by Stewart Lytle | Feb 20, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Georgetown
REGIONAL – One of Georgetown’s treasures was Peter Pratt, who for almost a half century sat behind a display case he used as a desk surrounded by an eclectic array of large and small toys, vintage coins and his favorite soap box derby kits. The Pratt Hobby Shop at 20...
by Stewart Lytle | Feb 13, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Georgetown
GEORGETOWN – Town leaders here are at it again. After the chairman of the Conservation Commission was forced to resign last year and more than 100 residents the year before asked the then-chair of the SelectBoard to step down, a member of the Parks and Recreation...
by The Town Common | Jan 30, 2024 | Community News, Georgetown, Secondary
GEORGETOWN — Chief Matt McKay reports that the Georgetown Fire Department have responded to multiple calls this weekend, including a medical call in the forest followed by two simultaneous fires on Saturday night. On Saturday, Jan. 20, at approximately 6:18 p.m., the...
by The Town Common | Jan 23, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Georgetown
GEORGETOWN – It is not unusual for a city mayor or chair of the town’s selectboard to end a meeting asking for volunteers to serve on various boards or commissions. There never seems to be enough citizens to go around. But not here in Georgetown, particularly when it...
by The Town Common | Jan 16, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Community News, Georgetown
New Life Community Church Georgetown Event Join us on January 20th from 5PM to 8PM for our fundraiser dinner at New Life Community Church, 186 E Main St in Georgetown. We will be serving pasta, salad, and dessert! Children under 12 eat free. This will benefit the...
by The Town Common | Jan 16, 2024 | Amesbury, Boxford, Byfield, Community News, Education, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Ipswich, Merrimac, Newbury, Newburyport, Opinion, Rowley, Salisbury, Secondary, Topsfield, West Newbury
Letter to the Editor – Rowley Board of Selectmen on the Whittier Regional Vocational Technical Building Project – On December 13, 2023, the unelected members of the Whittier District School Committee voted to hold a “district-wide” election on their $444.6...
