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The Town Common Vegetable Garden Tips Potato Beetles There are two ways to help beat the potato beetle: 1. Walk the rows and squish every beetle, and check the underside of the leaves for yellow clusters of tiny eggs. Squish out the eggs. Very time consuming... Straw!...
Dean C. Black, 69, passed away peacefully on July 4, 2025. He was born in Ohio and moved to Ipswich at the age of 7. After graduating from Ipswich High School, he began his career as a mechanic at Jimmy’s Exxon in Ipswich, then became a top Snap-on tool dealer in his...
NEWBURYPORT – Michael Lago, probably the oldest, at 92, and much-loved member of the Newburyport Tennis Club, passed away last month. Thanks to his wife, Carol, who introduced him to tennis when he was in his 50s, Mike was a member of Newburyport Tennis Club for more...
BOXFORD – At its meeting on Monday, June 30, the Boxford Select Board unanimously appointed Attilio “A.J.” Paglia as Captain of the Boxford Police Department, following a formal recommendation by Police Chief James Riter. The appointment is effective immediately....
Virginia Ann (Iglehart) Kent of Rowley, Mass., passed away peacefully on June 29, 2025, with family by her side. She was the devoted wife of Donald L. Kent. Born on June 21, 1935, in Baltimore, MD, she was raised in Portsmouth and Norfolk, VA, by her late mother, Mary...
GROVELAND: Valley Manufactured Products Well Contamination Part 1 How did it happen? By Michael Dempsey Special to The Town Common Love Canal, one of the worst environmental disasters in this country became known in 1978. As a result of over 12,000 chemical and...
IPSWICH – Tuesday nights here are special. For two hours in July and August, residents gather to enjoy music, poetry and dance, mostly by local performers and poets. About 250 people showed up for Ipswich Downtown Tuesday last week, including young families and...
The Rowley Public Library is offering a Summer Concert Series: live family-friendly music events Wednesday evenings in the month of July. Bring a blanket or chair and relax on their beautiful front lawn while enjoying great local musicians. Free frozen treats will be...
Submitted by: Sarah Cognata, Director Georgetown Peabody Library, 2 Maple Street, Georgetown The Georgetown Peabody Library is once again hosting a summer concert series on the library lawn every Wednesday evening starting on Wednesday, July 9 until August 6. These...
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