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GEORGETOWN – The town’s Conservation Committee will hold a special meeting Thursday to discuss hiring a director to replace Michele Grenier, who was fired by Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco in a controversial action that left a key town board with no staff. The...
NEWBURYPORT – Belleville Church will host piano soloist Sergei Novikov on Sunday, May 31 at 4 p.m. for a concert benefiting the fundraising efforts to reopen the historic Belleville Meetinghouse. Music will include classical, jazz, Broadway tunes, and more. Tickets...
DANVERS − St. John’s Preparatory School held its 116th Commencement exercises on Saturday afternoon as Head of School Edward P. Hardiman, Ph.D. P’19 ’21 ’26 conferred diplomas upon 279 seniors during an outdoor ceremony held on the school’s campus. The ceremony was...
Bishop Fenwick is proud to announce Julia Davis ’26 of Newburyport as the Valedictorian for the Class of 2026. Julia has distinguished herself academically by pursuing one of the school’s most rigorous academic programs, including thirteen AP courses. A Presidential...
by Joe Kelly GEORGETOWN – Peace Love Thrift opened on May 1, 2021, at 22 E. Main Street in Georgetown, inside a building that still holds the vault from an older bank that, according to local legend, burned down sometime in the 1880s. The vault survived, and the town...
GEORGETOWN – The SelectBoard met last week for more than 90 minutes in executive session with Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco regarding accusations that he has violated his contract by doing work on behalf of the town of Shirley and possibly other employers....
GEORGETOWN – The attorney for fired Conservation Commission (ConCom) director Michele Grenier has demanded the town pay her at least one year of salary at $65,000/year to settle claims of discrimination, retaliation, improper reduction of wages and wrongful...
GEORGETOWN – For years, some visitors to town hall and present and past town employees have recounted incidents where they heard Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco brag that he used his salary as what they called his “play money.” This week, the SelectBoard was...
RAIN OR SHINE: 10 AM THRU 3 PM, 3 Larkspurk Circle, GEORGETOWN What are we selling? If it's not listed here "we probably don't got it." We do have a good variety of "stuff." BEDROOM STUFF: A one-year-old DELUXE KING SIZE BED (sadly we must part with it because we are...
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