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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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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 / 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...
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...
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....
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