by The Town Common | Oct 31, 2023 | Education, Health, Opinion
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...
by The Town Common | Aug 29, 2023 | Community News, Featured, Georgetown, Opinion
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,...
by The Town Common | Feb 21, 2023 | Community News, Newbury, Opinion
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...
by The Town Common | Feb 7, 2023 | Opinion
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...
by The Town Common | Feb 7, 2023 | Opinion
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...
by The Town Common | Jan 17, 2023 | Community News, Opinion
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...
