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BOXFORD − The Masconomet Regional Scholarship Foundation proudly announced the distribution of 110 scholarships totaling $228,000 to graduating seniors of Masconomet Regional High School at its recent annual awards ceremony. The scholarships, awarded during a...
WEST NEWBURY − Fire Chief Michael Dwyer reports that the West Newbury Fire Department, with assistance from numerous mutual aid partners, extinguished a two-alarm fire in a detached garage on Sunday morning. At approximately 8:50 a.m. on Sunday, June 21, the West...
Amesbury June 25th - Block Party at Heritage Park, Water Street, 5 - 8 pm June 27th - City Wide Yard Sale/Sidewalk Sales 8 am. - 3 p.m. June 28th: Pancakes at the Pines at Town Park Pines, 8 - 11 am June 29th: Line Dancing at Upper Millyard, 6-7 pm June 30th: Cruise...
REGIONAL – Someday in the near future, heart patients with a genetic hole in their heart that needs to be repaired, may have their heart surgery done by a robot – thanks to the creativity, tenacity and hard work of four female students at Austin Preparatory School....
Store Shout-Out: Subway Ipswich Sal, manager of the Ipswich Subway, displays a copy of The Town Common. He looks forward to receiving The Town Common newspaper for his customers each week, he is nice to the kids in town. - Drop by and say "Hey Sal, I saw you in The...
AMESBURY – If you have dreamed of owning a home overlooking the Merrimack River, built by the man who nurtured the American carriage and car industries, Erica Puorro with Lamacchia Realty can fulfill that dream with the nine-bedroom mansion at 372 Main St. Built by...
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT AND EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT by Kay Lee Ogden This is a new weekly series of local businesses, to encourage the community to shop local and make consumers aware of services and talents within the community. This week’s spotlight focuses on "Vita Bella...
GEORGETOWN – A simmering feud over the last few weeks at the top of town government has been kicked upstairs to the state Attorney General. The issue is whether Town Administrator Orlando Pacheco exceeded his authority in his abrupt firing of conservation agent...
NEWBURYPORT – The Custom House Maritime Museum, which has been awarded $150,000 over three years by the prestigious Cummings Foundation, has added a second historical copy of the Declaration of Independence for display during the 250th national anniversary this July....
Elevated Disinfection Byproducts at Georgetown Water Department (We periodically re-run this reminder.) GEORGETOWN – Last Fall, residents received a detailed double-sided notice in the mail advising them the water they have been drinking has been “in violation,”...
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