Amy Palmer

ROWLEY — Congressman Seth Moulton considers the Agawam Diner a lucky place.The last time he visited the nostalgic rail car diner on the campaign trail was in 2014, when he ousted Rep. John Tierney and became the first Massachusetts Democrat in 22 years to defeat a sitting congressman from the same party.

IPSWICH — With the Massachusetts state primary less than two weeks away, Tuesday may be your last chance to meet some of the candidates running to represent Ipswich and the surrounding areas in Washington, D.C.

IPSWICH — Senator Ed Markey made his pitch to the Ipswich Democratic Town Committee (IDTC) on Saturday, promising to oppose President Donald Trump and fight for working people in Massachusetts if re-elected to the U.S. Senate this year.Markey, a Democrat from Malden, has served in Congress since 1977, first as a representative and, since 2013, as a senator. He has been a leading advocate for environmental protections and technology regulation.The longtime congressman is facing a challenge from U...

IPSWICH — The flyers arrived first, appearing in mailboxes just before Annual Town Meeting with no indication of who funded and distributed them.The glossy orange-and-black leaflets outlined five reasons voters should reject a $9.8 million funding request for the proposed public safety facility. Then came the emails and text messages urging residents to support or oppose the measure. Some were sent on May 12, the day of Town Meeting. Others continued after voters narrowly rejected the funding re...

ROWLEY — Rowley is in a financial crisis, according to Finance Committee Chair Dennis Roy.

IPSWICH — Ipswich voters will decide whether to urge Congress to exercise its authority over President Donald Trump.

IPSWICH — Under a new state law, residents don’t have much of a say if their neighbors decide to build an accessory dwelling unit (ADU), according to building inspector Jim Bone.

ROWLEY — Two Rowley students will take the stage this summer in a professional local production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s School of Rock – The Musical.

ROWLEY — When Len Charney signed up for Jumpstart Your Memoir, a writing workshop offered through the Greater Newburyport Adult & Community Education program, he didn’t realize that he would be the only “old man” in his class.

IPSWICH — When bestselling author Jenny Jackson returned to Ipswich this week, she began to see her hometown in a whole new light.

IPSWICH — Meeting Milestones Children’s Therapies, a pediatric occupational and speech therapy clinic, is now open on Market Street.

IPSWICH — Eight months ago, Ipswich High School graduate Reilly Miner set off for Cambodia without a return ticket or a clear timeline for coming home.The young musician was leaving home to join Cambodian Living Arts, an organization dedicated to reviving traditional Cambodian music and arts.Miner first connected with the organization through Orchestra on the Hill, where he performed as a featured soloist as the recipient of the Frederic and Susan Winthrop Young Artist Award and now serves as di...

IPSWICH — Linda Ayala, the longtime owner of Ipswich Hearts ’N Flowers, is preparing to hand her shop over to new owners, and she couldn’t be more excited about it.For months, Ayala agonized over whether to close as health issues made it increasingly difficult to run the shop. Dreading the thought of shuttering the doors, she desperately hoped someone would take over instead.On the week of Mother’s Day, she said, that wish finally came true.Guisedio Vasiu, the owner of Ipswich House of Pizza, an...