by Stewart Lytle | Sep 5, 2023 | Community News, Featured, Georgetown
GEORGETOWN – The Board of Selectmen called a special meeting last week to consider ousting Carl Shreder as chair of the town’s Conservation Commission for sarcastic comments he made about using Town Hall as a fire suppression exercise. Select board member Douglas...
by The Town Common | Aug 29, 2023 | Community News, Featured, Georgetown, Opinion
Dear Chairwoman Smith and Members of the BOS, One of the first people I was introduced to when I came into Georgetown over 40 years ago was a man named Charles Blanchard. My wife knew him since she had joined 4-H at age eleven and he was the Essex County 4H Agent,...
by The Town Common | Aug 29, 2023 | Arts & Culture, Community News, Education, Georgetown, Secondary
Georgetown – A new book club is starting up at the Georgetown Public Library which is focused on various ways of understanding and practicing acts of kindness and compassion that lead to justice. Hosted by Rev. Holly Brauner, from the First Congregational Church...
by The Town Common | Aug 29, 2023 | Community News, Georgetown, News, Secondary
Georgetown Fire Dept. Responds After Woman is Injured by Cooking Fire GEORGETOWN — Chief Matt McKay reports that the Georgetown Fire Department treated and transported a woman who suffered burns during a cooking fire Saturday evening. On Saturday, Aug. 19 at 5:35...
by The Town Common | Aug 22, 2023 | Amesbury, Boxford, Byfield, Community News, Danvers, Education, Essex, Georgetown, Groveland, Health, Ipswich, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salisbury, Seabrook, Topsfield, West Newbury
Many call them alternatives to medical care. I think of them as complementary, which means healthcare services you use in addition to seeing your doctor. That is, I’m glad when my pain patients have seen their doctor to rule out conditions I can’t treat, and I refer...
by Stewart Lytle | Aug 15, 2023 | Community News, Featured, Georgetown
GEORGETOWN – The town’s Conservation Commission is closed, at least temporarily. The last two members of the commission’s staff resigned as part of a continuing battle with the town administrator and other town employees over the commission’s future. The veteran...
