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NOTES BETWEEN PRINTED EDITIONS The Town Common's Sr. Reporter Stewart Lytle is working on a story for next week's edition about a member of Georgetown's Select Board questioning in colleagues at their meeting earlier this week regarding an "abundance" of outside work...
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...
SATURDAY, MAY 16 at 11 AM Author Visit by Elizabeth de Veer Please join us as Georgetown local Elizabeth de Veer discusses her newest novel, The Blazekeeper of Bowmore House. Wildwood Books will providing copies of her latest novel for the occasion! Elizabeth’s first...
SATURDAY, MAY 16 at 10 AM Hands-on Pruning Workshop Join Instructor Jennifer Kettell, consulting arborist from Radiant Leaf Pruning, for a hands-on workshop on pruning using the bushes in the landscape at the library. Flowering shrubs can be a bit more complicated...
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 Residents and Voters: I’m writing to share that I am endorsing Rob Hoover and Ed Dobie for the two Select Board seats on the ballot on election day, Monday, May 11—and I’m asking for your vote for both of them. Ed Dobie brings the kind of financial...
by Lonnie Brennan GEORGETOWN – In a nine-count indictment under the headline "facts," Selectman Michael Donahue detailed what he documented as refusal on the part of SelectBoard Chair Robert Hoover to place on the agenda a voted agenda item, in total defiance to the...
Books are the mirrors and windows to the world for children. They stimulate children’s imaginations while educating them in meaningful ways. Books unlock the world for children, build bridges of understanding amongst them, and introduce children to something new. It...
The North Shore Chamber of Commerce presents its 2026 Honor Scholars Recognition Dinner on Thursday, May 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the DoubleTree Hilton in Danvers. The North Shore Chamber’s Honor Scholars Recognition Dinner celebrates the top 3 percent of students in...
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