GEORGETOWN – The town Board of Health will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. on April 5 at the Georgetown High School to determine if the G. Mello Disposal Corp. can build a 500-ton per day transfer station at the end of Carleton Road. In what will probably be the most...
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Ipswich Police and Fire Departments Respond to Rollover Crash Involving Box Truck
Ipswich Police and Fire Departments responded to a single-vehicle crash in which a box truck struck a utility pole and rolled over. Fire Chief Paul Parisi and Police Chief Paul Nikas and report that on Thursday, March 24, at approximately 10:10 a.m., multiple 911...
Showing Support for Ukraine
NEWBURYPORT – From flying the Ukrainian colors to renaming Russia Street, North Shore residents are showing their support for Ukraine in its fight to remain an independent democratic country. Photos: Stewart Lytle / The Town Common [gallery columns="1" size="large"...
Uni-Sex Restrooms for the Waterfront?
NEWBURYPORT – Designing a public restroom can be tricky these days and may be much more expensive than members of the ad hoc committee on the Newburyport waterfront park expected. After agreeing on most design issues for the new, 4-acre Market Landing Park on the...
Amesbury girls basketball wins Division 4 championship – Sports Photos by Peter McClelland
To Ukraine With Love
NEWBURYPORT – Since the Russian tanks and soldiers moved into Ukraine, Nadiia and Jarrod Sadowski have been working around the clock to raise money to buy food and supplies for the needy and frightened residents of her hometown of Nova Kakhovka. “Since the first day...
Belleville Community Church Newburyport to host Cantemus Chamber Chorus
NEWBURYPORT - Cantemus Chamber Chorus welcomes Grammy Award-winner Paul Winter and the Paul Winter Consort in a performance of Winter’s jubilant “Missa Gaia/Earth Mass.” American gospel singer Theresa Thomason is the featured artist. The Missa Gaia is a multi-media...
Sea View Retreat Becomes a Private Social Club, Wedding Venue
ROWLEY –Sea View Retreat, the stately brick building that was home to thousands of elderly residents for almost 70 years, is being reinvented as a social club and wedding venue, maybe a restaurant and Airbnb. After months of wrangling with the Commonwealth over...
Buy an EAT Hat, Feed the Hungry
NEWBURY – Chris Brown started volunteering at the First Parish Food Pantry two years ago during the Covid-19 Pandemic. “I wanted to do something useful. I was tired of sitting around at home,” he said. The 16-year-old Brown enjoyed meeting the people who came to the...
Cheryl Wheeler in Concert on the Belleville Stage
NEWBURYPORT - Belleville Roots Music Series presents singer/songwriter, humorist, and social critic, Cheryl Wheeler, for a lively evening of song and commentary, Saturday, April 2, at 8:00 pm, on the Belleville Stage, 300 High Street, Newburyport. Tickets available...
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