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By Stewart Lytle, Reporter ––––––––––––––––– REGIONAL – Like a growing number of homeowners in the area, Kim and Todd Klibansky have created a model for reducing their personal energy consumption and carbon footprint. The Rowley couple has installed solar panels on their home and announced by email last week that, “We are the proud and excited owners of a 2015 BMWi3, the electric car.” Photo by Stewart Lytle Kim Klibansky The Amesbury public electric vehicle described the charging station. $40,000 electric car as “awesome.” The email declared they “are thrilled that we are leaving an even smaller footprint now. We are hopeful that more people will jump on the electric car movement.” The Klibanskys work in Boston, but shop locally. The challenge they face is that the North Shore has only a handful of electric car charging stations. Their electric car is charged at home, and the BMWi3, named the Greenest Car of the Year at the Los Angeles Auto Show, has a battery replenishment system and gets 81 miles to a charge. But as the number of electric cars grows, there will be demand for more charging stations around the region. In an email to the Rowley Planning Board last week, the Klibanskys asked, “We would love you all to consider Continued on page 3

NEWBURYPORT – Don’t expect to see much change overnight, except to the city’s coffers, from the vote last week by the City Council that approved the 40R “smart zoning” measure for the largely under-utilized gateway to the city around the Route 1 Photo by Stewart Lytle rotary and MBTA Land around the MBTA station will be train station. developed. The state has promised to give the city up to $600,000 around the rotary and the train station. for approving the zoning change, which That is actually a narrow victory because is designed to “create a distinctive it required a two-thirds majority of the sense of place and fulfill market council. Voting in favor of the Smart Growth demand for walkable neighborhoods, zone were councilors Ed Cameron, while minimizing car trips, reducing Barry Connell, Jared Eigerman, Allison development pressure on outlying areas, Heartquist, Ari Herzog, Meghan Kinsey, and steering growth toward areas with Charlie Tontar and Bruce Vogel. existing infrastructure,” according to the Voting against were Council President state’s 40R web site. Tom O’Brien, Cronin and Larry The state will also contribute $3,000 to Giunta. the city for each housing unit approved. A late effort to derail the measure drew Despite these incentives, the city has about 600 signatures on a petition in received no applications from private opposition. Opponents argued that the developers to begin work on new housing proposed growth of up to about 500 units. MINCO Corp. is expected to be housing units would strain city serves. the first to apply to the city to build a City offi cials denied that claim. new mixed-use apartment building with Planning Director Andrew Port has said a proposed 80 units called One Boston there will be suffi cient capacity for water Way on what is now an under-utilized and sewer, and Mayor Donna Holaday parking lot east of the train station to. But MINCO, which did not respond to said the city has enough water for such a inquiries last week, has not applied to the rezoning. She added that other municipal concerns, including sewerage, are being planning department. The city is finalizing the application addressed. As former mayor Mary Anne Clancy form. told the council, “The city is ready” for After more than a decade of debate, this new development. the City Council voted eight to three Th e Smart District will address several last week to adopt a so-called Smart Continued on page 3 District, made up of almost 50 acres

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The newly formed Essex County Regional Lions’ Club will hold its Charter Night festivities at the Danversport Yacht Club located at 161 Elliott Street on Thursday, October 15th. If you’d like to attend the Charter Ceremony to get a glimpse of what Lionism is all about, join the Club’s approximately 30 new members and invited guests; 6p cocktails and 7p dinner. The cost for dinner is $40 per person. Reservation is required. Contact Club President, Joe Gentlemen, at WHAT: Jessica Fellowes, author, journalist, public speaker, 978-532-9326 or jakegent@yahoo.com and niece of Downton Abbey creator, Julian Fellowes, comes to Castle This is the first new Club in Lions’ District 33N in 5 years. “We’re Hill on the Crane Estate to sign her latest book The Wit and Wisdom very excited to welcome the Essex County Regional Lions’ Club to of Downton Abbey and speak about the beloved show heading into District 33N”, said PDG Joni Baptiste, “Lions Clubs’ International its sixth and fi nal season. In her talk, Ms. Fellowes explores the Foundation is the largest service organization in the world and any locations for the show in glorious, technicolour detail. From above opportunity to strengthen our network and drive our mission of stairs to below, including the village, the farm and the Dower House, bringing service to others is greatly welcomed.” Jessica looks at the key scenes that have taken place in each spot, the The new club is being sponsored by the Newburyport Lions’ Club character development and behind-the-scenes magic that created our whose president, Frank Bertolino, a 36 year member, said “our club favorite show. As Julian Fellowes’ niece, she is well placed to write and is thrilled to sponsor this new club and its goal to bring together talk about the real-life inspirations for the characters and plots, drawn community service minded people from local cities and towns to from social history and her own family. All of this extraordinary detail serve and support the needs of the community”. is captured in the forthcoming book Downton Abbey: A Celebration Club president, Joe Gentlemen, a long time Lion and Visual Aids President, is guiding the Essex County Regional Lions’ Club to be released in November. Advanced copies of her latest book will be available for sale along through its inception. Joe believes “there’s a strong demand of people with Fellowes’ A Year in the Life of Downton Abbey. interested in community service and what better opportunity to serve Th e evening begins with a book signing and abridged tours of the your community than through Lionism.” Great House at Castle Hill led by Trustees “butlers” and “maids” who Anyone interested in becoming a Lion is welcomed to attend a provide interactive, behind the scenes tour inspired by the popularity meeting and learn more about what the Lions’ Club does locally, of Downton Abbey. Tours will be followed by an illustrated nationally and internationally. Please contact Joe Gentlemen, 978presentation at 7PM and reception at 8PM. Food and drink will be 532-9326 / jakegent@yahoo.com, for the club schedule and meeting provided, compliments of Freeman’s Auctioneers and Appraisers. location. To date, meetings have been held at Supino’s on Route 1 in Period dress is welcome! Danvers. If you’ve ever wanted to be part of something great; now’s WHEN: Thursday, October 8, 2015, 6-9:30PM your time, become a Lion. WHERE: Castle Hill on the Crane Estate, 290 Argilla Road, About Lions Club International: Lions Clubs International is the Ipswich, MA world’s largest service club organization with 1.35 million members TICKETS: $75 for Trustees members, $90 for Nonmembers. in approximately 45,000 clubs in 206 countries and geographical Tickets inclusive of food and drink at the reception. Advance areas around the world. Since 1917, Lions clubs have aided the registration at http://www.thetrustees.org/downton is strongly blind and visually Largest impaired and made a strong Community commitment to Newspaper sign North Shore’s Independent recommended. preservation and community service throughout the world. For more WHAT ELSE: In addition to the evening program, Freeman’s information about Lions Clubs International, visit the Web at www. Auctioneers and Appraisers, co-sponsor of the reception, will be at lionsclubs.org Castle Hill during the day from 12PM-3PM offering a “What’s It session in Castle Hill’s Great House ballroom. Evaluations SeaSoned & Kiln dried Firewood Worth?” will be conducted by Freeman’s specialists, many of whom appear on Make sure to order as much as you need for the entire winter! PBS’s popular Antiques Road Show. Remember last year’s shortage? Areas of expertise that Freeman’s will be providing include: Fine You don’t want to run out & be left in the cold! 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putting in an electric charge station somewhere around town.” They suggested that the town could install a charging station in front of the Rowley U.S. Post Office or next door at the pharmacy. “It’s the way of the future and wouldn’t it be great to be one of the first towns that has an EV car charger?” the Klibankys wrote. “Having a charging station downtown would be saying that Rowley cares about the environment (even more than it already does).” The North Shore has several electric car charging stations, and more are coming. The closest charging station to Rowley are in Salem, Peabody, Danvers or on Plum Island. The city of Amesbury has installed an EV charging station in its city owned parking lot. The charger cost about $12,000, which Amesbury, a designated Green Community, paid for out of an energy grant

awarded by the Commonwealth’s Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. The free charger is proving to be an economic generator. Using a phone app, electric car drivers are finding and using EV chargers. While they wait for the car to charge, they shop. “We have received a handful of e-mails from non-residents who have been passing through Amesbury, used a smart phone app to find the charging station, and took their families out for a meal in Amesbury’s downtown while their EV charged,” wrote Evan Kenney, the mayor’s chief of staff. “This is exactly what we were hoping the charging station would do for our downtown business community.” Jared Eldredge of North Reading wrote recently to Mayor Ken Gray thanking him for installing the charging station. “We don’t live in your town and made the visit specifically to

charge up before heading back home to North Reading. Our visit was wonderful; a local officer helped us find a coffee shop and our son enjoyed shopping in the toy shop. I just wanted to ensure that your office is made aware that the charging station is being used and is appreciated,” Eldredge wrote. Amesbury has a second EV charger at the water plant that is used to charge the meter reader electric car, which according to Kenney has “worked out well” for the water department. The city of Newburyport is planning to install a charging station on State Street in a parking lot next to the library. It would be used primarily for city’s parking enforcement cars. The Waterfront Trust has also discussed installing a charging station for the public on the waterfront when it reconstructs its parking lot near the future Ale House.

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approved the 40R “smart growth” ordinance, which is designed to speed the approval process by the planning and zoning boards for new projects in the smart growth zone. Planning Director Andrew Port said earlier that build-out of the district would take probably a decade. “We will move slowly on development,” Holaday said. “But we have studied this for a long time, and the community is ready.”

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In order to participate, the parent or care-taker of the child must sign up for the program. Sign up dates will be held at 44 School Street, Amesbury, the office of Community Action on Tuesday, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT/CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION October 13, 20, 27 and November 3 from 5:30-7:30pm; Thursday, October 15, 22, 29 and November 5 from 5:30All Types of Property Repairs 7:30 pm and on Friday, October 16, 23 and November 6 from 8:30 am to 10:30 am. All participants must meet income criteria according to the WIC guidelines. Participants are also required to bring the following information • when signing up: 1. identification verifying their current address (utility bill, rental agreement, etc) 2. verification of income (bank statement, tax form, Listen to Kathryn’s real estate radio program every Friday at 8:05 am last 4 pay stubs, unemployment or disability information) for each family on WNBP 1450 AM / 106.1 FM. member, 3. birth certificate for each child being registered and gift requests • • and child’s clothing sizes(coat, tops and pants) and needed shoe or boot size. GENERAL CONTRACTORS L.L.C. Any questions, please call Raelene Kukene at 978-388-0626. PLEASE DO Kathryn O’Brien, M.Ed. NOT CALL COMMUNITY ACTION. Consultation to Project Completion . Carpentry . Masonry . Landscapinghome . Roofing . Basements Newbury office . Water Entry -----------------------------------------------------------AMESBURY - Tom Toohey will present Irish Migration at the Amesbury . All Phases of Construction . 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