When: Friday, April 23rd, 7:30 pm
Where: Nicholson Hall, 7 Harris Street, Newburyport MA

Dinner with the Authors at the 5th Annual Newburyport Literary Festival 2010

A great way to start off the Fifth Annual Newburyport Literary Festival is to attend the Dinner With The Authors on Friday April 23 at 7:30 pm at Nicholson Hall, Newburyport. You can ,ix and mingle with your favorite festival authors!

The festival starts on Friday, April 23rd at the Firehouse Centre for the Arts. The ceremony is followed by our Dinner with the Authors at Nicholson Hall.

Cost: $50 per person

Saturday continues the celebration with a full day of activities from Coffee with the Poets to the closing ceremony. This festival promises to have something for every reader.

About the 5th Annual Newburyport Literary Festival 2010

With a rich literary heritage, the greater Newburyport area has a lot to be excited about. Writers as diverse as John Greenleaf Whittier, John P. Marquand, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Andre Dubus II have called Newburyport home.

Newburyport will once again be welcoming local and national authors and readers alike to celebrate Literature, Readers and Writers at the Fifth Annual Newburyport Literary Festival (NLF), organized by the Newburyport Literary Association, on April 23rd and 24th, 2010 in downtown Newburyport.

Located in Newburyport, Massachusetts, with its rich literary heritage, the Newburyport Literary Festival is a unique opportunity for local and nearby community members to meet with and to hear from well-known authors from every genre in a picturesque setting.

The NLF in 2010 features more than 40 writers of distinguished fiction and non-fiction – including short story writers, children’s authors, biographers, nature writers, critics, screenwriters, poets, novelists, and journalists – who will read and discuss their work in venues throughout Newburyport’s historic downtown

2010 Literary Festival Honoring Late Novelist John P. Marquand
The Newburyport Literary Festival this year is pleased to honor the late John P. Marquand (1893-1960), a Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist and a longtime resident of Newburyport.

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The Mass Audubon Society’s Joppa Flats Education Center offers a Wednesday Morning Birding program from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

If you’re one of the lucky ones that has time available during the week, join Joppa Flats Sanctuary Director Bill Gette and USFWS veteran David Weaver for this weekly birding field trip in the Newburyport/Plum Island area. It’s a great way to observe birds in the area and identify some of the better locations for finding them when on your own.

The center conducts its field trips to birding hot spots in the Newburyport/Plum Island area. The focus for its programs will be the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge (Plum Island), the Merrimack River estuary, Cape Ann, and other productive areas in Essex County.

Appropriate for all bir

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Note: Due to approaching bad weather the beach cleanup originally scheduled for Sunday, March 14th has been canceled and RESCHEDULED for Sunday, April 18th.

If you would like to help with a Plum Island beach cleanup, BOAT CAMP Inc, Newburyport, is looking for volunteers of all ages to help them with their beach cleanup on Sunday, March 14th.

BOAT CAMP Inc. has adopted the stretch of Plum Island beach that spans from Captain’s Fishing Parties’ pier to the South Jetty as it runs along the Merrimack River.

Meet at the playground on the northern end of Plum Island; BOAT CAMP will provide the gloves and bags.
Lobstermen tell us there’s a ton of stuff flowing downriver from the storm, so there should be plenty to pick up.

Celebrate the return to Daylight Savings with a walk on the beach with us!

Volunteers of all ages are welcome.

For more information, visit the BOAT CAMP Inc website or call 978-463-2233.

About Boat Camp, Inc.

BOAT CAMP Inc., a nonprofit marine and environmental education organization that offers a variety of week-long summer programs for kids ages 5 and older ashore and afloat, is offering a new summer program this year, “River Runners.”

They are located on the waterfront at Hilton’s Marina , next door to Plum Island Coffee Roasters. Visitors are always welcome to stop in and view the animals inside their 110-gallon saltwater touch tank!

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Join Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center teacher Lisa Hutchings on a search for wintering harbor seals on Saturday, March 13th. She’ll take you near the mouth of the Merrimack River where these seals are commonly seen.

For families with children ages 7 and up.

Fee: $15 for children; $5 for adults (must be accompanied by children). Pre-registration is required.

Preregistration: Preregister by calling 978-462-9998 or drop in.

Where To Meet: Meet at Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA.

About Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center

Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, located at One Plum Island Turnpike in Newburyport, is a natural history education and visitor center that is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday and Monday holidays, 8:30 to 4:00 pm.

Call 978-462-9998 for information about additional programs and events, or visit Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center website.

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Interested In Baseball and Softball Umpiring in Newburyport?

The Newburyport Umpire’s Association is asking all returning and new umpires to attend an initial meeting on either Saturday March 13th or Sunday, March 14th in the lower conference room of the Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank, State Street, Newburyport.

You only have to attend one of the meeting sessions, either Saturday or Sunday.

 First-year umpires must be at least 14 years old as of April 30, 2009.

For more information, contact Mike Juralewicz at 978-462-7617 or parkave325@yahoo.com.

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Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport is offering a new, bi-monthly Saturday program, Family Flyby at Joppa Flats. The focus of Saturday’s program is “Seals Along The Shore.”

Fly-by or spend some time at the center and have some free-flowing nature fun. The program is for families with children ages 2 to 12.

Fee: $5.00 per child.
Pre-registration is not required.

Where To Meet:
Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA.

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If you want to explore the local area and see the birds of the Greater Newburyport, Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center program, Saturday Birding: What’s That Bird?, may be what you’re looking for.

The two hour program provides a quick weekend jaunt to see the birds of greater Newburyport. No experience required. Limited to six participants. Children age 8 and up welcome.

Although this program is meant for people who have had little to no exposure to birds, anyone with a curiosity about birds or nature is welcome.

Fees: $7; free with the purchase of a new membership.

Preregistration: Preregister by calling 978-462-9998 or drop in.

Where To Meet: Meet at Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA.

About Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center

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The Salisbury Chamber of Commerce invites you to join them at their March Chamber Meeting at the Salisbury Historical Society on Thursday, March 18th.

The event starts at 6:00 pm.

Visit a little bit of your history…

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The Newburyport Youth Hockey will be holding registration for the 2010-2011 season on Monday & Wednesday, March 15 and 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the Graf Rink.

All players at all levels must register.

If there are any questions please contact Glen Markey at gmarkey@verizon.net.

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Newburyport Youth Hockey is offering a five session, Learn to Play Hockey Program, at the Graf Rink, Newburport. The program starts on Monday, March 15th and ends on Sunday, March 28th.

The goal of this program is teach girls and boys basic hockey skills while creating a fun environment.

Cost:
The fee is $75 for NYHL players and $100 for non members.

How To Register:
Registrations are held every Sunday from 10:00 to 11:00 am at the Graf Rink or contact Shawn Richmond at 978-325-7057.

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