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Fighting for Racial Justice
By Stewart Lytle, Reporter ––––––––––––––––– believes he knows why. “They perceive they would be unwelcome,” Jones said. The assistant rector at St. Paul's Episcopal Church blames systemic prejudice against black and brown people, the kind of prejudice that lead to injustices which are hard to get rid of. Last week at the Photo by Stewart Lytle church, Jones recalled Rev. Oliver Jones helping a friend, who NEWBURYPORT – This was a wonderful mother and city may have had a long history hard worker, rent an apartment. with African Americans. It was The landlord would not lease it to a colonial-era port that built the her without Jones co-signing for ships which transported Africans her. And even years later, when to slavery. It was the home decades she had proven to be, Jones said, later of William Lloyd Garrison's “the kind of person you want to live in your neighborhood,” the crusade to end slavery. But Newburyport and most landlord continued to insist that of the North Shore towns have Jones co-sign lease renewals. “I think it had a lot to do with actually been home to few people her being black,” he said. of color. Rev. Oliver “Ollie” Jones Continued on page 3
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NEWBURYPORT – Keeping in touch with friends, business colleagues, family or even old college friends is so much easier today. Whether by email, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or dozens of other means, electronic communication is so much faster and simpler that there is little excuse today not to reach out to
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find everything from childhood friends to a new acquaintance. But to Jeanette Isabella and her best friend Debra Green, the electronic word can leave one a bit cold. They prefer getting a written note on nice stationery that arrives through the mail. “I don't know anyone who Continued on page 3
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The Democratic City and Town Committees of Amesbury, Newbury, Newburyport, Salisbury, and West Newbury, known as The Three Towns And Two Cities ( 3T&2C ), are planning their ninth annual spring breakfast to be held at Nicholson Hall in Newburyport on Saturday, April 5, 2014. A coffee/social will start at 8:30 AM followed by a sumptuous buffet breakfast at 9:00 AM. The Three
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Crane Permit Program Offers Significant Savings on Year-Round Visits to One of the Northeast’s Most Beautiful Beaches
Early Bird Discount Rate of $55 Available Now through March 31, 2014 The Trustees of Reservations (The Trustees) announced today that sales of Crane Beach Parking Permits are beginning for the 2014-15 season. Purchasing a 2014–2015 Crane Beach Parking Permit sticker will allow Trustees members (and everyone in their vehicle) to park at Crane Beach for no additional charge from May 1, 2014–April 30, 2015, offering a significant savings for frequent beach visitors. Trustees members are encouraged to take advantage of the early-bird price by purchasing a parking sticker for just $55, now through March 31, 2014. After March 31 members can purchase stickers for $80. Bianca Camasso, Crane Beach Permit Program Manager, encourages Trustees members to “jump in – the water’s warm!� noting that the early bird beach sticker is “the best beach deal to be found on the North Shore. For just $55, members can enjoy the beach every day, all day – whether it is a quiet walk at sunset or fun-filled day with a car packed with friends!� Beach Sticker Details The parking sticker is available only to current Trustees members. For as little as $102, you can become a Trustees member and pay no additional admission fees at Crane Beach for an entire year. Membership in The Trustees starts at just $47 per year for individuals ($37 for students and seniors). Individual members may purchase one sticker. Family members ($67 annual contribution) and Contributing members ($125 annual contribution) may purchase up to two stickers. Supporting-level members ($165 annual contribution) and above may request up to two stickers at no additional cost when they join or renew their membership. Please note: While a parking sticker offers great savings and convenience, it will not guarantee parking. The Trustees recommend arriving early on weekends and holidays, carpooling and/or using public transportation. You can also follow the beach on twitter for parking updates and beach information @CraneBeachMass. For beach visitors who choose not to become Trustees members, beach admission prices remain at $25 on weekends and $15 on weekdays. Members who choose not to purchase a beach parking sticker pay $10 at the beach gate on weekdays and $20 on weekends. What Makes Crane Beach Special? Crane Beach’s mesmerizing views, clean and inviting waters, miles of pristine shoreline, and topnotch facilities make it one of the finest beaches and outdoor recreation destinations on the East Coast. The beach is open year-round, 8am to sunset, with restroom facilities available and rangers on-site daily. Dog walking and horseback riding is permitted on the beach in the winter months, from October 1—March 31(visit www.thetrustees.org/greendogs for permitting and information). During the summer months (Memorial Day through Labor Day), the beach is fully staffed with rangers, lifeguards, and EMTs. The Crane Beach store, featuring refreshments and merchandise, is open daily as well as the bathhouses, with toilets and changing areas, and outside showers and picnic area. The beach staff provides transportation to the beachfront for mobilityimpaired and challenged visitors. Crane Beach is among the world’s most important nesting sites for piping plovers and The Trustees have been nationally recognized for their successful shorebird protection program. In addition to the piping plovers, Crane Beach also provides important habitat for rare plants, invertebrates, mammals, birds, shellfish, and finfish that live and nest among its tidal pools, coastal dunes and five miles of beautiful trails. Trustees Membership Benefits - Membership and Crane Beach sticker and admission fees help support the critical work of The Trustees of Reservations, including the ongoing management, maintenance and care of special places like Crane Beach and other remarkable natural and cultural treasures on the North Shore and across the state. As a Trustees member, not only do you enjoy significant savings at Crane Beach, but you’ll also enjoy savings on other Trustees’ programs and properties, including the Castle Hill Summer Concert Picnic Series, the Crane Wildlife Refuge Guided Kayak paddles, and the luxurious Inn at Castle Hill, just to name a few. Purchase your Early-Bird Beach Sticker - To receive the maximum savings on visits to the beach all year long, The Trustees are encouraging members to take advantage of the early-bird discount by purchasing a $55 sticker before March 31. To purchase your beach sticker or for more details and information please visit www.thetrustees.org/cranebeach, email cranebeach@ttor.org, or call 978.921.1944 ext.1885.
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For his passion against injustice and bringing diverse peoples together, Jones was named last week by the YWCA to be the 2014 recipient of the Nancy E. Peace Action Against Prejudice Award. He was honored at the annual YWCA Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day dinner. With just three years at his post in Newburyport, Jones felt it was premature to give him the award named for Peace, the executive director of the Massachusetts Education Partnership and the first recipient of the award. “I was hoping to have a chance to actually do something,” he said. Asked what he would like to do in the years ahead, he said he would like to work with young people to give them a sense of value in the message of Christianity. The children who regularly attend services at St. Paul's understand the value of Christianity, he said. He is less certain that children outside the church, particularly those he works with at the Newburyport Learning Enrichment Program,
appreciate what the Christian faith could bring to their lives. “Their families do not participate much in religious activities,” he said. He hopes he can heed the words of St. Frances and set an example for those on how to live the faith, “using words if necessary.” For Jones, his ministerial work is a second career. Born on Long Island, NY, with a father in the foreign service, Jones grew up in places like Beirut, Lebanon, where he learned about living with people who looked, acted and believed differently. He recalled shopping as a young man in a store owned by two Muslims, who did not share his family's religious beliefs, but had visited in their home. They would have protected him and his siblings, he said. Jones initially was a computer software developer, but always had a calling to be in the ministry. Orientation day for new students at the Andover Newton Theological Seminary was on 9/11. He was ordained as a Lutheran minister several years later and took his first job at a church in Hartford, CN.
“Ollie has a wicked sense of humor, a huge heart and a seemingly endless amount of energy,” according to one of those who nominated him for the award. He can be found delivering memorable sermons, assisting the lead Rector, Rev. Martha Hubbard, serving meals at the church and counseling with the many who come to the church seeking help. Many families in the church and in the community, he said, suffer from despair as a result of a loss or tragedy. “The church must be a place of hope,” he said. When people do not get hope from church, “Somebody is not doing their job. Maybe it is us.” Asked what the award means to him, he said it has allowed him to meet people like state Sen. Kathleen O'Connor Ives, who attended the King Day event. He said the senator invited him to stay in touch. And he plans to accept that invitation to talk about issues important to the church and to the community. As a result of the award, he said, “More people will return my phone calls."
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is not delighted to get a piece of correspondence in the mail, something that people took time to write,” said Isabella. An author, motivational speaker and life coach, Isabella said she often puts aside a handwritten note that comes in her mailbox, delaying her gratification while she throws away junk mail and files bills. Savoring the moment, she waits until she has brewed a cup of tea to sit back, open the note and enjoy reading it. That note, she said, “is its own pleasure.” Green owns the shop, Greetings by Design, which is filled with boxes of note cards suitable for every occasion, including Crane's stationery, the printer that manufactures the paper U.S. currency is printed on. Her shop on Winter Street for five years recently moved to the waterfront at 1 Rear Water Street, where it is easier for visitors as well as residents to find her shop. To celebrate the new location, Green invited Isabella on a cold evening last week to talk with customers and friends about the art of note writing. She is also offering a 10 percent discount on all personalized stationery. Both Green and Isabella have
noticed an increase in interest in sending notes almost as a reaction to the proliferation of electronic and mobile telephone communication. Even young people are buying stationery. Isabella recently gave a delighted 13-year-old granddaughter a box of personalized stationery that she will use to write notes to her friends. Sending a note seems almost anachronistic. It is slower, costs money for paper and stamps and requires decent penmanship. But Green and Isabella say whoever has heard of bundling up emails and tying them with a ribbon to be read years later. Isabella, the author of the motivational book, Someday Is Here, said she recently re-read her brother's letters written as a soldier in the Vietnam War. Today families communicate by phone and Skype with loved ones in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is immediate and reassuring that they are still well. Fathers can watch children grow up, even participate in birthday parties. But few will save those texts and emails to be read years later. They seem to lack permanentcy as do handwritten notes. There are many occasions to write a note, Isabella said.
She likes to send what she calls Bread and Butter notes – a thank you note for someone having her for dinner in their home. “It is not enough to thank the host at the door,” she said. “One should write a note.” For the romantic male, there is the billet doux note. Popular since the Victorian era, a prospective suitor can write a note, expressing his love. Of course, there are always the popular birthday card. And maybe the most important is a bereavement note. “You don't know the impact your words may have,” Isabella said. She believes one should also write a note after a job interview. “Think of the impression that will make,” she said. To listen to the manners experts, sending a handwritten note should not be a lost art in the age of hyper communications. It should be an opportunity to create a special habit that is extravagantly kind, thoughtful and loving to take the time to write out one's thoughts with words that are meaningful and powerful and send it through the mail. For Green, that note is even more impactful if you use great paper and a nice pen.
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AMESBURY - The Market Street Baptist Church, 37 Market Street, Amesbury is hosting an 8-week Junior Church Basketball Winter Program for both girls & boys ages 5-8 in the church gym on Fridays from January 31 until March 21 at 6:30 - 8:00 Community Connections pm. This program is a noncompetitive, instructional league designed to teach fundamental basketball skills and basic Bible knowledge in a fun and engaging manner. A suggested donation of $10 per child to help defray expenses. Please make check payable to: MSBC/Bball. Space is limited. To register in advance contact the church office at 978-388-0930 or msbcsec@ verizon.net. All are welcome. 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We’re working on a living exhibit of that have patronized my store this past year. the Whittier Bridge/I-95 Improvement Project. One of the aspects of the exhibit is to chronicle the history of the original Whittier Bridge through photographs and stories from anyone in the Amesbury community who may have worked on the project. Our hope is that we can reach out to the Amesbury community and see if anyone has any photos they would like to share with us or allow us to copy and if there is any help to be had to interview anyone who worked on the bridge in the 50's. Please stop by for a free magnet calendar “2014” You can reach Bartlett Museum board member Alexander Pooler at alexander.pooler@comcast.net or on his Facebook Page. Old Coins Wanted Pratt Hobby Shop • 20 East Main St. • Georgetown, MA. 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by investors? The percentage of investors who own units in a project may also impact a buyer's ability to get a mortgage or to sell the unit soon. In some places like Las Vegas or cities in Florida which saw the worst of the recent housing bubble, most of the sales in some condo complexes are almost all cash. FHA does not approve condo projects in which more than half of the units are owned by investors. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have a 30 percent cap for investor ownership. Like the above scenario on delinquent fees, units in buildings that can’t get financing easily lose value generally because they have to sell mostly for cash, at lower prices. How much money is in the association’s capital reserve account and how is it allocated? The capital reserve fund is like an insurance policy for the inevitable capital repairs every building requires. At least 10% of the budget must provide funding for replacement reserves for capital expenditures and deferred maintenance. Also, this amount of 10% allocated for reserves MUST be on a separate line item for FHA approval. Taking mortgage approval out of the equation for a second, if the capital reserve account is poorly funded, there is a higher risk of a special assessment. You should get a copy of the last two years budgets AND a copy of the minutes of the association meetings. . Are there any pending special assessments? Assessments can consist of a new roof, repaving the parking area, new decks or patios, etc. It is a seller’s responsibility to inform you if there is an assessment coming up. However, as I mentioned above it is a good idea to ask for the last 2 years of condominium meeting minutes to check what’s been discussed. I recently had a sale where there were no special
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