“You have truly been a friend to the Essex County Sheriff's Department.”
— Frank G. Cousins, Jr.
Sheriff
Newbury
Town Information
Web Site: www.townofnewbury.org
Town Clerk: 978 465-2332
Selectmen: 978 465-9241
Town Hall Address: 25 High Road, Newbury MA 01951
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Around All Parts of Newbury, Byfield, and Plum Island
Harriett and Newbury Selectman Dick Joy confer outside his antiques barn on High Road. Rep. Stanley salutes Plum Island residents and members of her staff for a decade of support work on the Plum Island project. Harriett and staffer Dan Mahoney cook lunch at the Newbury COA. Harriett inspects her homemade seafood lasagna. Harriett "crosses spoons" with Newbury Elementary School faculty. Harriett gives Newbury seniors a State House update during dessert. Harriett is a frequent donor to community fundraisers, including special bottles from her wine collection. Harriett has been tracking the reconstruction / replacement of the Parker River Bridge for seven years and finally got funding for it in 2004. Harriett has worked for funding to repair / replace the Parker River Bridge for seven years -- she finally got it in August 2004. Plum Island: Harriett tours Sandy Point State Park with state officials. Plum Island: Beyond securing additional state money to upgrade Sandy Point Beach, Harriett does her personal part to keep the area clean. Beyond securing additional state money to upgrade Sandy Point Beach, Harriett does her personal part to keep the area clean. Beyond securing additional state money to upgrade Sandy Point Beach, Harriett does her personal part to keep the area clean. Beyond securing additional state money to upgrade Sandy Point Beach, Harriett does her personal part to keep the area clean. Harriett talks about her job as a legislator with Newbury Elementary School students. Harriett takes questions from Newbury Elementary School students. Harriett does Dr. Seuss day at the Newbury Elementary School. Dr. Seuss' book, The Cat in the Hat, got rapt attention from this NES student. Harriett compares teeth with a group of NES students. Harriett took this photo of the Plum Island marsh on a late August afternoon.Workers install the protective silt fencing along the Turnpike. The Plum Island water and sewer project has been a needed, but controversial, infrastructure development for nearly a decade. The final lawsuit was cleared in August 2004. Harriett talks with parents after throwing out the first pitch at Newbury-Byfield's Opening Day. Whether or not to allow dogs on the beach has been a controversial issue in Newbury. Two of the most controversial issues on Plum Island - banning dogs on the bearch and installation of water and sewer service - are pictured here. Harriett is always an active participant in the Byfield Days celebration, whether she's in the parade, judging the Black Dog contest or just snapping pictures. The award-winning Byfield parade float. The conversion of the Yellow School from an elementary school to a Center for the Performing Arts was started with $50,000 in state funding that Harriett secured for the community. Rep. Stanley and Senator Tarr toast the completion of ten years worth of work on the Plum Island water and sewer project. Success on Plum Island was truly bi-partisan, as Newburyport's George Lawler and Newbury legislator Harriett Stanley congratulate each other.