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Students Build A Playground By Stewart Lytle, reporter –––––––––––––––––

Photo by Stewart Lytle

The playground awaits the students.

HAVERHILL — Ella Petersen, a third-grader at Hill View Montessori Charter Public School, stood last week beside a state senator, state representative, a bank president, other bankers and business leaders, school officials and a handyman to cut the ribbon on the school’s new playground. The young Petersen, one ofhosen because of an exceptional act of charity and entrepreneurship this summer. Instead of asking for gifts such as toys, books, games or clothes, Ella wanted her family and friends to donate her birthday money to help build the playground. “Playing in a playground at school every day is what I would really like for my birthday,” Ella told her parents, Michael and Kimberly Petersen. Ella’s birthday wish came true. She received more than $200 toward a new playground. And now the wish of all 306 Hill View students, who helped raise more than $30,000 by writing more than 750 letters to potential donors, is a reality. “They have done an amazing job,” Schultz said of the effort to students’ efforts to build the playground. “We live in a great community.” When the students returned to school last week, in place of the cracked asphalt former parking lot that had been their playground, they found new blue and green Miracle play equipment, a gingerbread man house, a stockade fort, complete with a 13-star American flag, a 10-foot by 10-foot sandbox, raised vegetable gardens, grass where only gravel had been and a resurfaced sports court. The play area is behind a fence with more than 200 slats that were cut into cat heads by All American Handyman Lance Blais of Groveland. Two Haverhill Hounds, donated by metal sculptor Dale Rogers, are the gateway to the playground. “It is amazing. I can’t believe it,” shouted one student as he left his mother’s car and ran through the dogs and onto the play area. Ella Petersen said her favorite new thing is the monkey bars. Schultz said the fundraising continues this fall to Continued on page 3

By Stewart Lytle, reporter ––––––––––––––––– NEWBURYPORT — The first of what Mayor Donna Holaday called “several” public hearings on the new parking garage and multiple modal facility was billed as a discussion with interested residents about its design. But even before planning director Andy Port could give the nearly 100 Photo by Stewart Lytle people who showed up a brief history of the facility, several neighbors of The site of the new garage. the site at 90 Pleasant Street were ready to fight. They complained that the likely five-level parking garage would block their views of the Merrimack River, create noise and unhealthy fumes and be a haven at night for unsavory activities. Two neighbors at 94 and 96 Pleasant Street suggested that the city should buy their homes. The mayor, criticized for not talking with the neighbors before the site was approved by the city council, said she would schedule a meeting to discuss their options. Most speakers praised the concept of the garage, saying it would improve traffic flow downtown. Project manager KyAnn Anderson with Kleinfelder stressed that no design has been agreed to. And parking garage expert Wesley Wilson, the senior project manager for Desman Associates, said “I don’t have a design in my pocket.” Wilson said the small size of the site and it L-shape present some challenges to those designing the garage. As a starting point for the architects and engineers, Wilson showed four possible options for the design of the garage Continued on page 3

Local Resident Runs for President STEPHEN COMLEY, SR. SEEKS NATION'S HIGHEST OFFICE ROWLEY - On September 11, 2015, retired farmer and business owner, Stephen Comley, Sr. announced his campaign for the 2016 GOP Presidential nomination. The formal announcement was held at the former office of We the People, Inc. of the United States across the street from Todd’s Antique Farm on 1-A in Rowley, Massachusetts. Stephen Comley, Sr. said, “It will be an honor and a privilege to serve my country. I may not be a political science major, but I have experience.” For thirty years, Mr. Comley worked with both political parties to raise awareness of the imminent dangers posed by nuclear power stations around the country. He has been a professional skeptic of the cozy relationship between the civilian nuclear industry and nuclear weapons. Mr. Comley believes a businessman, outside the political beltway, can finally exercise change and repair America. One of his main goals is to eliminate the deficit. He wants to design a flat tax. Cut and eliminate entitlement programs and the military budget in order to ensure future Continued on page 2

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Fraternalism. With five syllables and 12 letters, the word’s size matches its enormous value. And for Suzanne C. Carpentier, Georgetown, Massachusetts, a Modern Woodmen of America financial representative, this simple act of giving is the way to change communities across the nation. Carpentier joined 14 fraternal leaders at Modern Woodmen’s home office to participate in the fraternal financial services organization’s second annual Fraternal Exchange. The event, which ran from Aug. 23-25, sought ways to engage more members in fraternal programs and activities, as well as to increase the value of

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these fraternal benefits. In each of the 47 states with a Modern Woodmen regional office, representatives and volunteers plan a variety of fraternal events, from fundraisers for community needs to unique educational experiences for members. The leaders chosen to participate in the Fraternal Exchange span a range of roles within the organization and have demonstrated notable success with their fraternal efforts. Modern Woodmen’s local office is located at 33 West Main Street, Georgetown. For more information, contact Carpentier at 978-500-2523. As a tax-exempt fraternal benefit society, Modern Woodmen sells life insurance, annuity and investment* products not to benefit stockholders, but to improve the quality of life of its stakeholders – members, their families and their communities. This is accomplished through social, charitable and volunteer activities. . In 2014, Modern Woodmen and its members provided more than $19 million and nearly 437,000 volunteer hours for community projects nationwide. * Securities offered through MWA Financial Services Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Modern Woodmen of America

ROWLEY PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE In accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40A, the Rowley Protective Zoning Bylaw, and the Rowley Planning Board Rules and Regulations, the Rowley Planning Board will conduct a Public Hearing on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the Conference Room at the Town Hall Annex, 39 Central Street, Rowley, MA., relative to an application for a Site Plan Review for the construction of a twofamily multifamily residential dwelling in accordance with Section 6.2.1.1.(a) of the Rowley Protective Zoning Bylaw, which is located on a currently vacant lot on Church Street identified as Assessor’s Map 24, Lot 137-1 which is owned by Clarke Associates, LLC of 128 Central Street, Rowley, MA 01969. The subject parcel is located in the Central Zoning District. Planning Board approval of a Site Plan Review application is required for “developments creating fewer than five (5) multifamily dwelling units” on properties located within the Central Zoning District. The applications, plans, and relevant documents are on file with the Rowley Planning Board, and are available for public inspection at the Rowley Planning Board Office, Town Hall Annex, 39 Central Street, during public office hours. Chris Thornton, Chairman

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Celebrating John Greenleaf Whittier

Featuring Award-winning Storyteller, Susan Lenoe, as Harriet Beecher Stowe

The Whittier Home Association invites you to join us for our 6th Annual John Greenleaf Whittier Celebration, to be held on Saturday, September 19, 7:00 – 8:00 pm at the historic Friends Meetinghouse, 120 Friend Street, Amesbury. 2015 is the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War and this year’s celebration will be devoted to Whittier’s significant involvement and dedication to the abolitionist and anti-slavery cause. As a founding member and early agent of the American Anti-Slavery Society, Whittier wrote poetic tributes, labored as an editor, ran for public office, and later was influential in the establishment of the Liberty, Free Soil, and Republican parties. In honor of the the Civil War Sesquicentennial award-winning storyteller Susan Lenoe will portray Harriet Beecher Stowe. Similar to Whittier, Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote accessible, emotionally charged verses to promulgate her shared religious and political convictions. “Such as in Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” says Whittier’s president Chris Bryant, “the story urges readers to trust their feelings – not pronouncements from received authorities such as the church and the state – to lead them to correct moral actions.” Stowe, played by Susan Lenoe, will reminisce about her role in the abolitionist movement, her family joys and trials, and her life in Andover, Massachusetts, where she lived for 12 years. Lenoe specializes in portraying women in history. She engages the audience in her stories as she explores the forces that triggered her characters to push beyond the restrictions of their lives and to act in ways that changed the world. At last year’s Celebrating Whittier, Lenoe and Lani Peterson were enthusiastically received as the Grimke Sisters: Turning the World Upside Down. The evening will be dedicated to Jon “Ben” Pickard, Whittier scholar, greatgrand-nephew of John Greenleaf Whittier, and longtime friend and supporter of the Whittier Home. Ben Pickard passed away on Aug. 19, 2015. Major sponsors for the event include Newburyport 5 Cents Savings Bank and The Provident Bank. Celebrating Whittier tickets are $20.00, $10.00 for students. Tickets can be purchased online in advance, via PayPal at http://www.whittierhome.org or purchased at the door on the night of the event. For more info call 978-388-1337. ABOUT THE WHITTIER HOME ASSOCIATION - The mission of the Whittier Home Association is to act as steward for the preservation of the collections, structures and grounds of this John Greenleaf Whittier Home. As a nonprofit, educational organization, it strives to engage diverse audiences in the life-story of Whittier in his roles as a Quaker, writer, legislator and abolitionist. Open May 16 through October 31, Saturdays, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and by special appointment: (978) 388-1337. Visit our Website for more information, www.whittierhome.org

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generations won’t be forced to pay the present 18.5 Trillion dollar debt. “As an accounting major I know one and one equals two, not three, as Congress believes,” Comley said. “I’m a farmer and I know pork when I see it.” Mr. Comley stands with the working people. When one person doesn’t pay their taxes another person must carry that load. He believes 99.9% of abortions are avoidable. Any illegal alien with a criminal record will be sent home. He will place economic sanctions on Mexico if they don’t help protect the border. He wants to bring the army home and put them to work in America strengthening our infrastructure and protecting our borders. Mr. Comley has been outspoken about the unsafe conditions and lack of executable evacuation strategies at our nations nuclear facilities. His plan is to increase all renewable energy during his Presidency. “Clean energy is the future,” he said. For more information about his platform and future speaking engagements visit: www.StephenComleySr.com

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and Merrimack Valley Regional Transportation Authority station. The potential designs could provide between 315 and 342 spaces. That means the garage would not provide enough spaces to eliminate the parking along the riverfront, owned by the Waterfront Trust and the Newburyport Redevelopment Authority, the mayor said. The options for the garage, which could have entrances and exits on Merrimac and Titcomb streets, could be 45 to 51 feet high, although the engineers are looking at the possibility of putting some of the garage spaces below ground, which would lower the overall height. Some retail space, including a MVRTA ticket booth, might be included on the ground space. Several speakers urged that the site include street-level retail to keep the parking garage from becoming a barrier to the growth of stores along Merrimac Street. It was unclear last week how many spaces will be allocated to the New England Development for its hotel, proposed for its property across Merrimac Street. The city is currently negotiating

with NED on several issues involving the garage, including the price the Boston developer will sell the Fitness Factory site for or if the garage will be a joint public-private partnership with the city. Architect Deborah Fennick with Fennick McCredie Architecture, who was urged by speakers to “use all her skills to produce a masterpiece,” told the crowd the design would incorporate architectural elements of the surrounding historic district. She said brick would be used as at least part of the facade for the otherwise concrete building. Fennick, noting Newburyport’s Green Cities status, said she would like to incorporate solar panels on the new building. The architect also said she would like to include indoor spaces for bicycles and possibly offer a ride-share service. Councilor Ari Herzog proposed that the roof of the garage be used for gardens or a restaurant. Several speakers suggested that the city buy the “ugly” building that currently houses the Pure Bliss Bridal shop, which is adjacent to the garage site. The speakers said they hoped the

garage could then be made wider to include more parking spaces. Holaday said widening the footprint of the building would make the $7 million facility even more expensive. To build the parking garage, the brick building that now houses the Vanguard Key Club, a furniture store and once was a movie theater, would have to be demolished. That worried Leah Lynch, owner of Beautique Salon and Spa, which is adjacent to the old Fitness Factory building. She asked how the building would be demolished, but was assured by Port that no plans have been made for how the building will be torn down. The city plans to scheduled additional meetings to consider financial, land acquisition, operations and construction issues, as well as design. Also attending the meeting were MVRTA administrator Joseph Costanzo and MVRTA project operations manager Peter Canny who handles real estate issues for the bus company. The city has the full presentation on the garage-intermodal facility on its web site, www.cityofnewburyport. com.

which includes installing a rubberized surface on the sports court and purchase outdoor musical instruments, another part of the Montessori education. Rogers has donated another sculpture, which the school is raffling off at $10 per ticket. Joe Soucy, managing partner, with Modern Woodsmen Fraternal Financial, is matching the first $2000 in ticket sales. The school, which moved to 75 Foundation Avenue in the Ward Hill Business Park five years ago, had no playground because it had to use its funds to convert the old Verizon pay phone manufacturing facility into a school. State Sen. Kathleen O’Connor Ives, D-Newburyport, who helped cut the ribbon on the new playground, noted that Dr. Maria Montessori stressed the importance of movement as essential to student learning. She was joined by state Rep. Linda Dean-Campbell, Pentucket Bank president Scott Cote, Covanta Energy business manager Ken Nydam, Haverhill Chamber of Commerce president Stacey Bruzzese, officers of Haverhill Bank, other business leaders and Blais, who brought an antique popcorn machine to pop popcorn for the students. Mary Ellen Lawler with ServPro brought a large box of playground balls to the ribbon cutting. “Our students thrive in the

now that they have a playground,” Schultz said. Teachers last week agreed. Several commented that with the new playground, their students are learning better, are more productive and are calmer. Schultz and her principal Debra Diggins stood watching and listening last week as the students climbed on the equipment. “What I heard was laughter, not screaming,” said Schultz, who came to Hill View two years ago from River Valley Charter School in Newburyport. Before the equipment was installed, the students’ main activities were chasing each other, falling on the asphalt and screaming. There was little else to do and no strength or agility training that they are now getting. In addition to the money donated, including $10,000 from Pentucket Bank and $2,500 from Haverhill Bank, several companies and individuals provided in-kind services that made the playground possible. Covanta Energy, a neighbor of the school, cut the old asphalt for the new play equipment and resurfaced the sports court, which saved school thousands of dollars. Blais, whom Schultz refers to as the school’s “guardian angel,” built a whimsical playhouse that has a plastic ice cream cone as its chimney, gingerbread men as

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Just Stuff – PAINTING INTERIOR, ITEMS WANTED – Wanted by Pratt Gary’s Community Calendar Continues MECHANICAL ITEMS Coin and Hobby in Georgetown. U.S. EXTERIOR, smoke and water SOLD & damage ceilings stain killed, Coins, silver, gold, foreign world money. BOUGHT / Old pocket watches, wrist watches, Repaired! Lawn Mowers, Snow repaired, or replaced, carpencostume jewelry and post cards. Wheat Blowers, Tune ups, etc., pick-up try interior-exterior repairs, pennies, Pre-1958 - 2 1/2 cents each. and delivery available, profeswindows repaired and replaced, TYPE COINS sional expert, Call Gary at (978) gutters cleaned, repaired or AVG. CIR. AU 1/2¢........................... $55.00 $100.00 376-4214 replaced, clean outs and clean 16.00 100.00 Lg. 1¢.......................... 18.00 125.00 Fly. E 1¢...................... ups of all kinds (cell) 978-376Cop. Nic. 1¢.............. 7.00 40.00 HELP WANTED 12.00 60.00 2¢ Piece.................... 4214, (home) 978-374-6187 3¢ Silver I.................. 20.00 115.00 EXPERIENCED BARBER 12.00 45.00 3¢ Nic....................... 20.00 80.00 Shield 5¢.................... wanted at busy and friendly bar.50 35.00 Liberty 5¢................. 40.00 175.00 Bust 1/2 10¢.............. ber shop located in Rowley at 11.00 55.00 St. 1/2 10¢................. 23.00 275.00 Bust. 10¢................... the intersection of Rt. 1 and 10.00 50.00 St. 10¢........................ 2.00 40.00 Bar. 10¢..................... Rt 133. Please call Rocco at 85.00 275.00 20¢ Piece.................. Rocco’s Barber Shop at (978) 75.00 1500.00 Bust 25¢ Lg.............. 75.00 550.00 Bust 25¢ Sm............. Affordable 948-2555. 16.00 100.00 Seated 25¢................

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Bar. 25¢..................... Stand. L. 25¢ I........... Stand. L. 25¢ II......... Bust 50¢.................... Seated 50¢................ Bar. 50¢..................... Seated $1.................. Trade $1...................

5.00 18.00 5.00 50.00 30.00 10.00 200.00 100.00

135.00 130.00 55.00 250.00 135.00 275.00 650.00 230.00

STERLING SILVER

Private Mint ............ 16.00 oz. ESTES Rockets & Supplies, Plastic & Wood Models / Supplies Autos, Trucks, Planes, Ships & more PineCars & Derby Supplies X-Acto Sets, Paints & More METAL DETECTORS

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FOR RENT ROWLEY: HALF A HOUSE, 2 Bedroom/Office, 1 Bath, Quiet country location off Rt. 1A. Close to train, Rt 1, 133 & Market Basket. Appliances, W/D, Parking, Patio, No Pets. $1,800 all utilities except phone, cable, & rubbish removal. Available October. Call 978948-2708 for more info.

MUSIC BUYING RECORD ALBUMS. 33’s & 45’s. Rock, Jazz, Soul. Contact Bob at 978-304-1936 WANTED: Bass player for casual band that meets on Tuesday nights. Vocalist a plus. 60s, 70s, country. Contact Hazel at 978771-2586 or cactusblues09@ aol.com SERVICES AMERICAN HOME I M P R O V E M E N T CARPENTRY - Repairs & Additions. Interior/Exterior Painting. Fully Insured. 30 ye ars experience. Free Estimates. Excellent Referrals. 978-4652283 JOSHUA GILES PAVING - Sealcoating, Crack Filling, Patchwork, Driveways, Parking Lots. We do quality work at Good Prices! Free Estimates.

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