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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 – 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 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...
REGIONAL – Whittier Tech invites residents in its 11 sending community to learn more about the proposed Whittier Tech Building Project during public information sessions planned in the coming months. Whittier Tech is pursuing construction of a new building to best...
Georgetown Living Well Together Health Fair - Wed., Oct. 4 Georgetown -- Join us for a community provider health care fair Wed. Oct. 4, 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Georgetown Senior Community Center. Showcasing the wide resources available in our community, the Living...
GEORGETOWN – The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has assessed a $117,300 penalty to G. Mello Disposal Corp. for violations of the state Solid Waste Management regulations involving the operation of the company’s existing waste management...
GEORGETOWN – A Newburyport private detective firm demanded Select Board member Rachel Bancroft last week turn over evidence to the state Ethics Commission of her bias in favor of the Conservation Commission if she does not cooperate with its town-funded probe of the...
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...
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,...
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...
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