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To the editor, This year’s volunteer recognition theme of Volunteers: An Essential Part of Our Team reflects both the national recognition of the impact and power of volunteerism as well as the research that surrounds the health benefits of volunteerism for the...
GEORGETOWN – Amy Smith was elected as the chair of the SelectBoard and Robert Hoover is the new board clerk in a major changing of the guard at the top of town government. Smith was elected by the new majority on the board that includes newly elected Robert Hoover and...
GEORGETOWN – In what appears to be a major changing of the guard at the top of town government, the voters here last week ousted a veteran member of the Select Board and elected two new members of the board who are expected to choose a new chair. Robert Hoover and...
Georgetown Offering Rebate on Smart Irrigation Controllers GEORGETOWN – The Georgetown Water Department has put a rebate program in place to help curb the waste of water through the use of smart irrigation controllers. A smart irrigation controller acts like a...
GEORGETOWN – You can now walk and read at Georgetown Peabody Library. Along with four reading benches honoring former library staff and major supporters, the town’s Highway Department has installed 19 metal reading stations as part of a StoryWalk on the side lawn of...
GEORGETOWN – Tired of looking at the boarded windows at Town Hall? The first of the 62 restored windows will be installed later this month. The front windows will be in by the end of June, according to Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco. And all the windows are...
GEORGETOWN – In the on-going battle between town officials and the Conservation Commission, chair Carl Shreder and other commission members last week rejected Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco’s accusation that fraud was involved in the compensation for its former...
Danvers, MA —St. John’s Prep recently announced the names of students who earned academic honors for the third quarter of the 2022–2023 school year, which ended on March 24, 2023. Students who qualified for the Headmaster’s List earned grades of A- or above in all...
Georgetown Council on Aging’s Upcoming May Programs and Services Blood pressure clinic scheduled May 3 - Georgetown Public Health Nurse Pam Lara, will hold a monthly blood pressure clinic on Wednesdays May 3, 9:30-10:40 a.m. at the Georgetown Senior Community Center....
GEORGETOWN – The future of this town’s wetlands regulations has become a focal point in the upcoming Board of Selectmen election as town officials battle over upcoming appointments to the Conservation Commission, replacing the conservation agent and possibly the...
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