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WEST NEWBURY – Who would have thought there was so much history to learn from a potato? Or art from a carrot? Or even math, science and language from tending tomatoes and peppers? The students and teachers at the Dr. John C. Page Elementary School know that there is much more to a
vegetable than meets the eye. Tit is also a great learning tool. First Lady Michelle Obama, who has her own White House garden and promotes serving more vegetables in schools, would be thrilled. The school, working with the Laurel Grange of West Newbury
By Stewart Lytle, Reporter ––––––––––––––––– and lead parent volunteer Ted Stedman, has been planting vegetables in raised beds in front of the building since a parent started the garden in 2011. Initially funded in part by the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, the garden has expanded year after year, adding beds and different types of vegetables and herbs. On May 17 and 18, the students and teachers, with the Grange volunteers, planted the gardens again this year. But not just any vegetables. The students have been studying Colonial gardens, the way Photo provided by Krystelle Griskiewicz the pilgrims planted their food. Ted Stedman and Page School students So this year the students turned plant vegetables the beds into a Colonial garden, vegetables. planting what our forefathers called Thanks to a $2,254 grant from the the three sisters – corn, squash and Massachusetts Grange, the students beans. They also planted pumpkins are adding to the school's nine raised and radishes and a variety of other Continued on page 3
Paul Abruzzi, A Literary Fixture for 20 Years NEWBURYPORT – These are tough times for independent book stores. The competition from ebooks, the giant on-line retrailer Amazon and warehouse and retail chain stores, like Costco and WalMart, that sell books as lost leaders have driven many bookstores out of business. From 14,000 bookstores in the country just a few years ago, 1,800 survive. And two of them, Jabberwocky in the Tannery and Book Rack on State Street, are here in Newburyport. One reason for the survival against the odds for these bookstores is that Newburyport is a well-read Paul Abruzzi.
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community. It also has a host of well-known authors as residents, showcased each spring at the Newburyport Literary Festival. “That contributes to the stores survival,” said Paul Abruzzi, who is celebrating his 20th year as manager of Jabberwocky. Jabberwocky, owned by Sue Little, has been serving her North Shore readers for 42 years. She has built a loyal following not only among readers, like a Maine couple who drive 90 minutes to buy books from her, but also the people, like Abruzzi, who work with her at the store. Twenty years ago, Abruzzi, a Continued on page 2
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On behalf of the Bartlett Museum Board of Directors I want to thank all who attended our Annual Meeting Dinner held on April 24th. Thank you Union Congregational Church for hosting us another year and serving such great food. Thank you to those who bought raffles tickets and made donations as well as those becoming new members and renewing memberships. Your support is encouraging. Thank you, Margie Walker attending and signing copies of the newest book, “Legendary Locals of Amesbury”. Alexander Pooler, Bartlett’s newest board member, gave information on how he and the board are willing to collect information, stories and/or photos of the Whittier Bridge Projects, both old and new. We can take pride in the bridges and share their history with future generations. Thank you, Master Silversmith, Geoffrey Blake for demonstrating your art to us and for sharing the history of Old Newbury Crafters. The program was presented open to the public at $5.00 per person as a fundraiser. Thank you to those who attended. The Bartlett Museum on 270 Main Street, Amesbury is a 1870 Italianate style "Ferry School" house that features history in the carriage industry, maps, and mementos, a collection of prehistoric and Native American artifacts, memorabilia from Colonial, Federal and Victorian periods, a Natural History Room featuring birds, shells and fossils, an original vintage schoolroom and a carriage shed containing several Amesbury built carriages. The Museum is open for the season on beginning Memorial Day weekend. Volunteer and President of the Board of Directors, Tony Knapp is faithfully on hand to give tours through the summer each Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1:00 – 4:00 pm until Labor Day. Also, for a special tour on a different day leave him a message at the museum 978-388-4528 or call him at 978-462-6110 to make an appointment. The Bartlett Museum is supported by memberships, fundraisers, donations and volunteers. Thank you for your help to share local history with the public. Dianne Dostie Cole Bartlett Museum Board of Directors 2014-15: Officers: Pres. Anthony Knapp, Treas. Steve Klomps, PR/Fundraising/Acting Sec. Dianne Cole, Membership Sec. Carol Finn Board Members: Alexander Pooler, Selwyn Mize, Gina Moscardini, Lee Ann Banville
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native of Italy who immigrated to the U.S. with his family when he was 18 months old, was managing a chain book store in Swampscott. He came for a 45-minute interview with Little, who was looking for two new staff members. He did not enjoy working for a corporate book store and had always admired the Jabberwocky atmosphere and book selection. The interview lasted three hours. “I felt like I was talking to someone I had known all my life. It was a good fit,” he said. Now the easy-going man, who loves books, hiking, biking and kayaking, can't imagine doing anything else. It has not always been easy. Independent bookstore today must adapt to a rapidly changing environment, Abruzzi said. E-books have cut deeply into the sales of such staples as romance and mystery novels, he said. So Jabberwocky pushes other genres of books, such as those on gardening, art, photography and cooking. When he started selling books, cookbooks were limited to a handful of chef/authors, such as Julia Childs, Abruzzi said. But thanks to the popularity of TV networks like the Food Channel, there are now probably 60 chefs writing books. And people are buying them. Amazon, which has hurt sales at all bookstores, has a goal to dominate not only the sales of books and every other product, but also book production. Few publishing houses, such the Hachette Book Group, are willing to challenge Amazon on its discount pricing strategy for fear the giant internet company
will stop selling its authors. Harry Potter author J.K Rowling, writing under the name Robert Galbraith, is currently caught in the battle between her publisher, Hachette, and Amazon. The outcome of that war could determine a new, future direction for book publishing. Jabberwocky has also adapted by hiring and keeping a staff that “knows something about books,” Abruzzi said. “Sue has a great eye for what will sell,” he said. She also knows how to display books well. It helps that Little is a fast reader, finishing a book a day. Abruzzi concedes that he is not a fast reader, savoring six to eight books a month from a stack of books beside his bed that is so tall he could retire tomorrow and not finish all that he owns. While the Book Rack has adapted by shrinking its space and partnering with Atomic Cafe, Jabberwocky continues to grow. It has added staff, employing two full-time people and another six to eight part-timers. After years on State Street in downtown Newburyport, Little moved Jabberwocky to be among the first tenants at The Tannery, the old mill building on Water Street. The move gave her more room for books and better parking for her customers. She soon took over space leased by a chiropractor. Today, Eureka Toys, a specialty toy store, owned by Little's sister, is her neighbor. Asked if he thought he would work at Jabberwocky another 20 years, Abruzzi said, “I don't feel old enough to have been doing anything for 20 years.” But for the future, he said, anything is possible.
Newburyport Rain Barrel Program NEWBURYPORT - The City of Newburyport has partnered with the Great American Rain Barrel Company in Hyde Park, MA to offer recycled barrels to residents as part of a community wide water conservation program. “We are happy to be offering this simple and inexpensive device to our residents to bring down their water costs and help our community protect their aquifers,” says Tony Furnari, Director of The Department of Public Services for Newburyport. Water shortage is a growing concern. In New England residential water usage can increase as much as 60% during the spring, summer and fall seasons from outdoor watering needs such as watering gardens, lawns, filling pools and, washing cars. Barrels can offset that usage; saving homeowner’s money and
helping the community manage water supplies. Rain barrels can also reduce runoff. In watershed areas, runoff from homes and developments can harm existing water sources because overtaxed storm sewers discharge polluted runoff. Over time this takes a toll on the fragile aquatic ecosystem that the area is dependent on. Suzanne Gebelein, Owner of the Great American Rain Barrel Company comments, “We have been selling barrels for 20 years and we are seeing a very positive trend. More and more communities nationwide, like Newburyport, are bringing large scale programs to their towns, encouraging more residents to conserve water but also helping their town mitigate pollution in the water supplies on a larger scale.” Homeowners can easily connect Continued on page 3
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garden beds with seven more. The money also helps buy a shed, more tools like wheelbarrows for planting, tending and harvesting, picnic tables for the students to eat on, but also to use to write journal entries about the plants. And the plan is to add more chain link fencing around the beds, said Grange member Russell Carr. The school, part of the Pentucket School District, will celebrate the effort Tuesday with a Garden Party. The students and teachers bring in the harvest. The cafeteria workers cook the vegetables for the students to eat. “It is a lot of fun,” Carr said. To teachers Kate Ward, Krystelle Griskiewicz and Patty Doggett, the gardens have become more than just fun. They are an outdoor classroom where students learn interdisciplinary subjects – everything from history to science. Page, an innovation school, has adopted a curriculum with the acronym, STEAM, for science, technology, engineering, art and math. It incorporates the curriculum into tending the gardens in what educators call place space learning. Ward, the art teacher, uses the gardens to bring to life paintings by Claude Monet and Georgia O'Keeffe. The students write books on the gardens and draw illustrations for the books from their observations about the vegetables they plant. Griskiewicz, the third-grade teacher, incorporates design techniques into the gardening project, teaching language and science, as students learn about the propagation of plants and the development of plants. Doggett, a math specialist, is
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teaching the students to map the gardens. She also grows gourds in one of the beds and will teach the students how to make birdhouses out of them. The kindergartners planted a pumpkin patch and will harvest the seeds in the fall for planting again next spring. Carr estimates that the kindergartners are now growing the fourth generation of pumpkin seeds. They also planted radishes this year. The second graders planted butterfly bushes. And the third and fourth graders planted the Colonial gardens. Parker Greason, a fourth grader, said she enjoys working in the garden because it allows her to “collaborate with my friends to plant vegetables. It is really fun.” She said she loves Tasting Tuesdays, when once a month the students get to sample the vegetables they have harvested. It is exciting to say, “Hey I made that carrot, I planted that potato,” she said. She and her father have planted a vegetable garden together at their house. He teaches her about how to plant and care for carrots and squash, she said. Fellow fourth grader, Hannah Turkel, said working in the gardens had taught her the three ingredients plants need – sunlight, water and good soil. She said she has also learned the types of plants and what they do. Milkweed attracts butterflies, for example. She knows she can eat parsley, but prefers squash and carrots. “I like being in the garden,” she said. “I like taking care of the plants. I like getting dirty.” Rose Seeley, a third grader, said she has learned how to plant vegetables
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June 4 - 10, 2014 Beethoven Mass in C Major at Our Lady of Hope Church on Linebrook Road in Ipswich. It promises to be a thrilling evening of beautiful music.” Tickets are available on line at www.chorusnorthshore.org or at the door. General Admission: $20 Senior/students: $17 For more information call 978 468-3077 The mission of Chorus North Shore is to foster appreciation and advancement of choral music. To afford the opportunity for singers of varying ages and technical abilities to learn and perform diverse forms of choral music. To educate, entertain and inspire audiences through performances of high artistic quality. SUNDAY, JUNE 8th TODD FARM FLEA MARKET Outdoor Award-Winning Flea Market is open every Sunday from now through late November. 240 flea market vendors can be found on any given week at Todd Farm. Free Admission and Free Parking. It’s the perfect New England way to spend some leisurely weekend time. Sundays 5:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. www.toddfarm.com NEWBURYPORT FARMERS MARKET Come enjoy the season with The Newburyport Farmers’ Market featuring locally grown veggies, live music, locally prepared food products and artisanal crafts! The Market will be held every Sunday rain or shine from 9:00am-1:00pm at the Tannery Marketplace.
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