The Friends of the Newbury Town Library is hosting a Plant Sale on Saturday, May 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the library, 0 Lunt St., Byfield. The fundraiser typically attract hundreds of plant enthusiasts and gardeners. Drop by to check out the hundreds of...
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Georgetown Peabody Library: SATURDAY, MAY 16 at 11 AM Author Visit by Elizabeth de Veer
SATURDAY, MAY 16 at 11 AM Author Visit by Elizabeth de Veer Please join us as Georgetown local Elizabeth de Veer discusses her newest novel, The Blazekeeper of Bowmore House. Wildwood Books will providing copies of her latest novel for the occasion! Elizabeth’s first...
Georgetown Peabody Library Event: SAT MAY 16: Hands-on Pruning Workshop
SATURDAY, MAY 16 at 10 AM Hands-on Pruning Workshop Join Instructor Jennifer Kettell, consulting arborist from Radiant Leaf Pruning, for a hands-on workshop on pruning using the bushes in the landscape at the library. Flowering shrubs can be a bit more complicated...
Monday Night at the Fights: In Historic Move, Chair Cuts Off Public Comment by Critic Mid-Sentence Asks Police Chief to Intervene – Ejects Speaker from Meeting
GEORGETOWN – SelectBoard Chair Robert Hoover called upon Police Chief David Sedgwick who removed resident Kevin Wood, a frequent critic of town officials, boards and commissions, from last Monday night’s meeting, April 27, when Wood criticized Hoover and Town...
Selectman Endorses Fellow Selectman …
Georgetown Residents and Voters: I’m writing to share that I am endorsing Rob Hoover and Ed Dobie for the two Select Board seats on the ballot on election day, Monday, May 11—and I’m asking for your vote for both of them. Ed Dobie brings the kind of financial...
Selectman Files Emergency Open Meeting Law Complaint Against Chair
by Lonnie Brennan GEORGETOWN – In a nine-count indictment under the headline "facts," Selectman Michael Donahue detailed what he documented as refusal on the part of SelectBoard Chair Robert Hoover to place on the agenda a voted agenda item, in total defiance to the...
Boxford May 12 Town Meeting Budget Highlights, No Override
submitted by Matt Coogan Town Administrator/CPO Town of Boxford FY27 Budget Highlights Transparency, Stability, and No Override BOXFORD − The Boxford Select Board has finalized and closed the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. at...
Rowley Water Dept. Gets $1.5 Million in Federal Funds
ROWLEY - The The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) recently announced the latest round selection of 18 communities in Massachusetts who will share in a more than $10.3 million in federal funding via President Donald J. Trump through the...
Shane W. Faircloth
Shane W. Faircloth, 37, of Barrington, NH, formally of Rowley, MA, passed away peacefully after a brief battle with cancer. Shane was born on April 28, 1988, grew up in Rowley and attended Triton Regional High School. Shane worked for Domino’s until he became a...
Newburyport Art: Three New Art Shows!
submitted by Kelly K. Page Gallery Manager Newburyport Art (NAA) presents three new shows opening in the month of May! Soft Structures is a group exhibition that explores fibers and fibrous material as process and metaphor. This exhibit features over 80 artworks in a...
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