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Literary Festival Shows Local Love of Reading By Stewart Lytle, Reporter ––––––––––––––––– REGIONAL – With the rising number of book stores closing across the country in recent years from the national chains like Borders Books to local icons like New York City's Rizzoli, it is remarkable that small Newburyport supports two independent book stores. And this and other North Shore communities back a literary festival that is now entering its ninth year this week. “This is so rare. Two stores in our little town,” said Vicki Hendrickson, referring to the Book Ann Hood Photo provided by the Newburyport Literary Festival Rack on State Street and Jabberwocky in the Tannery. “That speaks to the level of interest in reading.” Hendrickson, who co-chairs the Newburyport Literary Festival with Jennifer Entwistle, described it as “incredible” that the Newburyport Literary Festival continues to attract such a broad spectrum of authors who speak and read and discuss literature with large crowds. The festival follows in the footsteps of a long line of writers who have chosen Newburyport and surrounding towns as their homes. They include writers as diverse as John Greenleaf Whittier, John P. Marquand, Edna St. Vincent Millay and Andre Dubus II. “The town has really embraced this festival. We have terrific support from the community,” she said. The festival continues to attract solid financial support from its sponsors, which include The Institution for Savings and the Newburyport Five Cents Savings Bank. Additional support is provided by the Provident Bank, the Newburyport Rotary Club and the Massachusetts Cultural Councils and the Newburyport, Newbury, West Newbury, Amesbury and Merrimac Cultural Councils. Founded in 2005 by the Newburyport Literary Association, the
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NEWBURYPORT – Last year was one of the toughest in the Newburyport Redevelopment Authority's more than half a century history of seeking a solution to the question: What do we do with the city's Merrimack River waterfront? In recent weeks, two long-time members of the NRA, former chairman James Shanley and Patty Dorfman, resigned because of differences with the city over the future of the waterfront. A third member, John Morris, has said he told Mayor Donna Holaday he does not want to be re-appointed. “It was a tough year. Ugly things were said. Unfair things were said,” said Tom Salemi, the current chairman of the five-member, largely autonomous board. “The NRA got blamed for everything. As volunteers, we are doing what we believe is right.” He supports his fellow NRA members' decisions to step down after years of service. At some point, as a volunteer, one has to ask oneself “if there is something else I could be doing with my time to help mankind,” he said. Now Mayor Holaday, who once supported the NRA's vision for developing its 4.2 acres of waterfront, has called for the NRA to dissolve itself. She has scheduled an event on May 10 at which residents are invited to participate in what architectural students call a charette. City officials will set up tables, and residents can choose the table that addresses their interests, such as park development, visitor center or public restrooms. In this format, everyone can come together to work on various visions
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festival this year will run April 25-26. Hendrickson modeled it after the popular literary festival in Oxford, MS, attracting a large number of authors who produce a wide range of literature from children and young adult reading to poetry. The festival this year will honor popular local author, Andre Dubus III. His novel, The House of Sand and Fog, was a National Book Award finalist and an Oprah book club selection. His memoir, Townie, was listed by Amazon, Publisher's Weekly and Barnes and Noble as one of the Best Books of 2011. His most recent book, Dirty Love, has received rave reviews to date. Dubus, a Newbury resident who has participated in every festival since its inception, will open the 2014 festival on Friday
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AMESBURY - The Amesbury Public Library will be offering a 4 week Introduction to Genealogy workshop with Richard Doyle. The dates are June 5, 12, 19 and 26 from 1:00-3:00. He will cover different websites to use for research, Ancestry.com Community Connections will be used in the class, and other resources that are available. Feel free to bring your laptop. Registration is required. When you register for the first class you are registered for all. For more information contact Margie at 978-388-8148 or mwalker@ mvlc.org. You can register online at www.amesburylibrary.org. -----------------------------------------------------------AMESBURY - With the Brownfields cleanup at the proposed Heritage Park on Water Street scheduled to begin later this month, Mayor Gray wants residents to be informed of the impact the project will have on the bike path along the banks of the Back River. Beginning on April 21st, the public will not have access to the parcel of the path located behind the former • the public along the section of Water Public Works facility at 27 Water Street. An alternative route will be marked to guide Street that abuts the former DPW property. The detour will connect to the original route at both the easterly and westerly edges of the property at 27 Water Street. The detour is expected to be in place for the majority of the summer. Any questions or concerns can be directed to the Office of Community and Economic Development at 978-388-8110. • • -----------------------------------------------------------AMESBURY - The Spring is upon us!?!? And some of us are out cleaning up our yards and gardens. Curbside Bagged leaf Quality Work/Fully Insured www.eisenplumbing.com and yard waste collection will be on Saturday, April 26th and Saturday, May 17th. As of April 3rd Amesbury’s Compost Site Master License No. 10647 Call 978-790-8002 is open Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 1pm to 5pm. To use the compost site you must register at the DPW Office at 39 So. Hunt Road, bring your vehicle registration in and pay $15 for the annual sticker. Please see the website for more information or call the office at 978-388-8119. -----------------------------------------------------------AMESBURY - The Market Street Baptist Church, 37 Market Street, Amesbury is hosting an indoor yard sale on Saturday, May 3 from 8:00 am – 12:00 pm. Items fill the gym at the back of the building. Nothing is priced. We accept donations of whatever you can give. The proceeds from this sale go directly to a fund that will pay the expenses for several church volunteers to go to Canada the week of July 19-26. This will be the sixth summer connecting with Pastor Ian MacFarlane and the members of the Living Hope Community Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Each year volunteers spend the week at this church helping with children's programs like Vacation Bible School and Bible Basketball. The Canadian church's volunteers have also come to Amesbury twice to help with similar programs. Both churches have made a supportive bond with each other from these trips and keep in touch all year by phone and internet. -----------------------------------------------------------AMESBURY - Amesbury residents can now apply for a 2014 Compost Sticker allowing residents to use the Amesbury Compost Site at 60 South Hunt Road for the upcoming season. You may come into the DPW office, fill out the application, he North Shore’s Largest Independent Community Newspaper bring a copy of your vehicle registration and pay the $15 fee (Seniors over 65 are free, when registering their own vehicle). You may also download the application from the City website at www.amesburyma.gov/DPW and mail it to 39 South Hunt Road, Amesbury, MA 01913 with a copy of your vehicle registration and a self-addressed stamped envelope and the sticker will be mailed to you. The 2014 Compost Season is from April 3 through December 7, 2014. Please see the website for more information or call the office at 978-388-8119. -----------------------------------------------------------GEORGETOWN - This summer campers will Rock and Roll and March in a Parade with Workshop in the Woods summer program! It's an unplugged and noncompetitive curriculum of art, performance, nature, craft, and community that is designed to build self-confidence and a love for nature and neighbor in a safe environment. The program is for boys and girls, ages 6-14. The Camp Denison site in Georgetown, MA, has 15 acres of hiking trails, lake front activities, a restored woodbeam lodge, outdoor performance area, and nature center. Campers rotate from one workshop to the next every day and Open 7 Days integrate activities that include; fishing, kayaking, hiking, group games, scavenger hunts, visual arts, relays, camp fire circles, and performing arts. Register on line now for an unforgettable summer! www.workshopartsinc.org One Session (Save $50) $550 Theme: Rock & Roll Two Sessions (Save $100) $1,000 Theme: I Love a Parade $15 Sibling Discount financial aid available -----------------------------------------------------------GEORGETOWN - The Friends of the Georgetown Peabody Library are pleased to host their annual wine tasting event on Saturday, May 3 from 6:30 - 9:00 pm at the Georgetown Library. The theme this year is “Connections and Collections”, highlighting the library’s role as a place for community connections and library collections. Come join your friends and 948-8696 • www.thetowncommon.com • advertise@thetowncommon.com neighbors in sampling a wide variety of wines while nibbling on cheese and listening to the smooth sounds of the Keith Augeri Trio. Tickets are $25.00 per person and can be obtained at the Library and at Georgetown Liquors. Proceeds benefit library programs and events. The wine tasting runs from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. Coffee and desserts are served from 8:00 to 9:00 pm. -----------------------------------------------------------GROVELAND - “The History of Howard Johnson's: How a Massachusetts Soda Fountain Became a Roadside Icon" presented by author Anthony Sammarco, Monday, May 5th at 6pm followed by an Ice Cream Social. "Ragtime Piano" concert and history given by nationally touring Deborrah Wyndham. Monday, May 12th at 6:00pm. "History in Architecture: A Study of Early Houses in Groveland and Surrounding Areas" by John F. Cole. Monday, May 19th at 6:30pm. These events are free and open to the public. They each will be held at the Langley-Adams Library, 185 Main Street, Groveland. Please call 978372-1732 or go online to www.langleyadamslib.org to register. -----------------------------------------------------------IPSWICH - Water customers of the Town of Ipswich please note, the Ipswich Water Department will undertake its annual hydrant flushing program beginning Monday April 28, 2014 at 12:01 AM. Customers can expect to have dirty water during this program and are advised to check the condition of their water before doing laundry or other operations which dirty water would disrupt. The downtown area will be undertaken from 12:01 AM until 4:00 AM on Monday April 28, 2014. All other areas of town will be completed from April 29th to May 15th between the hours of 8:00 PM and 12:00 AM. If you have questions please do not hesitate to contact the Utilities Office at 978-356-6635. -----------------------------------------------------------IPSWICH - The Ipswich Town and Country Garden Club will hold its Annual Yard Sale for the benefit of the Club Scholarship Fund on Saturday, May 3rd, 2014 on the Ipswich South Village Green from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Rain date is Sunday, May 4th, same time and place. Gently used items, donated treasures, and spring plants will be for sale. The Scholarship Fund will provide financial assistance to one or more graduating high school seniors, residing in the Town ,who will be pursuing further education in horticulture, landscape design, forestry, conservation, botany, city planning or environmental studies. -----------------------------------------------------------KENSINGTON, NH - The Carriage Barn Equine Assisted Therapy Programs is looking for volunteers to assist with Therapeutic Horseback Riding & Carriage Driving, Fundraising, Events, and Fun Activities. Volunteers are needed at various
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times throughout the week to work with horses and clients. Adults and retirees welcome (volunteers must be at least 14 years old). Experience and horse knowledge is a plus, but is not required. Anyone interested in learning more can contact The Carriage Barn at 603-378-0140 or email carriage-barn@comcast.net, or check out our website at www.carriage-barn. org. The program is offering services in Kensington, NH and seeks to promote the health and well-being of individuals of all ages with disabilities by enhancing their physical, psychological, cognitive and emotional healing and strengthening through equine activities. The Carriage Barn is a 501c3 Not-for-Profit Organization, as well as a member center of the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship, International. -----------------------------------------------------------NEWBURYPORT - Registration Is Now Open for The Firehouse Center for the Arts' popular 2014 Summer Vacation Program - Firehouse Glee Club! Enrollment is limited, so act now! The 2014 summer session runs Mon-Fri, August 18-22 and culminates with a public performance on Fri, August 22 at 7PM, in which all participants in program are required to participate. Glee Club is a week-long program of voice instruction and choreographed pop vocal tunes for students in grades 2-12. Students will learn about: the basics of good breath support, posture and vocal production, and performance techniques - all while having fun singing the songs they love! For details and to download Info|Form Packet:www.firehouse.org/L3shows-theater-GleeSummer2014.html or contact Janice at 978-499-9931 or janice@firehouse.org -----------------------------------------------------------NEWBURYPORT - The Graf Rink is now accepting registrations for spring Hockey 101 and spring Learn to Skate. Hockey 101 will take place on Fridays at 6pm while Learn to Skate will take place on Sundays at 4pm & 5pm as well as Thursday at 6pm. Hockey 101 is a great tool for hockey players entering a hockey program in the fall. Level Two is for players that are currently Mites or have participated in a Mite program. Hockey 101 will focus on proper hockey stance, puck control, crossovers, shooting and game positioning. Specialized Learn to Skate classes focus on the basic fundamentals that are important for shaping both hockey and figure skating skills. Skaters have the chance to earn skill-badges throughout the series. Student to coach ratio is kept low and classes are available for skaters age 3 through adult. Visit www.grafrink.com for more detailed information (as well as registration forms) on both Hockey 101 and Learn to Skate. The Merrimack Valley Skating Club will be hosting its annual Summer Recreational Figure Skating Clinic July 14th-17th from 11:30am-3pm. Please visit www.grafrink.com for more details and registration forms. The Graf Rink will be hosting several hockey clinics this summer. All hockey brochures are available in the rink lobby. Visit our website for daily Public Skating and Stick Time schedules. The Graf Rink also hosts birthday parties during the summer! Please contact the front office at 978-462-8112 to reserve a date! -----------------------------------------------------------REGIONAL - 30 and Over Women's Softball. Haven’t played in 10, 20 or 30 years? Are your knees, ankles, back or hips aching? Then, you’ll fit right in! Come play with the only true non-profit sports organization in the Merrimack Valley and southern New Hampshire run by women, for women. Cost is $55.00*/cash or check; $58.00*/online. For more info, please visit us at www.dtssports.com. -----------------------------------------------------------ROWLEY - This month, the Rowley Library Book Club has chosen Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Through six separate, interwoven narratives that jump through time, themes of enslavement, the constant rewriting of the past, and the tenacity of the human spirit play out. Pick up your copy today, then join our friendly group on Thursday, May 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the Rowley Public Library, 141 Main Street, for a discussion. For more information, call the library at 978-948-2850. -----------------------------------------------------------ROWLEY - The Friends of Rowley COA would like to extend an invitation to the entire community. Throughout the year we offer many exquisite and unique trips. Our trips are and have always been open to the entire adult community. We currently have several trips scheduled and would love for you to join us. On May 15th, we are going to the Newport Playhouse in RI. There we will enjoy a spectacular buffet lunch, a live comedic production "My Husband's Wild Desires," followed by a Cabaret Show in the lounge for $73 per person. Sunday, June 22 through June 24th, we head north to the luxurious White Mountain Hotel for two nights of moose watching, tram riding, guided tours, live after dinner show and meals for $389 per person double occupancy. On Sunday July 20th we are going to Tanglewood. We have chosen great seats which are near the entrance to minimize walking distances.l We will first have a delicious lunch at The Cork n' Heath Restaurant and then head over to Tanglewood for the show for $135 per person. As always, all trips include round trip deluxe motorcoach transportation. Contact the Rowley COA for sign up and further details (978)948-7637. -----------------------------------------------------------ROWLEY – Love, Laugh & Learn - Miss Brenda's Pre-school offers Fun-NSun Summer Camp programs week-to-week with different fun and creative themes. A camp week is Monday through Friday 8-2, Openings are also available for the fall 2014, Only 6 children per class, Mornings 9-12 for 2-3 year olds, Afternoons 12:30-3:20. 4-5 year olds, Children learning through hands-on fun and creative ways. To inquire more please call Brenda Fiers (978) 948-3987 -----------------------------------------------------------SALISBURY - The Civil War Roundtable of the Merrimack will meet at 7:30 PM on Wednesday May 14th at the East Parish Methodist Church, Salisbury Square (route 1), Salisbury, MA. Steve Floyd from the CWRTNH will speak on “Memorials at Gettysburg.” Admission is free and anyone with an interest in America’s Civil War is invited to attend. For more information visit our web page www.cwrtm.org or call Tom at (978) 462-8518. -----------------------------------------------------------SALISBURY - College Planning Services will present a FREE dinner seminar on college financing on Thursday, May 1, 2014 at the Stripers Grill, 175 Bridge Road, Salisbury, MA from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. At this dinner seminar you will learn tips on how to maximize your free scholarship money and which colleges have the most scholarship money to distribute. Reservations are required. Please sign up at www.CollegePlanningServices.org or call John DeLorey of College Planning Services at 978-462-1666.
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yet? There is a wide variety of seeds to choose from including some heirloom varieties, all donated by Beach Plum Farms in Salisbury. A workshop will be held at the library on April 26th from 11-12 with Traci Sobocinski who has been successfully growing and harvesting plants from seed in her garden for many years. Traci will have advice for beginning and seasoned gardeners alike. Come with questions and share your success (or no-success) SATURDAY MORNING BIRDING stories. Please register in advance for Weekly trip with experienced this free workshop on the library’s leaders in a search for avian activity website or by calling 978-465-0539. in the Newburyport/Plum Island area. For beginners and birders of SEABROOK LIBRARY BOOK all skill levels. Saturday, April 26, SALE 9:00–11:30 am. Meet at Joppa Flats Books, books, books! Have we got Education Center, One Plum Island books! On Saturday, April 26, the Turnpike, Newburyport. Adults $10. Seabrook Library is hosting a book Preregistration is not required. Call sale from 10am-2pm. Prices are as 978-462-9998 for information about follows: adult hardcovers-$1.00; adult additional programs and events, or visit paperbacks-$.50; all children’s' books the Web site at www.massaudubon. - $.50. Special items (usually coffeeorg/joppaflats. table type books or media objects) will be marked separately. In addition to FAMILY DAY AT THE BIRD the book sale other activities include an BANDING STATION "open house" at the old Brown Library, Bring the family to the Parker River a children’s' raffle table, a book signing National Wildlife Refuge for an exciting, by local author Michael Schwartz, and up-close look at migrating birds as refreshments. The book sale begins at they are netted and evaluated before 10 am sharp. Please, no "early birds" releasing. The Bird Banding Station is only open at the height of migration CAREGIVERS LUNCH AT MSBC in spring and fall. For families with Caregivers Lunch at Market Street children age 6 and up. Saturday, April Baptist The Market Street Baptist 26, 9:30-11:30 am. Meet at the Joppa Church at 37 Market Street, Amesbury Flats Education Center, One Plum is inviting the public to attend a Island Turnpike, Newburyport. $8 for Caregivers Lunch on Saturday, April adults, $5 for children. Preregistration 26th from 12:00- 2:00 pm. This event is required. Call 978-462-9998 for is for those who have been called to information about additional programs care for ailing loved ones to connect and events, or visit the Web site at with other caregivers and to hear from www.massaudubon.org/joppaflats. the experiences of others. Ruth John (mother to the Pastor) will share her “UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL” experiences and wisdom as a caregiver REFUGE TOUR for 20 years. Cost is $5 to cover the See Monday, April 28th. lunch. Please register in advance: call church at 978-388-0930 or email: THE JOY & BENEFITS OF msbcsec@verizon.net RAISING CHICKENS! Danvers Agway and Ashley's MEMOIR WRITING WORKSHOP Chickens are cosponsoring a FREE BEGINS SATURDAY, APRIL 26 AT chicken seminar Saturday, April 26 3 P.M. at 11 am. This fun and informative Everyone has a story. It’s getting it seminar will give the budding onto paper that’s the hard part! Join enthusiast knowledge of how to raise, Isabell VanMerlin, a long-time faculty feed, and care for baby poultry. The member of the Newburyport Lifelong seminar will have a nutritionist from Learning Lyceum, as she walks us Nutrena to answer your questions on through the first steps of putting our the various types of feed and benefits lives on paper. The workshop includes of each. Our chicken expert (Ashley) three sessions: Saturday, April 26, May will be on hand to answer questions as 10, and May 17 from 3-5 p.m. Space to breed, egg production, and the joy is limited for this free series. To sign and benefits of raising chickens. Perfect up, call the Rowley Public Library for all ages. Produce your own healthy at 978-948-2850. This program is eggs and have fun doing it! There will supported with federal funds provided be door prizes, free food, beverages, gift by the Institute of Museum and raffles, and more. Meet new people and Library Services and administered by socialize as well. Agway, 9 Wenham the Massachusetts Board of Library St., Danvers (978) 774-1069 www. Commissioners. ashleyschickens.com. HAMPTON ARTS SEED PROPAGATION The Hampton Arts Network annual WORKSHOP AT THE NEWBURY meeting and membership drive will TOWN LIBRARY be held on April 26 at the Hobbs Have you checked out seeds from the House 200 High St Hampton from Newbury Town Library Seed Library Continued on page 12
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The Women’s Fund of Essex County Awards $12,000 Grant to YWCA Greater Newburyport The YWCA Greater Newburyport has been awarded a $12,000 grant from The Women’s Fund of Essex County, a field of interest fund of Essex County Community Foundation. The grant was given to support the YWCA’s encoreplus program, which is a program offered free of charge to women who’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer at any point in their lives, aimed at helping them regain their physical and emotional strength after diagnosis and surgery. Breast cancer afflicts all women differently, but there are challenges inherent in the disease that affects all survivors. Where traditional medicine leaves off in its treatment of breast cancer, the encoreplus program begins. According to YWCA Wellness Director Ilene Harnch-Grady, the program is attuned to survivors looking to reestablish their range of motion after surgery, rebuild or establish better strength and conditioning, and address the emotional and psychological aspects of healing that aren’t addressed in a patient’s treatment plan. The free 12-week program features strength and conditioning classes on land and in the warm water pool, with instructors especially trained through the YWCA Encore training network, and in a peer environment that promotes camaraderie and optimal healing. “They come in a little fearful because they’re post-surgery and they’re worried about pain,” said Grady of the Encore Program. “Some of them have had several bouts of cancer and haven’t been active, so they don’t really know what their ability is. Through a lot of discussion, we help them push through and find the confidence to really try. They leave us so much more empowered and strong that they can, in fact, be healthy and active individuals.” With the gift from the Women’s Fund of Essex County, the YWCA Greater Newburyport will seek to expand programming and outreach, and launch additional off-site programs to help a greater number of survivors. The Women’s Fund of Essex County is a community of women, families and businesses dedicated to creating social change for women and girls. An all-volunteer organization, The Women’s Fund raises funds and makes grants to nonprofit programs in Essex County that are changing the lives of women and girls in significant and sustainable ways. Since its founding in 2003, The Women’s Fund has awarded over $825,000 to 79 nonprofit programs which address one of the following critical women’s issues: Economic Self-Sufficiency, Leadership & Empowerment, and Health and Well-Being. For more information call Ilene Harnch-Grady at (978) 465-9922, ext. 13.
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THE TWELFTH ANNUAL FAVORITE POEM PROJECT OF NEWBURYPORT The brainchild of former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, The National Favorite Poem Project was launched in 1997 to celebrate the sheer pleasure of poetry with the public at large. Pinsky put out a call for favorite poems and received eighteen thousand responses from Americans of diverse regions, ages, and backgrounds. For the past eleven years, the Creative Writing Class at Newburyport High School has produced the Favorite Poem Project of Greater Newburyport. Poems have been submitted from a broad spectrum of people, young and old, prominent and barely known. A representative sample of poems will be chosen for this public reading on Sunday, April 27 at 3:00PM at the Firehouse Center for the Arts. This event is free and open to the public and is part of the Newburyport Literary Festival. For more information, visit the festival's website at: www.newburyportliteraryfestival.org
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SING MERRILY The last weekend of April, the 44 members of the Cantemus Chamber Chorus will present a sometimes joyful, soulful, humorous and always melodious program called “Sing We Merrily: Part Songs, Catches and Glees.” Cantemus will perform “Sing We Merrily” on Saturday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m., at Christ Church of Hamilton-Wenham, 149 Asbury Street, Hamilton; and on Sunday, April 27 at 4:00 p.m. at Central Congregational Church, 14 Titcomb Street, Newburyport. Regular audience members should note that the MOVIE MONDAYS AT THE Sunday venue is different this spring! Continued on page
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Concert Series presents the von Trapps in concert at the Belleville Stage, 300 High Street, Newburyport on Tuesday, April 29th at 7:30PM. Tickets: $45 for preferred seating (purchased only at the church office)/General seating is $30 in advance/$35 day of show/$10 children 18 and under. Venue is handicap accessible. For more information, please email: bellevilleconcerts@ gmail.com or visit: www. bellevillechurch.org/roots.php. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30th ESSEX HERITAGE SPRING MEETING Essex Heritage will hold its annual meeting and networking event on Wednesday, April 30, 2014 from 8:00 – 10:00 AM, at Gordon College’s Ken Olsen Science Center in Wenham. The public is welcome to attend this FREE, valuable networking opportunity that will further connect you with the work of Essex Heritage and that of our partners to preserve and enhance the historic, cultural and natural resources of Essex County. Essex Heritage’s semi-annual meetings provide a unique opportunity for Essex Heritage trustees, commissioners, members, supporters and partners to network with the public on a wide range of ongoing initiatives in the Essex National Heritage Area. Partnership Grant Program award recipients and new commissioners will be announced as well. For more information and to RSVP, please call Essex Heritage at (978) 740-0444 or visit http://www. essexheritage.org/annual-springmeeting.
MEDITERRANEAN NIGHT On April 29, the Ipswich Rotary Club will present the 4th annual Mediterranean Night at Ithaki. The proceeds from this event will benefit Rotary’s community projects and youth programs in Ipswich and Rowley. Ithaki is located at 25 Hammatt Street in Ipswich. Purchase tickets at any Ipswich or WEDNESDAY MORNING Rowley branch of the Institution BIRDING See Wednesday, April 23rd. for Savings, First Ipswich Bank, or TD Bank. Or call 617-548-0402. Information is available at www. HATHA YOGA CLASS See Wednesday, April 23rd. IpswichRotary.org and on Facebook at “Rotary Club of Ipswich, MA”. THE PENGUIN LADY The Friends of the Georgetown ROWLEY READS Read “The Orchard” by Adele Peabody Library are pleased to Crockett Robertson and join us host Dyan deNapoli, aka “The in a friendly setting to share your Penguin Lady”, on Wednesday, thoughts. Local author Holly April 30, from 6:30 - 8:00 pm. Robinson will lead the discussion. deNapoli will talk about her book Meet your neighbors over a great The Great Penguin Rescue. The book! If you can’t make this one, we event is open to the public free of will also have discussions on May 8 charge. The book tells the story at 1:30 p.m. and May 14 at 7 p.m. of the world's largest volunteer Call the Rowley Public Library at animal rescue, which saved more 978-948-2850 with questions. This than 40,000 penguins after an program is supported with federal oil spill off the coast of South funds provided by the Institute of Africa. Dyan's mission is to raise Museum and Library Services and awareness and funding to protect administered by the Massachusetts penguins – to that end, she donates 20% of the proceeds from her Board of Library Commissioners. book and from every appearance to penguin rescue groups. Join us THE von TRAPPS for a lively discussion, Q & A, and IN CONCERT IN book signing. There will be light NEWBURYPORT Belleville Roots Music refreshments and books for sale.
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Back in the beginning of my professional career I was an advocate of the manual toothbrush. I was convinced that anyone could get the same results with a manual toothbrush, compared with any electric/power toothbrush. It wasn’t until I actually tried a power toothbrush, and stuck with it, that I was convinced of the opposite. It is now common practice for us, and likely most dental practices, to ask patients if they use a manual toothbrush or an electric toothbrush. However, when we ask this question, we have found that it is just as important to ask what kind of power toothbrush is used. If you have ever been in the dental aisle of a pharmacy, you know the selection of cleaning aids are numerous, to say the least. Power toothbrush prices range from $10 to over $150. One thing has always been clear to what we see clinically. If you have to put batteries in the bottom of your “power” toothbrush, it is most likely inadequate for proper plaque reduction in adults. Of the power toothbrushes that sit in a charger, there are basically two leading brands and they are both very different. One kind oscillates/rotates and the other vibrates, or is referred to as “sonic”. In our office, we
always had a preference for one over another based on what we observed clinically in patients and with our own personal use. There have been numerous studies that have compared the effectiveness of both kinds of power toothbrushes. In a recent study, one kind continued to prove more effective over the other. A total of 131 individuals participated in the study, with 65 randomly assigned to the oscillating/rotating group and 66 to the sonic group. Prior to the study, 63% and 58% were manual toothbrush users, respectively. Each participant brushed twice daily during a four-week period using their assigned powered toothbrush and a standard toothpaste. At their return appointment, researchers graded effectiveness of their plaque removal using a specific plaque-grading index. The grading duties were randomly assigned to researchers who were unaware of which group the participants were in. While both groups had significantly reduced wholemouth plaque scores, the oscillating/rotating group had an adjusted mean plaque reduction from baseline of 0.390 (p < 0.001), while the sonic group's was 0.075 (p < 0.001). In addition, 97% of the oscillating/rotating group saw a reduction in whole-mouth plaque, compared with 64% of the sonic participants. "The current study demonstrated superior plaque reductions with an advanced oscillating/rotating power brush compared to a novel sonic brush,
corroborating previous studies demonstrating the superiority of oscillating-rotating power brushes relative to sonic brushes," the researchers concluded. While using a manual toothbrush can be effective, it is clear based on this study and others, that a good quality power toothbrush is better. It’s time to change if you still use a manual brush. Dr. St. Clair maintains a private dental practice in Rowley and Newburyport dedicated to healthcentered family dentistry. If there are certain topics you would like to see written about or questions you have please email them to him at jpstclair@dentalhealthforlife. com. You can view all previously written columns at www. jpeterstclairdentistry.com/blog.
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