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Saving a Pink Icon ON THE ROAD TO PLUM ISLAND – It may have been built on the edge of the salt marsh for a questionable reason, but there is no question today that the Pink House on the Plum Island Turnpike is an icon, so popular that it has been painted, photographed and written about hundreds of times. Think Christina’s World, Andrew Wyeth’s painting in 1948, which hangs in New York City’s Museum of Modern Art, and you get the idea of why artists are so attracted to this house, painted an unusual color, standing in the middle of nowhere. Damian Turco, a local attorney, wrote recently: “How many times have you driven past that old pink house on your way out to Plum Island and wondered what it’s all about? There’s something about that house that just sets the tone as it whisks by the car. It’s kind of eerie looking. Kind of beat up by the weather over the years. It
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certainly seems like it’s in an odd place.” The three-bedrooms home with more than 2,000 square feet of space was built in 1925 as what is known in the contentious world of divorce to be “a spite house.” According to the story, a woman divorcing her husband insisted that he build her a duplicate of
their Newburyport home. The problem was her attorney did not specify where the house was to be built. The husband, complying only with the strict letter of the court order, built the house for his exwife on nine acres of dry land on the edge of the 4,700-acre marsh. Ninety one years ago, this was
desolate territory. There were no other houses nearby. Bob’s Lobster was not yet serving customers across the road. There was no airport. And the house only had salt water flowing through its pipes. Today it is owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, which bought the house in 2011 for $375,000 from a family that had lived in it for decades. The agency, whose mission is to encourage and preserve wildlife, does not see a long-term use for it. The agency would not want people living in the Pink House. It would prefer to use the 9 acres the house sits on for a viewing platform. Buses and cars that bring school children or tourists could park on the dry land and use the proposed platform to study the marsh and its wildlife up close. Sandwiched between the marsh Continued on page 3
Cemetery Commission Gets Two New Members By Stewart Lytle, Reporter –––––––––––––––––
Breath of Spring in Georgetown Page 8 Photo by Stewart Lytle Two donated benches waiting to be installed in the cemetery.
ROWLEY – Its alright to die in Rowley again. The dispute over who could dig graves that virtually shut down the town’s historic cemetery for the last month is now resolved. Last week, the Selectmen and the lone remaining cemetery commissioner Peter Dalzell voted to fill the two vacancies that occurred on the Cemetery Commission when chairman Arthur Page and clerk Bill Gaynor resigned in protest after being told they could not be paid to dig the graves. Continued on page 3
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The Selectmen chose one of their own, chairman of the Board Robert Merry, to serve on the cemetery commission. They also appointed Kathy Olmstead, the administrative assistant for the First Congregational Church, to the commission. Both will serve the remaining year of the elected term for cemetery commissioners. Merry told his fellow Selectmen he did not know why he was volunteering for this additional town position. Olmstead said she thought it would be a good way to serve the town. The Selectmen also lifted a freeze on hiring summer cemetery workers so the new commissioners could hire workers. The Board of Selectmen and Town Counsel Judy Pickett prompted the resignation of Page and Gaynor when they asserted that state law prohibits the elected commissioners from being paid to dig graves and maintain the cemetery. “Why after decades of a wellrun department, the selectmen have decided to take action on the legality of the structure of the department?” Page wrote in his resignation letter. Accusing the selectmen of “political maneuvering,” Page wrote: “They say the town could be sued for the commissioners emptying trash, mowing, etc. I would think someone could sue the Selectmen for wastefully
maintain the cemetery. Selectmen David Petersen On average, 31 new graves are said at the first meeting on the dug each year. The town charges cemetery, “There is no doubt we $500 to dig a grave. Of that, $250 are getting a good deal. No one is goes to the town’s general fund. criticizing the work you do.” Route Traffic Circle The other $250 is paid 1 into the In his letter to the Selectmen, cemetery’s revolving6fund. Page wrote: Smith Lane #5 “I have had many Currently there is about $12,000 compliments from the town’s in the cemetery’s revolving fund, citizens Seabrook, NHon how beautiful the which could be used to hire a part- cemetery has been looking.” time administrator and workers. When they were elected The town also budgets $20,000 cemetery commissioners, the old a year to pay for digging graves, cemetery had been neglected, plus $5,000 in expenses. Gaynor said last week. Retired Gaynor said private firms charge from a position with a Boston $750 to dig a grave. If the town is cemetery, he brought a career’s to get its $250 per grave, the cost worth of knowledge about of digging a grave could go up to maintaining cemeteries. He $1,000, he said. created a computer software For the commissioners to dig program for help identify the the graves at $20 an hour, it costs location of graves. And he and the town $80, Gaynor said. the other commissioners updated Gaynor questioned why the the rules governing the cemetery Selectmen chose to bring the issue operations. up in April, one of the busiest Page, echoing the sentiment of months at the cemetery as the the other commissioners, wrote, commissioners get the graves and “I didn’t even mind using my own grounds ready for Memorial Day, dump truck, gas and equipment which is the cemetery’s busiest without any reimbursement to day of the year. help out the cemetery. Instead of a It is possible that the new thank you, I was greatly taken back commissioners could hire the to find out that the Selectmen had old commissioners as part- decided to create a ‘cemetery task time workers. They resigned as force’ in order to find a reason to commissioners in early April. And break up the commissioners.” under state law, after 30 days, Founded in 1639, the cemetery they can be hired as employees behind town hall includes the this month. graves of early church ministers But Gaynor last week was and “nearly all of the original skeptical that he or Page would be settlers.”
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But gathering signatures, she believed, will demonstrate the widespread support among North Shore communities for the Pink House. It is not that Bill Peterson, who heads the wildlife refuge, hates the house or is in any hurry to tear it down. He has been meeting with the group’s leaders to explore options and has said he would like to find a “win-win” solution. The group’s leaders recently walked through the house, which the public cannot do. There are posted no trespassing signs at the chained off entrance to the driveway. “I’ve seen houses on Plum Island that are in worst shape,” Joseph said. The group’s leadership, which includes Joseph, Alison Odle and Andrew Griffith, is doing extensive research on the house and plans to meet with Peterson again this month to discuss its options.
Possible options include raising money to secure the house from further deterioration, then raising more money to refurbish it into an art center or leased out for weddings and events similar to Motif No. 1 in Rockport. The dark red shack on a Bearskin Neck wharf is considered to be America’s most painted house. One option that seems to be off the table is moving the house. The fish and wildlife service initially considered trading the house and land for comparable land elsewhere. But finding land of equal value on a highway next to the salt marsh has proved elusive. Artists also have objected to moving the house from its current location because much of the allure of the Pink House is the salt marsh around it. For more information or to get involved, visit the web site supportthepinkhouse.com or follow the group on Twitter @ SupportThePinkH.
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Each evening, sponsored by Pennies for Poverty and 155 Bridge Rd, Rte 1 am - 12:30 pm. Meet at Joppa Flats we will focus on a particular theme, by the Social Action Committee of the Salisbury, MA Education Center, One Plum Island covering such topics as bird migration, First Religious Society. They are free Turnpike, Newburyport. $17. No adaptations, taxonomy, habitat and open to the public. 978-465-1199 preregistration required. For more niches, birding strategies, and more. Now serving espresso, latte & cappuccino - Ground fresh to order! information, call 978-462-9998 for Wed, May 04, 2016; 5:30 pm - 7:30 THURSDAY, MAY 5th information about additional programs pm. Meet at Joppa Flats Education and events, or visit the website at www. Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, BIRDING WESTERN ESSEX massaudubon.org/joppaflats. Newburyport. $12. No preregistration COUNTY required. For more information, call Come with Dave to explore some NEW! 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This is a hike of about Meeting Location: Pike’s Bridge Road a mile along a dirt road, so please dress parking area on Turkey Hill Road BOOK CLUB DISCUSSION • Part-time available. comfortably and safely for walking and in West Newbury. Directions: From The Rowley Book Club is currently for the weather. This guided 2.5 hour the Scotland Road exit off I-95, take reading The Miniaturist by Jessie To arrange an interview, send your resume to: program is most appropriate for older Scotland Road heading west; then take Burton. In wealthy and religious 17th teens and adults. Binoculars and/or an immediate right onto Turkey Hill century Amsterdam, Nella, the new a camera are recommended, but not Road. Drive north on Turkey Hill young wife of a wealthy merchant, required. Each session is limited to Road about half a mile to a large, dirt hires a miniaturist to recreate her new 7 participants, so preregistration is pull off on the left [this is where the home. We have copies available at road curves right]. Pike’s Bridge Road the library, so pick one up today, then is a dirt road with a metal gate across it join us for a discussion on Thursday, which allows no vehicles to enter. May 5 at 6:30 p.m. Watch for the announcement of June’s title, a classic. WHAT IS BOOK DESIGN, The Rowley Public Library is located at ANYWAY? 141 Main Street and is fully accessible. Wednesday, May 4, 7:00 pm, For more information, call the library Newburyport Public Library. Want at 978-948-2850. to find out all about book design? Are you perhaps thinking of designing FRIDAY, MAY 6th your own book? Come and learn what it’s all about and how you can do it on FRIDAY MORNING BIRD your own - with no design experience - WALKS: FOCUS ON WARBLERS from book design expert and coauthor Get an early start on the birding Glenna Collett. All are welcome to day with local trips in the area. this free event! 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ELECTRONIC RECYCLING FUNDRAISER Groveland Pack 113 and Troop 87, Saturday May 7, 2016. 9 A.M. to 1 P.M. Perry Park (intersection of King St. & Main St.) Help keep our environment clean by recycling your electronics, while supporting the Scouts. Bring down Computer Monitors,TV’s, VCR/ DVD, etc. and we will recycle them for a small fee. For more info. contact: VOICES OF DISTINCTION Troop87groveland@gmail.com For Voices of Distinction, a community price list: www.grovelandpack113.com chorus with members from the North Shore and Southern New Hampshire, SATURDAY MORNING will perform on Friday and Saturday BIRDING evenings, May 6 and 7 at 8pm at the Our experienced leaders will Main Street Congregational Church, take you to birding hot spots in the UCC at 145 Main Street in Amesbury. Newburyport/Plum Island area in Tickets are available in advance for search of avian activity. Beginners and $15 at the Church office,(978-388- birders of all skill levels are welcome. 0982) or at the Right Cut in Kingston, Sat, May 07, 2016; 9:00 am - 11:30 NH (603-642-8428), at the door the am. Meet at Joppa Flats Education evenings of the performance, or on Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, line at www.voicesofdistinction.org for Newburyport. $12. No preregistration $20. required. For more information, call 978-462-9998 for information about SATURDAY, MAY 7th additional programs and events, or visit the website at www.massaudubon. ANNUAL MAY BREAKFAST org/joppaflats. All are invited to the Annual May Breakfast on Saturday, May 7, 8-11am, MARVELS OF MIGRATION & at the First Religious Society, 26 Pleasant BOOK READING WITH DOUG Street, Newburyport. Breakfast will be CHICKERING served in the Parish Hall, the smaller Join Doug Chickering for an evening building next to the church--follow the of birding and listen to Doug read from balloons. Enjoy a hearty breakfast of his book Reflections on a Goldenlocal eggs, ham, veggie sausages, baked winged Warbler. Light refreshments beans, hash browns, apple cinnamon will be served and copies of the book pancakes with local maple syrup, fresh will be available for purchase and for fruit salad, and baked goods, as well Doug to sign. Saturday, May 7. 5:00 as Fair Trade coffee, tea and juice. $6 pm to sunset. Meeting Location: adults, $4 children. Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Newburyport at the observation OPEN AIR FLEA MARKET deck at Parking Lot #1. Vintage View, Inc., 371 River Street Haverhill, MA will be holding VOICES OF DISTINCTION it’s monthly Open Air Flea Markets See Friday, May 6th. starting in May. Our First Flea Market of the season starts on May 7th, 8:00 AUTHOR READING until 3:00. Antiques, Mantiques and On Saturday, May 7 at 7pm, James Uniques abound. A. Moore will read from his new novel The Silent Army at Jabberwocky MORNING SUNSHINE! YOGA bookshop, located at the Tannery, 50 ON THE ROOF Water St. Newburyport. This event is Rise and shine and meet us on the free and open to the public. For more roof of the Great House for a morning information please call (978) 465-9359, stretch! We’ll combine breathing or visit www.jabberwockybookshop. techniques with breathtaking views, com and pull poses from various practices to give each muscle group a luxurious WHIP-POOR-WILL WALK lengthening workout. What a great Saturday, May 7th at 7:15 pm; way to start the day and celebrate Saturday, May 14th at 7:30 pm; Friday, spring! Saturday, May 7| 8-9:30AM May 20th at 7:30 pm; and Saturday, Members: $20.80 Nonmembers: May 28th at 7:45 pm. Have you ever $26; suggested ages 15 and older. Pre- heard a strange bird singing in the registration required www.thetrustees. background of a movie and wondered org/craneoutdooradventures Contact: what it was? You may have been hearing Dorothy Antczak email: dantczak@ the song of the whip-poor-will. Join thetrustees.org phone: 978.356.4351 Nancy Landry, refuge volunteer and x 4052 avid birder, for an evening of listening for the song of the whip-poor-will and RUMMAGE SALE other nighttime birds. Participants AUTHOR READING On Friday, May 6 at 7pm, Brian Adams will read from his new book Kaboom! at Jabberwocky Bookshop, located at the Tannery 50 Water Street, Newburyport.Thiseventisfreeandopen to the public. For more information, please call (978) 465-9359, or visit www.jabberwockybookshop.com
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MOTHER’S DAY AT THE BIRD BANDING STATION Come for an exciting visit to the Joppa Flats Bird Banding Station on the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. See Mass Audubon scientists capture, measure, weigh, examine, and release migrant songbirds. Learn about migration, habitat use, and scientific research at a real field station. The station operates only during the height of migration in spring (April and May) and fall (September and October). Children must be accompanied by an adult. Sun, May 08, 2016 9:30 am - 11:30 am. Meet at Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport. Adult $10, child $6. Preregistration required. For more information, call 978-4629998 for information about additional Community Newspaper programs and events, or visit the website at www.massaudubon.org/ joppaflats. Since 1982
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A FAIRY HOUSE TEA FOR MOTHER’S DAY Celebrate Mother’s Day with a magical tea party! We’ll start with a walk to the Pine Grove, then create special fairy houses to visit for teatime. Join in the wonder of making a tiny world with nature’s treasures, and linger for a cuppa and a snack to honor the aweinspiring marvels of Mothers! Sunday, May 8| 1-3PM Members: Adult $FREE; Child $9. Nonmembers: Adult $FREE; Child $15. Preregistration required www.thetrustees. org/craneoutdooradventures Contact: Dorothy Antczak email: dantczak@ thetrustees.org phone: 978.356.4351 x 4052 GO WILD FOR MOTHERS’ DAY! Old Town Hill, Newbury, MA – The Trustees invite you Sunday, May 8th, 1-4PM to a Wild Edibles Walk. If you and/or your Mom would
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RUMBARROCO The Cambridge Society for Early Music (CSEM’s) concert May 8 in Ipswich featuring Rumbarroco. A highly creative and unusual LatinBaroque fusion ensemble of eight performers, all virtuosos on a wide variety of instruments. TMay 8th at 4 PM at the Ascension Memorial Church, 31 County St, Ipswich. Tickets a0t the door (cash or check): $30 / $25 seniors & Salem Athenaeum Members, students free. Advance purchase by credit card: www.csem.org MONDAY, MAY 9th NEW! PRESCHOOL NATURE EXPLORERS This is a new series of hands-on nature classes for 4 and 5-year-old children (and their caregivers). Sign up for individual sessions or the entire series! Some sessions will be held at the refuge visitor center, while others will be conducted on the refuge at the parking lot 1 visitor contact station. The theme of these classes will be “spring events in nature” (e.g., plants and animals adjust to the warming weather and migrating birds return from their wintering grounds). Children will be encouraged to make observations and explore nature. Part of each session will be held outdoors, so dress appropriately (including boots). The series of classes will include making and keeping a journal and doing naturerelated crafts/projects to bring home. On these Mondays in May: 9th, 16th,
NMYO’S CONCERT FOR IPSWICH SENIOR CITIZENS The Northeast Massachusetts Youth Orchestras (NMYO) will present their Concert for Ipswich Senior Citizens on Monday, May 9, 2016 at 4:30 pm, at the First Church of Ipswich. Free Admission. The concert is the culmination of NMYO’s Youth Serving Through Music concert series and is free and open to the senior citizen community residing in Ipswich and surrounding communities. The concert will last approximately 45 minutes. The Ipswich Council on Aging van is available to transport seniors to and from the event. Ipswich seniors who are in need of transportation should contact Sheila Taylor, Ipswich Council on Aging, by calling 978-356-6650. The NMYO Concert for Ipswich Senior Citizens is free and open to the public and is sponsored in part by the Coburn Charitable Society, the Ipswich Council on Aging, and a grant from the Ipswich Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. TUESDAY, MAY 10th POCKET BIRDING FOR SPRING MIGRANTS Mass Audubon’s Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary and Nahant Thicket Wildlife Sanctuary are two Continued on page 10
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AMESBURY - Jennifer Traficanti, from the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE) will present an informational meeting on the Foster Care and adoption process at the Amesbury Public Library, 149 Main St., Amesbury, MA on Wednesday, Community Connections June 1 at 6:00. If you are interested in becoming a foster parent or adopt a child through foster care then you won’t want to miss this informative program. The month of May we will have photographs in the Amesbury Room of children that are available for adoption. We also have the MARE book in the Reference Department that is updated monthly. For more information please contact Margie at 978-388-8148 or mwalker@.mvlc.org. You can register online at www.amesburylibrary.org. Space is limited so register early. -----------------------------------------------------------GEORGETOWN - Georgetown Theatre Workshop (GTW) presents Breath of Spring • by Peter Coke. Breath of Spring, directed by Carol Young and produced by Gael Nappa and Lori Dispenza will be performed at the Perley School on 51 North Street, Georgetown, MA on May 13th, 14th, 15th, 20th, and 21st. Shows begin at 7:30 p.m. except for the May 15th show, which is a matinee beginning at 2:00 p.m. When Dame Beatrice is given a mink stole by her maid, she is reminded of the maid’s shady past and immediately suspects that it was stolen from the next flat. A•former army officer and other•lodgers endeavor to return the stole. The plan is devised with care and all of them take such delight in the secretive scheme that they wonder why they don’t do this more often. They form a syndicate for stealing and returning furs. Everything goes well until a loss is reported and the police come charging in. The maid is horrified to discover what has been going on behind her back, but agrees to employ her talents to bail the amateurs out of trouble if they agree to never touch another fur. Tickets are $12.00. Seniors and Students may purchase a ticket at a discounted rate of $7.00. Tickets may be purchased at the door or by logging in to www.georgetowntheatreworkshop. org. Credit cards now accepted. Patrons can call Sue Clohecy at 978-352-6367 to reserve tickets. -----------------------------------------------------------IPSWICH - ICAM is pleased to announce it will be hosting the 7th Annual Candidates Forum for Board of Selectmen electoral candidates. The Forum will be broadcast live on Monday, May 9th from the ICAM Studio, and will be played on Comcast Ch 9 and Verizon Ch 33. A recording of the broadcast will also play on the following dates: Tuesday, May 10 at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, May 12 at 7:00 p.m. Friday, May 13 at 7:00 a.m. The forum will be hosted by Tom Murphy, Ipswich Town Moderator. This is a Question / Answer style forum as opposed to a debate. Each candidate will be asked the same 4 questions and given 2 minutes to supply their answer. Each candidate will also be given two minutes to introduce themselves and 2 minutes to provide closing remarks. The candidates for Board of Selectmen in alphabetical order are Bill Craft, Bill George, Phil Goguen and Ed Rauscher. More cablecast times and dates will be added to the ICAM schedule between May 11th and Election Day, May 17th. Check the Chronicle or the ICAM Website www.icamipswich.com for updates and additions. -----------------------------------------------------------IPSWICH - The Ipswich Museum is looking for volunteers to work as tour guides, greeters and in the museum store. Our summer tour season begins on May 28, 2016. Tours include the Whipple, Heard and Knight Houses. Training Sessions are during the first 3 weeks of May. Come meet new friends and share Ipswich’s rich history with visitors from far and near. 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Each member of the Merrimack Valley Skating Club coaching staff is a credentialed professional who has successfully completed a comprehensive background screening process through the National Center for Safety Initiatives. Visit www.grafrink.com for registration forms and detailed information regarding this program. Please contact Nikki in the front office at 978-462-8112 or nikki@grafrink.com with any questions. -----------------------------------------------------------NEWBURYPORT - Join a refuge ranger for a behind the scenes tour of Parker River National Wildlife Refuge. Tour will be conducted via refuge van, with several brief “drive by” stops along the way. The tour will present an “up close and personal” look at the refuge through the multiple lenses of the cultural history of Plum Island and the Great Marsh, native wildlife and their habitats, and the role of refuge management in the conservation of these precious natural resources. Held on the following days: Saturday, May 7th at 9:30 am; Sunday, May 8th at 1:00 pm; Saturday, May 14th at 9:30 am; Sunday, May 15th at 1:00 pm; and Sunday, May 22nd at 1:00 pm. Participants may be driven along areas on the refuge otherwise closed to the public. This guided two hour program is most appropriate for older teens and adults. Binoculars and/or a camera are recommended, but not required. Meet the ranger in the lobby of the refuge visitor center 15 minutes prior to the program start time. Each session is limited to 14 participants; no more than 4 individuals per sign-up. Again, this is a vehicle – based tour, with limited stops on the refuge. Advance registration is required for this program, as enrollment is limited. Be advised that individual tours may be subject to cancellation. *Please note: Those who call and leave messages after hours, your registration is not confirmed until you receive a confirmation call from a refuge staff member. 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is the ancestor of all the brands we use today. But there’s evidence that another form of toothbrush dates up to 5000 years ago. So the history of the toothbrush proves that this version was one of the oldest tools used by man, only truly outdated by the wheel. This style of toothbrush, crafted from sticks, was found inside Egyptian pyramids. Unlike the Chinese version, the end of the stick was flayed, softening the wood fibers. The user then rubbed the stick against his teeth. However, this version wasn’t as popular as the Chinese type -- it didn’t catch on. The Chinese version spread to Europe, where the Siberian wild boar took the brunt of its growing popularity. The only downside to the hairs of the Siberian wild boar was the fact that they were very rough on the gums. So some people began to use the hairs found on the backs of horses instead, as this was much easier on their gums. Despite the softness of the horse hair bristles, boar hairs were more popular. The boar hair toothbrush continued to be used until the early 1900s. In 1937, Wallace H. Carothers, a DuPont chemist, created nylon. This invention forever changed the history of the toothbrush, as well as every other device that required a fibrous material, including ropes. In 1938, nylon became
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