NEWBURY — Enjoying biscotti cookies, trading stories and learning a new recipe, seniors were all smiles Thursday afternoon as Select Board Chair Bill DiMaio returned for another cooking demonstration.

“Bill is doing these biscotti, so it’s not like a full lunch thing that we’re doing. It’s just this little treat,” Council on Aging Director Cindy Currier said.

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