GEORGETOWN – The Board of Selectmen called a special meeting last week to consider ousting Carl Shreder as chair of the town’s Conservation Commission for sarcastic comments he made about using Town Hall as a fire suppression exercise. Select board member Douglas...
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Open Letter: In Regards to Carl Shreder and the Georgetown Conservation Commission
Dear Chairwoman Smith and Members of the BOS, One of the first people I was introduced to when I came into Georgetown over 40 years ago was a man named Charles Blanchard. My wife knew him since she had joined 4-H at age eleven and he was the Essex County 4H Agent,...
New Social Justice Book Club kicks off in Georgetown
Georgetown - A new book club is starting up at the Georgetown Public Library which is focused on various ways of understanding and practicing acts of kindness and compassion that lead to justice. Hosted by Rev. Holly Brauner, from the First Congregational Church in...
Georgetown Fire Dept. Responds After Woman is Injured by Cooking Fire
Georgetown Fire Dept. Responds After Woman is Injured by Cooking Fire GEORGETOWN — Chief Matt McKay reports that the Georgetown Fire Department treated and transported a woman who suffered burns during a cooking fire Saturday evening. On Saturday, Aug. 19 at 5:35...
Complete Healthcare, an Invitation
Many call them alternatives to medical care. I think of them as complementary, which means healthcare services you use in addition to seeing your doctor. That is, I’m glad when my pain patients have seen their doctor to rule out conditions I can’t treat, and I refer...
Conservation Commission Battle Boils Over
GEORGETOWN – The town’s Conservation Commission is closed, at least temporarily. The last two members of the commission’s staff resigned as part of a continuing battle with the town administrator and other town employees over the commission’s future. The veteran...
Summer Reading Programs at Georgetown Library
Summer Reading Programs at Georgetown Library The Georgetown Peabody Library offers summer reading programs to children, teens, and adults. Sign-ups began Monday, June 12 for the Children’s Summer Reading Program, the Teen Summer Reading Program, and the Adult Summer...
Letter to the Editor – Georgetown Council on Aging (COA)
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 Elects Smith as SelectBoard Chair
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...
Town Elects New SelectBoard Majority
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...
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