REGIONAL – If Whittier Regional Vocational Technical School is going to receive state funding for a new building on the Northern Essex Community College campus, the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) is insisting that all 11 municipalities in its district...
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Small-Town Women-Owned Businesses in the Center of Georgetown
To the Editor: Small-town woman-owned businesses in the center of Georgetown: There are many women businesses that I think are awesome. We all work together. Peace Love Thrift, Georgetown Barber Shop, Hatter's Tea Shoppe, Humble Warrior Yoga Studio, Bent Emporium,...
Triton Approves New Graduation Rules
REGIONAL – While the governor’s task force decides what requirements students must pass to graduate from high school now that passing the MCAS tests are no longer the standard, Triton Regional School District has updated its own path to graduation to align with the...
Newburyport Charitable Foundation Awards $2,500 to The Chase Home for Children
NEWBURYPORT – The Newburyport Bank Charitable Foundation has provided a grant of $2,500 to The Chase Home for Children. The funds will pay for fees and capacity to develop the content, record, engineer, and produce a 10-episode podcast series featuring staff, subject...
Upcoming Events – Multi-Towns
AMESBURY Grief Care Breakfast is for those dealing with death of a loved one and will be held on Saturday, March 15 from 9:30 – 11:00 am hosted by the Market Street Baptist Church, 37 Market Street, Amesbury. The program is free. Speaker: Pastor Steve MaGee is the...
‘Not the News We Hoped to Deliver’
PLUM ISLAND – Despite having the governor, the state Senate minority leader, a state representative and hundreds of passionate volunteers in its corner, The 100-year-old Pink House will be torn down by March 30. The eagles and other birds that rested on its chimney...
Pink House Celebrates 100th Birthday
PLUM ISLAND – In 1925, Gertrude W. Cutter bought land on the edge of the Great Marsh to build a house for her son, his wife and eventually her grandson. The house has stood with the marsh as its backdrop for a century. In addition to its various private and government...
Plant Matters
Plant Matters by Ida Wye In conversation with Dianne Plantamura about the rewilding of Veasey Park in Groveland, Mass. Diane is a board member of Friends of Veasey Park and the founder of Veasey’s Native Plant Gardens. Dianne often walked her dog throughout Veasey...
UPCOMING EVENTS
NEWBURYPORT Songs of Freedom & Hope Sing Along, Central Congregational Church 14 Titcomb Street, Newburyport. Sunday, march 16, 2:00 - 4:00PM Central Congregational Church will host Songs of Freedom & Hope, open community sing, on Sunday, March 16, 2025, 2:00...
Photos of People/Groups PHOTO CONTEST
$100 Grand Prize | $50 2nd Place | $25 3rd Place CORRECTED DATE: DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS 7:00 P.M. THURS, MARCH 27, 2025 Submit to: editor@thetowncommon.com WE HAVE CORRECTED THE DATE, AND WANT TO EMPHASIZE: PEOPLE PHOTOS PLEASE! For the "Local Winter"...
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