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September 4 - 10, 2013 Vol. 9, No. 44
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Seabrook Elementary and Middle School Students headed back to school last week. Excited teachers and students adjusted well.
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By Stewart Lytle, Reporter –––––––––––––––––
REGIONAL – When Donnie Jarvis enlisted in the National Guard in 2006, he was assigned to what he describes as “every kid's dream.” He and his Army buddies got to blow things up. After training, the 2004 Triton High School graduate was sent to Iraq to detonate Photo by Stewart Lytle unexploded bombs Donnie Jarvis at the Grog. the enemy had placed along roadsides to injure and kill American soldiers. A few years later the E-4 Specialist combat engineer with the Massachusetts Army National Guard was deployed again to clear roads for the American troops in Afghanistan. On February 13th last year, during his second deployment, Jarvis' Army vehicle was hit by 250 pounds of explosives. The truck flipped and landed on his, the driver's, side.
SALISBURY – For the first time the patrons of the renovated Dolphin Grille can sit on the front patio and watch the barge off the beach launch its fireworks with an unobstructed view. The long-empty, 40,000-squarefoot building that once housed the Sidewalk Cafe and blocked the view of Photo by Stewart Lytle the Atlantic Ocean is gone. The Bennett Crews working for the state Department of Contracting crews, Conservation and Recreation demolish the old Sidewalk Cafe. working for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Resources, finished tearing the building down last week. The demise of the crumbling concrete and wood building has been a long time coming.
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Loud Pipes Save Lives Dear Editor,
Marc Maravalli, B.S., R.Ph. Publisher/Editor, The Town Common
Letters to the Editor provide a useful way of communicating concerns, issues, or suggestions to all members of the community. The Town Common encourages all citizens to submit letters concerning issues of interest and concern to the local community. Letters selected for publication may be edited for length and clarity. Some letters may serve as a catalyst for other articles or coverage, and community leaders and agencies will be offered an opportunity to respond to letters concerning their areas of responsibility. All letters must be signed and include a daytime telephone number. Letters may be submitted to:
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Your front page story on the August 28-Sept 3 issue missed the most important point of loud motorcycle exhaust and it is that loud pipes save lives. I ride a Harley and can absolutely assure you that dozens of times I’ve been saved from a driver who started to change lanes without looking when the driver heard my bike and pulled back. And, mine’s not especially loud. The real issue here is the abject disregard for human life on the part of so many people driving trucks and cars. When recently a driver roared through a stop sign in Newburyport and I missed him by inches on my bike and blew the horn, the driver gave me the finger. Anyone who rides has been run off the road by people who ignore yield signs, stop signs or who just doesn’t care and pulls out in front of a motorcycle or bicycle. Watch the traffic merging onto Rt 1 in Newburyport by the bridge over the Merrimac and you’ll see that almost nobody pays attention to the yield signs. The same problems motorcycle riders face exist for people on bicycles. Loud pipes may be a few seconds worth of annoyance for someone within earshot, but a car that runs a bicycle or motorcycle off the road can easily kill or permanently disable. Let’s put this matter into perspective. Dick Berggren
Giving Credit Where Credit is Due Dear Editor,
It is easy to complain about teen agers. We treat them like infants and then get mad when they don’t step up. Such is not the case with our VBC Counselors in Training and Junior Staff. Most have been coming to our camp since they were very young, so they know how we structure the days and the week. They are assigned responsibilities throughout the day, changing jobs daily so everyone gets an opportunity to sample. They are learning. Adults supervise and advise, but for the most part we expect the CIT/ Jr Staff to remain fully engaged. We could not serve as many children as we do without them. We could not be more proud of our leaders: 7th grade: Faith Arrison, Carisa Boyle, Caitlyn Chaisson, Maddie Fecteau, Jessica Hood, Hannah Hounam, Savannah Nolan, Sam Rennick, Caitlyn Roberge, Sabrina Stubbs, Maggie Tardiff. 8th grade: Kelly Corbin, Alex Fecteau, Hannah Graham, Melia Hublert, Jessica Paszko, Mia Perry, Julia Plummer, Rachel Rowe. High School: Wyatt Boyce, Tessa Boyle, Dylan Copeland, Kendall Mitchell, Katie Morrison, Anthony Tressell, Katie Sample, Jessica Fowler , Ashley Armentrout, Abby Bennett If you need to hire a teen ager, I highly recommend any of the above. Just make sure they are available for Bible Camp week 2014! God bless, Jan Juntunen, LeAnne Plummer, Sue Mitchell, Pastor Rusty Davis, and Pastor Gwyneth Arrison
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Massage Therapies He was also suffering, as has created a live performance recently at the Grog, he snapped • Full Activity Program many combat veterans are, from called Silent Men Speaking. It is a in anger at her for no reason, he • and much more... post traumatic stress disorder mixed arts show about the horrors said. www.seaviewretreat.com of war through the experiences of To cope, he tried to self (PTSD). Jarvis, who now wears sunglasses three Vietnam vets. This show will medicate with alcohol. Others MANSION DRIVE • ROWLEY, MA • JUST OFF ROUTE 1A even in dimly-lighted rooms, be held at the Byfield Community suffering from PTSD turn to drugs. Some, like a friend he was comes from a family tradition of Arts Center on October 5. Visit Thomsen is also developing an deployed with, have committed military service. His father was an Army officer. His grandfather oral history of local veterans as part suicide, he said. The Town Common Operation Delta Dog's web site was honored by President Ronald of the Veterans' History Project at The North Shore’s Largest Independent on-line at Community Newspape says 22 veterans commit suicide Reagan for his work in designing the Library of Congress. Of Jarvis, Heidi Fram with the every day. the current Army training Byfield center, wrote: “Donnie is The service dogs, many of which programs. Jarvis, who lives with his family a great guy and hopes to devote come from homeless shelters, are in Newbury, said he would like all of his energies to doing good trained to help veterans cope to be deployed again later this things for others. What a concept with the symptoms. They provide stability to a veteran who has year with his unit. But with his for a 27 year old!” Jarvis' goal for these events is to trouble keeping his balance. injuries, the Army would never raise at least $16,000. Each service They help in social situation by allow it, he said. Instead, he has turned to a dog, trained by Operation Delta standing between the veteran and different mission. The explosion Dog, costs $8,000. He is raising others to reduce anxiety. They on that Afghan road put Jarvis on the money to pay for the black provide an alert and comfort to a new path. He now helps other Labrador retriever that began its the veteran before he experiences veterans learn to live with the 12-week training program last night terrors. And they read the • Comfortable Classroom week. He may also have to pay veteran's body language and help effects of PTSD. • High Tech Simulator “I can't save the world,” Jarvis another $2,000 for the dog's keep them calm during an anxiety medical care. attack. said. “But I am going to try.” • Weekend Lessons When his dog was brought from Raising money for other vets has Along the way, he also hopes to give abused and abandoned dogs Arkansas, it had worms and other helped Jarvis pull his life together. Ask about our Referral Program stomach ailments that required a It has given him new purpose. a good home. Special 2 Week Evening Program! Invited recently to the White Working with a new veterinarian's attention. Asked if he would continue to House with other wounded organization, Operation Delta September 9th to September 20th Dog, in Chelmsford, Jarvis is raise money for Operation Delta soldiers, they were greeted by Bo, raising money to train rescued Dog after these events, he said, “I the President's dog, followed by Mon - Fri, 5:00pm to 8:00 pm the President himself. dogs to work with PTSD-afflicted don't plan on stopping.” Now Taking Reservations! Jarvis is no stranger to raising President Obama is “a wickedly vets. He is producing a series of money. He has staged events to awesome guy,” he said. Free pick up and drop off at home. For more information or to events, starting with a Raggae raise money for the Wounded 19 Macy Street (Rte 110) music night this Thursday, Sept. Warrior program and fed homeless donate to Jarvis' efforts, visit the Amesbury, MA 5, at the Grog in Newburyport. veterans on Saturdays at a park in website, operationdeltadog.org. The popular Blues Cruise on Boston. “No vet should ever be the Merrimack River this Friday homeless,” Jarvis said. Newspaper night is selling raffle tickets to North Shore’s Largest Independent Community The Veterans Administration raise money for his cause. At the Byfield Community Arts estimates that about 20 percent of Center, he is staging two comedy returning combat veterans suffer nights on Saturday, Sept. 7, and from PTSD.
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“The long term disposition of that site we don't know what it is. It is up to the DCR,” Harrington said. For the moment, the building has been torn down, leaving only its foundation and a knee-high wall on the ocean side. The state agency does not have the funds in the budget this year to finish tearing out the foundation and restoring the dune, officials said. So in the interim, DCR plans to erect a more permanent fence than the construction barrier there now and wait for the legislators to give it more money. That might take some time. So several local residents have proposed that the state allow them to put out some tables and chairs for people to sit and enjoy looking at the ocean. Whatever is done with the site, Buswell and other property and business owners along Ocean Front South want the state or the town to rebuild the crumbling street between the row of shops, bars and restaurants and the beach. Don Levesque, the town's public works director, said he plans to recommend that the street be ground up, the utility pipes underneath checked and replaced if necessary, and then a new street be paved. He said if the street is just repaved, the businesses would be flooded. Levesque's comments were music to Buswell's ears. “Can I have that in writing?” he said. Since Buswell bought the Dolphin a year ago, he and TOWN OF ROWLEY PLANNING BOARD
On Wednesday night last week, an enthusiastic crowd of locals staged a flash mob, dancing to the song “Celebration” at the site to mark the demise of what Town Manager Neil Harrington called “an eyesore.” Now the question is what to do with the site that once had a public pool, children's rides, a sub shop and a cocktail lounge. The state Department of Conservation and Recreation, which purchased the building last fall to tear it down, has said it will replace the building with a restored dune. In the past, the state agency, charged with preserving the natural beauty of the Commonwealth, has purchased a handful of other oceanfront buildings in Salisbury Beach to open up public access to the beach and views of the ocean. Some town officials and Salisbury Beach Partnership leaders would prefer that the town be allowed to build a much-needed comfort station on the site. The current restrooms are at the Salisbury Police Department building, a long walk from the beach. “Whatever is better for the beach, I'm for,” said Dolphin Grille owner Kevin Buswell. He sympathizes with those who want to build a restroom and changing facility on the site. “I can't have 200 people every day wanting to use our restroom. But I hate saying no,” he said. He sweeps several buckets of sand daily off the floor left by beach goers using his restroom.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to MGL, Ch. 40A, §5, the Rowley Planning Board will hold a public hearing on petition of the Rowley Board of Selectmen on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at 8:00 p.m., at the Town Hall Annex, 39 Central Street, Rowley, MA. Under the current Zoning Bylaw, a Registered Marijuana Dispensary is not a permitted use in the Town. The purpose of this hearing is to provide interested parties with the opportunity to comment on a proposed Article occasioned by the new Massachusetts law that went into effect on January 1, 2013 regulating the cultivation, distribution, possession and use of marijuana for medical purposes. The article proposes to amend the Town’s Protective Zoning Bylaw by adding a new Section 8.9, TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON REGISTERED MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES, to be effective until November 30, 2014. The hearing will cover the purpose of this Article, the definition of “Medical Marijuana Treatment Center”, and the details of the Temporary Moratorium proposed for such centers while the Town engages in a planning process to address the effects of such structures and uses in the Town. The text of the proposed registered marijuana dispensary moratorium bylaw can be viewed at the Planning Board office at 39 Central Street, Rowley, MA during regular business hours or on the Zoning Review Committee page of the Rowley Town Website, at www. town.rowley.ma.us. Curtis Bryant Chairman, Rowley Planning Board
other property owners have been emailing town and state officials, asking them to rebuild the street. He said he sent so many emails, he was told it was annoying and was asked to stop. But he believes that the tearing down of the Sidewalk Cafe and the rebuilding of the street are essential to the economic vitality of Ocean Front South and that section of the beach. And revenues from the beach owners and businesses fund a majority of the town's budget. As his hobby, Buswell bought the Dolphin, his fifth restaurant. He has an office in Boston where he runs a company that cleans snow off for dozens of municipalities and the runways at Logan and O'Hare airports. But being Irish, he said he prefers to work several days a week from the Dolphin. Over the last year, he has been renovating the rundown bar with smoked-stained ceiling, worn-out carpeting and old pool tables. The Dolphin is on the south end of the street that has several boarded up, empty storefronts, an arcade and several bars. Buswell has replaced the ceiling and carpet, only to realize he now needs to put in hardwood flooring. He is painting a mural on a wall at the entrance and tearing out the old take-away counter. He has hired a chef to prepare better burgers, hot dogs and fish in a family friendly atmosphere. Now that the view of the Atlantic from the Dolphin and other businesses is unobstructed, he may add a second story. And he plans to buy new patio furniture, including high-top tables, so patrons can eat and drink while watching the ocean roll in.
LEGAL NOTICE ROWLEY CONSERVATION COMMISSION In accordance with the Town of Rowley Stormwater Management and Erosion Control Bylaw, and Wetlands Protection Bylaw, as amended, two consecutive Public Hearings will be held on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at 8:00 PM at the Town Hall Annex located at 39 Central Street, to consider a Stormwater Management Permit and Notice of Intent application filed by Artistic Landscapes LLC, for proposed construction of a 6500 sq. ft. commercial building, associated parking, proposed sewage disposal system, stormwater management area and other utilities at 111 Newburyport Turnpike (Map 14, Parcel 17) in Rowley, MA. Doug Watson, Chair Rowley Conservation Commission
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AMESBURY - The Bartlett Museum Board is meeting at the museum, 270 Main Street on Thursday, September 19th at 7:00 pm. The meeting is open to the public. The Board is in need of a secretary to take minutes at monthly meetings, a Fundraising Community Connections Coordinator and several persons to fill general open seats. Any adult who have an interest in organization, history, museums, collections, artifacts, genealogists, programs and fundraising is welcome to join us. Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm to discuss policy issues and to participate in the planning for the museum and its collections. Meetings from May to September are held at the Museum and from October to April held at the Newburyport 5 Bank Meeting room, Friend Street, Amesbury. If interested, please call Tony at 978-462-6110. Located on 270 Main Street in Amesbury the Bartlett is open Memorial Day to Labor Day, Fri-Sat-Sun 1:00-4:00 pm. This 1870 Italianate style "Ferry School" house features local history in the carriage industry, old maps, and mementos, a collection of prehistoric and Native American artifacts, memorabilia • shells and fossils, an original vintage from Colonial, Federal and Victorian periods, a Natural History Room featuring birds, schoolroom and a carriage shed. Visit us on www.bartlettmuseum.org and face book as The Bartlett Museum. -----------------------------------------------------------BYFIELD - TTS Players will be holding open auditions for ANNIE, JR. at the Byfield Community Arts Center, 7 Central St. • • Byfield. The auditions are open to all area youth ages 8-18, and will be held on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 from 6:308:30 p.m., and THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Potential cast members need to attend one audition, not both, and are asked arrive on time on the evening they choose. The show will be directed by Jack Neary. Those auditioning will read from the script and sing a brief, simple song selected from the score by the director. There is no need to prepare a song for the audition. A simple dancing step may also be a part of the audition. Rehearsals will be held Monday and Thursdays evenings from 6:30-8:30 and Saturdays from noon until 2 p.m., beginning Monday, September 9. Performances will be presented on November 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17. All auditions, rehearsals and performances will be held at the Byfield Community Arts Center Byfield, Mass., which is conveniently located 1 minute off Interstate 95 (Exit 55) just 7 minutes south of Newburyport. Visit our web site at www.tts-players.com or contact Jack Neary at 978-853-9620 or e-mail jack@jacknearyonline.com for more information. -----------------------------------------------------------GEORGETOWN - Area craftspeople are invited to sell their wares on the lawn of the Georgetown library on Sept. 28 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., in conjunction with the first day of the Friends of the Library book sale. A 10 by 10 space costs just $15. Vendors must supply their own tables and chairs. More information is available from Library Director Ruth Eifort, 978-3525278. The outdoor sale of crafts will be cancelled if it rains, but the book sale will be held rain or shine. As part of the town-wide Georgetown Days celebration, the book sale will take place on Sept. 28 from 9 to 1, Sept. 29 from 9 to 3, and a bag sale begins at 2 p.m. on Sept. 30. -----------------------------------------------------------GROVELAND - Dunn's Farmstand offers the famous Blue Seal Animal Feeds for ALL animals including cats and dogs. Blue Seal Feeds (founded in Lawrence, MA in 1868) is one of the highest regarded animal products in the industry for its nutritional content and high quality. Not found in retail stores, Dunn's Farmstand is proud to offer this line and offers expert advice too. The farmstand also offers fresh vegetables and an array of locally made fresh items. The farmstand is a virtual potpourri of New England products and serves the creamiest locally made Shaw Farm ice cream (made in Dracut, MA). It is located on 918 Salem St. (Rt 97) in Groveland (across from Hastings) They can be reached at (978) 372-5558. -----------------------------------------------------------IPSWICH - Ipswich Rotary’s 6th annual “Masquerade Ball” will be held Friday October 18 from 7:30 pm to midnight at the Turner Hill Mansion in Ipswich. The event includes dinner, dancing, a raffle and cash bar. This year’s theme is “Twilight”, and proceeds will benefit a variety of local non-profit programs. Celebrate the dress theme of Black and White and Twilight through masks, costumes, or cocktail and optional black tie attire. Tickets are $75 per person and include one raffle ticket. Space is limited, so purchase your tickets early at any Ipswich or Rowley branch of the First Ipswich Bank, Institution for Savings, or TD Bank until October 11. No tickets will be sold at the door. Age 21 and over only. For information and to purchase tickets, contact Jeff Silva at 617-548-0402. 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GERMAN NIGHT Bethany Masonic Lodge will be holding their “Theme Dinner Series” GERMAN NIGHT, Ham and bean supper the First Saturday of September (Sep. 7th) at the Masonic Hall on 31 Green Street, Newburyport, MA 01950 from 4:30 to 6 PM. Cost is 10 dollars for adults 5 dollars for kids. Dinner includes: ham, hot dogs, 3 kinds of beans, potato and egg salad, Cole slaw, macaroni salad, brown bread, rolls, drinks, desserts and an atmosphere like no other bean supper would provide. Live Smooth Jazz From Paul Rogers and Good Company from 5:15-6pm! TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE: THE MILL POND GALLERY OPENING Family educator Lisa Hutchings takes "Where the Heart is" — a new families on a wildlife adventure around collection of paintings by Julia Purinton. West Newbury’s Mill Pond. Saturday, Time & Tide at Post Road Framers, September 8, 1:00-3:30 pm. Meet at in the Rowley Marketplace, Route 1, Joppa Flats Education Center, One Rowley. Exhibition is open September 1- Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport. 30. Opening reception is September 7th, Adults $11. Children $8. Preregistration 5-7pm. Refreshments will be enjoyed! is required. Call 978-462-9998 for information about additional programs IPSWICH DRIVE-IN DOUBLE and events, or visit the Web site at www. FEATURE massaudubon.org/joppaflats. Ipswich ReCreation & Culture Proudly Presents 2013 Ipswich Drive-in MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th Double Feature Saturday, September 7th (Rain Date 9/14). Crane Beach, Town GARDEN CLUB SPEAKER Lot Gates Open 7pm. Think Turf & The Sea Spray Garden Club is starting Surf… 7:30 Field of Dreams, 9:30 The up meetings for the new season. On Perfect Storm. Suggested Donation: Mon, Sept. 9th, our speaker will be $20 Per Carload, $5 Walk-in. Car too Betsy Williams presenting "Glorious cramped? Bring your lawn chair and join Garlic and Allium". Betsy is a renowned us up front… IHS Interact will be selling Continued on page 10
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Restaurants, food vendors, and musical acts that would like to participate in this event should contact Brian Sheehy at 978.790.5707, or via email at historyball@yahoo.com, no later than Wednesday, September 4. Space is limited and offered in a first come, first served basis. For more information about the event visit http://janspitchgame.wordpress.com/, or the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/JansPitchForBreastCancerAndTheArts. For more about the Essex Base Ball Organization visit http://essexbaseball.wordpress.com/. -----------------------------------------------------------NEWBURY - Antiques Appraisal Day sponsored by The Sons and Daughters of The First Settlers of Newbury to be held on Saturday, October 5, 2013 from 10:00AM to 2:00PM. The event will be held at Protection #2 Fire Department, Firemen's Memorial Hall, 3 Morgan Ave, Newbury, Ma. The appraiser will be John McInnis from Amesbury, Ma. Up to 3 items may be appraised at the cost of $10 each or 3 for $25. 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Carol Soucy will reprise her popular basic computer classes for seniors this September at the Rowley Library, 141 Main St. on three consecutive Thursday mornings, September 12, 19 and 26 from 8:30 – 10 am. Students will learn about windows, files and folders, email and the Internet. They should be comfortable using a keyboard and mouse. Call 978-948-2850 for more information or to register. Space is limited. -----------------------------------------------------------ROWLEY - Rowley Cultural Council requests community members, schools and organizations to apply for grants that support cultural activities in the town. October 15 is the deadline for applications to be postmarked. These grants can support a variety of projects and activities including festivals, short-term artist residencies, performances in schools and libraries, workshops and lectures. Newly modified application forms and specific town guidelines are available online at www.mass-culture.org/Rowley. -----------------------------------------------------------ROWLEY - Get to know your library at our Senior Open House - Seniors are invited to a special library tour and informational brunch on Tuesday, September 24 at 10:00a.m. at the Rowley Public Library, 141 Main Street. The Council on Aging is providing brunch while we introduce you to some of the benefits of your beautiful library. Enjoy exclusive access as we answer your questions and give you the run of the library before we open to the public. No sign-up required. If you need a ride, please call the Council on Aging at 978-948-7637. 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Last week I started with a quote that I would like to repeat. The author Alan Deutschman writes, “Change or Die. What if you were given that choice? For real. What if the doctor said you had to make tough changes in the way you think and act – or your time would end soon? Could you change? Here are the scientifically studied odds: nine to one. That’s nine to one against you.” The fact of the matter is – it is difficult to change. We all suffer from time to time trying to change the way we do something. Since this is a “dental column”, I wanted to relate this quote to dental care this week. It is easy get into grooves and habits, good and bad, but living life to the fullest is really about striving to be better. Striving to be better is about constant change. Knowing that change is difficult, what is the most effective way to change? Positive coaching. Without coaching, people have a hard (if not impossible) time making significant changes in their life. When it comes to dental care, there are three types of people – those who go
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