by Stewart Lytle | Feb 5, 2025 | Community News, Featured, Georgetown
GEORGETOWN – Despite the voters rejecting a $3 million tax increase last year, town officials here are preparing to ask their property owners this spring to approve a $6 million increase in their property taxes. The tax increase, which would be above the 2.5 percent...
by The Town Common | Feb 5, 2025 | Amesbury, Beverly, Boxford, Byfield, Community News, Danvers, Essex, Featured, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton-Wenham, Hampton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Merrimac, New Hampshire, Newbury, Newburyport, Portsmouth, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Seabrook, Topsfield, Wenham, West Newbury
by Mary Martin President & Founder, NEER, North Inc. WEST NEWBURY – Valentine’s Day always reminds me of the broken-hearted horses I’ve been privileged to help over the years. As founder and president of New England Equine Rescue North, a small non-profit in West...
by Lonnie Brennan | Feb 5, 2025 | Amesbury, Boxford, Byfield, Community News, Essex, Georgetown, Gloucester, Groveland, Hamilton-Wenham, Hampton, Haverhill, Ipswich, Merrimac, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Secondary, Topsfield, Wenham, West Newbury
City and town finance managers and finance committees got their first look at anticipated state funding for next year’s budgets, when the Massachusetts’s governor recently unveiled her budget proposal for FY26. The currently proposed state spending of...
by The Town Common | Feb 5, 2025 | Boxford, Community News, Featured
BOXFORD – Town Adminstrator Matt Coogan related that on Monday, January 27th, the Boxford Select Board proudly presented a Resolution of Appreciation to Fire Chief Brian Geiger and the Boxford Fire Department for their extraordinary efforts in battling the 2024 brush...
by The Town Common | Feb 5, 2025 | Community News, Featured, Ipswich
IPSWICH – Fire Chief Paul Parisi and Police Chief Paul Nikas report that the Ipswich Fire and Police Departments responded Friday to an incident in which a horse got stuck in a drainage swale. On Friday, Jan. 31, at approximately 12:09 p.m., Ipswich Communications...
by The Town Common | Feb 5, 2025 | Community News, Secondary, Wenham
WENHAM — Chief Kevin DiNapoli is pleased to share that the Wenham Police Department participated in the 9th Annual Boston Bruins BFit Challenge. The challenge took place on Sunday, Feb. 2 at the TD Garden in Boston. The event invites all first responders and military...
