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REGIONAL – Please come sing with us in our 91st year! The Newburyport Choral Society (NCS) is a non-auditioned community chorus that welcomes singers of all ag-es from Essex County, southern NH, and the seacoast area. Register now to sing selections from Felix...
A group called Partners in Democracy will be coming to the Georgetown Peabody Library on Saturday, January 10 at 10:00 am to speak about the ballot questions that will be on the ballot later this year. Some of the issues covered will be: Fairer legislative pay...
GEORGETOWN - Members of Georgetown’s Rene J. Gagnon American Legion Post #211 recently gathered to present a donation to the Georgetown Council on Aging (COA). This contribution recognizes the COA’s invaluable service to local seniors and veterans, including their...
Every January, thousands of Christmas trees are dragged to curbsides or forgotten behind garages—symbols of a season that passed too quickly. But for one small family farm in Georgetown, Massachusetts, those trees tell a very different story. For the 8th consecutive...
A few of the headlines from our 2025 coverage: Newburyport Company Lands $462,700 Federal Grant Federal tax dollars given to Crystal Engineering Co., Inc. in Newburyport, a CNC machining company servicing many industries including aerospace will receive $462,700 to...
NEWBURYPORT – The organizers for the popular Belleville Roots Concert Series want to know what performers their fans would like them to rebook for the future. In their end-of-the-year newsletter, they ask: “What was your favorite show?!? We are already hard at work...
BOSTON – At the December 18, 2025 Holiday Pops performance in Boston, 2019 Make-A-Wish recipient Andrew Marshall - a Boxford native - served as guest narrator for ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. Andrew’s wish to meet John Mayer was granted in 2019 by Make-A-Wish...
Dear Readers of The Town Common, During the past twenty-two years I have had the privilege to serve my community by creating and operating The Town Common. We have overcome many obstacles, shared in many wonderful stories, participated in many local events, and...
by Lonnie Brennan BOXFORD – Despite protests from new residents and old who are opposed to the stated-mandated MBTA multi-unit, high-density housing mandate, town meeting approved re-zoning of the new 'The Willows' development off Rte. 133. For the new homeowners at...
News Shared via Ilene Harnch-Grady, YWCA Greater Newburyport YWCA Greater Newburyport will soon be able to flip the switch and turn on 321 solar panels to supply almost 30% of the power needed for its newest affordable housing project YWCA Residences at Ingalls Court....
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