2025 Tax Free Weekend

📢TAX-FREE WEEKEND 2025 | TODAY & TOMORROW | AUGUST 9TH & 10TH 📢

Don't forget the sales tax holiday for 2025 will be held today, Saturday, August 9 and tomorrow, Sunday, August 10. 

Most retail items of up to $2,500 will be exempt from the 6.25% sales tax. 

The following items are still taxable and do not qualify for the sales tax holiday exemption:

🛍Meals

🛍Motor vehicles

🛍Motorboats

🛍Telecommunications services

🛍Gas

🛍Steam

🛍Electricity

🛍Tobacco products

🛍Marijuana or marijuana products

🛍Alcoholic beverages, and

🛍Any single item whose price is more than $2,500.

For additional information: https://www.mass.gov/.../sales-tax-holiday-frequently...

Feature Friday 8/8/2025

This Feature Friday, we’re highlighting Brooke, one of the talented interns supporting our office and making a difference for constituents in our district.  

Thank you for sharing your enthusiasm, bright ideas, and passion with our team, Brooke!

2025 Tax Free Weekend

 

📢TAX-FREE WEEKEND 2025 | AUGUST 9TH & 10TH 📢

The sales tax holiday for 2025 will be held tomorrow, Saturday, August 9 and Sunday, August 10. 

Most retail items of up to $2,500 will be exempt from the 6.25% sales tax. 

The following items are still taxable and do not qualify for the sales tax holiday exemption:

🛍Meals

🛍Motor vehicles

🛍Motorboats

🛍Telecommunications services

🛍Gas

🛍Steam

🛍Electricity

🛍Tobacco products

🛍Marijuana or marijuana products

🛍Alcoholic beverages, and

🛍Any single item whose price is more than $2,500.

For additional information: https://www.mass.gov/.../sales-tax-holiday-frequently...

Newburyport Yankee Homecoming Parade

 It was an honor to march in the Newburyport Yankee Homecoming Parade this past Sunday and to see so many familiar faces lining the streets!

This parade is always a highlight of Yankee Homecoming, bringing neighbors, families, and visitors together to celebrate the rich spirit and history of our community.

Thank you to all the organizers, volunteers, and participants who make this tradition such a memorable event year after year.

North Andover's National Night Out

 

North Andover's National Night Out which is an annual community building campaign that promotes police/community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, better places to live.

Whittier Regional Career Technical Initiative Graduation Ceremony

The 2025 graduation for participants in the Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School Career Technical Initiative was inspiring as graduates were recognized for their hard work, focus, and commitment in developing critical skills in a number of trades. 

Thanks to Superintendent Maureen Lynch, Principal Chris Laganas, and the dedicated corps of teachers at Whittier that made this special learning opportunity possible, and congratulations to the graduates!

Annual Topsfield Volunteer Picnic

 

The annual volunteer picnic at the Topsfield Fair was a tremendous showing of appreciation for the hundreds of volunteers whose dedication and countless hours of service make the fair a success year after year and continue a strong tradition of recognizing the importance of agriculture in our communities and our lives.

Thanks volunteers!