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Hundreds Turn Out for Newburyport's Annual Bed Race
Hundreds of onlookers turned out this week for Newburyport's annual bed race, a summer tradition tied to Yankee Homecoming season. The Daily News of Newburyport captured the scene in a report headlined "Bedtime comes early in Newburyport: Annual bed race draws hundreds of onlookers," de…
Hundreds of onlookers turned out this week for Newburyport's annual bed race, a summer tradition tied to Yankee Homecoming season, according to The Daily News of Newburyport.
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"Bedtime comes early in Newburyport: Annual bed race draws hundreds of onlookers", Teams pushed modified beds through the city's downtown streets as crowds lined the route for the long-running summer event, The Daily News of Newburyport reports. (read it at https://www.newburyportnews.com/news/local_news/bedtime-comes-early-in-newburyport-annual-bed-race-draws-hundreds-of-onlookers/article_951fabd0-579b-4d09-ae6a-b80b5d913402.html)
"Senior/Community Center named Port's first 'Toward Zero Waste Facility'", The Newburyport Senior/Community Center has earned the city's first such designation, extending a sustainability push that included a July 28 ceremony honoring a local tannery owner and other businesses for waste-reduction efforts, per The Daily News of Newburyport. (read it at https://www.newburyportnews.com/news/local_news/senior-community-center-named-ports-first-toward-zero-waste-facility/article_6c2863b7-aa68-4a1d-b79e-4297b2909007.html)
Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.
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