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Mayor Takes Pride in Eight Years of Accomplishments
By Stewart Lytle, Reporter ––––––––––––––––– range from re-developing the Lower Millyard to constructing a walkway on the Powow River, was a major reason Kezer decided to run for a fifth term. He lost by three votes to newcomer Ken Gray. High on the list of projects is the Lower Photo by Stewart Lytle Millyard redevelopment. Major Thatcher Kezer looks forward to the Lower The project, which Millyard redevelopment. will see the relocation AMESBURY – Thatcher Kezer of the Department of Public will leave office next month as Works to a new, state-of-the-art mayor for the last eight years facility, will generate significant proud of what he and his team revenues for the city and turn a of elected and appointed officials blighted industrial area into one that is beautiful and will generate have accomplished. But he can't help but look a bit significant revenues for the city wistfully at several large projects and schools, the outgoing mayor that are likely to be completed said. By the middle of the new under his successor's watch. Continued on page 3 Finishing those projects, which
By Stewart Lytle, Reporter ––––––––––––––––– REGIONAL – Eric Clemenzi really gets into the holidays. “I have this attachment to Christmas, the whole spirit of the thing,” he said. For the last two years the Triton High School graduate has produced a Christmas concert in December that collects toys and raises money to buy more toys for the Marine Reserve's Toys for Tots. Last year, his standing room only concert brought in about 300 toys for Photo by Stewart Lytle needy children. Eric Clemenzi playing his custom Stambaugh 8-string This month, he acoustic guitar. . is again staging a Christmas event, but instead of Haverhill studio, completed this one, he is doing two concerts, year's album in six days. After featuring himself and his music teaching all day, Clemenzi would partner Steve Belleville, plus sit down with Belleville and record about 60 of Clemenzi's students. at least one song before heading The concerts will be held at 2 and upstairs from his basement studio 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15, at the for sleep. The result is an album Second Congregational Church of nine Christmas songs, played in Boxford. on acoustic guitars. His goal this year is to collect “If you are looking for a great 600 toys. stocking stuffer or would like But that is not all. Belleville, some new takes on Christmas who normally spends the winter music, Kangaralien has the album playing for audiences in China, for you!” says the group's web site. opted to stay home. So last August, “We have eight holiday classics, he proposed to Clemenzi that an original and a new take on the they pull together a Christmas poem, 'Twas the Night Before album for their two-man band, Christmas.” called Kangaralien. The album, Moose Cookies Most albums take at least four & Milk: An Acoustic Guitar to six months to produce. The two Christmas, includes traditional guitarists, working in Clemenzi's
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Amesbury Awarded Recycling Grant from MassDEP Mayor Thatcher Kezer announced today that the City of Amesbury has been awarded a $25,000 Sustainable Materials Recovery Program Municipal Grant for a Waste Reduction Enforcement Coordinator from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP). The grant will require the city to adopt and implement a waste reduction enforcement program that focuses on an outreach program to continue to educate the public on the benefits of recycling and how to be compliant with any waste or recycling related ordinances. In order to comply with state regulations on solid waste disposal, city officials have been educating the public about recycling and the proper disposal of certain types of materials. For example, the city has sponsored events to collect household hazardous materials so that they can be discarded appropriately. The part-time coordinator position would oversee the implementation of the program and other related activities. “This year Amesbury is saving $115,000 on a new regional solid waste and recycling contract thanks in part to our commitment to recycling and waste reduction efforts” said Mayor Thatcher Kezer. “This grant opportunity will renew that commitment with dedicated resources to those efforts and continue to educate the community about the numerous benefits of recycling.” The Sustainable Materials Recovery Program offers funding to cities, towns, regional entities, and certain non-profit organizations for recycling, composting, reuse and source reduction activities that will increase diversion of municipal solid waste and household hazardous waste from disposal. The Sustainable Materials Recovery Program was created by the Green Communities Act and is directed by MassDEP. The program directs a portion of the proceeds from the sale of Waste Energy Certificates to recycling programs approved by MassDEP.
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Town of Ipswich Issue Manganese Health Advisory for Drinking Water In October, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) sent a notice to all water suppliers in the state with information about a new health advisory for Manganese in drinking water. The DEP further contacted Ipswich with concern over two of Ipswich’s six drinking water sources, Browns Well on High Street and Fellows Road Well off Fellows Road, which have naturally occurring levels of Manganese that are of concern. In response, the Water Department conducted Manganese sampling in the distribution system. Manganese levels at one sample location approached, but did not exceed the threshold identified by DEP as being potentially harmful over a lifetime of consumption. The Water Department has been in discussions with DEP and has agreed to restrict Browns Well to emergency use only and to limit the operation of Fellows Road Well. These voluntary steps will significantly reduce the risk of exceeding the health advisory thresholds. In an effort to keep our customers informed, the Water Department is choosing to be proactive in issuing this health advisory. This is not a water quality emergency. The Water Department is actively working with DEP and has engaged the services of a consultant to review all options to restore the full use of these two well sources prior to the next peak demand season (May 2014). Manganese is currently categorized as a secondary contaminant by DEP and is sampled annually at each water source. This new information regarding the potential health impacts of Manganese will result in changes to the regulatory requirements that govern the Water Department. We will continue working with DEP to adjust our operations to ensure full compliance with new advisories and regulations as they evolve.
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year, work on Heritage Park and the Water Street realignment will be moving forward. He is also hopeful that after years of effort, the abandoned Microfab manufacturing site will become a solar power generating facility that will turn the deteriorating building and brownfield site into one that generates revenues for the city and provides cheaper electricity. And in 2015, construction on the Riverwalk will commence now that the project has gone from being $2 million over budget to $1 million under budget, he said. “I am absolutely proud of our accomplishments over the last eight years,� he said, attributing much of the city's successes to his team of department heads and staff. “Amesbury is a shining example of municipalities in Massachusetts. People outside of Amesbury are amazed at the progress we have made, of what we have accomplished in eight years.� Many of the projects have required that Amesbury coordinate with a variety of state and local agencies to gain permission or financial support. For example, to develop the potential of the Micofab site, which was
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holiday songs like Joy to the World, Silent Night and Jingle Bells. But it also include some not so traditional tunes like Snickerdoodle and Moose Cookies & Milk. Moose Cookies sells for $10. And Kangaralien is donating 20 percent of the sale to the Toys for Tots. Already the guys have raised $500, which they will take with any other sales during the next weeks to Eureka Toys in Newburyport. The specialty toy store in the Tannery has agreed to discount toys that are bought by the pair to give to Toys for Tots. Anyone who buys five or more copies of the Christmas album will be entered to win a Holiday House Concert. “We will come and play at your house even if you don't want us to,� Belleville says on the web site. To order a copy of Moose Cookies & Milk, visit BasementTapesRecords.com or Clemenzi's personal web site, www.ericclemenzi.com. Toys for Tots is probably the most successful national program
abandoned years ago, has required that Amesbury win the support of the Attorney General, the Department of Environmental Resources and Mass Development so the city can take the land for back taxes without incurring the expense of cleaning up the site environmentally. The same is true for the Lower Millyard project, which is so complex with so many different agencies involved that Kezer created a Lower Millyard Task Force to keep all the pieces of that puzzle moving. The mayor believes that he is leaving the city is good shape with a strong management team in place. He said the public works department with new facilities and advanced software could become the best in the state. Looking back at the last four terms in office, Kezer said he has no regrets on some of his major decisions that may have contributed to his not being reelected. Most of the more controversial involved residential property taxes, a primary theme for Gray and those who opposed him. Notably, he said he believes it was the right move not to use the city's cash reserves last year to lower property taxes. In exchange
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Each refuge will be closed to all other entry a loved one with diagnosed Alzheimer's session is limited to 10 participants; for the day of the hunt. Waterfowl disease or other dementias. You may no more than 4 individuals per signhunters are permitted, however, to contact Dawn Edwards at 781-720- up. Again, this is a vehicle –based park in Lot 1 for access to the refuge 9046 with any questions. tour, with limited stops on the Refuge. boat ramp and Waterfowl Hunting Advance registration is required Areas A and B. Area C will also remain GARDEN CLUB MEETING for this program, as enrollment is open for waterfowl hunting but is The next meeting of the Hampton limited. Be advised that individual Stress Free Short & Long Term Storage accessed by foot only from Stackyard Garden Club is on Wednesday, tours may be subject to cancellation. 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AMESBURY - The Market Street Baptist Church invites the public to attend the Christmas Eve Pageant & Family Candlelight Service on Tuesday, December 24th from 5:00-6:00 pm in the church on 37 Market Street, Amesbury MA. The Nativity Story is presented in pageant form along with hymns of celebration of Christ's birth and is suitable for all ages. The sanctuary is accessible by elevator. he North Shore’s Largest Independent Community Newspaper -----------------------------------------------------------AND AMESBURY - Police Chief Kevin J. Ouellet and Public Works Director Robert Desmarais remind residents A T T O R N E Y S A T L A W that the Annual Amesbury Winter Parking Ban began on Sunday, December 1st. All vehicles must be parked Arthur K. Ross, Jr. • Peter M. 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For more information on the current capital projects and the capital project plan please visit the This PDF – dated 06/10/11 – replaces all previous PDFs of this ad. Please destroy all previous PDFs of and this ad. Town Manager’s web page at, www.ipswichma.gov Questions? Call Acorn Advertising, 781-643-2928. -----------------------------------------------------------Actual ad size – 4” x 2” (Town Common ) IPSWICH - Santa will visit the Ipswich Public Library on Saturday, December 14, from 10 a.m. to noon. Due to Santa’s very busy schedule the day changed from the original date published. The Man in the Red Suit will be available for consultation or just for viewing from afar. Snacks and an easy craft will be provided in the Collins Room during this time. The library staff welcomes families and friends to come and enjoy this time together during the holiday season. It provides a calm and familiar atmosphere for some children to approach Santa – or maybe not. The monthly Drop-In Craft program with Michelle Guvendiren will be held on Thursday, December 12 from 3 to 5 p.m. Children age 8 and older may attend independently. Younger children must be accompanied by a caregiver. Sponsored by The Friends of the Ipswich Public Library all of these programs are free to the public and no registration is required. The Ipswich Public Library has an extensive collection of holiday books and videos from classic stories to the newest releases in children’s literature. In January the library The North Shore’s Largest Independent Community Newspaper will offer an after-school program for first graders that will focus on folk tales. Betsy Johnson has developed this program with emerging readers in mind. It will be held at 3:30 on Wednesday afternoons in the Collins Room of the library throughout the month of January. Registration is required. Betsy Johnson also holds Book Buddies, a book club for third graders. 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Kid’s Korner In Italy, 'Santa' Rides a Broomstick In Italy, the Feast of the Epiphany, celebrated on Jan. 6 with a national holiday, is very much like our traditional Christmas celebrations in North America. Epiphany commemorates the 12th day of Christmas when the three Wise Men arrived at the manger bearing gifts for Baby Jesus. The traditional Christmas holiday season in Italy lasts through Epiphany. Epiphany's equivalent of Father Christmas, La Befana, arrives on her broomstick during the night of Jan. 5 and fills children's stockings with sweets and toys. Like our very own Santa, La Befana will leave coal for all those naughty children! It's said she carries a broom to sweep away the old year to make room for the new. Legend has it that the night before the Wise Men arrived at the manger, they stopped at the shack of an old woman to ask directions. They invited her to come along, but she said she was busy sweeping and cleaning her house. Later that night, she saw a great light in the sky and decided to join the Wise Men bearing gifts that had belonged to her child who had died. She got lost and never found the manger. Now La Befana flies around on her broomstick each year on the 11th night, bringing gifts to children in hopes that she might find the Baby Jesus. La Befana is represented as an old lady, wearing a black shawl and covered in soot who enters houses through the chimney carrying a bag or hamper filled with her gifts. Children hang their stockings on the evening of Jan. 5 awaiting her arrival. Italians spend their day on Jan. 6 opening their doors to welcomed visitors, watching children Newspaper unwrapping their gifts and laying out tables full of cakes and traditional Italian liqueurs. (c) 2013 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Any business loves and relies on new clientele. Patients choose a dental practice ultimately because of the dentist, but the “practice” may have already made several impressions before you even get to see the dentist. You may have noted staff members’ poor attitudes on the phone, or been given wrong directions, or had to schedule an appointment at an inconvenient time, and so forth. You finally get to your first appointment. It is the moment of truth for the dentist to make a good “first impression”. A patient’s initial impression of the dentist is the strongest one. A patient doesn’t care that the dentist runs around the office all day wearing many different hats. They don’t care if the dentist just came out of a stressful procedure or is dealing with a myriad of other issues to run a business. You are there now. It is the obligation of the dentist to put everything else behind him/her and focus on the patient sitting in front of them. YOU are the most important person for that dentist at that time. Here are some things to look for. Was the first question out of the dentist’s mouth, “Mrs. Smith, what are your concerns and how do you feel I can help you?”, or was it, “Mrs. Smith, I noticed you wrote down on your forms that you have a broken tooth. Have you ever had a crown?” Asking open-ended questions to get to the point of the patient’s true desires
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Hymn to the Virgin by Benjamin Britten and O Magnum Mysterium by M. Lauridsen. As always, the concert will include a professional orchestra and soloists, and audience members will be able to join the 120 voices of NCS in singing familiar carols. Advance tickets are available online and at outlets at $22 for adults and $20 for students and seniors. Tickets at the door are $25. For more information and tickets, visit newburyportchoralsociety.org TOGETHER AT CHRISTMAS Now in its 9th year, the Main Street Congregational Church (MSCC) annual Christmas concert, “Together At Christmas” will be held Sunday, Dec. 15th at 4 p.m. at MSCC , 145 Main Street in Amesbury. The concert, directed by MSCC music director Danny Smith, will feature holiday music from Kingston NH’s “Voices of Distinction”; the Main Streets Cherub Choir, the MSCC Teen Choir, the MSCC Adult Choir and the “Glory Bells” bell choir. Attendees are invited back to the Vestry after the concert for coffee and light desserts. Tickets are available before the concert for $12 or at the door for only $15. For further information or to purchase tickets by mail or credit card, contact the Main Street Congregational Church office at 978-388-0982 or visit our website at www.main-street-church.org.
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NEWBURYPORT - The YWCA Racial Justice Committee has begun planning the 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast and is seeking area high school students who are interested in using their leadership skills to support diversity & racial justice by working on this and other events throughout the year. If you are interested, email Ellie Davis at edavis@ywcanewburyport.org. or text (508) 451-1236. -----------------------------------------------------------ROWLEY - "The Rowley Children’s Center, 383 Main Street, will be working in collaboration with the Salvation Army of Newburyport in the capacity of Official Community Toy Drop-Off Point. The Rowley Children’s Center is opening their doors to the community and accepting donations of new, unused toys. Drop-off times and days are on Tuesdays thru Fridays from 8 am to 1 pm starting December 3rd thru December 13th. Please no weapon-like toys. Lt. Meghan Brunelle of the Salvation Army will be arriving on December 17th at 11:30 am to chat with the preschoolers about the joy of giving and to collect all of the toys that have been donated. For More information please call 978-948-7929 or email therowleychildrenscenter@yahoo.com " -----------------------------------------------------------ROWLEY - Dresses For Princesses! Have an old dress hanging in your closest that you never wear? Have a dress that doesn't fit anymore? Donate it to dresses for princesses to support my girl scout gold award project! Your slightly used dresses will be collected and donated to girls in need of a dress for their special events, because every girl deserves to have a dress and look like a princess! If you would like your dresses picked up call Amanda Rotberg at 978-948-3374. You can drop off your dresses at: 3 Farnham Road, Rowley, Ma DEADLINE: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 Questions? Call Amanda at 978-948-3374, or email at les-amy@comcast.net -----------------------------------------------------------ROWLEY - Sand is available to Rowley seniors, for winter sanding, at the Town Highway Dept. on Independent St. Residents are allowed to bring up to a 5 gallon pail to obtain sand. Best time to come are between 2:30 to 3:30 weekday afternoons. -----------------------------------------------------------ROWLEY - The Program- Fund Raising Committee of the Rowley Historical Society is happy to announce that the Cookbook “RECIPES & REMEMBRANCES” is now here and on sale. It is in time for your Holiday gift giving. The Cookbook is complete with the local favorites passed down from generations of Rowley people: family, friends & neighbors. Over 225 recipes, little stories & remembrances came from Rowley and all over the country and are included. It is the third Cookbook that the Historical Society is proud to sponsor going back to the original in 1922, 1994 and today for 2014, our town’s 375th Celebration. All of our efforts have been as a fund raising endeavor to benefit the Rowley Historical Society’s 1677 Platts-Bradstreet House, its upkeep, repairs & historically correct new undertakings. To purchase your very own copy of “Recipes & Remembrances”, it is on sale for $15.00 at the Town Clerk’s office or by calling 978-948-5054. -----------------------------------------------------------ROWLEY - Back by popular demand! The Friends of the Rowley Public Library is holding its 2nd Annual Holiday Basket Raffle. Come see the beautiful baskets on display at the Rowley Public Library until December 14. The prizes are worth over $1,600. The drawing will be December 14th @ 1pm at a reception in the Library Meeting Room. You don’t need to be present to win!! Win a holiday gift or a treat for yourself!! Cra-Z-Loom, Wine Lover’s, Providence Bruins, Dr. Suess, Birding, Yoga, children’s crafts, Pine Grove PTA and many more. Last year’s most popular Beekeepers are back this time with a World Series twist. There is something for everyone. Raffle tickets are available at the Rowley Public Library at 141 Main Street, Rowley. They cost $1 each or 6 for $5. The Friends thank everyone who donated a basket. For a complete list of baskets and donors, go to the library website at rowleylibrary.org. For even more information, call the library at 978-948-2850. -----------------------------------------------------------ROWLEY - Our Times, the Rowley Senior's Newsletter is printed each month and sent to all the seniors in Rowley. If you know a senior in Rowley who is not receiving our letter, please ask them to call us at 948-7637 and submit their name and address. You can also view the newsletter online at: www.townofrowley.net -----------------------------------------------------------SALISBURY - The Salisbury Police Department wants to remind residents that the winter parking ban went into effect December 1st and lasts until April 1st. There is no on street parking from the hours of 12:00am, midnight to 6:00am and there is no on-street parking during snow storms and snow removal efforts regardless of the time. During snow emergencies temporary parking is available in the municipal parking lot at the beach in the metered section only. We look forward to your cooperation during the winter months and if you have any question please contact the Department of Public Works at 978-462-7611 or the Salisbury Police Department at 978-465-3121. -----------------------------------------------------------SALISBURY COA - Come and join our Watercolor Painting class with Bill Duke on Thursday, December 19th at noon. Paint a different scene each month with watercolor and bring home your finished painting. Everything you need to paint your picture will be supplied. No prior experience necessary. Cost $20, please call to pre-register at 978-462Come in for 2412. Weekly: Join our Mah Jongg –on Tuesdays, 11:30 no need to pre-register. Just the basics moves, practice games can take you step-byand receive step through the opening moves, middle strategies, combinations and the endgame. Players always welcome. Some experience needed, we welcome all. Join our Cribbage –on Wednesdays, 10:30 no need to preregister. Join our current players and learn to play “Cribbage” regardless of experience. ------------------------------------------------------------
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