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by Lonnie Brennan GEORGETOWN – In a nine-count indictment under the headline "facts," Selectman Michael Donahue detailed what he documented as refusal on the part of SelectBoard Chair Robert Hoover to place on the agenda a voted agenda item, in total defiance to the...
ROWLEY - The The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) recently announced the latest round selection of 18 communities in Massachusetts who will share in a more than $10.3 million in federal funding via President Donald J. Trump through the...
by Lonnie Brennan GEORGETOWN − Twenty-three members of the Thompson family, not counting a nephew who led the processsion, somberly filed out of St. Mary's Catholic Church last Saturday. We had all been doing OK during the funeral mass, that is, until the...
ROWLEY – Pokemonâ, Play Stationâ, Nintendoâ, Genesisâ, Pikachuâ, Shogun Warriorsâ, Magicâ, Start Trekâ, Star Warsâ, Play Stationâ, Game Boyâ, and XBoxâ, are just some of the offerings at Kraken Gaming- the place to find vintage toys and games. The packed shop located...
by Lonnie Brennan BOXFORD – Despite protests from new residents and old who are opposed to the stated-mandated MBTA multi-unit, high-density housing mandate, town meeting approved re-zoning of the new 'The Willows' development off Rte. 133. For the new homeowners at...
GEORGETOWN ‒ Last week, at an untelevised joint meeting with the SelectBoard, Georgetown Town Manager Orlando Pacheco told the town’s Board of Assessors that the controversial 214 North Street farm is in the process of being sold. Pacheco said the property would most...
Knights of Columbus 6064, Georgetown/Rowley/Boxford/Byfield Support MS Awareness by Lonnie Brennan Each year, your local Knights of Columbus 6064 with membership from Byfield, Boxford, Georgetown, and Rowley join to support in small ways attempts to promote...
GEORGETOWN – Residents are expected to go to the Penn Brook School on Monday, May 12, 2025, to vote for or against a proposed $6+ million Proposition 2/12 override. [Update: The override passed at town meeting, as it has in the past. 422 residents voted in favor, 64...
Who Sent the $6 Million Override Letter? Some residents of Georgetown received what has been called a “near-anonymous letter” urging them to vote for the upcoming $6+ million Proposition 2 1/2 tax increase/override next month. The letter stated that it came...
City and town finance managers and finance committees got their first look at anticipated state funding for next year's budgets, when the Massachusetts’s governor recently unveiled her budget proposal for FY26. The currently proposed state spending of approximately...
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