by The Town Common | Aug 20, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Georgetown
GEORGETOWN – Police Chief David Sedgwick is pleased to share that the Georgetown Police Department recently participated in the Essex County Day Program. Georgetown Police recruited roughly 32 students entering Grade 5 to attend the Essex County Day Program, a summer...
by The Town Common | Aug 20, 2024 | Featured, Newbury
WEST NEWBURY – Chief Michael Dwyer reports that the West Newbury Police and Fire Departments responded Sunday night when a pickup truck drove into the Merrimack River at a boat ramp. On Sunday, Aug. 11, at approximately 10:39 p.m., the West Newbury Police and Fire...
by Stewart Lytle | Aug 13, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Rowley
ROWLEY – Michael Kovalchuk remembers that the first time he saw one of the country’s most famous photographs he was dining at the American Barbecue restaurant. In the restroom hung the photo called Lunch at Top of a Skyscraper. Most of us have seen it. Eleven...
by Stewart Lytle | Aug 13, 2024 | Business, Community News, Featured, Newburyport
MERRIMACK RIVER – If you like to boat, swim or just walk along this river, the $35,000 that the Fluidion sensor pollution testing device costs, plus the $4,000 to $6,000 a year to maintain it, may be the one of the best investments for the river. On July 2, just in...
by Ava Moeckel | Aug 13, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Community News, Featured, Newburyport
NEWBURYPORT – For the last 12 years, car enthusiasts have gathered on downtown streets for three hours to marvel at more than 250 classic cars from the 1950s, ‘60s and 70s. The 12th annual Cruisin’ The 50’s car show, sponsored by the Greater Newburyport Chamber of...
by Stewart Lytle | Aug 7, 2024 | Community News, Featured
HAMILTON – Habitat for Humanity won’t solve the housing shortage along the North Shore which is so critical that Gov. Maura Healey persuaded the legislature to pass a $5.16 billion housing bond bill on the last day of the session. But creating 10 new homes here, plus...
