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Dennis M. Howes
To The Editor June 13 - 19, 01
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AMESBURY - The Market Street Baptist Church is hosting an 4-Day Junior Church Basketball Clinic for both girls & boys ages 5-13 years on Monday - Thursday, July 16-19, 2012 from 9:00 am - 12 noon at the Cashman School Gym, 192 Lions Mouth Road, Amesbury. The program is a noncompetitive, instructional league designed to teach fundamental . complete carpentry service . Additions basketball skills and basic Bible knowledge in a fun and engaging manner. A suggested donation of $10 per child is . Kitchen and Bathroom remodeling requested to help defray expenses. Please make check payable to: MSBC/BBall. All are welcome. To register contact the . decks & Porches . renovations . drywall church office at 978-388-0930, email: msbcsec@verizon.net, mail to: 37 Market Street, Amesbury, MA 01913 or show up early on the first day. Call Direct -----------------------------------------------------------978-360-0477 licensed & insured AMESBURY - The Amesbury Cultural Council is looking for volunteers who would like to serve on the local council. Office: 978-356-5563 Our goal is to help foster and promote the cultural enjoyment and enrichment of•our citizens through local and regional arts and cultural events and programs. If interested, please contact the Amesbury Town Hall for an application or visit the town website to download a form. The Amesbury Cultural Council website has information regarding upcoming events. Information regarding the Open Studio Tour and an application is available online. The tour is on Nov. 10-11 and the • for more details. www.amesburyma.gov/index.cfm • exhibitor application deadline is Sept. 30. Please see the website The Council is also involved in the Local Cultural Council grant program and for information regarding that, please visit the Massachusetts Cultural Council website. To see a list of this year's grant recipients, click the Grant recipients tab on the Amesbury LCC page. To obtain an LCC Grant application for consideration for next year, click the Forms tab and then open the LCC Grant application link. The deadline for LCC grant applications is October 15. For additional information, SUMMER VACATION feel free to contact amesburycc@gmail.com. June 11-15, 9am to 4pm -----------------------------------------------------------June 25-29, 9am to 4pm AMESBURY On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm the Friends of the East Kingston Public Library will Reserve your seat... Sign up NOW... go online he North Shore’s Largest Independent Community Newspaper be the beneficiary of the Tuesday Night Fundraiser at Flatbread Pizza in Amesbury, MA. The Friends will receive $3.50 for www.BrightsDrivingSchool.com each large pizza and $1.75 for each small pizza ordered in or taken out during those hours. If you plan to eat in, they offer call-ahead seating to avoid a long wait! We urge everyone to make Tuesday, June 26th "Pizza Night" and help support the Contact your Advertising Friends! All proceeds will benefit the East Kingston Public Library. Consultant today! -----------------------------------------------------------AMESBURY - The Order of the Eastern Star, Friendship Chapter No.58 will be holding a yard sale at 142 Haverhill Road, P: 978-948-8696 • F: 978-948-2564 Amesbury on Saturday, June 23 from 8:00-3:00 p.m. Rain date will be Saturday, June 30. Monies earned from the sale will advertise@thetowncommon.com go to various local charities. Call Sally, 978-388-0439 for more information. -----------------------------------------------------------AMESBURY - Listed as one of the 1,000 Great Places in Massachusetts, the Whittier Home Museum, one of the “Amesbury Treasures” located at 86 Friend Street, Amesbury, MA is the home where John Greenleaf Whittier lived with his sister, mother and aunt from 1836 until his death in 1892. As a faithful Quaker, creative thinker, environmentalist and freedom lover, Whittier published inspired poetry most of his life and is famed for his poem “Snowbound,“ and especially Open 7 Days his anti-slavery activism. Visit the home and see the family furnishings, artifacts and memorabilia, along with the gift Newburyport, Salisbury, Newbury, Byfield, Plum Island, & Rowley shop’s publications of John Greenleaf Whittier’s works and his history. For over 100 years volunteers of the Whittier Home Association have been stewards of this historic house museum, maintaining the property and collections, and striving to educate others about the life, legacy and works of J.G. Whittier. The museum is open for tours on Saturdays, May 6 thru October 27from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (last tour). Special tours and groups can be accommodated by calling 978-388-1337 or 978-465-5964. Admission & tour fees: $6 Adults, $5 seniors, $3 ages 7-17years and 6 yrs and under free. Take a virtual tour and view upcoming events on our website www.whittierhome.org Our email is whittierhome@verizon.net. -----------------------------------------------------------AMESBURY - On Thursday, June 28 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm volunteers from the Market Street Baptist Church 948-8696 • www.thetowncommon.com • advertise@thetowncommon.com and the Rock Church Amesbury (previously called First United Methodist Church), both of Amesbury will be part of Amesbury Days “Kids' Fair” by running a Bouncy House and Obstacle Course inflatables, games and a new obstacle course event while offering free popcorn and sno-cones. -----------------------------------------------------------AMESBURY - The Amesbury Council on Aging is in search of volunteers to assist in several different areas. If you are interested please stop by and pick up a volunteer packet. For more information please feel free to call and speak with Jean
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