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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.
Editor’s Note: Rylee’s last name is being withheld PLUM ISLAND TURNPIKE – At seven years old, Rylee W. remembers calling out a greeting to the Pink House whenever her family drove by it to their Plum Island home. She loved to see the birds on the roof of the...
GEORGETOWN – SelectBoard Chair Robert Hoover called upon Police Chief David Sedgwick who removed resident Kevin Wood, a frequent critic of town officials, boards and commissions, from last Monday night’s meeting, April 27, when Wood criticized Hoover and Town...
GEORGETOWN – Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco was rated “satisfactory” (meets expectations), down from “above satisfactory” (exceeds expectations) by the SelectBoard in his annual performance review. After the election next week, when the SelectBoard will have at...
REGIONAL – The Greater Haverhill Chamber of Commerce is creating the Georgetown and Groveland Business Alliance to help solve challenges faced by small businesses, retailers and professional service firms. The Haverhill chamber has already established a similar group...
WEST NEWBURY – A five-member Town Governance Committee has been formed to recruit and select the next Newbury town manager as long-time manager Angus Jennings leaves to become the business manager for the Whittier Vocational Technical High School. Jennings was also...
IPSWICH − The Select Board last week voted unanimously to offer the town manager position to Brendan Sweeney, a native son, who currently serves as Boxford’s assistant town administrator. Sweeney was selected over fellow finalist Steve Bartha, Lexington’s town...
NEWBURYPORT – The Custom House Maritime Museum (CHMM) drew a crowd last week to celebrate the raising of more than $25,000 to secure the acquisition of the 9-foot masthead of one of the city’s most famous philanthropist join the museum’s collection of clipper ship art...
GEORGETOWN – Police here have issued only one permit for waterskiing on the 88-acre Pentucket Pond, but it was about as murky as the pond water whether the town had authority to issue even that permit. With waterskiing season approaching, the Select Board met last...
NEWBURYPORT – Michael Updike, a marvelous sculptor of delicate silver platters, boots and bowls as well as huge granite gravestones, will bring his wit and insights into his father’s mastery of the great American novel to this year’s weekend of celebrating all things...
GEORGETOWN – The only issue at the new G. Mello Disposal Corp.’s Transfer Station since it opened two months ago was one lithium battery caught fire. The fire was put out in minutes, even before the Georgetown Fire Department arrived minutes later, by a highly...
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