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Stewart Lytle is the lead reporter for The Town Common newspaper. Before joining The Town Common, he was a national correspondent for Scripps-Howard Newspapers in Washington, D.C., covering the Pentagon and Congress. He has also written for newspapers in Dallas, TX, and Birmingham, AL.
As a national reporter for the Scripps Howard newspaper chain, Stewart wrote the inside story on military life of soldiers and sailors and their families. He landed on aircraft carriers, experienced oxygen deprivation for high-altitude flight training and crawled through the mud with Marine snipers.
One of his proudest achievements outside of journalism was assisting USAA Chairman Robert McDermott in securing federal legislation that mandated air bags in vehicles.
Stewart is also a novelist and has written non-fiction books. He is currently working on a non-fiction book and screenplay about an incident that occurred in Boston.
His first novel, Iron City Conspiracy, explores power in a city. It features a black newspaper editor solving the bombing of a historic black church in a tough Alabama town.
Following in the footsteps of his idol, Ernest Hemingway, Stewart has completed a new novel about a love affair in the midst of the Spanish Civil War. The book, Montserrat, is based on a true story and has been made into a screenplay that will become an international feature film.
A graduate of Phillips Academy and Princeton University, Stewart lives with his wife, Mary, in Newburyport.
NEWBURYPORT – Michael Nichols, owner of M. Cacao, the new chocolate shop on Market Square, said he is often told by customers that they cannot bring themselves to eat the chocolates he sells, particularly the art bars. “They’re too pretty,” they say. “But they are...
NEWBURYPORT – Celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence with the Custom House Maritime Museum. In partnership with the Museum of Old Newbury and supported by the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism, programs will delve into the terrible winter of...
GEORGETOWN – Selectboard member Michael Donahue has sent to each member of the board a package of 195 pages of emails and police reports that he wants the board to consider at an upcoming meeting in hopes it will vote to remove board member Rachel Therrien from the...
by Stewart Lytle, Sr. Reporter IPSWICH – Few homes in this town that has many First Period homes are more imbued with New England history than the Baker-Tozer House at 16 Elm Street. Built in 1835, this four-bedroom, 2,750-square-foot home within walking distance of...
ROWLEY — The Clark’s School’s Theatre at the Bell will present a seriocomic play, Lila the Werewolf, that is adapted from the short story by acclaimed fantasy author Peter S. Beagle, author of the beloved novel and film The Last Unicorn. Performances are at 7:30 p.m.,...
NEWBURYPORT – The Greyhound had been a champion racer, but her wins and the prize money she won were never enough for the humans who owned her or those assigned to care for her. For the Greyhound, there was no graceful retirement from the track like thoroughbred...
MERRIMACPORT – With the decline in attendance at many churches, new uses are being found for these stately buildings congregations once gathered in. Some have been converted to restaurants like Mission Oak Restaurant in Newburyport. A few are now museums. Others, like...
by Stewart Lytle IPSWICH – On the market is a small slice of this town’s colorful history that could remain a mixed-use property with a commercial kitchen with a two-bedroom, second-floor residence. Or the 2,419-square-foot building could be converted to full...
GEORGETOWN – The SelectBoard will decide next week if it should take any action on a resident’s complaint, questioning the competency of board member Rachel Therrien for mischaracterizing whether the Conservation Commission (ConCom) “voted” on how it holds its...
GEORGETOWN – The town’s SelectBoard (BOS) and Conservation Commission (ConCom) met last week in hopes of burying the hatchet between the two boards, discussing three issues that have caused tensions. But the meeting was barely over when old animosities resurfaced....
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