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REGIONAL — Salisbury town officials broke ground on a long-awaited new police station last week, to the envy of other North Shore communities whose police and municipal staff continue to work in substandard facilities. Newbury residents continue to duke it out over funding for a proposed police station and municipal building. In Rowley the Board of Selectmen has authorized the Carell Group, which specializes in designing public safety buildings, to study the feasibility of the town constructing a new public safety building. In Salisbury, the new police station, designed architecturally to fit into the beach community, will be located at 175 Beach Road on six acres of town-owned land. It will replace an aging police station near the beach on Railroad Avenue, which is Photo by Stewart Lytle considered too small and technologically out of date, Breaking Ground for the Salisbury Police Station are, from left, Selectmen Henry has no handicapped access and increasingly poses a Richenburg, Freeman Condon, Town Manager Neil Harrington, Rep. Jim Kelcourse, Sen. Kathleen Continued on page 3
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AMESBURY — At 95, Geoffrey Mullis can’t see well, doesn’t hear much better and walks with the aid of a cane. But his memory of events and the people he encountered along a storied life remains exceptional. Last week, the World War II-era British Naval officer and professional tennis sponsor was honored at a Senior Center luncheon as “a hidden gem” of this community. “He has always been a gem to me,” declared Rita Mullis, his wife of 40 years. Mullis was recognized with proclamations from both houses of the legislature and the city of Amesbury for his service to the Allies during World War II. Sen. Kathleen O’Connor Ives, D-Newburyport, and Rep. Jim Kelcourse, R-Amesbury, delivered proclamations to Mullis from Beacon Hill. Mayor Ken Gray read a proclamation from City Hall. Last month France awarded him its highest honor, the Insignia of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. The medal was pinned on him by French General Consul
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Local Radio Stations Merge to Form Coastal Media Partners New Organization Offers Variety of Formats and Covers Northern Massachusetts, NH, & Maine NEWBURYPORT - Port Broadcasting, LLC of Newburyport, MA, Aruba Capital Holdings, LLC of Exeter, NH, and Garrison City Broadcasting of Dover, NH, announced today that they are merging together to form a new media company called Coastal Media Partners. The new regional enterprise will serve Northern Massachusetts, coastal New Hampshire and Southern Maine and will include the following radio stations: WNBP in Newburyport; WWSF in Sanford, ME; WXEX AM & FM in Exeter, NH; WTSN, and WBYY (The Bay) in Dover, NH. The agreement includes the radio stations and digital assets, such as live streaming and websites, of all six stations. Port Broadcasting’s Carl Strube and Pete Falconi will run the day-to-day operations of the new company, with sales teams now offering advertising across all of the combined stations, whose variety of programming appeals to a broad range of listeners. Coastal Media Partners comprises: “The Legends� 1960/1970’s Oldies format, Classic Hits format, Soft Rock/Adult Contemporary format, and News/Talk/Sports. “There is a great deal of synergy in this merger. All of the stations are very community-focused but offer different brands to attract different demographics. The overall radio signal footprint spans geographies to reach a population of just over 2 million people,� explained Port Broadcasting Owner and Operations Manager Pete Falconi. This makes Coastal Media Partners one of the largest locally owned and managed media groups in New England. Aruba Capital’s Andy Hartmann, owner of WXEX, notes that advertisers will benefit greatly. “Local businesses can target local listeners from the North Shore of Massachusetts up the coast to Portland, ME by working with one regional broadcaster that offers reasonable rates,� he said. “Consumers today want to support local - whether it is shopping, eating or listening local. Together, we serve the towns and cities where we live and work by providing news, information and entertainment, along with contributing to the regional economy.� Garrison City Broadcasting, a family-owned and operated company that owns WTSN AM 1270 news, talk and sports and WBYY FM 98.7 The Bay adult contemporary music, are part of the fabric of Southern New Hampshire. WTSN broadcasts major sports like the Bruins, Celtics and Yankees, as well as live high school events. “After 30 years of being independent radio station owners, our family is delighted to form a partnership with three radio veterans who understand the importance of providing our listeners with local programming, news and sports,� said Susan Demers Weigold, Senior Vice President, Garrison City Broadcasting, “Our niche is to keep our stations community based. We can expand on community service and provide businesses with creative advertising opportunities that reach across three states on six stations.� The merger will take place immediately. Coastal Media Partners is expected to benefit by the knowledge and expertise of the combined staff. “We look forward to working together to create tremendous local radio opportunities and programming,� said Carl Strube, Port Broadcasting General Manager and Co-Owner. Brad Murray of JBMedia provided merger advisory services to Port Broadcasting for this transaction.
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Fabien Fieschi. The consul said his country, which was liberated by the Allies, is grateful for his heroic service. “France recognizes the tremendous sacrifice and courage that went into its liberation. The history of Europe since World War II has shown us that those sacrifices were not in vain.” Mullis, a self-effacing,softspoken man with a quick wit, said he was not brave. “I just served and survived.” He dedicated his French medal to the American soldiers who fought on the beaches at Normandy. Doreen Brothers, assistant director of the Amesbury Senior Center, created the Hidden Gem award and named Mullis its first recipient. “There are so many people in our community that we think we know. Then we find out that something they have done is extraordinary. I thought I knew him (Mullis), but didn’t know what he did.” Mullis is an active member of the Amesbury Center’s Low Vision group. He thanked director Annmary Connor and Brothers for the support the group has given him.
When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, a 19-year-old Mullis gave up his plans to join a British insurance company and signed with the Royal Navy to become a pilot. He never got to fly, being one of 25 would-be pilots who failed to qualify. Last week, he recalled that of the 55 other men who qualified for the naval air corps, “I couldn’t find any of them after the war. That was the nature of the sacrifice.” Nicknamed “Lucky,” Mullis joined the surface fleet and spent much of the war chasing submarines off the east coast of England and in the Mediterranean Sea. On D-Day, he commanded a cruiser, dubbed “expendable” by a British admiral, that delivered American soldiers to Utah and Omaha beaches. The ship also fired 9,000 rounds on the Germans. “That is why I am deaf,” he said. He entertained the crowd of about 60 people at the center, some from the Lions Club that sponsored the luncheon, others from the center’s Low Vision group, and still others who were veterans, with stories about meeting Winston Churchill. Churchill, a sailor himself, liked
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threat to the health of the police officers who work there. At a cost of about $11.5 million, the new 18,000-squarefoot, two-story police station will be “a state-of-the-art building we all can be proud of,” Police Chief Tom Fowler told a crowd of state and local officials and business leaders who gathered for the groundbreaking. Freeman Condon, chair of the Board of Selectmen, said he first saw the aging police station with peeling paint and a leaking roof 23 years ago. “It was held together then by Band Aids and glue. We are still in that building, but not for long.” Town Manager Neil Harrington declared it a “happy day in Salisbury.” Condon said with the completion of the new library and the start of construction on the police station, “It is a proud time to live in Salisbury.” The new station was approved twice by the voters, first by a vote of 934 to 406 in favor of the override and then at Town Meeting. Helping Condon and Harrington break ground on the new building were state Sen. Kathleen O’Connor Ives, D-Newburyport, state Rep. Jim Kelcourse, R-Amesbury, the Board of Selectmen, most town
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someone will make an offer on a home right after the open house and it goes right under agreement right away. The seller is told by their REALTOR® that nobody else was interested because when I called or emailed everyone back (assuming they left contact info) I got no response or nobody else at the open house expressed interest to me. However, days later after it is under agreement, an attendee to the open house called to say they loved it but didn’t want me to think so as to jeopardize their bargaining position. By keeping quiet and not returning a call right away they lost out on the house. Sign up Please: Usually at an open house a signup sheet is put out to track visitors. Please sign in. If you don’t want a call or email from the realtor just say so. If you are working with another REALTOR® you can mention that as well. Be Courteous: Please remember that this isn’t your house. You are welcome to open closets, cabinets and examine the home thoroughly; however, starting a game of pool or ping pong in the game room isn’t necessary. Most homeowners (and their REALTOR® representative) will be fine with you using the bathroom (“just checking the plumbing”) or accessing a crawl space or attic, just ask for
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