Organization
The council had five districts: Aquila District, Greater Lowell District, Lone Tree District, North Essex District, and North Shore District. The council recently reorganized its districts down to three which are now called the Great East District, The Northern Light District, and the West Wind District. Each of these districts are named after historical clipper ships that council youth selected by a contest. Great Eastern District serves these communities in Massachusetts: Andover, Lawrence, Lowell, Billerica, Chelmsford, Dracut, Dunstable, Westford, Wilmington, Tewksbury, Tyngsborough. The Northern Light District serves the communities in Massachusetts of Amesbury, Georgetown, Groveland, Ipswich, Haverhill, Merrimac, Methuen. Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, Rowley, Salisbury and West Newbury. In New Hampshire of Atkinson, East Kingston, Hampstead, Kingston, Newton, Plaistow, Seabrook and South Hampton. The Great Eastern District serves the communities in Massachusetts of Beverly, Boxford, Danvers, Essex, Gloucester, Hamilton, Lynn, Lynnfield, Manchester by the Sea, Marblehead, Middleton, Nahant, Peabody, Salem, Saugus, Swampscott, Topsfield, Rockport, Wenham, Winthrop.
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