GEORGETOWN – The town’s three-member Board of Health may approve this week the site on Carleton Drive for a proposed 550-ton trash transfer station, but it could make building and operating the station for G. Mello Disposal Corp. much more expensive. The board may...
Georgetown
Could Georgetown Have Two Women Selectmen?
GEORGETOWN – This Monday, voters may choose to elect its second woman to this town’s Board of Selectmen. If Rachel Bancroft is elected to join Amy Smith on the board, the town may decide it is time to drop the “men” from its name and follow nearby Ipswich in adopting...
500-Ton Trash Station ‘Will Contaminate Our Lives’
GEORGETOWN – Emma Driskill bought one of a handful of homes on Spaulding Road two years ago, unaware that she and Conor Powers-Smith were moving only 1,200 feet from a proposed 500-ton trash transfer station. In the months since becoming the closest neighbor to the...
Celebrate Reading
GEORGETOWN – Whether you prefer stories about Judy Moody, Ramona Quinby or Mia, there’s a book waiting for you in front of the Penn Brook School, thanks to months of hard work by a group of five young Girl Scouts. The scouts in Troop 82937 led by Lori Kloc have been...
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Health Board to Rule on 500-ton Trash Station by May 20
GEORGETOWN – The Board of Health postponed its second hearing Thursday to determine the site suitability of G. Mello Disposal Corp.’s proposed 500-ton, per day transfer station was delayed a week when one member was absent due to illness. The hearing, which began...
Sports Photos by Peter McClelland
Georgetown Council on Aging and Senior Community Center open to the public
GEORGETOWN – While maintaining COVID-19 protocols, the Georgetown Council on Aging and the Georgetown Senior Community Center continues to be open to the public. In-person small group exercise programs are underway. Participants are pre-registered and the classes will...
Friends of the Georgetown Peabody Library and the Boxford Town Library host author Stephen Puleo
The Friends of the Georgetown Peabody Library and the Boxford Town Library will host author Stephen Puleo discussing his latest book, Voyage of Mercy. The event will be held Saturday, April 23 at 10:30AM at the Georgetown Peabody Library, 2 Maple Street, Georgetown....
Mello 500-ton Trash Station Faces the Health Board
GEORGETOWN – The town Board of Health will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. on April 5 at the Georgetown High School to determine if the G. Mello Disposal Corp. can build a 500-ton per day transfer station at the end of Carleton Road. In what will probably be the most...
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