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...

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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...

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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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More Firefighters to the Rescue

HAMILTON – Firefighters no longer only fight dangerous fires like the midnight battle this winter to save people and houses on Salisbury Beach. As first responders, firefighters are called on almost daily to respond to a variety of hazards and emergencies.  You may...

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New firefighters for Georgetown

GEORGETOWN — Three Georgetown firefighters recently graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Call/ Volunteer training program. Firefighters Celia Xie, along with Connor and Chad Cameron, who are brothers, are among 21 graduates from the MFA’s...

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