Newburyport History

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    ‘If This House Could Talk’ returns for 10th year

    ByJeff Reed

    Reprinted from the Newburyport Daily News on March 14, 2026 NEWBURYPORT — While still months away, folks interested in including their property in this year’s iteration of “If This House Could Talk” are being urged to dive into the story of their home. “The event happens the last week of July, but people really have…

  • The Tenacious and Compassionate Margaret Atwood

    ByLinda Miller

    by Elizabeth Harris and Linda Miller At the beginning of the nineteenth century, citizens of Newburyport who fell on hard times relied on a combination of public assistance in the form of incarceration in the poorhouse or jail (if a debtor), or some limited subsidies that paid for some expenses of the truly indigent. One…