The Town Common

Groveland Highway Department Is Seeking A Full-Time Senior Operator/Driver/Laborer

GROVELAND — The Town of Groveland Highway Department is seeking a full-time Senior Operator/Driver/Laborer. The Senior Operator/Driver/Laborer should be able to operate heavy machinery, assist with construction and maintenance projects for the town, and perform a...

Fall Open House At Old Sawyer House Merrimac To Be Held Oct. 15

MERRIMAC — Residents and visitors are invited to view a local example of early Colonial architecture and enjoy a look at Colonial life when the Merrimac Town Improvement Society resumes their annual fall open house at the Old Sawyer House Saturday October 15. After a...

Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day

NEWBURYPORT — Mayor Sean Reardon and two leaders of the Pennacook native American tribe raised the tribe’s flag Sunday at City Hall in advance of the city’s second annual observance of Indigenous Peoples Day on the Merrimack River waterfront. Chief Paul Pouliot and...

New Parks Plan On Hold

NEWBURYPORT — Facing criticism from some city councilors and residents of his proposed reorganization of the management of the city’s 26 parks, Mayor Sean Reardon put the idea of moving the parks maintenance to the public works department on hold. “We believe that the...

Selectmen Vote Down Another ConCom Candidate

GEORGETOWN — In other towns, Ida Wye would be looked on as a prize when she volunteered to be a member of this town’s Conservation Commission (ConCom), a powerful board that regulates property development near wetlands. Wye owns a landscape design firm, is a...

New Parks Plan On a Bumpy Path

NEWBURYPORT — Only in the ninth month of his first year as mayor, Sean Reardon, a former parks commissioner, has run into a buzz saw, proposing to move the care of the city’s 26 much-loved parks to be the fourth division of the Public Services Department alongside...

Newburyport Indigenous People’s Day Observance at Waterfront Park

Newburyport — For more information, to get involved or contribute to Newburyport’s 2nd Indigenous People’s Day Event, visit contact: kristine@imaginestudios.org, 978-834-0367. Schedule of Events: 10-11 AM: Opening ceremonies and fire circle – led by Paul and Denise...

Newburyport Octoberfest 2022

Creative Community of Ceramic Artists in Merrimac

Merrimac — Twice a year Purple Sage Pottery at 3 Mechanic St. in Merrimac, opens its doors to the public for an Open Studio Sale. Fifteen local potters will offer a variety of sculptural, decorative and functional ware on Saturday October 15th from 10:00am to 4:00pm,...