Ryan Ferguson photoA stretch of purple, or plum-colored, sand on Plum Island. Editor's Pick. ... Newburyport, MA 01950 Phone: (978) 462-6666 Email: [email protected]. Services ...

And in ocean-battered Nantucket and Plum Island, residents want to pay privately for sand to stand sentry against the encroaching ocean — but are running into regulators' opposition over how ...

Plum Island shores were scraped last summer after similar erosion led to multiple homes being declared unsafe for occupancy. One of the homes, at 27 Annapolis Way, had to be razed.

Gov. Charlie Baker is pushing the Army Corps of Engineers to divert more than 728,000 cubic yards of dredged ocean sand to renourish Massachusetts ... Piscataqua sand may be headed for Plum Island ...

This meandering boardwalk is ideal for visitors of all ages and abilities, with front row views of extraordinary biodiversity ...

PLUM ASSIGNMENT. I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE. PATCHES OF PINKISH PURPLE SAND DOT REVERE BEACH. BOB ROSE SMOOTHS OUT THE SAND FOR THE STATE. HE NOTICED IT. YOU CAN SEE IT. I MEAN, YOU CAN’T HELP ...

Just days after tons of sand was dumped on Plum Island beaches, a heavy rain storm washed it all away, and with it, the $75,000 anti-erosion investment. Latest U.S.

PLUM ISLAND (CBS) -- The first nor'easter of the season battered the north shore of Massachusetts Thursday. Strong winds, heavy rains and a brutal surf had people on Plum Island watching closely.

One Plum Island home toppled into the ocean and another was teetering on the edge of the waves yesterday, according to Peter Judge, spokesman for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.

NEWBURYPORT — U.S. Sen. Edward Markey got a firsthand look at the city’s $9 million dredging project when he spent part of Monday morning at the epicenter of recent beach ...

NEWBURY— The steel jaws of excavators dismantled what the sea had left behind along the edge of Plum Island on Saturday. A severe winter storm that battered the Massachusetts shore Friday and ...

Massachusetts, Newburyport, and the residents of Northern Reservation Terrace owed a huge debt of gratitude to George Charos for providing sand to build the dual dune system that had helped save ...