To the Editor, We write to today to offer some insight on the proposed Whittier Construction Project. We both have had experience in helping to secure funding for many school construction projects in our former districts, that include, Manchester-by-the-Sea,...
Opinion
Letter to the Editor – Rowley Board of Selectmen on the Whittier Regional Vocational Technical Building Project
Letter to the Editor - Rowley Board of Selectmen on the Whittier Regional Vocational Technical Building Project - On December 13, 2023, the unelected members of the Whittier District School Committee voted to hold a “district-wide” election on their $444.6 million...
Letter to the Editor – Why I’m Voting ‘No’ on the Whittier Tech School Building Project
Why I’m Voting 'No' on the Whittier Tech School Building Project On January 23rd, voters across the Merrimack Valley and North Shore will decide the fate of the proposed new building project for the Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School. The Whittier...
Letter to the Editor – Dec. 20th, 2023
It’s not very often that I decide to send a letter to an editor to discuss the state of the country. However, in Georgetown there’s a coffee shop where several friends of mine, both men and women, meet for coffee in the morning to scratch a few lottery tickets, talk...
Letter to the Editor: Medicare Open Enrollment
To the Editor: I belong to PNHP (Physicians for a National Health Program) This is a national group advocating for universal health coverage in the United States. As a retired physician who has worked in both rural and urban areas with widespread poverty, I fully...
Open Letter: In Regards to Carl Shreder and the Georgetown Conservation Commission
Dear Chairwoman Smith and Members of the BOS, One of the first people I was introduced to when I came into Georgetown over 40 years ago was a man named Charles Blanchard. My wife knew him since she had joined 4-H at age eleven and he was the Essex County 4H Agent,...
Letter to the Editor: Priorities: Education not a New Town Hall
Dear Mr. Editor: The Covid 19 pandemic should have been a wakeup call for Newbury officials to get their priorities right. Rushing into building a new town hall should not be our first priority. Triton has been hit with a double whammy. It saw its students get...
Letter to the Editor: Turmoil in Georgetown
Georgetown residents recently learned of serious tension between our town administrator and the long time agent for the Conservation Commission. A commission member told the Town Common she feared for the agent’s health. The agent recently resigned but it doesn’t...
Letter to the Editor – Seaview Retreat, Rowley, MA
A few good words about what daily life was like at Seaview Retreat in Rowley. My mother was a resident there for a few years. Stephen Comley was a wonderful administrator and proprietor of the nursing home. It was an AAA facility. The nursing staff and nursing...
Supporting of Kristin Kassner
I am a resident of Ipswich and supporter of Kristin Kassner. I also participated in the recount and witnessed how fair the process is, and what a great job election officials, town clerks and volunteers did! It certainly made me proud to be living in a Democracy where...
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