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GEORGETOWN – When Orlando Pacheco became the Town Administrator this month, one of the thorniest challenges he inherited was the two-plus-year-old fight over the proposal by J. Mello Trash Disposal Corp. to build a 500-ton transfer station on the narrow Carleton Road...
GEORGETOWN — The Georgetown Fire Department is one of more than 300 fire departments across the state to have been awarded a grant as part of the Department of Fire Services Fiscal Year 2022 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Program. The $15,452.88 grant awarded to...
MANCHESTER, NH - Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) congratulates the following local students on being named to the Fall 2021 President's List. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above are named to the...
Danvers — St. John’s Prep recently announced the names of students who earned academic honors for the first quarter of the 2021–2022 school year. Students who qualified for the Headmaster’s List earned grades of A- or above in all courses; students who qualified for...
GEORGETOWN – G. Mello Disposal Corp. is batting 0 for 2 with town regulatory boards to win approval for its proposal to build a 500-ton transfer station on Carlton Drive. In September, the Planning Board voted unanimously to deny its site plan approval for the...
GEORGETOWN —Georgetown Police School Resource Officer (SRO) Taylor Ford recently organized a successful holiday toy drive with the help of students at Georgetown Middle High School. SRO Ford worked with members of the school’s Criminal Justice Club to organize and...
GEORGETOWN – Through the pandemic, lockdowns, and the assorted ups and downs of the past two years, Georgetown music teacher Eric Clemenzi and his son Xavier have never let the music stop. In fact, over the past several months, Eric and Xavier, 12, have turned things...
GEORGETOWN — Georgetown Fire Department responded to a fire in a home on Canterbury Drive and an unrelated medical call while mutual aid partners responded to a lighting strike this past Saturday according to a report by Acting Chief Chuck Savage. On Saturday at 11:48...
GEORGETOWN – The Board of Selectmen welcomed Orlando Pacheco as its new town administrator Monday. Pacheco was unanimously approved last month to succeed retiring Mike Farrell, who has been this town’s administrator since 2010. Pacheco, 43, who is transitioning from...
To the editor: During a year that still includes so much worry and difficult times, the true meaning of Thanksgiving was fully illustrated when the Georgetown Kiwanis Club hosted their annual dinner at the Penn Brook School last Saturday. After the annual dinner was...
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