The Town Common

Aulson Brings American Legion/Community Together to Give Georgetown Community Gardens a Major Makeover

GEORGETOWN – The town’s Community Gardens, which have been allowed to overgrow in recent years, is being made ready for a new plantings next spring thanks to a local businessman and several civic groups. This weekend, the American Legion Georgetown chapter gave Alan...

Boxford: King’s Tree Farm and Nursery Sign Gets a Facelift

BOXFORD – Robert and Nancy King spruced up the welcoming signs to the King's Tree Farm and Nursery in West Boxford this past weekend. I stopped and asked Robert what was up, and he explained how he and his wife Nancy had just given the old signage a facelift. Robert,...

Lions Club Helps the Blind Read

REGIONAL – For years since he lost his sight, a 93-year-old World War II veteran relied on his wife to read to him. But then she died, and his world got very small until he turned to the Lions Club for help. Bob LaFrance, a Lions Club member for 45 years and head of...

Does Georgetown Have a Cancer Cluster?

GEORGETOWN – The town’s Health Director has asked the state Department of Public Health to investigate whether the higher-than-normal number of cases here could be a cancer cluster. Health Director William Holt delivered a report to the SelectBoard last week that said...

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5th Annual New England Hot Sauce Fest Raises Record $18,546 for Local Marine Conservation

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — The 5th Annual New England Hot Sauce Fest brought approximately 2,000 ticketed guests to Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth for a day of hot sauce, food, music, family fun, and some seriously intense pepper challenges — while raising a record...

Free Speech Violated? At What Cost to the Town?

GEORGETOWN – Kevin Wood is preparing to sue this town for then- SelectBoard chair Robert Hoover having him removed from a board meeting last spring when Wood criticized the chair and the town administrator. Wood said in the televised SelectBoard meeting, “If the Board...

Georgetown Police vs. Fire Departments End-of-Summer Softball Game

Police Win Second Place

Georgetown: Pickleball Does Not Get ‘Overwhelming’ Support

GEORGETOWN – Indoor pickleball did not come up a winner in Michael Donahue’s on-line survey of whether the town should use a $1 million donation to build a facility for four courts at the East Main Street Recreational Area. In its place, the Parks & Recreation...

Newburyport Choral Society Open Rehearsal

The Newburyport Choral Society welcomes prospective singers to an Open Rehearsal on Tuesday, September 1, at 7:00 p.m. at Belleville Congregational Church, 300 High Street. Kick off our Winter 2026 concert season by joining us for the first rehearsal. New singers are...