The Coast Guard assisted an injured man aboard his boat near the mouth of the Merrimack River on Thursday. Coast Guard Station Merrimack River, in Newburyport, Massachusetts, received a call at about 9:00 a.m. from boaters aboard a 23-foot...

Looking for a new place to take your boat or kayak this summer? Maybe something off the beaten path, bit unusual? A great spot to pull up and grab a bite to eat? A quiet place to paddle and...

Newburyport News: It’s been more than a century since tall ships were a regular sight on the city’s shoreline. But this summer, residents and visitors to the Clipper City will be treated to a weeklong visit from a grand...

Newburyport Daily News: In the 3 months since millions of wastewater treatment disks escaped from a Hooksett, New Hampshire, sewage facility into the Merrimack River and floated all the way to the Greater Newburyport area and now Cape Cod,...

Due to high amounts of paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) toxin (also known as “red tide”) in shellfish, the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries has closed shellfish beds along many parts of the North Shore. Digging, harvesting or collecting shellfish, including...

Newburyport Times: From the back deck of Black Cow Tap & Grill on Thursday (April 7), Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray and a handful of state and city officials had an ideal view of the deteriorating bulkhead that has supported...

The Newburyport Times reports that the city of Newburyport hopes to bring tall ships to a 4-day festival in 2012 commemorating the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. The 2012 Merrimack River Maritime Festival aims to spotlight local...

CapeCodOnline: Those pesky wastewater disks that have clogged Cape Cod beaches are being picked up by cleanup crews from a Newburyport engineering firm. According to Enpro Engineering spokesperson Ariane Doud, 5 cleanup crews are now removing the disks from...

Boston.com reports that the shellfish-purification facility in Newburyport, Massachusetts, which detoxifies clams harvested from “moderately polluted” shellfish beds, may be shut down due to state budget costs. The move could put dozens of clam diggers out of business. The...

Newburyport News: The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services is now estimating that approximately 4,240,000 wastewater treatment disks escaped from a Hooksett, New Hampshire, treatment plant and into the Merrimack River earlier this month. That estimate would almost cut...