The Big Win, Greater Newburyport Chamber of Commerce Annual Raffle
February 28, 2009
Date & Time: Ticket drawing in April 2009 (exact date TBD)Where: The Georgetown Club, 258 Andover Street, Georgetown, MA.
Big Win tickets are now on sale. Over $20,000 in Cash Prizes!
Do you want a chance to win a $10,000 cash prize and/or many other cash prizes and also help support the Greater Newburyport Chamber of Commerce & Industry?
If you do, purchase a ticket for The Big Win, formerly known as the “Chamber Pot” for the Newburyport Chamber’s annual fund raising cash raffle event.
The Big Win offers you a chance, with pretty decent odds – the odds are 28 to 1 that you will win! – to win some great cash prizes with a total value over $20,000.
Here is a quick breakdown of the cash prizes you can win with your purchase of a $100 raffle ticket:
- First prize: $10,000 in cash
- Second prize: $2,500 in cash
- Third prize (4 of them): $1,000 each in cash
- Fourth prize (7 of them) $500 each in cash
- Fifth prize (5 of them) $200 each in cash!
Newburyport, Georgetown & Pentucket Tournament Action, Feb. 27
February 27, 2009
On the hockey front, Newburyport is the only local team that is playing in the tournament. On the basketball side, three high school teams are playing: the Pentucket and Georgetown Girls teams and the Georgetown Boys team.
Friday’s Games, February 27th
Basketball
- Division 3 North Girls Basketball Tournament – No. 1 Pentucket vs. No. 9 Pope John, 7:00 p.m., at Amesbury High School
- Division 4 North Girls Basketball Tournament – No. 14 Georgetown at No. 6 Minuteman, at 7:00 p.m., at Minuteman Regional High School, Lexington
Hockey:
- Division 2 North Hockey Tournament – No. 8 Newburyport vs. No. 1 Winthrop, 7:45 p.m., Salem State College
Softball Pitching Clinics in March at Extra Innings, Salisbury
February 27, 2009
When: Thursdays, March 5th, 12th, 19th and 26thWhere: Extra Innings of Salisbury, 6 Old Elm Street, Salisbury, MA.
Softball Pitching Clinics
Extra Innings of Salisbury will host softball pitching clinics on the following Thursdays in March:
- March 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th
The clinics are offered for two age groups:
- Ages 7-12 will practice from 6:00 to 7:15 p.m.
- Ages 13-18 will practice from 7:15 to 8:30 p.m.
North Shore Community Mediation Center Offers Wide Range of Programs
February 26, 2009
If you need professional mediation services or would like to receive training to become a mediator, the North Shore Community Mediation Center (NSCM), located in Beverly, MA, is a nearby regional resource that can offer you a solution.
North Shore Community Mediation Center, Inc. (NSCMC), an independent non-profit corporation begun in 1994, provides alternative dispute resolution and training services to the communities of the North Shore.
Volunteer mediators from the NSCMC work to promote better understanding and communication by offering high quality mediation services to those in conflict. They offer an amazingly broad range of mediation services in the following areas:
- Court
- Divorce Services
- Parent-Child Mediation
- Elder Mediation
- Veterans and MA Guard and Reserves Family Mediation
- Community Mediation
- Workplace/Consumer Mediation
- Peer Mediation
Post 150 Nor’Easters Baseball Registration and Tryouts, Greater Newburyport
February 26, 2009
Post 150 Nor’Easters Registration and Tryouts
Baseball rregistration is currently underway for Post 150 Nor’Easters. Players born in 1990 or later are eligible to play Senior Legion Baseball.
Baseball players from the following school districts can register to play for the Post 150 Nor’Easter’ team:
- Amesbury
- Newburyport
- Pentucket
- Triton
- Georgetown
- Ipswich
Natural History Lecture Series, Castle Hill, Ipswich, March 5th
February 26, 2009
When: Thursday, February 26, 2009, 7:00 pmWhere: Castle Hill, Argilla Road, Ipswich, MA
Fee: Free for members; $5.00 for non-members.
Natural History Lecture Series At The Great House on Castle Hill
As part of its second annual winter speaker series, the Trustees of Reservations is presenting a talk by Anne Giblin, principal investigator for the Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research program, PIE (LTER) on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 7:00 pm inside the Great House on Castle Hill.
Ms. Gilbin will describe the activities and research being carried out by the Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research program. This is a great opportunity to learn more about the natural world around you on the North Shore.
The Plum Island Ecosystems LTER (PIE LTER) was established in 1998. The principal study site for PIE LTER is the Plum Island Sound estuary, its coupled Parker and Ipswich River basins and the coastal ocean, the Gulf of Maine.
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Newburyport Gets By Bishop Fenwick, Faces Winthrop Next
February 25, 2009
First Period Domination: Newburyport dominated play in the first period and came out witha 3-0 lead after one period with two goals by Kyle McElroy and one by Derek Freeman. Newburyport was totally in control. Most of the play took place in the Fenwick defensive zone.
Three Power Play Goals In Second Period: The second period was ”Do or Die” time for the Bishop Fenwick Crusaders. The Crusaders stepped up to play, helped by Newburyport penalties, and scored two power play goals. The game started to feel much closer as Bishop Fenwick closed the three goal deficit to one, 3-2, and you could feel/hear the Bishop Fenwick fans coming to life.
But just about a minute later, Kyle McElroy of Newburyport, scored his third goal of the game (hat trick) on a power play to give Newburyport a little more breathing room and a 4-2 lead going into the third period. All three goals scored in the second period were power play goals.
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Buddhist Meditation Group, First Religious Society, Newburyport, March 2nd
February 25, 2009
Where: Lower Meetinghouse at the First Religious Society UU, 26 Pleasant Street, Newburyport, MA.
Are you interested in learning and/or practicing buddhist meditation techniques?
Every Monday, from 6:30 to 7:30 pm, the Buddhist Meditation Group meets in the Lower Meetinghouse at the First Religious Society Unitarian Universalist Church in Newburyport.
This Buddhist meditation group is led by Rev. Peg Travers, an ordained priest from Buddhaheart USA, a nonsectarian Buddhist organization. The meditation is open to all: no experience is needed. People can sit in a chair or bring a cushion, whichever is most comfortable.
What The Sessions Include
The session will include Qi Gong, small easy movements to open the body; chanting, to open the body and slow and reduce random thinking; and sitting meditation, to quiet thinking and open the mind.
You will learn techniques to help you navigate the difficulties of life. The group is co-sponsored by the First Religious Society and Buddha Heart USA.
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JV Girls Lacrosse Coach Vacancy at Newburyport High School
February 25, 2009
Newburyport High School is looking for a JV girls lacrosse coach for the upcoming season.
If you are Interested in coaching the girls JV team, please e-mail a cover letter, resume, and a list of three reference names with contact numbers to Athletic Director, John Daileanes at jdaileanes@newburyport.k12.ma.us.
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Newburyport Alumni Baseball Game, May 16th
February 24, 2009
Where: Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, New York
The Newburyport Alumni Baseball Association will sponsor a trip and cookout on Friday, May 15th at Lake ‘N’ the Pines on Lake Ostego, Cooperstown, New York. The Newburyport Alumni Game will be held on Saturday, May 16th at 10:00 am at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.
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