http://www.towncrossings.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:01:00 +0000 http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_164130116.html http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_164130116.html The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Three-Day is a series of a dozen 60-mile walks to raise money to fight breast cancer. The first walk begins in Boston on Aug. 3 and the last one ends in San Diego, Calif. on Nov. 11. Amesbury families are preparing to participate in both of them. Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_156153559.html http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_156153559.html Officer Tom Hanshaw is a modern day Renaissance Man. His 20 years of service with the Amesbury Police Department have led him to routine traffic patrols, complicated paperwork, and answering phone calls, not to mention a weekly column, and an active role in the town's Relay for Life and Our Neighbor's Table food pantry. Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:54:00 +0000 http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_164145455.html http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_164145455.html Northern Essex Community College held its 45th annual commencement exercises on Saturday, May 26. Graduates -- including 43 from Amesbury -- received certificates and associate degrees in 70 fields, including business, health care and liberal arts. Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:52:00 +0000 http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_164145224.html http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_164145224.html Organizers of the fifth annual Relay for Life of Amesbury have scheduled two fundraising events in the coming weeks. Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:50:00 +0000 http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_164144906.html http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_164144906.html Starting this month, Amesbury librarian Margie Walker will facilitate a summer knitting club whose main purpose will be making hats and blankets for young children in Africa. Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:19:00 +0000 http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_156152103.html http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_156152103.html The Amesbury Youth and Health departments, in conjunction with the Lake Gardner Improvement Association, presents the Lake Gardner Family Fun Fest on June 30 during Amesbury Days. Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:18:00 +0000 http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_156151829.html http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_156151829.html Amesbury Elementary School Principal Walter Helliesen says his first year on the job has "gone wonderfully." Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:33:00 +0000 http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_156133455.html http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_156133455.html Holy Family Parish will host a Family Day Cookout on Sunday, June 10, starting at 11:30 a.m. at the Sacred Heart Church yard on Friend Street. Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:02:00 +0000 http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_156125727.html http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_156125727.html If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then Amesbury is drop-dead gorgeous in Larry Frost's gaze. Tue, 29 May 2007 14:03:00 +0000 http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_149140447.html http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_149140447.html Amesbury senior center news Tue, 29 May 2007 14:01:00 +0000 http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_149140239.html http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_149140239.html Amesbury news in brief Tue, 29 May 2007 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_149135852.html http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_149135852.html The Alliance for Amesbury's annual silent auction during its June 11 golf tournament will feature a Waterford Crystal vase, designed just for that event. A non-profit group, the alliance is a business advocacy group. Tue, 29 May 2007 10:58:00 +0000 http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_149105838.html http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_149105838.html The Amesbury Library's Manga and Anime Club, open to students in seventh grade through high school, meets every other Thursday after school in the library's teen room. Members agree that there's just something about Japanese culture and stories that draws them in. Tue, 22 May 2007 13:55:00 +0000 http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_142135840.html http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_142135840.html Amesbury Educational Foundation Vice President Laurie Knapp has presented seven grants totaling $14,233 to teachers in the Amesbury school system, so they could implement projects and programs designed to "challenge our children." Tue, 22 May 2007 13:53:00 +0000 http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_142135517.html http://www.towncrossings.com/amesbury/local_story_142135517.html Monday is Memorial Day, a national holiday established in 1868 to honor the Civil War dead, but later expanded to commemorate those who died in all of the nation's wars.