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by Kay Lee Ogden This week’s "spotlight" business is Pratt's Hobby Shop, located at 20 East Main Street. Phone: 978.352.2234. Tues - Fi: 12 - 6 pm Sat: 10:30 am - 4 pm. Pratt's hobby shop was opened by Peter Pratt, in 1974. He retired in 2020 and that is when Rossana...
GEORGETOWN – After serving on the town’s Conservation Commission (ConCom) for more than a decade, the SelectBoard declined last week to reappoint the veteran chair Rachel Therrien to the commission. It was the second consecutive ConCom chair that has been removed by...
GEORGETOWN – SelectBoard member Mike Donahue is suing at least two and possibly three town residents for calling him a “homophobe,” which he believes cost him the 2023 election to serve on the school board. Donahue ran third in the three-candidate race for a seat on...
by Kay Lee Ogden This week’s "spotlight" business is Instant Replays, a sports equipment - gently used - resale shop owned and operated by Todd Newton. Instant Replays is located under the Post Office building in Georgetown, at 64 Central Street. Phone: 978.352.8800....
BOXFORD − The Masconomet Regional Scholarship Foundation proudly announced the distribution of 110 scholarships totaling $228,000 to graduating seniors of Masconomet Regional High School at its recent annual awards ceremony. The scholarships, awarded during a...
REGIONAL – Someday in the near future, heart patients with a genetic hole in their heart that needs to be repaired, may have their heart surgery done by a robot – thanks to the creativity, tenacity and hard work of four female students at Austin Preparatory School....
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT AND EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT by Kay Lee Ogden This is a new weekly series of local businesses, to encourage the community to shop local and make consumers aware of services and talents within the community. This week’s spotlight focuses on "Vita Bella...
GEORGETOWN – A simmering feud over the last few weeks at the top of town government has been kicked upstairs to the state Attorney General. The issue is whether Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco exceeded his authority in his abrupt firing of conservation agent...
Elevated Disinfection Byproducts at Georgetown Water Department (We periodically re-run this reminder.) GEORGETOWN – Last Fall, residents received a detailed double-sided notice in the mail advising them the water they have been drinking has been “in violation,”...
GEORGETOWN – The town’s Conservation Commission (ConCom) is looking for an agent to replace Michele Grenier, who was fired in April in a disputed action by Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco. The ConCom formed a hiring subcommittee to recruit and interview candidates...
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