GEORGETOWN – Less than two weeks after the Select Board and the Conservation Commission (ConCom) met to begin ironing out their differences, Select Board chair Amy Smith summoned Carl Shreder and Rachel Bancroft, the ConCom chair and vice chair, to a private meeting...
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New Whittier Building Hits a Buzz Saw
REGIONAL – Whittier Tech Supt. Maureen Lynch last week ran into a wall with fewer cracks than her school has as she tried to persuade town and city officials in the Whittier District to support the proposed $440 million new school building. “We have to do something,”...
Georgetown COA Director to Retire
Dear Editor, I just wanted to let you know that I will retire from my position as Director for the Georgetown Council on Aging on November 25. My last day in the office will be November 23. I have been the Georgetown COA Director for the past 17 years. During that...
Land Court Rejects Denial of 500-ton Trash Station
GEORGETOWN – Land Court Judge Kevin Smith sided last week with G. Mello Trash Disposal Corp. and ordered the town’s Conservation Commission to approve conditions on the proposed 500-ton trash transfer station that are not “unreasonable, arbitrary and capricious.” The...
Troubled Town Boards Turn to Mediation
GEORGETOWN – If you have ever gone through marriage counseling with a mediator, you can appreciate what the town of Georgetown is about to go through as it tries to restore the trust between the SelectBoard (BOS) and its Conservation Commission (ConCom). The two...
Georgetown Police Receive Donation of 13 LifeVacs from Georgetown Kiwanis Club
GEORGETOWN — Police Chief Donald Cudmore is pleased to share that the Georgetown Police Department received 13 LifeVacs as part of a donation from the Georgetown Kiwanis Club. The Kiwanis Club donated 13 LifeVacs to the Georgetown Police Department on Oct. 19....
Georgetown Fire Department Welcomes New Full-Time Member
Georgetown Fire Department Welcomes New Full-Time Member GEORGETOWN — Chief Matt McKay and the Georgetown Fire Department would like to welcome the department’s newest full-time member, Firefighter/EMT Mike McManus. The addition of Firefighter/EMT McManus brings the...
Battle Brewing Over New Whittier Building
REGIONAL – A battle that may pit the residents of Haverhill against 10 other North Shore cities and towns is erupting over who will pay for the proposed new building for the Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School. Whittier Supt. Maureen Lynch is making the...
Georgetown May Hire ConCom Agent
GEORGETOWN – After almost a year without a conservation agent on staff, the Conservation Commission (ConComm) voted last week to negotiate a contract with a “highly qualified” candidate. Only commission member Logan Umberger voted against the motion by member Rebecca...
Town of Merrimac Invites Community to Attend Regional Housing Workshop
Town of Merrimac Invites Community to Attend Regional Housing Workshop REGIONAL – The Town of Merrimac invites all residents and community stakeholders to share their views about housing in town at a virtual forum next month. The Merrimack Valley Planning Commission...
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