Newburyport recorded 15 property sales between July 17 and Aug. 15, 2026, with eight of those transactions listing a sale price. Recorded prices ranged from $320,000 to $2,230,000, with a median of $712,500. The period's largest transaction was a $2,230,000 sale at 71 Purchase St on Aug. 10,
Newburyport city councilors have proposed zoning rules capping building heights in parts of the city, an early step that could shape future development along downtown and waterfront corridors. The Daily News of Newburyport reports the change in a story headlined "Newburyport city counci…
Newburyport's Council on Aging is gearing up for its NewStock fundraiser, according to a Newburyport Daily News report published Monday. The paper also reports the town's Chamber Music Festival continues its run of performances Thursday, and the community's Village Talk speaker series r…
One Newburyport-resident obituary was published this week: Boland, John J. Sr., 94, who died August 7, 2026. Arrangements are being handled by Farmer Funeral Homes & Cremation Services of Haverhill, with the notice posted to Echovita. No further biographical detail was available in the …
Newburyport recorded 14 property deed transfers between July 10 and Aug. 8, but only three had a sale price recorded, ranging from $965,000 to $1,899,900 with a median of $1,025,000. The month's top recorded sale was 21 Erie Ave, which sold for $1,899,900 to Joseph Gruber. At least eight of the 14
Newburyport-born TikTok influencer Sydney Towle has died at 26 after a three-year battle with a rare form of bile duct cancer. Towle, born in the seaport city on November 15, 1999, before her family moved to Hobe Sound, Florida, went on to graduate from Dartmouth College and build a fol…
Newburyport's Planning Board continued a joint hearing on a residential height-limit ordinance to August 19.
S&P Global Ratings upgraded Newburyport's general obligation bond rating, the ratings agency reported Wednesday, a mark of the town's improving fiscal standing. The Daily News of Newburyport profiled longtime Lions Club volunteer Bob LaFrance in "A love for giving back: Bob LaFrance ref…
The Newburyport Conservation Commission approved a notice of intent for 95 Parker Street, letting a Vulcan Forms-affiliated tenant rebuild a failing loading dock and add an argon gas storage pad within a wetlands buffer.
Newburyport City Council referred a $2.5 million water treatment plant design loan to committee and heard an update on a regional school cost vote.