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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 — On the previous Friday, the Parks Department staff installed two signs in hopes of ending the Battle of March’s Hill between young bike riders/jump builders and mostly adults who like to hike the hills and live next to it. One of the signs, urging those...
ROWLEY — The Hydrant Regency doggie day care here said it offered a 5,000 square foot outdoor enclosed play area so the dogs boarded there could run and play all day. “If your dog likes to wrestle and play, plow through snow drifts, hang out with humans, fetch ball,...
REGIONAL — James Kelcourse, the newest member of the state Parole Board, withdrew last week from the race for the state legislative seat he had held since 2015 and one he could have easily won in November. Kelcourse had filed for reelection before he was appointed...
IPSWICH — Having decided to build a combined public safety building, this town, which values its history more than most and preserved more First and Second Period homes than any other, has the opportunity to re-purpose its old police station and create a centrally...
REGIONAL – Maureen Sabino has been one of the stalwart volunteers for years for Solace for Stephanie, which supports cancer victims, including her brother Peter and a close friend. This year, Maureen not only helped with the annual Solace Comedy Night fundraising...
AMESBURY — The region’s newest childcare center has opened at the long-anticipated Maples Crossing education, sports and wellness campus on the site of the old New England Sports Park. The YMCA of the North Shore will serve 56 students from infants to five-year-olds...
AMESBURY – When Mark Haggett, a Gloucester-based actor, director and producer of small films, was looking for a location to shoot his latest Batman film, Riddle Me Batman, Anna Belmonte, who edited the film and supplied the special effect prosthetics, suggested his...
NEWBURYPORT – It is safe for sharks to swim again in the waters off this port city. After eight years, the Newburyport Shark and Tuna Killing Tournament, which opens Sept. 11 for seven days, will no longer hand out prizes for killing the largest sharks. In a...
PLUM ISLAND — This story of this beautiful barrier island is that of two islands. To the north, sandwiched between the Great Marsh, the Merrimack River and the Atlantic Ocean, people reign, building ever larger and more expensive homes that battle erosion from rising...
NEWBURY – Supporters of The Pink House (STPH), which is probably the most photographed and painted site on the North Shore, has taken a major step to preserve the iconic house with its pink color, historic roof line and unique setting. With the help of historic...
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