GEORGETOWN – While the left hand is all concerned with $48.83 in wrongly submitted mileage reimbursements over a 10-month period (see prior stories), the Georgetown Conservation Commission continues to focus on matters of septic system upgrades, boundary markers to...
Featured
Newburyport Sculture – Blending History, Clipper Ships, and Abolitionists
NEWBURYPORT – The city expects this spring to install Sail Trace, a tall clipper ship sculpture, in Market Landing Park on the Merrimack River waterfront. Designed and created by Portland, Me. sculptor Aaron T Stephan, the art work, chosen by the city’s Public Art...
Groveland Library Gets New Furniture
By Michael Dempsey Special to The Town Common ––––––––––––––––– GROVELAND – Patrons of Groveland’s Langley-Adams Library are enjoying new furniture! There are now modern square tables with dark blue laminate tops and new matching dark blue comfortable chairs making...
Seacoast Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol in Portsmouth to Host an Open House on Feb. 6th
PORTSMOUTH, NH – You are invited to come to the Seacoast Composite Squadron Open House on Thursday, 6 February 2025, beginning at 6:30 P.M., at the Service Credit Union, 3003 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth, NH. Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is an all-volunteer auxiliary of the...
Newbury First Parish Food Bank – Making Good Choices
NEWBURY – First Parish Food Bank patrons were greeted last Friday with a new labeling system on the food packages they received designed to encourage them to make healthier eating choices. In a new program with the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Boston...
SATURDAY Feb 15th Haverhill: Reverand Robert B. Jones, Sr.
A pastor, a songwriter, a storyteller, a multi-instrumentalist, an award-winning educator with an encyclopedic knowledge of the history of African American folk music; that is the Reverend Robert B. Jones, Sr. He performs at the New Moon Coffeehouse on Saturday...
Celebrated Artist Richard Jones Retires as Newburyport City Clerk
NEWBURYPORT – Richard Jones, who is retiring this month as city clerk, told a story last week of how he bristled recently when he was told “at least you have a hobby.” “It’s not a hobby,” Jones said with a smile and twinkle in his eye. To him, being an artist is his...
Groveland Handyman Turning Frowns Upside Down
GROVELAND / REGIONAL – Lance Blais, a popular handyman who lives in Groveland, was diagnosed with lung cancer two years ago. The Army veteran had a portion of a lung removed and began chemotherapy treatments. At three-week intervals, when he went for his treatment at...
SOLD OUT!! YWCA Greater Newburyport Hosts 32nd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Breakfast ‘Protecting Freedom, Justice and Democracy in the Spirit of Nonviolence’
NEWBURYPORT – The YWCA Greater Newburyport is excited to host its Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Breakfast on Monday, January 20, 2025. The event will feature Keynote Speaker: Katrina “Kat” Hobbs Everett. “Kat” is an anti-racist, activist, educator whose...
TUESDAY, JANUARY 21st Newburyport Choral Society Seeks Members
The Newburyport Choral Society enthusiastically welcomes new singers to their music family. Open rehearsals are being held on Tuesdays, January 21, at 7:15 pm. Please arrive prompty. More details are available from their website: www.NewburyportChoralSociety.org....
Local Forecast

Priced Right Junk Removal
Recent News
- Mike Lago Remembered Jul 09, 2025
- Boxford Select Board Appoints A.J. Paglia as Captain of Police Department Jul 09, 2025
- American Legion at Georgetown’s American Legion Park Jul 09, 2025
- Virginia Ann (Iglehart) Kent Jul 09, 2025