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GEORGETOWN – Property owners here are facing the possibility of a hefty tax increase to overcome a shortfall in revenues that has been years in the making. The Finance Advisory Committee voted unanimously last week to move forward with a proposal to the Board of...
Whittier Tech Leadership Meets With Municipal Officials About School Building Needs HAVERHILL — Superintendent Maureen Lynch reports that mayors and municipal leaders from Whittier Tech’s sending communities shared their thoughts and suggestions on Tuesday morning...
GEORGETOWN – The Conservation Commission (ConCom), under direction of the state Land Court, voted last week four to zero with two abstentions to approve the controversial trash transfer station on Carleton Drive. The commission, which regulates wetlands and other...
REGIONAL – One of Georgetown’s treasures was Peter Pratt, who for almost a half century sat behind a display case he used as a desk surrounded by an eclectic array of large and small toys, vintage coins and his favorite soap box derby kits. The Pratt Hobby Shop at 20...
GEORGETOWN – Town leaders here are at it again. After the chairman of the Conservation Commission was forced to resign last year and more than 100 residents the year before asked the then-chair of the SelectBoard to step down, a member of the Parks and Recreation...
GEORGETOWN — Chief Matt McKay reports that the Georgetown Fire Department have responded to multiple calls this weekend, including a medical call in the forest followed by two simultaneous fires on Saturday night. On Saturday, Jan. 20, at approximately 6:18 p.m., the...
GEORGETOWN – It is not unusual for a city mayor or chair of the town’s selectboard to end a meeting asking for volunteers to serve on various boards or commissions. There never seems to be enough citizens to go around. But not here in Georgetown, particularly when it...
New Life Community Church Georgetown Event Join us on January 20th from 5PM to 8PM for our fundraiser dinner at New Life Community Church, 186 E Main St in Georgetown. We will be serving pasta, salad, and dessert! Children under 12 eat free. This will benefit the...
Letter to the Editor - Rowley Board of Selectmen on the Whittier Regional Vocational Technical Building Project - On December 13, 2023, the unelected members of the Whittier District School Committee voted to hold a “district-wide” election on their $444.6 million...
REGIONAL – Whittier Regional Vocational High School could have allowed each of its 11 cities and towns under state law to decide individually how to fund its share of the $264 million price tag for a new building. Rowley SelectBoard chair Cliff Pierce and other town...
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