by Stewart Lytle | Mar 26, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Georgetown
REGIONAL – A challenge most small towns and cities face is finding enough volunteers to fill out the memberships of various municipal committees that regulate everything from land use to community health. At least two municipalities – Amesbury and Georgetown – are...
by Stewart Lytle | Mar 19, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Georgetown
GEORGETOWN – Whether taxpayers here will see a large, permanent tax increase next year will be decided by the voters on May 13, not by the Town Meeting on May 6, as previously thought. Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco told the SelectBoard last week that he had...
by The Town Common | Mar 19, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Georgetown
Free Concert: ‘Knock on Wood’ Rocks Out Howie Newman and Dave Talmage, also known as ‘Knock on Wood’, are anything but a typical folk combo, performing funny original songs (suitable for all ages) and well-known covers. Their varied repertoire...
by Stewart Lytle | Mar 12, 2024 | Community News, Georgetown
GEORGETOWN – Property owners here are facing the possibility of a hefty tax increase to overcome a shortfall in revenues that has been years in the making. The Finance Advisory Committee voted unanimously last week to move forward with a proposal to the Board of...
by The Town Common | Feb 27, 2024 | Amesbury, Boxford, Byfield, Community News, Education, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Ipswich, Merrimac, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, Topsfield, West Newbury
Whittier Tech Leadership Meets With Municipal Officials About School Building Needs HAVERHILL — Superintendent Maureen Lynch reports that mayors and municipal leaders from Whittier Tech’s sending communities shared their thoughts and suggestions on Tuesday morning...
by Stewart Lytle | Feb 20, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Georgetown
GEORGETOWN – The Conservation Commission (ConCom), under direction of the state Land Court, voted last week four to zero with two abstentions to approve the controversial trash transfer station on Carleton Drive. The commission, which regulates wetlands and other...
