by Stewart Lytle | Jul 3, 2024 | Featured, Rowley
ROWLEY – A spat erupted in the town’s Planning Board last week over who would be its chairman, but no member, including long-time chair Chris Thornton, is resigning. Thornton and vice chair David Jaquith threatened to quit the board and walked out of the meeting after...
by Stewart Lytle | Jul 2, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Newburyport
MERRIMACK RIVER – What does the Merrimack and the Seine flowing through Paris during this summer’s Olympics have in common? For more than a century, the Seine and the Merrimack have been so polluted with raw sewage and industrial waste, humans and their animals were...
by Ava Moeckel | Jun 25, 2024 | Community News, Featured
County Community Foundation Has New Leader By Ava Moeckel, Reporter REGIONAL — Celebrating the foundation’s landmark 25 years, the Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF) has named Stratton Lloyd the new president and CEO. Lloyd, who played major roles of the...
by Stewart Lytle | Jun 25, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Georgetown
By Stewart Lytle, Reporter GEORGETOWN – The Conservation Agent, which reports to the town’s Conservation Commission, is embroiled in a new controversy. A year and a half ago, Steve Przyjemski was the first conservation agent to resign after 17 years working for the...
by Stewart Lytle | Jun 25, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Ipswich
IPSWICH — To listen to Neil Shea of the Ipswich River Watershed Assn., a lot of shad, herring and baby fish are looking forward to the town removing the Ipswich Mills Dam from the river in downtown. The dam, built in 1908 to produce power for the mills along the...
by Stewart Lytle | Jun 18, 2024 | Community News, Featured, Georgetown
GEORGETOWN – The schools, police and fire departments may have to take a sizable financial hit next year to balance the town’s budget after the voters turned down a proposed $3 million property tax hike. The town has called a Special Town Meeting at 7 p.m., Monday,...
