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Music Triggers Memories By Stewart Lytle, Reporter –––––––––––––––––
By Stewart Lytle, Reporter ––––––––––––––––– NEWBURYPORT – It will take several years, but the Route 1 rotary and the area around it, including the MBTA train station, are about to undergo a major make-over. Expect to see highrise apartment buildings where there are largely under-utilized parking lots today. Route 1 itself could become a landscaped parkway with trees in the median instead of a metal Photo by Stewart Lytle The Route 1 Rotary guardrail. Sidewalks could be added near the rotary and train station to encourage walking and biking where only cars and trucks are now the norm. And the large rotary itself could be shrunk to what traffic planners call a roundabout. These changes could happen under a proposed Smart District that the state government is promoting and funding. After more than a decade of debate, the city is moving toward adopting a so-called Smart District, made up of almost 50 acres around the rotary and the train station. The Continued on page 3
REGIONAL – Nicki Derege, a senior in the public health program at the University of Massachusetts/ Lowell, was singing for A l z h e i m e r ’s patients at a Worcester nursing home operated by the Sisters of Notre Dame. When she began singing Wild Irish Rose, a woman sitting in a back pew, where the most severely i m p a i re d were, Photo by Stewart Lytle residents Nicki Derege plays for Salisbury seniors. joined in. Derege had never heard the woman’s wispy voice before. She had always sat unresponsive while the music played. But when she heard the Irish tunes, the old Irish woman remembered all the words and sang along, only to drop back into her unresponsive world once those favorites were over. Derege, an intern at the Hilton Senior Center in Salisbury this summer, believes from her own experience and from national research that music triggers memories in the brains of those afflicted by dementia and Alzheimer’s. For that reason, she is an advocate of programs for such patients that include music therapy. “No one ever says no to music,” she said. Being the product of what she calls “a snooty upbringing,” she learned as a child to play classical violin. She has since learned to play the guitar and ukulele, and she plays all three instruments and sings for the seniors who participate in the programs offered at the Hilton Center. She became interested in Alzheimer’s care when she joined in a fundraising walk in honor of a friend’s uncle who was diagnosed with Salisbury city officials, including Police Chief Thomas the disease. Continued on page 3
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Rowley Public Library Annual Vehicle Night
I am writing to thank all those who participated in Vehicle Night on August 6th in the Pine Grove School parking lot. Each year as part of our Summer Reading Program, the Rowley Public Library hosts a Vehicle Night as a way to celebrate summer and bring the entire community together. This has been a tradition going back many years. Many local agencies and businesses donate their time and their vehicles so that the children of the community can learn about them and climb in them and blow the horns. Every year it seems like the best year ever and this year it was the best year ever! After having to postpone for one week because of inclement weather, most of those who had agreed to participate were still able to join us for the evening. The weather was beautiful with nearly 200 in attendance. This year for the first time, we had the Police K9 Unit who did a wonderful presentation for the kids. This special presentation was arranged by Detective Matthew Ziev, thank you. Thanks to Sgt. Pat Silva, his K9 Charbo and Tpr. Brad Porter, his K9 Luca for their presentation. Thank you to Action Ambulance, the NRT Bus Company, Robert Murrin Construction, Rowley Fire Department, Rowley Highway Department, Rowley Lighting Department, Rowley Police Department, Rowley Ready Mix, TW Excavating, The Council on Aging Van, Merrill Service Company, The Police K9 Unit. Thanks for all the giveaways for the kids and for making and taking time out of your busy schedules and away from your families to join us. This is truly a wonderful community event and it would not be possible without the participation of these folks. Thanks too to the Friends of the Rowley Library for providing snacks for this event and for Principal Christine Kneeland for making the Pine Grove School parking lot available as a safe place for kids to explore these vehicles. Sincerely, Hermayne A. Gordon (on behalf of the Rowley Public Library Staff) Youth Services Librarian Rowley Public Library
Security Issues at Seabrook Station Dear Editor, Effective July 1, 2015, Cindy Dunn took over as Executive Director of Rowley Housing Authority. Currently Cindy also directs a much larger Danvers Housing Authority and Middleton Authority. Cindy replaces Joan C Petersen who completely a twenty-one career at Rowley. Cindy brings outstanding qualifications to the job. She is a graduate of Vermont Law School. She served in the United State Coast Guard as an information officer. Add to that her valuable experience as a practicing attorney. The consolidation is in line with former Governor Patrick’s 2014 legislative moves to upgrade operations of the Commonwealth’s vast network of housing authorities. Under the controlling Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development local authorities are promised better staffing and assistance with better maintenance. Residents are assured some say in day-to-day operations, but not a great deal. Rowley Housing state-aided facilities consist of seven buildings on Plantation Drive, each with six apartments. Facilities on Depot Way include five duplex buildings for families. Rowley Housing has no federallysubsidized apartments. Currently two end units are being upgraded to meet Federal and State Handicapped access mandates. Twenty-eight main-building kitchens were totally renovated in the spring of 2014. Fourteen end unit kitchens are badly in need of major renovations. Other improvements during Joan Petersen’s tenure included the major renovation of community hall with central air and a major upgrade of the laundry facilities. This write had only to mention to a Highway Department worker that it would be great to a the Plantation Drive Street signage replaced due to rust and in recognition of new directorship. Within a meter of days the sign was indeed replaced.
Security Issues at Seabrook Station
To the Editor, I have officially requested a letter of explanation as to why the Nuclear Regulatory (NRC) Commission does not require, or, at least, suggest that Seabrook Nuclear Plant owners, Florida Power and Light (FPL) either take down the unmanned security booth or find some money in Seabrook station’s budget to man it! Former owner, Public Service of NH thought it wise to have someone stationed at this booth. Given the NRC is supposed to protect the safety of the people by being the “so-called” watchdog instead of continuing to be the rubber stamp to the wishes of the nuclear industry. Shouldn’t the NRC do everything in their Federal power to prevent like what happened in the killing of 4 marines and a navy service man? Instead the NRC waits till extremists, wishing to make a name, decide to challenge the present irresponsible situation at Seabrook Station’s unmanned security booth. (Pictures provided for publication.) Why doesn’t the NRC at least try and prevent instead of waiting till one of Seabrook’s security guards are killed. Unbelievable, but not surprising I first brought this to the attention to the NRC and to Seabrook Station in an official compliant (attached) on November 6, 2014. The thanks I got for alerting FPL was to be notified by the Seabrook Police that I am no longer allowed or welcomed on FPL’s property for at least a year. Unfortunately, I will no longer be able to drop off WTP’s nuclear safety concerns to Seabrook’s Station educational office so their visitors can be kept informed. I have given this information and other of our troubling safety concerns including the fact there is a gag order on the MA State Police and NH National Guard so they will not be allowed or able to voice their opinion whether they believe the Seabrook Nuclear Plant’s evacuation plan can be effectively implemented during the summer months including July 4.. All of this information I have given first hand to Governors Charlie Baker and NH Governor Maggie Hassan. I have also notified and met personally with NH Speaker of the House, Shawn Jasper and his Chief of staff, Terence R. Pfaff. In addition I met with Kristy Merrill, Chief of Staff to President of the NH Senate, Chuck Morse. I have also met or contacted the staff of all the NH Senators along with many of the MA and NH House of Representatives, U.S Senators Jeanie Shaheen and Edward Markey. However, as of this date, I have yet to get an official reply to WTP’s safety concerns. The only courageous elected officials so far who have responded officially to WTP’s concerns have come from MA Senator Bruce Tarr and Rep. Bradford Hill. Both of these men have responded officially to WTP’s concerns. WTP has contacted all of the Presidential candidates but only Mr. Trump has responded to WTP. I do not agree with all of Mr. Trump’s views. However, I do agree with his statement about the press, “65% of the press are dishonest.” Except for some Community newspapers, most of the Press including Mr. Henry’s Boston Globe and Fox has turned a blind eye to WTP nuclear Safety concerns. Journalist Creed States: “Suppression of the news, for any consideration other than the welfare of society, is indefensible.” Does one have to run for President of the United States in order to get some attention on these important issues? Do not put it past me. Sincerely, Stephen B. Comley Sr. Founder of We The People a National Whistleblower Non-Profit Organization rowleylibrary.org/cookoff
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Between classes she now works at the Atrium Benchmark Senior Living Center in West Chelmsford. The memory-loss patients she works with remember her because of the music. “If I didn’t play the violin, I would be just another staff member with a name tag,” she said. Derege knows she cannot always be around to play music for her patients, so she tries to equip her memory-loss patients with iPods, programmed to play music they remember. With advances in technology, she said it is a good time to be looking for donations of iPods. Many people now use their cellular phones to hear their favorite music, rather than their iPods. When she asked a friend who was listening to music on his phone if he had an iPod that was gathering dust, Derege said he opened a desk drawer and handed her three iPods she could use for the patients. On a national scale, Music & Memory, a non-profit
organization, is trying to do much the same thing. It promotes the use of iPods for the elderly and memory-loss patients. Executive Director Dan Cohen founded Music & Memory because he was concerned that if he ended up in a nursing home, he wanted to be able to listen to his favorite 1960s music. He knew his favorite music could be delivered on an iPod. Cohen discovered 10 years ago that none of the nation’s 16,000 long-term care facilities used iPods for their residents. He volunteered at a local nursing home in the New York City area, creating personalized play lists for residents. The program was such a hit with residents, staff and families that he turned to the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation in 2008 to buy 200 iPods for residents of four New York long-term care facilities and tested the program on a larger scale. Music & Memory has grown into a national program that trains nursing home staff, other elder care professionals and family caregivers to create personalized
play lists using iPods to reconnect memory-loss patients with the world through music-triggered memories. In April 2012, a documentary about its work, Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory, was previewed at New York City’s Rubin Museum. The video, featuring Henry, one of the residents who was reawakened by listening to his Cab Calloway favorites, has now been viewed by more than 11 million people. Derege recalls one patient, who was largely unresponsive, blurting out after one song she played that it was one she had chosen for her daughter’s wedding. She had never talked to the staff about her daughter before. The music can bring back even more complex memories. One woman who suffers from memory loss has started teaching Derege swing dance routines. “She loves dancing to Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin,” she said. She is teaching her the steps to Sinatra’s In Other Words. For more information, visit www.musicandmemory.org.
Planning Board has approved a 40R “smart growth” ordinance and recommended it to the City Council. It is being considered by the Planning and Development Committee of the City Council and will probably be presented to the full council in coming weeks. According to the state’s 40R web site, “well-designed (smart) districts can create a distinctive sense of place and fulfill market demand for walkable neighborhoods, while minimizing car trips, reducing development pressure on outlying areas, and steering growth toward areas with existing infrastructure.” The 40R proposal would permit high-density apartment units near the train station. MINCO Corp. is expected to be the first to break ground on a new apartment building with a proposed 80 units called One Boston Way that would be built on an under-utilized parking lot east of the train station. At a public hearing this month, most residents expressed strong support for the Smart Growth District. Former Mayor Mary Anne Clancy, one of more than a dozen residents who spoke at the public hearing, compared the adoption of a Smart District to some of the city’s best decisions, including building the waterfront
boardwalk, the rail trails and creating the High Street bike lanes. “As we look at this measure, we have to do what is good for the city today, and what will be good for the city in the future,” she said, noting that the idea was first introduced in 2004, while she was mayor. “This has been discussed for years, and I support its passage now.” The Smart District will address several issues facing the city. It will create an estimated 540 new residences that cater to younger and older people, who are less likely to live in traditional singlefamily homes. It will produce more rental units in a city that is in need of more apartments. A key provision of the 40R program is that 25 percent of the units would be less expensive and more affordable. A few critics of the district were concerned that the higher density would strain municipal services, such as water, sewer and schools. Planning Director Andrew Port said studies show that there will be sufficient capacity for water and sewer. And he quoted school superintendent Susan Viccaro as saying the class sizes would not be adversely affected by the addition of these apartments, primarily because they will be mostly one and two-bedroom units, which do not cater to larger families.
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Change in the smart district will not come quickly, Port said. Build-out of the district would take probably a decade. And traffic studies by the Merrimack Valley Planning Council on the rotary are only in an early planning stage. Of the nearly 50 acres only about 11 acres is considered underutilized land that would be appropriate for redevelopment. Another 25 acres are substantially developed, including the district courthouse and shopping malls across upper State Street. About 10 acres are wetlands. Chapter 40R rewards cities and towns for adopting 40R zoning and streamlining the development process by providing up to $600,000 in upfront zoning incentive funds to municipalities, plus an additional $3,000 for every new housing unit created.
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Free Program! tour is limited to 14 participants; teach the Rowley Public Library no more than 4 individuals per sign- Yoga Class this summer. Buddhaful THURSDAY, AUGUST 20th up. This is a vehicle-based tour, with Souls Yoga Studio strives to create a limited stops on the refuge. Meet the safe, light-hearted environment in AN EVENING WITH THE ranger in the lobby of the Parker River which to explore the body, mind, EGRETS OF PLUM ISLAND NWR visitor center in Newburyport heart & soul. We celebrate peace, Join us for an evening birding trip no later than 9:00 am OR in the joy and friendship. Classes meet each to the Newburyport/Plum Island Great Bay NWR parking lot in Wednesday from now to August 26 area. We will begin our program by Newington, NH no later than 9:45 from 5:30 to 7 pm in the Rowley visiting a number of very productive am. (Indicate location you prefer at Library Community Room, 141 areas to observe migrating shorebirds Hudsonian godwits, time of registration.) Preregistration Main St. New students of all fitness including is required for this program, as levels are welcome any time. Classes white-rumped and stilt sandpipers, enrollment is limited. Be advised that are $10 for Friends of the Rowley semipalmated and black-bellied individual tours may be subject to Library members and $12 for others plovers, dowitchers, and many others. We will then drive onto the Parker cancellation. *Please note: Those who River National Wildlife Refuge, eat call and leave messages after hours, MOVIE NIGHT Way Back Wednesday Movie our picnic dinners, and observe the your registration is not confirmed until you receive a confirmation call Nights at Newburyport Public Library evening flight of egrets and herons. from a refuge staff member. Please call Join us on Wednesday evenings in The birds flying through a setting (978) 465-5753 to register for this July and August at 6:00pm for an sun is a spectacular sight! Thu, Aug program. Preregistration required. outrageously fun movie from the 20, 2015 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Meet For directions to the refuge, click on past! Come and enjoy the theater-like at Joppa Flats Education Center, One this link: http://www.fws.gov/refuge/ screen and sound system with fellow Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport. Great_Bay/visit/plan_your_visit.html movie buffs! Check our website at $28. Preregistration required. For www.newburyportpl.org or call 978- more information, call 978-462-9998 465-4428 to find out the way back for information about additional WEDNESDAY MORNING movie of the week. This free event programs and events, or visit the BIRDING We are in our nineteenth year of is held in the Program Room and all website at www.massaudubon.org/ Wednesday Morning Birding! These are welcome! Families are invited, but joppaflats. very popular programs provide an all children must be accompanied by ZENTANGLE excellent opportunity to explore one adults. 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www.TheTownCommon.com running events at Salisbury Beach - a 5K on Friday, 10K and Beach Mile on Saturday, and a Half-Marathon on Sunday. Don’t miss the Ford Fiesta 10K on Saturday where everyone who finishes the race is entered to win a Ford Fiesta! All you have to do to win is finish the race and be present at the Shock Top Beach Bar when we choose the winner! Seacoast Running Festival - Four beach-themed road races run near the ocean. Live music and “Shock Top� beer (at the Shock Top Beach Bar) to follow the races! Register now at www.seacoastrunningfestival.org SMART RECOVERY The First Religious Society, Unitarian Universalist, Newburyport, will be offering “Smart Recovery – Self Management for Addiction Recovery.� SMART Recovery is the leading self-empowering addiction recovery support group. Participants learn tools for addiction recovery based on the latest scientific research and participate in a world-wide community which includes free, self-empowering, science-based mutual help groups. SMART Recovery helps people recover from all types of addiction and addictive behaviors, including: drug abuse, drug addiction, substance abuse, alcohol abuse, gambling addiction, cocaine addiction, prescription drug abuse, sexual addiction, and problem addictions to other substances and activities. SMART Recovery sponsors face to face meetings and daily online meetings. In addition, there is an online message board and 24/7 chat room. The meetings are run by trained Facilitators. Meetings are held every Friday evening from 6:00pm to 7:30pm in the lower meetinghouse, classroom A of The First Religious Society, 26 Pleasant Street, Newburyport. Please contact Rob Burnham (robburnham0449@ gmail.com) or 603-501-9549 for more information or http://www. smartrecovery.org. Free and open to the public
show will begin at 8:30 pm. Weather cancellations (if necessary) will be announced by 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Please visit www.thetrustees.org for more information on Drive-In Movies and other public programs. SATURDAY, AUGUST 22nd CHOOSE A RACE See Friday, August 21st. SATURDAY MORNING BIRDING Our experienced leaders will take you to birding hot spots in the Newburyport/Plum Island area in search of avian activity. Beginners and birders of all skill levels are welcome. Sat, Aug 22, 2015; 9 am - 11:30 am. Meet at Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport. $12. No preregistration required. For more information, call 978-462-9998 for information about additional programs and events, or visit the website at www.massaudubon. org/joppaflats.
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Community Announcements AMESBURY - The City of Amesbury’s Department of Public Works is holding its Third Annual “COLLECTION EVENT” for residents to dispose of Prescription Drugs, Textiles (clean items), Shoes, OneCommunity Connections Use Disposable Bags, Empty Printer Cartridges, Cell Phones, Mercury, Styrofoam, glasses and hearing aids and will offer Paper Shredding all FREE OF CHARGE! The event will take place Saturday, September 27th from 9:00am to 12:00pm at the Department of Public Works Office Parking Lot, 39 South Hunt Road. We will also be collecting non-perishable food items for Our Neighbors Table in Amesbury. START SAVING NOW! For more information contact Laurie Pierce at the Public Works Department, 978-388-8116 or via email at laurie@amesburyma.gov. -----------------------------------------------------------NEWBURYPORT – Town Common Newspaper reporter Stewart Lytle will•conduct a reading of his new novel, Iron City Conspiracy, at Jabberwocky Books at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22. The novel propels readers onto the front pages of a daily newspaper as its editor solves the murders of a popular politician, minister and deacons of a historic Alabama church. Refreshments will be served. -----------------------------------------------------------• • ROWLEY - Rowley Book Club to meet Thursday, September 3 at 6:30 p.m. The Rowley Book Club will kick off their fall season by reading Mrs. Jack by Louise Hall Tharp, a biography of Isabella Stewart Gardner, one of the most colorful women in Boston history. She was a legend in her own lifetime, a daring trend-setter who socialized with the movers and shakers of her generation. When she died, she left us one of the most beautiful museums in the world. Read her story, then join us for a discussion on Thursday, September 3 at 6:30 p.m. The Rowley Public Library is located at 141 Main Street. For more information, call the library at 978-948-2850. -----------------------------------------------------------Get the Smile You’ve Always Wanted! SALISBURY COA - It’s that time of year again! If you have a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan or a Medicare Teeth Whitening, New Patient Special! Advantage Plan (HMO or PPO), you should receive a notice from your plan by the end of September. That Come in for your new patient exam and x-rays notice outlines changes to be made to your plan for 2016: it is important to review, understand and save this and receive free in-office bleaching ($100 value)* information! During Medicare Open Enrollment, from October 15th to December 7th, you will be able to *Valid for new patients of Sorrento Dental that visit before 12/31/12. change your plan for next year. If you would like help understanding your upcoming changes and options, call • General Dentistry • Cosmetic Dentistry the Salisbury Senior Center to schedule your appointment with a trained counselor at 978-462-2412 • Sedation Dentistry • Dental Implants • Dentures and Veneers -----------------------------------------------------------• Single-Visit Crowns (CEREC Technology) • Digital X-Rays and the Latest Technology SEACOAST - The Seacoast Newcomers Club (SNC) will host the club’s monthly Coffee, 9:30 a.m., Thursday, Schedule your appointment today! September 10, at Christ Episcopal Church, 43 Pine St. in Exeter, NH* Women of the New Hampshire, Northern Massachusetts and Southern Maine seacoast, newcomers and long-term residents alike, are invited to attend the Coffee and find out more about SNC, now in its 35th year. SNC offers the opportunity to make Cable Professional Building new friends, share common interests and enjoy a wide variety of monthly social, educational and community 130 County Road, Ipswich, MA 01938 service activities. For more information and The directions to theShore’s Coffee, contact: www.seacoastnewcomersclub. North Largest Independent Community Newspaper 978-356-0602 com. www.sorrentodental.com
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Merrimac Town Square Construction Project Nearing Completion
MERRIMAC – Police Chief Eric M. Shears is pleased to announce that the Town Square Construction Project is nearing completion, several months ahead of schedule. The finished product includes a new rotary design, water main and sidewalks that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In conjunction with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), the Town of Merrimac redesigned a portion of the downtown area to create a rotary encompassing East and West Main Streets, Church Street and School Street that rectifies several inadequacies in safety and traffic flow. Prior to the rotary, there was only one stop sign on Church Street, and vehicles were often backing out from business onto the highway. The new $6 million layout is funded entirely by MassDOT. “Our hope is that this will minimize traffic accidents and increase safety in the area,” Chief Shears said. “We ask that residents take extra precautions while driving through the rotary during the transition period.” Officials also replaced an over 100-year water main on Route 110 that improves water flow to residents and for the fire department during emergencies. The $880,000 endeavor also incorporates 13 new fire hydrants. The project includes approximately 2,500 feet of ADA compliant sidewalk. Work on the area began one year ago. DPW Director Bob Sinibaldi expects construction to be completed within two weeks, with final paving to occur in September. This puts the work six to seven months ahead of schedule. As residents adjust to the rotary, Chief Shears and Sinibaldi would like to remind drivers of the proper and safest way to travel. Operators in the rotary have the right of way. Those on Route 110 must yield to traffic. “This is a much more effective and clean design for the downtown, but we recognize there is going to be a learning curve,” Sinibaldi said. “If motorists use patience and courtesy, it should be a relatively painless process.” The Town Square Construction Project has been in the works for 12 years. During multiple public hearings and town meetings several designs were discussed. Input from residents led the town to select the rotary as opposed to adding traffic lights to the intersection. SUMMER HARVEST “Summer Harvest” is the appropriately-named theme for the August Farm-to-Table dinner at Green Meadows Farm on Saturday, August 22nd @ 5:30 PM. The five-course gourmet meal features the farm’s own organic produce, picked that day, as well as locally produced cheeses and heritage meats, masterfully presented by Chef Brendon Crocker. The August dinner includes an appetizer of bacon-wrapped scallops with warm blueberry maple syrup, Dijon Burgundy Miles Smith beef short ribs, tortilla espagnole - sliced tender potatoes layered with eggs, oil-cured olives and roasted red peppers, and lemon cake with Berry Cider Hill peach compote and more. A vegetarian and gluten-free option is available. Dinner is $60 pp. and includes a signature cocktail. Beer and wine are also available for purchase. The farmers who grew your dinner will also be your waitstaff for the evening.
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Research reported at the recent Alzheimer’s Association International Conference has some bad news for half of us ... the female half. Researchers concluded that women over age 65 have a greater chance of developing Alzheimer’s than men. There’s more: Women who have mild cognitive impairment will see cognition decline twice as fast as men with mild impairment. In clinical trials in a test that rates from 0 to 70, men declined at a rate of 1.05 points per year. For women it was 2.3 points. One possible reason: biology.
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AVG. CIR. 1/2¢........................... $55.00 16.00 Lg. 1¢.......................... 18.00 Fly. E 1¢...................... 7.00 Cop. Nic. 1¢.............. 12.00 2¢ Piece.................... 3¢ Silver I.................. 20.00 12.00 3¢ Nic....................... 20.00 Shield 5¢.................... .50 Liberty 5¢................. 40.00 Bust 1/2 10¢.............. 11.00 St. 1/2 10¢................. 23.00 Bust. 10¢................... 10.00 St. 10¢........................ 2.00 Bar. 10¢..................... 85.00 20¢ Piece.................. 75.00 Bust 25¢ Lg.............. 75.00 Bust 25¢ Sm............. 16.00 Seated 25¢................ 5.00 Bar. 25¢..................... 18.00 Stand. L. 25¢ I........... 5.00 Stand. L. 25¢ II......... 50.00 Bust 50¢.................... 30.00 Seated 50¢................ 10.00 Bar. 50¢..................... 200.00 Seated $1.................. 100.00 Trade $1...................
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the intersection of Rt. 1 and Rt 133. repaired, or replaced, carpenrepairs, Calendar Continues Please call Rocco try interior-exterior windows repaired and replaced, at Rocco’s Barber Shop at (978) 948- gutters cleaned, repaired or replaced, clean outs and clean 2555. ups of all kinds (cell) 978-376M other ’ s 4214, (home) 978-374-6187 Hours - Work in a friendly, relaxed, PORT GUTTERS - Onsmall Beverly Site Custom Fabrication & M a n u f a c t u r i n g Installation, Repairs & Cleaning company. Basic 16 Available Colors, Gutter sewing skills a plus. Screens. (978) 465-1844 Call 978 927-7031 MUSIC Wanted: Bass player for casual band that meets on Tuesday nights. Vocalist a plus. 60s, 70s, country. Contact Hazel at 978-771-2586 or cactusblues09@aol. com
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AMERICAN H O M E IMPROVEMENT CARPENTRY 20 E Main St, Georgetown, MA Repairs & Mon-Fri 8:30a-6p, Sat 10a-5p Additions. Interior/ Phone 978-352-2234 Exterior Painting. Fully Insured. 30 ye For Sale ars experience. Free Estimates. Gary’s Just Stuff – Excellent Referrals. 978-465MECHANICAL ITEMS 2283 BOUGHT / SOLD & Repaired! Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Tune ups, etc., pick-up and delivery available, professional expert, Call Gary at (978) 376-4214
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Job Vacancy Notice Production Technician Town of Rowley The Town of Rowley is seeking a part-time Production Technician to assist the PEG Access Director in producing, cablecasting and recording town board/committee meetings and other Town events/projects. Qualifications: Two years of progressively responsible experience in media arts, television/public access production or communications. Associates Degree in media arts, television/public access production or communications, or High School Diploma plus certificate in relevant field with comparable related work experience. Non-linear editing experience required. Must be available to work evening hours and on occasional weekend events. Nonunion position. Starting rate is $17.43 per hour, with sixmonth adjustment. Works approximately 15 hours per week. Resumes and applications to: Personnel Department, Town of Rowley, PO Box 275, Rowley, MA 01969 by August 24, 2015 or until position is filled. AA/EOE
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