The Town Common's Reporter Stewart Lytle (L) & Founder/Publisher Marc Maravalli (R) pause for a photo after joining others at Giuseppe's Italian Restaurant and Marketplace on Low St., Newburyport, Mass.
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Millions of Taxdollars Place Sand at Salisbury Beach
Taxpayers are spending millions of dollars for these and more shiny-new-looking trucks and equipment to spread sand onto Salisbury Beach areas in one of many phases of a replenishment project. Local homeowners had similarly spent hundreds of thousands last winter to...
What’s Happening in Your Town Government?
by Lonnie Brennan This week, we list the lastest posted Parks and Recreation Committees/Commissions/Advisory Committee meeting minutes. Inn our last column, we listed the minutes for the local selectboard and city council meetings in the area. At that time, Hampton...
Apply for Grants at ECCF
The Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF) is opening a new funding round through the NiSource Charitable Foundation Fund for Merrimack Valley. Grants between $25,000-$200,000 are available to nonprofit organizations in the areas of basic needs and hardship...
Brighter Smiles … MAKE ‘EM STICK
Happy New Year! So, how does it feel being back at work? Or, if you are retired, does today feel like any other day? For many people, the New Year is time for resolutions. Gym memberships go up and so do sales of healthier food. I don’t know about you, but I have...
Buckle Up for a Wild 2025
REGIONAL – While attention will inevitably be focused in coming months on what appears to be a year of political chaos in the nation’s capital, 2025 is shaping up to be a busy and contentious year for North Shore residents. Buckle up as the opposition to a proposed...
ConCom Director Suspended Over $48
GEORGETOWN – With several building permits delayed and a leaking septic tank unrepaired because the town administrator suspended the town’s conservation director, the five-member Board of Selectmen met last week for an hour to decide the fate of Michele Grenier. But...
The Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District Granted $4.9 million to Purchase Electric Buses
The Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District will receive $4.9 million via the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to replace 17 diesel buses with new electric buses. The district plans to acquire the new buses by working with Highland Electric Fleets wiith office...
Salisbury: Civil War Roundtable Meeting
Civil War Roundtable of the Merrimack January Meeting, January 8, 7:30 PM, Hilton Senior Center, 43 Lafayette Road, Salisbury, Mass. This month's topic will be "Currency in the Civil War" presented by Andrew Andrioloulos & John Manning
Brighter Smiles … 21 SUGGESTIONS FOR SUCCESS IN 2025
At the end of each of the past 19 years, I have used this space to publish these 21 Suggestions for Success authored by H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Cut this out and put it on the refrigerator. Read this list often and take these suggestions to heart. Marry the right person....
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