t afford to do it again.”   A political coward, hearing the wrangling of self-centered abutters about how they lost … Continue reading →

Yesterday, was such an amazing day.      A great regional event occurred that has such a positive and long lasting affect on the Greater Newburyport Area that we will feel its affects for many years to come! The little acquisition of … Continue reading →

Hear the Parable of the Mosquito.      It doesn’t matter if you try to enjoy your garden or the lovely gardens all around the City or stroll by the seawall.       It seems almost a constant threat of misery to walk our … Continue reading →

There has been some grumbling out there in the Greater Newburyport Area over the Daily News use of the ‘Hook’.    Trying to put some punch into their paper, this standard Journalist technique has increasingly been used lately. The idea is … Continue reading →

Listen, I’m excited about the fact the Local Historic District Study Committee has FINALLY come out after four long years. I’m excited that we finally have ‘something’ that approaches some defense from the gentrification and up scaling that threatens to … Continue reading →

Americans are extremely guilty of using sport terms in their every day language.      But when it comes to the Newburyport Preservation Trust, I must confess that the idioms I mention above are downright appropriate. Only 8.3% of the housing stock … Continue reading →

There is nothing more frustrating than to hear a major news piece and then the entire event or subject just drops off the radar screen.       “What on earth happened?”  The Newburyport Current a few years ago, devoted an entire issue … Continue reading →