The Town Common
Georgetown Water: Health Notice
by Lonnie Brennan GEORGETOWN – Residents received a double-side printed letter last week advising them the water they have been drinking has been “in violation,” on-going, since May 2025. The letter, however, states that “this is not an emergency. If it had been an...
Newbury Golf Center Adds High Tech Fun
NEWBURY – You’re an avid golfer, but can’t play St. Andrews or Pebble Beach this year? The Newbury Golf Center has the next best thing. Less than a mile off Interstate 95 on Scotland Road, the 27-acre driving range has added Top Tracer technology and monitors on all...
NEWBURYPORT 2025 ELECTION RESULTS CHARTS
AMESBURY ELECTION RESULTS CHARTS
Plant Matters: The Monarch Gardener
In conversation with The Monarch Gardner. I had the pleasure of meeting with Katie Banks Hone (aka, The Monarch Gardener) at her shop and nursery at Nutter Farm at 180 Ipswich Rd, Topsfield. I was deeply saddened by the death of Jane Goodall and asked Katie if she had...
Newburyport: Diaper Drive November 15
Submitted by Kathleen Melanson Central Congregational Church The Central Congregational Church, 14 Titcomb St., Newburyport will hold a Diaper Drive on Saturday, November 15, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Each year the Christian Outreach team at Central...
Newbury Police Partners with First Parish Newbury Food Pantry
NEWBURY – With the increasing cost of groceries, the upcoming holiday season, and the uncertain future of SNAP benefits, the Newbury Police Department is partnering with the First Parish Food Pantry of Newbury to make the police station an official 24-hour drop-off...
GEORGETOWN SELECTWOMAN KEEPING HER CANINE COMPANION
Despite a court order to hand over her dog, Daphne, to her soon-to-be ex-husband, Georgetown Selectwoman Rachel Bancroft has not done so and has appealed First Justice of the Essex Division of the Probate and Family Court Judge Frances M. Giordano's decree. Bancroft...
UPDATE: GEORGETOWN SAND MINING OPERATION
Todd Champlain (excavator) and Kathy Potter (land owner of the 100-year-old Zibell Farm) are presenting contrasting stories to authorities, with Champlain now awaiting an early December court date, and Potter offering her former farm-turned-sand-mining operation for...
