The Town Common

Georgetown – While maintaining COVID-19 protocols, the Georgetown Council on Aging and the Georgetown Senior Community Center continue to be open to the public. In-person small group exercise programs are underway. Participants are pre-registered and the classes will...

Newburyport Bank Donates to the Exchange Club of Haverhill

Newburyport – Newburyport Bank has donated $1,000 to the Exchange Club of Haverhill in sponsorship of their A.C.E. Award. The A.C.E. (Accepting the Challenge of Excellence) Award is a $1,000 award that recognizes a high school student who has overcome great physical,...

Rowley Fire Department Awarded State Grant for Safety Equipment

ROWLEY — The Rowley Fire Department is one of over 300 fire departments across the state to have been awarded a grant as part of the Department of Fire Services Fiscal Year 2022 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Program. The $13,568.87 grant awarded to the Rowley...

Essex Tech Receives $340,000 Private Donation to Support Purchase of Equipment

HATHORNE – Essex Tech is the recipient of a $340,000 donation that will support several of the school’s career pathways and ensure students train with the most up-to-date equipment. The donation is the largest gift from an individual in the school’s history. The donor...

Above and Beyond to Help Fire Victims

SALISBURY – On the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday last week, 32 people from 24 families, including a six-year-old boy, two dogs, a parrot and a ferret, came to the Hilton Senior Center in shock and sleep deprived. They had been roused from their beds after...

Town Could Face Big Legal Fees Over Mello Fight

GEORGETOWN – When Orlando Pacheco became the Town Administrator this month, one of the thorniest challenges he inherited was the two-plus-year-old fight over the proposal by J. Mello Trash Disposal Corp. to build a 500-ton transfer station on the narrow Carleton Road...