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Play Softball at Perkins This Summer and Embrace Your Inner Child
Casual pick-up softball games at Perkins Playground are the best way to relive your childhood.
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Rebuttal: To Protest Trump or…Sell Your House?
While holding a sign isn’t a solution to the country’s problems, it’s a way to challenge the status quo and a first step toward effecting change.
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Frog Pond or Drinking Water: What’s a Bigger Priority?
We have more pressing city needs than an expensive Bartlet Mall renovation, and funding it will ultimately fall on taxpayers.
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The Pink House Memorial Sign is Elegant and Forceful, but Lacks Visibility
The Pink House Memorial sign on Plum Island Turnpike is an important homage to the iconic house, but its placement makes it invisible.
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If We Keep Tearing Down History, Newburyport Will Lose What Makes it Valuable
You can build bigger houses, but you can’t rebuild Newburyport’s character and history once it’s torn down. We need to prioritize our city’s history and impose longer demolition delays on historic homes.
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School Choice is a Financial Drain That Needs to Be Reexamined
We need more transparency when it comes to out-of-district student placements, which are an economic drain on our city.
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Transgender Day of Visibility Should Be a Day of Celebration, Not Sorrow
Transgender Day of Visibility should be a day of celebration and accomplishment, not a somber occasion.
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