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The Holidays Are Special at the Firehouse 

By Stewart Lytle, Reporter 

It's Beginning to Look 

A Lot Like Christmas 

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Photo by Stewart Lytle 

The Firehouse Center for the Arts undergoing renovations. 

Photo by Peter McClelland 

The Newburyport High School girls soccer team poses after winning the Division 3 

North title over North Reading on Saturday (November 12th). 

NEWBURYPORT – The Christmas season is special at 

the Firehouse Center for the Arts, maybe even more this 

year as the historic, city-owned theatre celebrates its 25th 

anniversary and faces significant changes in the new year. 

Productions this season include the traditional, such as 

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol by the Joppa Dancers 

and the Nutcracker by the Methuen Ballet Ensemble, the 

popular Holiday Sing Along and the off-beat, A Nutcracker 

Panto! presented by Theater in the Open. 

“The coming year will be both an exciting and a 

challenging one for the Firehouse Center of the Arts,” 

wrote Louis Rubenfeld, president of the Firehouse board. 

The Firehouse in 2017 will hire a new executive director, 

welcome a new restaurant partner and complete the 

renovations that are already under way, he wrote. 

The non-profit Firehouse has raised about $500,000 

towards its goal of $900,000 to pay for extensive 

renovations. 

For its seventh year, the Methuen Ballet Ensemble will open the holiday season, performing the iconic Nutcracker with 

elaborate visual effects and custom-designed costumes, a giant growing Christmas tree and a snowfall. Performances will be at 3 

p.m. on Friday, Nov. 26, 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 27, and 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 28. A gala reception will be held at 6 p.m. 

on Saturday. 

Under the artistic direction of Vanessa Voter Shaheen, the ballet company has performed The Nutcracker for more than 

25 years. The ensemble includes professionals and students who are training at the Voter’s School of Dance and from the 

North Shore Performing Arts Center. Dancers are from cities and towns throughout the North Shore 

Division 3 North Winners 

Trimming the tree on Market Square 

Pink House Auction 

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ON THE ROAD 

TO PLUM ISLAND 

– The pink house on 

the edge of the great salt 

marsh may have been 

built in spite to punish 

a wife, who divorced her 

Newburyport husband. 

But saving it from being 

torn down has become 

a community cause with 

hundreds of supporters 

willing to contribute and 

work toward preserving it 

for future generations. 

Many of those 

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supporters came last week 

to PITA Hall on Plum 

Island to admire and 

purchase their favorite 

photograph or painting of 

the house. It was the first 

auction ever held for the 

pink house. 

“The house was packed 

tonight at PITA Hall for 

the Support the Pink 

House Holiday Art Show 

and Auction,” wrote event 

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To the Editor of The Town Common, 

Rowley voters turned out in very large numbers for special town 

meeting on Monday, November 14th to overwhelmingly approve 

appropriating $450,000 for a town preservation restriction on 

29 acres of Mehaffey property on Newbury Road one of the few 

remaining working Business farms Rowley. Essex Spotlight 

County Greenbelt had 

conducted a major promotional campaign with appearances at three 

Selectmen’s meetings, direct mail, an organized farm visit for the 

public, and a special informational meeting. The Mehaffey family 

and loyal neighbors, Real along with Estate • 

many others who For did not Sale 

For 

Sale 

know they 

Mehaffeys, packed the Pine Grove all-purpose room. The number 

of folding chairs set out was only have of what was needed as voters 

marched in well past Sports the scheduled • starting Sports time of 7:30. • Sports More chairs 

were pulled from the racks and set up all the way to the back wall. 

Benches were filled as well. It became abundantly clear to me that 

the opponents were in for a very rough time. And Moderator Joan 

Petersen would miss Pets, her goal of Animals, having everyone out Plus the door by 

9pm. 

Selectmen David Petersen reiterated comments he made at board 

meetings, citing the 

Health 

town’s multi-million 

& Fitness 

dollar debt for recent open 

space acquisions, most notably Bradstreet Farm and the 200-plis acre 

Dodge Reservation, (now leased to YMCA North Shore for one-dollar 

a year). Community Preservation Funds were used to help make these 

purchases, as well as others before. 

Too, he previously stated that Rowley has other ways to spend 

money: storm water management and enforcement and current 

renovations at the Town Hall Annex. There are two major projects in 

the planning stage – a public safety complex on Haverhill Street and 

major upgrades and renovations at Pine Grove. 

I had written a letter to the daily paper questioning the purchase 

method and the efficacy of Greenbelt. I suggested that an Agricultural 

Preservation Restriction, using all state money was the best way to go. 

Over 17,000 Massachusetts acres are protected under that program 

which now requires somewhat larger acreages, according to the 

Rowley administrator’s office. And besides the Commonwealth has 

budget problems. 

My guess was that many Mehaffey supporters that that if the town 

had “that kind of money,” then the town’s likely net contribution of 

$100,000, after anticipated reimbursements and proceeds from fund 

raising, was “peanuts”. 

As a former Newbury farmer with my family, of over 200 acres, 

with over 50 acres of cropland, pristine woods, a red maple swamp, 

and a fresh meadow with wild cranberry’s, all under an Agricultural 

Preservation Restriction with the Commonwealth since 1996, I was 

glad to change my opinion at the very last minute and vote for the 

Mehaffeys. 

Signed, 

Henry F Rolfe, Rowley Resident 

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Amesbury Friends of the Library 

Seeks Donations for Book Shop 

AMESBURY - Doing some fall cleaning? 

Perhaps you have books to donate to the 

Friends of the Amesbury Public Library Book 

Shop. If so, please read the following guidelines. 

The Book Shop will gladly accept hardcover 

and paperback books for adults, teens and 

children, both fiction and nonfiction; DVD 

films; music CDs; audio books on CD, and 

puzzles and games, but they must be in clean, 

dry and gently used condition. 

Please bring all donations into the APL 

during regular library hours. Do not leave 

donations outside the building and do not 

place donations in the library book drop. Quantity of donations per day is 

limited to two cardboard boxes (no larger than copy paper boxes) or four 

grocery bags. If you have a larger donation, please call the APL circulation 

desk ahead of time at 978-388-8148 to make sure that a volunteer is available 

to assess and receive your donation. 

Friends volunteers and/or APL staff will decline donations that do not meet 

guidelines. APL staff are unavailable to help off load donations and Friends 

volunteers are often unable to carry heavy items. Please bring a helper if you 

will need one. 

All donations require volunteer time to sort and library space to shelve and 

store, both of which are always in short supply. You can help us by discarding 

or recycling items that we do not accept as described below before bringing 

your donations to the Book Shop. 

The Bookshop cannot accept books in the following condition: wet, moldy, 

mildewed, musty or water damaged (previously wet); dirty or soiled; cigarette 

odor; or damaged (broken spines, excessively highlighted, torn or missing 

pages). The following items, for whatever reason, do not sell in the Bookshop 

and cannot be accepted: encyclopedias, textbooks, Reader’s Digest condensed 

books, VHS tapes, audio books on tape, vinyl records (LPs), music cassettes, 

and homemade copies of any media. Condition matters. If you would not 

give it to a friend, please don’t donate it to The Friends. 

FAQs: 

What happens to the items I donate? Depending on the quality of donated 

items, they will be sold in the Friends Book Shop, put into the general 

collection of the APL, donated to local non-profits or recycled. 

How much can I claim as a charitable donation? The Friends cannot assign 

value to your donation. A receipt designating the number of hardcovers and 

paperbacks donated can be provided upon request. 


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Holiday Shopping 

Extravaganza 

at the First Congregational 

Church of Rowley 

Dec. 3rd from 9 to 2 

Vendors and Crafters will have 

everything you need 

to finish your holiday shopping. 

The Grange will have light 

refreshments for purchase.

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and New Hampshire. Any student 

who auditions for a part in the 

performance is guaranteed a role. 

For more information 

on the ensemble, visit 

methuenballetensemble.com. 

Tickets are $26 for the Saturday 

evening show and gala; $24 for the 

matinees. 

The following weekend, Dec. 

2 through 4, the Joppa Dance 

Company, directed by Fontaine 

Dubus, Jen Steeves, Cheryl Fisher 

and Pam Smith, will perform A 

Christmas Carol. 

The production, performed by 

dancers from grades four through 

12, interweaves the traditional story 

with original choreography to tell the 

tale of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge 

and the three spirits who visit him 

on Christmas Eve. The cast includes 

Damon Jespersen as Jacob Marley, 

Edward Speck and Cailin McFarland 

as Scrooge's nephew and niece, 

Kevin Thomas and Yori Thomas as 

the Cratchets, Karen Lundt as the 

Ghost of Christmas Present, Jenn 

Grinnings and Lester Grinnings 

as the Fezzywigs, Cole Steeves as 

young Scrooge, and Peter Berkrot as 

Scrooge. 

Performances are at 8 p.m., Dec. 

2; at 2 and 8 p.m. Dec. 3, and 2 p.m. 

on Dec. 4. 

For more information, visit www. 


make this happen in just seven weeks. 

All the volunteers, the artists, the 

local merchants and vendors from 

Marblehead to Danvers to Rowley 

to Amesbury. Everyone has been so 

supportive and enthusiastic. We have 

a wonderful community!” 

The Pink House has been given a 

stay of destruction by the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, which owns the 

house. The delay, approved by Bill 

Peterson, who heads the Parker River 

Wildlife Refuge, will give supporters, 

including several state officials, more 

time to work out a permanent solution 

that could allow the house to stay in 

place on the marsh or be moved to 

another site. 

Sandwiched between the marsh 

and the turnpike makes the nine acres 

of dry land the house sits on more 

valuable to the federal government 

than the house itself. The wildlife 

refuge would prefer to use the land 

for a viewing platform. Buses and cars 

that bring school children or tourists 

could park there and use the proposed 

platform to study the marsh and its 

wildlife. 

The auction to save the house 

featured 30 paintings and photos 

from local artists that were bid on by 

supporters. There were also a dozen 

raffle prizes. Artists also sold smaller 

art pieces and cards. And supporters 

danceplacenbpt.com/joppa.html. 

At 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10, 

limber up your vocal chords and join 

friends and family members in the 

Holiday Sing Along. 

Leading the singing will be Terry 

Blanchard, known as the favorite elf, 

and the youth choir of the Immaculate 

Conception Church, directed by 

Donna Postle and accompanied by 

John Metrano on piano. 

Blanchard will once again read ‘Twas 

the Night Before Christmas wearing 

his stocking cap, knit exclusively for 

this annual presentation by the North 

Pole’s very talented Mrs. Elf. 

After the singing, parents can take 

photos of their children with Santa 

Claus in the lobby. A treat will be 

provided for each child as part of the 

$5 ticket price. 

Join in the off-beat holiday fun with 

Theater in the Open’s presentation of 

A Nutcracker Panto!. 

For performances spread over two 

weekends panto and ballet collide in 

a mix of sugar plums and pies-in-theface, 

dance and comedy, fairies and 

snowballs as the Theater in the Open 

performs a take-off on the traditional 

Nutcracker. 

Edward Speck and Joshua Shack 

return to direct the holiday panto, 

modifying Tchaikovsky’s classic 

holiday tale to do what panto does 

best: make a favorite old story new 

again. 

Pink House Auction 

could purchase Pink House T-shirts, 

bumper stickers and a new a Pink 

House key chain, created for the event 

by Bella Beads Studio. 

The artists, who ranged from 

professional artists and photographers 

to high school students, donated a 

portion of their sales to support the 

house. 

“We didn’t know what to expect 

when we started planning this event,” 

said co-chair Gillian Sickler. “We are 

really happy with the interest and the 

turnout.” 

Joseph, an Amesbury writer, said the 

event kept the momentum going and 

continues to build support for saving 

the Pink House. “It is becoming a 

huge community project.” 

She said the group has been working 

closely with state Sen. Bruce Tarr, R- 

Gloucester, and other state and federal 

officials to come up with a permanent 

solution for the house. “We have a lot 

of irons in the fire,” Joseph said. 

A good sign, she said, is that the 

Fish and Wildlife Service recently 

removed vines from the house that 

were causing rot and winterized it to 

prevent any further damage. 

The three-bedroom home with 

more than 2,000 square feet of 

space was built in 1925 as part of a 

settlement in a contentious divorce. 

According to the story, a woman 

divorcing her husband insisted that 

A panto, or pantomime, is 

a musical-comedy, performed 

throughout the United Kingdom, 

often during the holiday season. 

Panto is playful, inventive family 

entertainment that begins with a 

familiar story or fairy tale, then takes 

off from there. Part of the fun with 

panto is the audience participation. 

It takes only a few minutes to realize 

that the actors are having as much 

fun as the audience. 

For 37 seasons, Theater in the 

Open has been transforming the 

magical tradition of storytelling into 

theater that is open and accessible to 

all. Using puppetry, pageantry, music, 

movement and acting, it presents 

and explores myths, classic literature, 

original scripts and modern dramas 

that reflect the diversity of cultures 

around us. 

The performances will be held Dec. 

9 through 11 and 16 through 18. 

Evening performances will be held at 

7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights 

and matinees on Saturday, Dec. 10, 

Sunday, Dec. 11 and Saturday, Dec. 

17. 

Tickets are $16 for adults; $14 for 

members, seniors and students. 

For more information about 

Theater in the Open, visit www. 

theaterintheopen.org. 

To buy tickets for any performance, 

call the Box Office at 978-462-7336 

or visit online at www.firehouse.org. 

he build her a duplicate of their 

Newburyport home. Unfortunately it 

was not specified where the house was 

to be built. 

The husband, complying with the 

strict letter of the court order, built 

what is called a “a spite house” on the 

edge of the 4,700-acre marsh. Ninety 

one years ago the area was desolate. 

The house had no water, and there 

were no other houses nearby. 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 

Parker River National Wildlife 

Refuge bought the house in 2011 for 

$375,000 from a family that had lived 

in it for decades. 

The auction attracted almost 20 

businesses, including Newburyport 

Brewing Co., Mill River Winery, 

Market Basket, Amesbury Industrial 

Supply and Tendercrop Farm. Also 

supporting the cause was the Central 

Congregational Church, Beach Coma, 

Beach Plum Interiors, Beach Plum 

Too Florists, Cakes for All Occasions, 

Chococoa Baking Co., the Cottage, 

Dancing Goats Dairy. Newburyport 

Framers, NBPTART, Stoneham 

Theater and Pam Older Designs. John 

Travano provided the music. 

To learn more and join in the 

discussion, log into Facebook.com/ 

groups/SavePinkHouseDiscussion. 

Or visit the web site 

supportthepinkhouse.com and on 

Twitter @SupportThePinkH. 

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HAPPY 

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DOG PARTY 

Join Appleton Farms on Green 

with your best bud! Choose to 

get outside on Friday, November 

25th from 10am-12 noon and 

join us at the Appleton Grass 

Rides for a dog party. Meet the 

dogs of Appleton’s long history 

through a dog quest through the 

beautiful Grass Rides. Meet back 

up at the parking area for people 

and dog refreshments, a quick 

photo shoot of your pup with 

Lauren Mac Petography, and 

free nail trimming, compliments 

of Paws With Inn! The first 50 

dogs to complete the quest get 

a special gift! Appleton Farms 

Grass Rides, Highland Street, 

Hamilton. Friday, November 

25, 10am – 12pm. This is a free 

event. No registration is necessary. 

Please keep your dog leashed and 

make sure they are up to date on 

Rabies vaccinations. Please check 

our website for more information 

at www.thetrustees.org or call the 

farm at 978.356.5728 x 4126. 

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 

26th 

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, Nov 26, 

2016; 9:00 am - 11:30 am. Meet 

at Joppa Flats Education Center, 

One Plum Island Turnpike, 

Newburyport. $12. No 

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BEHIND THE SCENES 

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RIVER NWR 

Held on the following days: 

Friday, November 18th @ 9:30 

am, Sunday, November20th @ 

1:00 pm, Saturday, November 

26th @ 9:30 am; and Sunday, 

November 27th @ 1:00 pm - 

Join a refuge ranger for a behind 

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multiple lenses of the cultural 

history of Plum Island and the 

Great Marsh, native wildlife 

and their habitats, and the role 

of refuge management in the 

conservation of these precious 

natural resources. Participants 

may be driven along areas on 

the refuge otherwise closed to 

the public. This guided two hour 

program is most appropriate 

for older teens and adults. 

Binoculars and/or a camera are 

recommended, but not required. 

Meet the ranger in the lobby 

of the refuge visitor center 15 

minutes prior to the program 

start time. Each session is limited 

to 14 participants; no more than 

4 individuals per sign-up. Again, 

this is a vehicle – based tour, 

with limited stops on the Refuge. 

Advance registration is required 

for this program, as enrollment 

is limited. Be advised that 

individual tours may be subject to 

cancellation. *Please note: Those 

who call and leave messages after 

hours, your registration is not 

confirmed until you receive a 

confirmation call from a Refuge 

staff member. Please call (978) 

465-5753; to register for this 

program. 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27th 

BIRDING FROM NAHANT 

TO EAST BOSTON 

Late November provides 

an opportunity to enjoy the 

remaining fall migrants as well 

as wintering species. On this 

trip, we will explore hot spots in 

the northern section of Boston 

Harbor, starting in Nahant, 

which offers a good concentration 

of sea ducks, loons, grebes, and 

winter shorebirds such as purple 

sandpipers. Wintering and late 

migrant passerines are possible 

in the thickets. Revere and 

Winthrop provide numerous 

locations for great views of large 

numbers of ducks, grebes, loons, 

and gulls, with possible sightings 

of black-headed and mew gulls, 

king eiders, Barrow’s goldeneyes, 

and late or overwintering 

shorebirds. Finally, Belle Isle 

Marsh in East Boston is a great 

spot to see ducks, northern 

harriers, and hearty sparrows and 

other passerines that brave fall’s 

blustery weather. Sun, Nov 27, 

2016 9:00 am - 4:00 pm. Meet at 

the beach parking lot on the left 

at the end of the causeway to the 

first island (Little Nahant). $55. 

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AMESBURY - The holidays are fast approaching and who doesn’t like cookies? Assuage your sweet tooth guilt 

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GROVELAND - The Langley-Adams Library is officially certified again! Every patron of the Merrimack Valley 

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IPSWICH - In celebration of the holidays, the Crane Estate will host a children’s Christmas party with 

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IPSWICH - Ascension Memorial Church, 31 County Street, Ipswich is having a Christmas Bazaar on 

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NEWBURYPORT - The Greater Newburyport Chamber of Commerce and Industry is pleased to present an 

array of holiday events this coming season. On Sunday, November 27 the Chamber and the Rotary Club of 

Newburyport are happy to announce the event that officially kicks off the holiday season – the annual Santa 

Parade and Tree Lighting. See the community calendar for details. The annual Chamber Invitation Nights 

will be held Fridays, December 2, 9 and 16 from 6 – 9 PM. Enjoy merchant hospitality while shopping and 

dining around downtown Newburyport and the Tannery Marketplace. Invitation Nights are being sponsored 

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by Smith Motor Sales of Haverhill. The Annual Chamber Santa’s Workshop will be held on Saturdays and 

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NEWBURYPORT - Parker River National Wildlife Refuge has released details about its 2016/17 Nature and 

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now thru Wednesday, February 15th, 2017. This year’s two themed categories are “Plum Island Nature and 

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categories – adult and youth (under age 18). A panel of judges – comprised of refuge staff and experienced 

photographers – will select this year’s contest winners. The winners will be announced during the refuge’s 

annual Conservation Film Festival (March 3-5, 2017). Hunt’s Photo, a contest co-sponsor, will once again 

provide the prizes for winners in the various contest categories. The winning contest entries will be placed 

on exhibit in the refuge visitor center for the next year. Contest participants may submit up to two prints. 

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prints must be presented in a white matte. A complete list of contest 

guidelines is available through the refuge’s main home page: https:// 

www.fws.gov/refuge/parker_river/. All contest entries will be on public 

display in the refuge visitor center during the week leading up to and 

during the Conservation Film Festival. The fifth annual photo contest 

is sponsored by the refuge, the Photographic Society of Parker River 

NWR, and Hunt’s Photo. 

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ROWLEY – The Rowley Grange will close it’s Supper season on 

November 30th, with a Chowder Fest at the Hall, consisting of Clam 

Chowder, Fish Chowder and Minestrone Soup and a super dessert. This 

will be served at 5 and 6 and continued until 7:00. The funds are used 

for keeping the hall and grounds repaired as well as other Community 

Projects. Our grange is a non-profit Organization and we help support 

things in the Community. We are proud of what we have helping 

our Town with, in the last 122 years – 1894 to 2016. Our home and 

community service has helped the Town with a new library, council on 

aging, doctor and dentist, and many other services, raising over $12,000 

worth of green stamps from all over the country to buy a fire truck 

many years ago. Our hall recently, has a new septic system installed, 

and a new chair lift, tom make it easier for people to get upstairs to 

the meeting hall. Our program director is Helen Dobbins and she has 

presented many good programs in the many years she has been Lecturer. 

Rowley Grange has given many scholarships over the years to our young 

members. These awards are from the goodness of the late Sarah Wallis 

Peabody Scholarship Program. We at the Grange are proud of the work 

we have done for many town projects, and the strives we have made in 

the last 50 years. We truly need people to help so we a can continue 

helping others. We thank the Chickadee farm for their donations from 

their garden this summer. Also their generous time in keeping our lawns 

cut and other yard work they have done. It is great that many people have 


donated time to keep the Grange alive. With our Master, Ann Prest, we 

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ROWLEY – “We need a little Christmas” musical performance Saturday, 

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pianist Joe Reid return to perform beloved holiday songs. Many of our 

favorites were written or co-written by Jewish songwriters. We’ll hear 

hits like “Silver Bells,” “White Christmas,” and “Winter Wonderland” 

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REFUGE TOUR OF PARKER 

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Held on the following days: 

Friday, November 18th @ 9:30 

am, Sunday, November20th @ 

1:00 pm, Saturday, November 

26th @ 9:30 am; and Sunday, 

November 27th @ 1:00 pm - 

Join a refuge ranger for a behind 

the scenes tour of Parker River 

National Wildlife Refuge. Tour 

will be conducted via refuge 

van, with several brief “drive by” 

stops along the way. The tour will 

present an “up close and personal” 

look at the refuge through the 

multiple lenses of the cultural 

history of Plum Island and the 

Great Marsh, native wildlife 

and their habitats, and the role 

of refuge management in the 

conservation of these precious 

natural resources. Participants 

may be driven along areas on 

the refuge otherwise closed to 

the public. This guided two hour 

program is most appropriate 

for older teens and adults. 

Binoculars and/or a camera are 

recommended, but not required. 

Meet the ranger in the lobby 

of the refuge visitor center 15 

minutes prior to the program 

start time. Each session is limited 

to 14 participants; no more than 

4 individuals per sign-up. Again, 

this is a vehicle – based tour, 

with limited stops on the Refuge. 

Advance registration is required 

for this program, as enrollment 

is limited. Be advised that 

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cancellation. *Please note: Those 

who call and leave messages after 

hours, your registration is not 

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NEWBURYPORT SANTA 

PARADE AND TREE 

LIGHTING 

On Sunday, November 27 the 

Chamber and the Rotary Club 

of Newburyport are happy to 

announce the event that officially 

kicks off the holiday season – the 

annual Santa Parade and Tree 

Lighting. Santa and Mrs. Claus 

will arrive by Coast Guard boat at 

the boardwalk, near the Harbor 

Master office at approximately 

3:45 PM and will then proceed 

up through Market Square, up 

State Street, down Pleasant, and 

then down to Green back to 

Market Square. The tree lighting 

will take place at approximately 

4:00 PM. The Newburyport and 

Triton High School bands will 

help Santa get in the spirit along 

the way. Mayor Holaday will 

help light the tree as well as lead 

the crowds in some singing and 

WNBP will broadcast live from 

the event as well. 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28th 

GENEOLGY CLUB 

Amesbury Public Library 

Genealogy Club will meet on 

Monday, November 28 at 5:30. 

Lena Salina holds a one hour 

introductory session that teaches 

people the basics of preservation. 

Between the presentation, the 

handouts, and access to their 

website, participants should be 

able to go home and start to take 

steps that will ensure the longest 

life for their materials. For 

more information please contact 

Margie Walker at mwalker@ 

amesburylibrary.org or www. 

amesburylibrary.org Registration 

is required. 

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Monday November 28, 6-8 

pm. Holiday Greeting Card Craft 

- This week we’re crafting Holiday 

Greeting Cards! Participants will 

be able to choose from several 

designs in this guided craft, 

and will leave with a selection 

of finished cards. *Class size is 

limited to 12 participants. Call 

the library to register or register 

online. Location: Topsfield Room 

(2nd Floor) 

TTL MAHJONGG CLUB 

Monday November 28, 6:30- 

8 pm. TTL Mahjongg Club 

- Do you like Mahjongg? Are 

you interested in learning to 

play Mahjongg? This age old 

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younger people - come join the 

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November 28 @ 8:00 pm 

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29th 

AMESBURY PUBLIC 

LIBRARY POETRY SERIES 

CONTINUES WITH 

FEATURED POET MAGGIE 

DIETZ 

WEDNESDAY MORNING 

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BIRDING 

The poetry series and open mic These very popular programs 

SHARE THE GIFT OF READING 

at the Amesbury Public Library provide an excellent opportunity 

continues on Tuesday, November 

29th at 6 PM. November’s feature 

is award-winning poet and UMass 

Lowell professor, Maggie Dietz. 

to explore one of the most 

productive birding areas in the 

country. To date, we have seen 

over 320 species of birds on these 

Maggie Dietz is the author of the Wednesday field trips. Wed, 

poetry collections That Kind of 

Happy and Perennial Fall, which 

won New Hampshire’s Jane 

Kenyon Award for Outstanding 

Book of Poetry. For many 

years she directed the national 

Favorite Poem Project, and is 

coeditor, with Robert Pinsky, 

of three anthologies related to 

the project: Americans’ Favorite 

Poems, Poems to Read and An 

Invitation to Poetry. Her poems 

appear widely in journals such as 

Ploughshares, The Threepenny 

Review, Agni, and Salmagundi. 

Her awards include the Grolier 

Poetry Prize, the George Bennett 

Fellowship at Phillips Exeter 

Academy, and fellowships from 

the New Hampshire State 

Council on the Arts and the Fine 

Arts Center in Provincetown, 

Massachusetts. She teaches in the 

creative writing concentration at 

the University of Massachusetts 

At this special time of year, we are thankful for your 

business and continued support in the community. 

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours. 

Pauline White and John McCarthy 

ROWLEY REALTY 

165 Main St., P.O. Box 101, Rowley, MA 01969 

Lowell. The library hosts a 

monthly poetry series with an 

open mic. Each month there 

is a featured poet followed by a 

discussion, an open mic and light 

refreshments. Lainie Senechal, 

Amesbury Poet Laureate, hosts 

this event. This will be our last 

event of 2016. We will resume in 

January of 2017. 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 

30th 

Recycle This Newspaper 

Nov 30, 2016 9:30 am - 12:30 

pm. Meet in Gloucester at the 

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traffic circle on Route 128. $17. 

No preregistration required. 

For more information, call 

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Free event! We at the 

Georgetown Peabody Library 

are holding our own version 

of the Human Books event, 

based on the Human Library. 

“Books” are people who have 

volunteered to share their stories 

while challenging stereotypes. 

Instead of reading books, 

people come to ask questions 

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discussion may relate to: mental 

illness, family makeup or religion 

etc. Wednesday Nov. 30th 

6:30pm – 7:30pm. Georgetown 

Peabody Library, 2 Maple Street, 

Georgetown. No registration 

is required. Drop in any time 

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And, we don’t exercise enough. 

These five poor choices, manifested 

in scores of ailments, consume 

the vast majority of the nation’s 

healthcare budget. The article is 

an outpouring of concern from 

healthcare experts and doctors, all 

looking for a way to change the 

behavior of people who love their 

lifestyle so much that they literally 

die from it. 

In a Johns Hopkins study a while 

back, 9 of 10 heart surgery patients 

chose to return to their unhealthy 

lifestyle, rather than make the 

changes needed to live longer. Only 

a few are convinced by their doctors 

to make radical daily changes. One 

of the more successful doctors with 

this is Dr. Dean Ornish, founder of 

the Preventive Medicine Research 

Institute. He says NO to meat, 

fatty dairy products, alcohol and 

oil. His vegetarian diet is low-fat, 

high-maintenance and strict. And, 

it has been shown to reverse heart 

disease and other factors in patients 

who were destined for quadruple 

bypasses - or worse, eternal sleep. 

When 90% of patients are back 

to their old tricks within weeks of 

open-heart surgery, his program is 

the one making a difference. How 

does he do it? Well, it’s easy, really. 

Dr. Ornish coaches his patients 

to make changes strictly for the 

benefit of making them. Instead 

of telling them they must change 

or face death, he encourages them 

to change so that they can enjoy 

the endless beauty of living. With 

dedicated support, three-quarters 

of his patients are still going strong 

Senior Scene 

temporary employment, perhaps 

with an agency, to make more 

money. 

* Create alternate income 

streams. If you’ve always wanted a 

small side-business that produces 

income, this might be the time to 

create one. 

* Cut your costs. This is always 

easier said than done, but cutting 

costs will keep more dollars in 

your savings. Consider selling 

a vehicle you don’t absolutely 

need, pocketing the money and 

saving on the cost of insurance 

and maintenance. Another idea, 

keeping a tally for one month of 

every dime you spend. At the end 

of the month, review how many 

times you went out for dinner, how 

much you spent on incidentals or 

three years into their drastic lifestyle 

shift. I’m sure it is deeply gratifying 

to know that it only takes words 

said a certain way to make a true 

change in someone’s life. 

Why is it so difficult to get 

people to change? Well, it depends. 

You have to be sick and tired of 

being sick and tired, usually, before 

you’ll make the leap and let go of 

whatever the resistance is to change. 

For many, doing more preventively 

never happens. We wait for chest 

pain to strike or a toothache to 

occur before seeking help to solve 

our crisis problem. Then we hope, 

and many times expect, that our 

problem can be solved easily and 

not too much will have to change to 

prevent it from happening again. 

Dr. Ornish would tell you the 

change must be profound. He 

would tell you you’ll never have 

another cheeseburger again. Your 

hygienist would say you need 

to follow a new strict homecare 

routine, radically different than 

what you currently do. Making 

changes like these has to mean 

more to you than the change itself. 

You must be invested in improving 

the quality of life. 

Dr. St. Clair maintains a private 

dental practice in Rowley and 

Newburyport dedicated to healthcentered 

family dentistry. If there 

are certain topics you would like to 

see written about or questions you 

have please email them to him at 

jpstclair@stclairdmd.com. You can 

view all previously written columns 

at www.jpeterstclairdentistry.com/ 

blog. 

How Not to Run Out of Retirement Money 

One big fear of many seniors is 

that they will run out of retirement 

money. 

Chuck Price, president of 

Price Financial Group Wealth 

Management Inc., has some ideas 

about how to stretch out the 

money we do have. 

* Keep working. Even if it’s a 

part-time job, perhaps in your own 

career or in a new one, every dollar 

you earn is one dollar you don’t 

have to take out of your retirement 

savings. Consider signing up for 

entertainment. Decide where you 

can cut back. If your grocery bills 

are high, look at ways to cut those 

costs. 

* Think about the financial 

help you give others. If you 

regularly give money to children 

and grandchildren or to charity, 

this might be the time to stop 

and reconsider whether you can 

continue to do that. If your own 

financial survival is at stake, saving 

your money is more important. 

Chuck Price is the author of 

“Investing Simplified: What You 

Don’t Know Can Hurt You.” Look 

for more advice on his website 

www.pfgwm.com. 

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TOWN OF ROWLEY PLANNING BOARD 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 

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, December 7, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in 

Meeting Room #5 in the downstairs of the Town Hall Annex building 

located at 39 Central Street, Rowley, MA, pertaining to Special Permit/Site 

Plan Review modification to construct a new light industrial 

building and parking area towards the rear portion of parcel located 

at 428 Newburyport Turnpike, also designated as Assessor Map 18, 

Lot 3-1. The Applicant/Owner is Four Twenty Newburyport Turnpike, 

LLC, 420 Newburyport Turnpike, Rowley, MA 01969 represented by 

Meridian Associates, 500 Cummings Center, Suite 5950, Beverly, MA. 

The property is located in the Business/Light Industrial (BLI) Zoning 

District. 

The application, 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. 

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Rules and Regulations, the Rowley Planning Board will conduct a Public 

Hearing on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at 7:50 p.m. in Meeting 

Room #5 in the downstairs of the Town Hall Annex building located at 

39 Central Street, Rowley, MA, for a Special Permit/Site Plan Review 

pertaining to Multifamily Dwellings within an Open Space Residential 

Development (OSRD) pursuant to Section 4.4 and Sections 6.2, 6.3, 

and 6.4 of the Rowley Protective Zoning Bylaw, on property consisting 

of 10.15 acres located at 42 Newbury Road, also designated as Assessor 

Map 5, Lot 40. The Applicant/Owner is Sara J. Sullivan and John E. 

Sullivan Jr., 42 Newbury Road, Rowley, MA 01969, who are represented 

by Williams and Sparages, Engineers, Planners, and Surveyors. 

The property is located in the Outlying District (OD) Zoning District. 

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Rules and Regulations, the Rowley Planning Board will conduct a Public 

Hearing on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at 8:20 p.m. in Meeting 

Room #5 in the downstairs of the Town Hall Annex building located at 

39 Central Street, Rowley, MA, pertaining to Special Permit/Site Plan 

Review application for outdoor illumination of an existing freestanding 

sign pursuant to Section 8.6.5 (Standards Pertaining to Illuminated 

Signs) of the Rowley Protective Zoning Bylaw. 

Ed Juarlewicz of United Sign Company has submitted the application 

on behalf of the property owner/applicant, Gateway II Trust of 1997, 

of 239 Western Avenue, Essex, MA 01929. The subject property is 

located at 414 Haverhill Street (on the south side of Haverhill Street 

adjacent to 406 Haverhill Street) and is further identified as Assessors’ 

Map 14, Lot 34-1. The site is located in the Business Light Industry 

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range of jazz and classical musicians. Will McMillan has performed as a featured vocalist at venues such as 

Scullers Jazz Club, Sanders Theatre, and the John F. Kennedy Library and has released four CDs. The Rowley 

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ROWLEY - This year Let’s all take another 100 year plus leap back in time, and come for a memorable visit 

to the 1677 Platts-Bradstreet House, 233 Main St., in Rowley – always completely decorated for the Holiday 

Season in all its Historical Splendor. It will be Open to the public the weekend of: Saturday & Sunday; 

December 3rd & 4th, 2016, from 1:00- 4:00 p.m. each day. *We will be featuring our wonderful 17th 

Century Historical House decorated in traditional holiday style with our own “1677 Platts-Bradstreet House” 

collections as accents throughout the house & barn. We will also feature a selection from our Board Members 

collections of “A Few Of Our Favorite Things” as the song goes…. Each of the rooms plus the 1776 Barn will 

have its own unique decorations commemorating this very special Season. *The Society again this year looks 

forward to hosting the 2nd Grade classes from the Pine Grove School. They will be experiencing a guided tour 

of our 1677 Platts- Bradstreet House and our 1776 Historical Barn on the Monday before the Open House. 

Each year the children bring a selection of their own handmade ornaments to decorate our huge 1776 Barn 

Christmas Tree & then enjoy a tasty snack for all their efforts. It is such a thrill for the Historical Society to 

share our many Historical Treasures with the school children of Rowley. *We are looking forward to one very 

spectacular season and we are looking forward to our tradition of…visiting with all of you! 

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ROWLEY - 5th ANNUAL HOLIDAY BASKET RAFFLE!! The Friends of the Rowley Public Library is 

holding its 5th ANNUAL HOLIDAY BASKET RAFFLE. Come see the beautiful baskets on display at the 

Rowley Public Library. Enter to win one (or more) for yourself or a friend. There are over $1,000 in prizes. 

More baskets are still coming in. The drawing will be December 17th @ 1pm in the Library Meeting Room. 

You don’t need to be present to win!! Golf, Art Supplies, Spy Kids, Fitness, Legos, Local Honey, Yoga, the 

Gift Card Tree and many more. Raffle tickets are available at the Rowley Public Library at 141 Main Street, 

Rowley. They cost $1 each or 6 for $5. The Friends thank everyone who donated a basket to the event. Stop 

in to check out all the baskets. For more information, call the library at 978-948-2850. 

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ROWLEY - Rowley Book Club to meet Thursday, December 1 at 6:30 p.m. This month we’re reading An 

Unnecessary Woman by Rabih Alameddine, a finalist for the National Book Award. The story of a reclusive 

Middle Eastern woman’s late-life crisis covers topics of fiction, poetry, and female friendship in beautiful 

prose. Pick up a copy at the Rowley Library today, then join us for a discussion on Thursday, December 1 at 

6:30 p.m. Our book group meets the first Thursday of each month, so check our web site for future titles. 

The Rowley Public Library is located at 141 Main Street and is fully accessible. For more information, call 

the library at 978-948-2850. 

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ROWLEY - Fellowship Thrift Shop located in lower hall of First Congregational Church of Rowley, 175 

Main St. (Rte 1A), Rowley is open on Tuesdays and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and also Thursdays 3 - 7 p.m., 

weather permitting. We have clothing of all sizes, household goods and some special items - all at reasonable 

prices. We even have occasional sales! We are happy to accept donations of gently used clothing and household 

items, but only when the shop is open. NO electronics, books or household items, please. 

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SALISBURY DRIVERS DESPERATELY NEEDED - The Salisbury Senior Center needs you to become 

one of our NEET (Northern Essex Elder Transport) drivers. As a NEET driver you are helping the elderly to 

maintain their independence. Drive seniors from their homes in Salisbury to their medical appointments. 

Most medical appointments are local; some are in Burlington some are in Boston. As a NEET driver you 

request the area you want and the days and times you prefer to drive. All NEET drivers are provided with 

an orientation to the program, supplemental insurance for their vehicle and a reimbursement stipend of 45 

cents per mile driven. We need Drivers now more than ever! If you can help at all, please contact the Salisbury 

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WHITTIER TECH - The Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA), the professional 

association of CPAs in the state, previewed what an accounting career future would look like for six students 

from Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School at its “Is Accounting for Me?” conference on Friday 

at Suffolk University. The conference included interactive accounting exercises and workshops, discussions 

about accounting careers and CPA services, information about college programs and student life, and a 

networking lunch with college students, faculty and CPA practitioners. Students got the chance to hear from 

professional CPAs about their jobs and to talk to college accounting students about their coursework and 

campus experience. They also took part in a case competition prepared by Suffolk faculty that focused on the 

importance of internal controls. Each team was tasked with figuring out what measures could have prevented 

the New England Patriots’ “Deflategate” controversy. Amy Pitter, President and CEO of MSCPA, said these 

programs are crucial in building and sustaining a pipeline of young people interested and passionate about 

the profession. “Sustaining a vibrant and diverse accounting workforce is one of the main goals of the 

MSCPA, and events like these expose young people to all the doors that open upon becoming a Certified 

Public Accountant,” said Pitter. “The profession has immense earning potential, unlimited room for growth 

and touches almost every type of industry. Our member firms are looking for talented young people to fuel 

the pipeline of future CPAs and we’re excited to share these opportunities with Whittier students.” Teachers 

selected the students in attendance based on their aptitude for accounting. The MSCPA recently opened its 

student membership option to high school students. The free membership allows young people access to the 

11,000-member organization and offers career counseling, scholarship opportunities and summer programs. 

The following Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School students attended the event: Avrie Fowler, 

senior; Jennifer Aguilar, senior; Stephen Mottram, senior; Isabelle Wilson, senior; Rachel Anderson-Lasse, 

senior; Kimberly Frias, junior. For more information about MSCPA’s outreach to aspiring CPAs and resources 

for high school and college students, visit cpatrack.com.

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a good time to let 

that intrepid Aries temperament take charge. Your strong 

leadership will help settle those still-unresolved situations. 

Support comes from a surprising source. 

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your problem-solving 

talents shine 

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careful consideration of their feelings. 

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) That long-delayed 

commitment begins to look better to you. But there’s still a crucial fact or two you need to know 

about it. A health problem needs to be taken care of. 

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Don’t waste time trying to learn why someone you relied on is 

wavering in his or her support of your stand on a workplace issue. Move on with the help of more 

steadfast allies. 

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Relationships enter a brighter period, both at home and in the 

workplace. Prospects also look good for single Leos and Leonas, who can expect a welcome visit 

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AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Past feelings 

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vulnerable. Be careful about decisions you might be asked to 

make at this time. 

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) You’ve come to a place 

where you’ll be facing important decisions that can affect your 

future. Rely on your strong moral compass to guide you toward 

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