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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.
NEWBURY – For close to 20 years, townspeople here have been arguing, often heatedly, if they need to spend money on a new Town Hall. That debate may be resolved soon. On Tuesday, voters will decide whether to override the state’s spending limits to build a new Town...
NEWBURYPORT – If you still find yourself humming the tune Both Sides Now by the legendary singer-songwriter Judy Collins, the Firehouse Center for the Arts has a treat for you. The Grammy winner is coming to Newburyport next month to perform her memorable songs at the...
NEWBURYPORT AND BEYOND — In its 18th year, the Newburyport Literary Festival has gone hybrid. Many of the popular festival’s offerings this weekend of interviews with authors and poets will be live on Friday night and all-day Saturday in multiple downtown venues. But...
GEORGETOWN – In the on-going battle between town officials and the Conservation Commission, chair Carl Shreder and other commission members last week rejected Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco’s accusation that fraud was involved in the compensation for its former...
REGIONAL – Congressional representatives in Massachusetts and New Hampshire have joined forces to fight a mutual problem – untreated sewage being dumped into the Merrimack River. Massachusetts Reps. Lori Trahan and Seth Moulton joined New Hampshire Reps. Chris Pappas...
GEORGETOWN – The future of this town’s wetlands regulations has become a focal point in the upcoming Board of Selectmen election as town officials battle over upcoming appointments to the Conservation Commission, replacing the conservation agent and possibly the...
GEORGETOWN – George Peabody, the financier and father of modern American philanthropy, was smiling from his portrait atop the stairs at the public library named for him because Thursdays just got better. After years of being closed on Thursdays to save money, the...
NEWBURYPORT – The SteelDrivers, one of the biggest names in progressive bluegrass music, has done it again in the port city. The Grammy-nominated band for the second time has sold out its concert next week on April 29 as part of the popular Belleville Roots Music...
REGIONAL – The Actors Studio, which has been producing high-quality performances with local actors, directors and playwrights for more than 30 years, is in search of money and a new home. “I make no apologies. We need money,” said Marc Clopton, the founder and...
NEWBURYPORT -- Byron Matthews, who died last month at age 94, was probably best known as the mayor who in the 1960s helped save this city’s downtown brick buildings from the urban renewal bulldozer. But to hundreds of avid tennis players throughout the North Shore,...
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