by Stewart Lytle | Oct 16, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Georgetown
GEORGETOWN – The residents of this town are likely to get a large new business, collecting and transferring trash from around the region. Harry LaCortiglia, chair of the town’s Planning Board, said last week that his board, which has approved the 500-ton transfer...
by Stewart Lytle | Oct 9, 2024 | Business, Community News, Featured, Newbury, Newburyport, Real Estate
NEWBURY – With the former owner of the Plum Island Grille facing a felony criminal charge for vandalizing the popular, but now closed restaurant, property owner Mark Friery is planning to tell the town in the next couple of weeks that he will seek permits to build...
by The Town Common | Oct 9, 2024 | Boxford, Community News, Education, Featured
BOXFORD – Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) and paramedics are short-staffed nationwide. According to the American Ambulance Association, the turnover rate for EMTs, which includes both resignations and firings, was 36 percent in 2022. Federal studies have indicated...
by The Town Common | Oct 9, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Rowley
Barbara Gaspar passed away on October 2, at the Exeter Hospital in Exeter, NH, with her loving family around her. Born in August 1930, she was the daughter of Howard L. Kent and Anna Bottari Kent. She is survived by her daughters, Ann Prest of Rowley, and Terry Prest...
by The Town Common | Oct 2, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Rowley
IPSWICH – You have seen the many presentations urging you to vote YES on the 3A article at Town Meeting. For those who have real concerns about the negative impact of adopting MBTA 3A, a bipartisan group of concerned citizens will hold an open forum on Tuesday,...
by The Town Common | Oct 2, 2024 | Amesbury, Arts & Culture, Boxford, Byfield, Community News, Danvers, Essex, Featured, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Ipswich, Merrimac, Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, Salem, Salisbury, Topsfield, West Newbury
Entry Deadline October 4th TOPSFIELD – Every year the Topsfield Fair hosts a pageant for children between the ages of 5 – 8 years old to become the Junior King and Queen and serve as a representative of the Fair at local parades and other events throughout the year....