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IPSWICH – Ready for Spring? 

The Ipswich ReCreation & Culture 

Department and the Trustees of 

Reservation have created a new 

exciting and colorful event, designed 

to boost your spirits as it ushers in 

Spring and sets Winter ablaze. 

The Ipswich Spring Equinox 

Extravaganza, a new event 

that complements the Ipswich 

Illumination in the fall and the 

winter and summer labyrinths, 

will be held on Sunday afternoon, 

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Setting Winter Ablaze 

March 19, on Crane Beach. 

If you go, and already several 

thousand people are following the 

spring event on Facebook, you can 

bring your whole family and your 

dog. Also bring your kites and 

flags. 

But wear expendable clothes 

because you are likely to end up 

covered in a colorful mixture of 

corn starch and food coloring as 

part of the Colorblast. 

Approve by the Trustees, which 

Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Jr 

Comes to Ipswich 

Ursula’s Lair- Ariel (Erica Prisby) makes a fateful deal with Ursula (Jessica 

Murphy) in Ipswich Middle School’s production of The Little Mermaid. Also 

pictured: Josiah Scarano, Tucker Murphy, Mollie Gould, Nell Woolfolk, Carrie 

Corder, Josie Clapp, Cecelia McElwain, Nadine Kelly, Isabelle Grenier, Jaedan 

Parker, Ella Crudele, Natalie Schoonover 

IPSWICH - Ariel and her aquatic friends will swim into Ipswich on 

March 10-12 in Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Jr. All the familiar music 

from the movie, plus some you haven’t heard before will be played by 

Ipswich’s award winning High School Orchestra. The timeless tale 

delights and surprises as it comes to life. Costumes and sets will take 

children of all ages along on an adventure under the sea! Friday, March 

10th and Saturday, March 11th at 7 and Sunday, March 12 at 2:30 at 

the Dolan Performing Arts Center, 134 High Street, Ipswich. Tickets: 

$10 adult, $8 student/senior available at TicketStage.com and at the 

door. 

By Stewart Lytle, Reporter 

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Border to Boston Rail Trail Design Slowed 

REGIONAL – If you were 

planning a bike trip along the 28 

miles of a rail trail from the New 

Hampshire border to Boston, 

you may need to exercise some 

patience. 

Major sections of the new trail, 

including 16 miles in Georgetown 

and Salisbury, are being delayed for 

lack of funds to complete the design 

of the trail. Environmental issues, 

such as protecting turtles in the 

Parker River, are also making the 

design of the rail trail “complicated,” 

said Anthony Komornick, 

transportation program manager 

for the Merrimack Valley Planning 

Commission. 

“It takes twists and turns you 

would never have expected,” 

Kormornick said. 

The Border to Boston Trail is a 

regional partnership composed 

of local advocates, municipal 

officials, MassDOT, the Merrimack 

Valley Planning Commission, 

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Kerrie Bates with her buckets of color. 

Wednesday March 8, 2017 

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owns Crane Beach, the corn starch 

“paint” will mix well with the 

beach’s white sands, said Kerrie 

Bates, director of the ReCreation & 

Culture Department. 

“We will have conversations with 

one another, while being draped 

in color. It’s part of the fun,” Bates 

said. 

The celebration of Spring will 

also feature the drumming of 

Gloucester’s OmDrum and a beach 

bonfire, which will burn a winter’s 

By Stewart Lytle, Reporter 

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The Old Eastern Trail in Salisbury 

rail trail, it provides alternative 

transportation links to town centers, 

schools, businesses, and public 

parklands in nine communities 

from Salisbury to Peabody. With 

more than 10 miles open, “the trail 

is becoming one of the region’s most 

outstanding assets, facilitating safe, 

scenic and healthy transportation 

and recreation for all,” wrotes the 

Essex Heritage Commission, a 

promoter of the new trail system. 

In Salisbury, the design includes 

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evergreen wreath. 

“We are going to set winter 

ablaze,” Bates said. 

The music and bonfire will start 

at 1 p.m. 

For the color blast, which begins 

at 2 p.m., will have participants 

throwing the multi-colored 

cornstarch from holes in the sand 

into the air to land on the revelers 

and the sand. 

“We are creating an annual ritual,” 

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Photo by Stewart Lytle 

a new 2.3-mile rail trail linking 

the Old Eastern Marsh Trail to 

the Ghost Trail and Salisbury 

Elementary School and then 

continues north to Seabrook, NH. 

In Georgetown, about 7 miles of 

the trail are being designed from 

Byfield through Georgetown and 

Boxford to Topsfield. 

Southern sections of the Borer 

to Boston trail are being funded 

through a different planning 

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Continued from page 1 

Bates said. “If you love our Winter 

& Summer Solstice Labyrinths and 

Ipswich Illumination, then you 

will want to be a part of making 

this event an Ipswich tradition, our 

Celebration of Spring.” 

The Ipswich festival is derived 

from tradition of Holi, an ancient 

Hindu spring festival in India 

and Nepal. It is also known as the 

festival of colors and the festival of 

love. 

Holi has a variety of meanings. 

It signifies the victory of good over 

evil, the arrival of spring and the 

end of winter. For many it can be 

a time of redemption or simply a 

festive day to meet others. 

Setting Winter Ablaze 

In the Indian and Nepalese 

festivals, washable, natural plantderived 

colors such as turmeric, 

neem, dhak and kumkum are 

used, but water-based commercial 

pigments are increasingly popular. 

Anyone in open areas such as streets 

and parks is game to be covered 

in the colors. Inside homes or at 

doorways only dry powder is used 

to smear each other’s face. Everyone 

looks like a canvas of colors, thus 

the name Festival of Colors. 

The Holi pigments are not cheap. 

They run about $12 a pound. So 

for the first Ipswich festival, Bates 

decided to make her own, mixing 

50 pounds of starch and gallons of 

food coloring. She estimates that 

the cost of her colors is about $2 a 

pound. 

“We had a ton of fun making it,” 

she said, noting that she had several 

false starts. She and her team used 

cafeteria trays from Winthrop 

school to mix them. 

With the strong response on 

social media the event is getting, 

she wonders if she has enough 

colored starch. 

The event, which runs from 1 

to 3 p.m., is free, but parking fees 

apply. 

Dogs are welcome. If they do not 

have a beach sticker, one can be 

purchased for $3 per dog. 

“It will be the best dog party,” 

Bates said. 

Border to Boston Rail Trail Design Slowed 

Continued from page 1 

organization. 

Funding for the trails comes 

from the cities and towns, a 

federal earmark in a transportation 

appropriations bill and from 

MassDOT. The federal dollars are 

allocated from the Congestion 

Mitigation and Air Quality 

OMMON 

Improvement (CMAQ) program, 

which is designed to promote 

nesdays alternative / transportation and 

3pm reduce vehicle emissions. 

arch The 1, 2017 trails in Salisbury and 

arch Georgetown 8, 2017are getting $10 million. 

5 PCI Of that, x 25 $6.5 = $265 million is allocated 

to Georgetown’s two projects, said 

530 

Stantec, a global engineering design 

firm. 

Estimates now in the federal 

Transportation Improvement Plan 

are that the completion of the 

Salisbury’s trail will be delayed about 

a year until 2019, Kormornick 

said. The southern section of the 

Georgetown trail, which includes 

a small portion in Boxford, will 

be delayed until 2019. And the 

northern section of Georgetown, 

which extends into Byfield and 

includes the environmentally 

challenging section along the Parker 

River, will be delayed until 2020. 

Newburyport’s popular Clipper 

Jeff Wade, chair of the Georgetown Heritage Trail is part of the regional 

placement Recreational in Path our Committee. digital issue online trail system, included but the expansion, 

The three sections are at the 25 referred to as phase two along the 

percent point in the design phase, waterfront and through the city’s 

but even that initial design has not south end, is not. It is considered a 

been approved. 

spur off the main trail. Similarly the 

The design is contracted to new waterfront trail in Amesbury, 

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which is nearing completion, and 

the Ghost Trail in Salisbury are 

also considered spurs off the main 

Border to Boston trail. 

Both Georgetown and Salisbury 

officials have expressed frustration 

with the delays in the completion 

of their trails. 

Jerry Klima, Salisbury’s moderator 

and leading advocate for rail trails, 

said the town is trying to figure 

out how to pay for the balance of 

the design for its trail. The town 

is concerned about the significant 

delays in finishing the trails, he 

said. 

Georgetown officials agreed that 

they want to see more progress in 

completing the trails. 

Some officials are even 

questioning what happened to the 

rest of the design funds. 

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8th 

WEDNESDAY MORNING 

BIRDING ON CAPE ANN 

Community These very popular programs Calendar provide it is cooler as the sun Continues sets. Wednesday, . . . 

an excellent opportunity to explore one 

of the most productive birding areas in 

the country. To date, we have seen over 

320 species of birds on these Wednesday 

field trips. Wed, Mar 8, 2017 9:30 

am - 12:30 pm Meet in Gloucester 

at the Friendly’s restaurant at the first 

traffic circle on Route 128.Fee: $17. 

No preregistration required. For more 

information, call 978-462-9998 for 

information about additional programs 

and events, or visit the website at www. 

massaudubon.org/joppaflatsprograms . 

CONTAINER GARDENING JUST 

IN TIME FOR SPRING 

Don’t have a green thumb? This 

program is for you. Maureen Condon, 

co-owner of Beach Plum Farms and 

Nursery & Garden Center in Salisbury 

and former owner of the Beach Plum 

Too florist at the Tannery, discusses 

container gardening. She will cover 

choosing the right containers, planting 

with shade and sun annuals, perennials, 

herbs and vegetables, and tips to keep 

house plants such as African Violets and 

spider plants happy and healthy. Free. 

Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 1pm. 

First Religious Society, 26 Pleasant St., 

Newburyport, Lower Meeting House. 

Enter through the office door on 

Unicorn St. 

WOODCOCK WATCHING WITH 

FRIENDS 

The American Woodcock engages 

in one of the most demonstrative & 

unusual courtships. Males of this cryptic, 

secretive shorebird species perform 

an impressive, aerial display flight at 

history of these birds, and then we’ll 

to this remarkable display. We will also 

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search for early spring migrants. Bring 

your sense of wonder & binoculars; be 

prepared to walk on unpaved, possibly 

wet & uneven terrain. Dress in layers as 

March 8, 6:00 pm to dusk Fee: 2 

participants for $25 Meeting Location: 

At the junction of Patmos & Stackyard 

Roads in Rowley 

holiday, St. Patrick’s Day. The film 

was produced by Port Media and will 

be shown at Newburyport’s Senior 

Community Center at 331 High Street. 

The screening will begin at 7:00pm, 

followed by a comments and questions 

session with Doyle, and a reception. he 

program is free and open to the public 

and is funded, in part, by the Institution 

for Savings. To make a reservation for 

information, contact the Museum of 

Call for a tour and 

meet our staff 

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Old Newbury at 978-462-2681 or 

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ROUND TABLE 

The Civil War Roundtable of the 

Merrimack will meet at 7:30 PM on 

Wednesday, March 8th at the East 

Parish Methodist Church, Salisbury 

Square (route 1), Salisbury, MA. Dr. 

Michael Schroeder will speak on “The 

Union Army & Navy’s Combined 

Operations at the 1862 Battles of Forts 

WE’RE ALL IRISH 

Every year, the Irish and Irish-atheart 

celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. It Henry and Donelson.” Admission 

began as a religious feast day for the 

patron saint of Ireland, and has become 

an international festival celebrating 

Irish culture. On Wednesday, March 

8, 2017 at 6:30 p.m., the Hampton 

is free and anyone with an interest in 

America’s Civil War is invited to attend. 

For more information visit our web 

page www.cwrtmerrimack.org or call 

Tom at (978) 462-8518. 

Falls Free Library will host “We’re 

All Irish,” an entertaining program THURSDAY, MARCH 9th 

of songs and stories from and about 

Ireland. The program is free and open 

to the public. The Hampton Falls Free 

Library is located at 7 Drinkwater Rd. 

in Hampton Falls, NH. For further 

information, check the Library’s website 

at www.hamptonfallslibrary.org or call 

the Library at 926-3682. 

LANCE HIDY 

Rescheduled for Thursday March 9th 

from 6:00 to 7:00 pm: Guest Lecturer, 

Lance Hidy: Ansel Adams as an 

Environmentalist. Join Lance Hidy for 

a slide presentation about photographer 

Ansel Adams and his long career 

starting at age 14 in Yosemite with a 

NEWBURYPORT’S IRISH 

COMMUNITY 

The Museum of Old Newbury is 

sponsoring the premiere screening of 

local author and historian Jean Doyle’s 

new documentary about Newburyport’s 

Irish community. The March 8 event 

offers some historical context just in 

time for the beloved Irish-American 

Kodak Box Brownie camera. Find out 

about his work with the Sierra Club, 

The National Park Service, and his 

work in the environmental movement 

of the 1960s. The presenter, Lance 

Hidy knew Ansel Adams personally and 

has designed eight books featuring his 

photography. Newbury Town Library, 

Lunt St, Byfield. 

SOIL HEALTH FOR GARDENERS 

AND FARMERS 

Seabrook Library will present a 

program on Thursday, March 9 at 6:30 

pm on Soil Health for Gardeners and 

Farmers. Learn about soil properties 

and how you can improve soil health for 

more productive gardens and crops. Soil 

health, also referred to as soil quality, is 

defined as the continued capacity of soil 

to function as a vital living ecosystem 

that sustains plants, animals, and 

humans. We’ll discuss the things you 

can and cannot change about your soil, 

what soil health is, how you can assess 

your soil’s health and fertility, and steps 

to improve and maintain healthy soils. 

You can bring your own soil test results 

and questions! Hosted by the Seabrook 

Library, Presenter Vicky Stafford of the 

Rockingham County Conservation 

District. This program is free and open 

to the public. Light refreshments will be 

served. 

FRIDAY, MARCH 10th 

HAVERHILL BIKE NIGHTS 

Women in the Wind, Nor’Easter 

Chapter is hosting Haverhill Bike 

Nights every third Thursday nights 

through September. A comedy night 

kick off with comedian Mike Fahey and 

Friends is at 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 

10 at the Amvet Club, 576 Primrose 

Street. Tickets are $20 each and can be 

purchased at HaverhillComedyNight.


BrownPaperTickets.com. Proceeds 

from ticket and food sales and raffles 

will be donated to local charities. 

Donations of gift baskets and raffle 

items are needed. To make a donation, 

visit witwnoreaster@gmail.com. 

TEADA 

Belleville Roots Music presents 

Teada, a traditional Irish band in 

concert at the Belleville Stage, 300 High 

Street, Newburyport on Friday, March 

10th at 8:00 pm. Tickets are $30 in 

advance/$35 day of show/$10 children 

18 and under. For more information, 

please email: bellevilleroots@gmail.com 

or visit:www.bellevilleroots.org. 

SATURDAY, MARCH 11th 

PAPER DRIVE 

The All-Scout Paper Drive will be 

held on Saturday, March 11th from 

9:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. behind 

the First Congregational Church of 

Rowley on Main Street. The scouts 

will be collecting newspapers, books 

and magazines. The Boy Scouts will be 

collecting redeemable bottles and cans. 

The Boy, Cub and Girl Scouts of Rowley 

thank you very much for helping to keep 

Scouting active in Rowley. The paper 

drives are held the second Saturday of 

odd numbered months. If you have any 

questions please call George Pacenka 

at (978) 948-7918. Non-perishable 

items…including diapers, paper towels, 

toilet paper will also be collected at this 

time for the Rowley Food Pantry. 

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, Mar 11, 2017 

SHREK, Jr. 

Triton Regional School District 

Presents Shrek Jr, The Musical. Book and 

Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire, Music 

by Jeanine Tesori. Saturday, March 11th 

at 3:00pm & 7:00pm Triton Regional 

9 am - 11:30 am. Meet at Joppa Flats High School Auditorium $5:00 

Education Center, One Plum Island 

Turnpike, Newburyport. Fee: $12. 

(Students & Seniors) $8.00 (General 

Admission) Tickets Sold At Door 

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Celebrate the coming of spring as 

sugaring season gets underway at Mass 

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Sanctuary in Topsfield. Sugaring tours 

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12:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. On a onehour 

naturalist-guided tour, learn how 

to identify a sugar maple tree, observe 

tapping and sap collection methods, 

discover how sap becomes syrup in the 

sugarhouse, and get a sweet taste of the 

final product. Rain or shine. Warm up 

after your tour by the woodstove in 

the barn, where homemade soup and 

baked goods, maple sugar candy, other 

maple products, and the sanctuary’s 

own maple syrup, are available for 

sale. Tour fee: $10/adults, $8/children 

(Mass Audubon members: $9/adults, 

$7/children). Children under 3 are free 

and should be in a backpack. Advance 

registration is required. Call 978-887- 

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STOP, LOOK & LISTEN TOUR 

An outdoor adventure for the whole 

family! We’ll walk from the Barn to the 

Pine Grove, investigating the trail for 

tracks and signs left behind by travelers 

that passed through before us, and piece 

together the evidence that will help us 

see the story in the landscape. Bring 

your sharp senses and your skills of 

observation! At the end of the hike we’ll 

warm up with hot chocolate around 

a campfire. March 11 | 1-3PM - This 

walk is about 3/4 mile each way. We will 

go at an easy pace so little legs can keep 

up. Children must be accompanied by 

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Join us as we celebrate the Algonquin 

Worm Moon with a night hike through 

the dunes of the Crane Wildlife Refuge! 

At the time of this almost-spring 

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Moon, the ground begins to soften 

and earthworm casts reappear, inviting 

the return of robins. This is also known 

as the Sap Moon, as it marks the time 

when maple sap begins to flow and the 

annual tapping of maple trees begins. 

At the end of our walk we’ll warm 

ourselves with hot cider around a beach 

fire. March 12 | 6-8PM - Please note: 

We will be hiking up and down dunes, 

through soft sand, for approximately 2 

½-3 miles. Suggested ages 13 and older. 

Pre-registration required. Members: 

$9 Nonmembers: $15 dantczak@ 

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TUESDAY, MARCH 14th 

MURAL PROJECT 

As a gift to the new Senior Center, 

the Georgetown Cultural Council has 

funded a mural project to be planned 

and coordinated by local artist Mary 

Paganelli. The painting project will 

involve local elders. A planning meeting 

will be held Tuesday March 14, 1 p.m. 

at the Georgetown Senior Community 

Center. Bring thoughts and ideas to 

share. All skill levels are welcome. For 

more information, please call the COA 

at 978-352-5726. 

COA FRIENDS TO MEET 

The Friends of the Georgetown 

Council on Aging will meet Tuesday 

March 14, 2 p.m. at the Georgetown 

Senior Community Center. Newcomers 

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AMESBURY - The FCOA is having a traditional corned beef dinner on March 16th at 4:00pm. This event will be 

held at the Amesbury Senior Community Center, 68 Elm Street, Amesbury, 

Connections 

MA. Tickets are $10.00 and go sale 

March 1st-March 10th. For more information call Ken Bosse at 978-388-8138. 

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AMESBURY - The Amesbury Genealogy Club will feature Frankie Abbott from Digital Public Library of America 

at our March 27 meeting at 5:30 at Business the Amesbury Public Library. Frankie Spotlight 

will show how you can use the DPL for 

your genealogical research. Please contact Margie Walker at mwalker@amesburylibrary.org or www.amesburylibrary. 

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GEORGETOWN - The Friends of the Georgetown Peabody Library are holding For their annual Sale 

book sale on March 

17th, 18th, and 20th at the Georgetown Peabody Library. Hours are as 

follows: Friday the 17th: 10:00am – 5:00pm; Saturday the 18th: 9:00 am 

Sports - 1:00 pm, and Monday • Sports the 20th: 2:00 - 6:00 • pm. Sports 

There will be a wide 

variety of hardcover and paperback books available; prices are $2 hardcover, 

$1 paperback, $0.50 children’s books. Saturday will host a special offer of buy 

2 books, get 1 free. Monday will host a bag sale; books will be sold for $3.00 

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a bag. Enjoy complementary coffee and muffins while you shop. Proceeds 

from the book sale benefit library programs, such as children’s events and 

museum passes. For more information, email the Friends at georgetownfol@ 

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GEORGETOWN – Join us on Wednesday March 28, noon to send best 

wishes to our friends who were born in February as the COA hosts the 

monthly birthday tentatively at the Georgetown Senior Community Center. 

March birthday celebrants will receive a free lunch (everyone else is $2). To 

make reservations and to verify the location, please call the COA office at 

(978) 352-5726 by Wednesday March 21, 2017. 

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GROVELAND - 12th Annual Indoor Flea Market sponsored by the Friends 

of Veasey Park, 201 Washington Street, Groveland, MA. Saturday, March 

25th, 2017. Doors open 8AM-2PM. Admission Free. Everyone is welcome: 

crafters, antique vendors or just folks cleaning out. Ones man’s junk is another 

man’s treasure! Tables for rent: 8ft. tables-$30.00, 6ft. tables-$25.00, 4ft. 

tables-$20.00. Call Claire (978)376-6779) or e-mail clairew1401@aol.com 

to reserve a table. Deposits required. 

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IPSWICH - Town Clerk, Pam Carakatsane reminds dog owners that all 

dogs must be registered by March 31, 2017. The registration fee is $15.00 

for spayed/neutered dogs and $20.00 for intact dogs. After March 31st non 

registered dogs are subject to a late fee of $10.00 for each month or part thereof 

said license is issued after March 31st (Ipswich Town By-laws Ch. XV, Sec 5). 

Licensing can be done in person during regular business hours or by mail. 

Application/renewal forms are enclosed with the Annual Census. The forms 

may also be downloaded from the Town Clerk’s webpage www.ipswichma. 

gov/213/Dog-Kennel-Registrations. Please include a valid and current rabies 

certificate and proof of the dog being spayed/neutered. Kindly contact the 

Town Clerk’s office at 356-6600 ext. 1015 with any questions. 

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NEWBURYPORT - March is $5 Bag Sale month. Belleville Thrift Shop, 300 

High St. Sat & Wed 9 – noon 

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NEWBURYPORT - On Friday, March 17th at 10:00 the local affiliate of the 

Mass Senior Action Council, North Seacoast, will meet at the Newburyport 

Senior Center on High St. All adults in the Seacoast area are invited. Our 

speaker will be Tina Giarla from the Mass Coalition for the Homeless. 

Homelessness is not only an issue for younger adults and families but this 

problem is well known to older citizens, as recently evidenced in local news. All 

welcome, time for coffee and networking as well. Mass Senior Action Council 

(MSAC) is a 35 year old organization dedicated to helping seniors find their 

voice and work to improve lifestyle and well-being for all older citizens. 

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REGIONAL - LOCAL MEDICAL FAMILY DOCTOR LECTURE: In 

Sickness and in Health - ‘’Why You Should Choose a Doctor Who Will Be 

Your Partner for Life’’. Thursday, March 16, 6:30-8:30, Steeple Hall, Mission 

Oak Grill, 26 Green St., Newburyport, MA. Hot & Cold Hors D’Oeuvres 

and Cocktails will be served, Health, Beauty & Wellness Raffle and more! 

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WEST NEWBURY - The Greater Newburyport Families Club (GNFC) 

board are excited to announce our annual 2017 Baby & Kids Spring/Summer 

Sale! This year’s sale will be held on Saturday, April 8th 8:00am – 1:00pm at 

our NEW location, the West Newbury Town Annex located at 381 Main 

Street, West Newbury. This is an event open to the public.

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Sale 

As we all know by now we have 

been in a prolonged “sellers” market. 

Home prices are up, interest rates 

are good and inventory is way down. 

All this sounds great for a seller, but 

how do you go about buying in this 

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Determine your absolute must haves 

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your no way (“there is no way I am 

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Here are some popular determining 

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Location: The location of a house 

can be one of the most important 

factors when buying a property. 

Determine what towns you will look 

in and just as importantly which 

ones you will not look in. Location 

can mean not only which towns 

you do or don’t want to live in but 

where in a town. Are busy streets 

a possibility for you? If so, you 

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street is less expensive than one on a 

country road or side street. 

Size: What is the minimum 

square footage you can live with? 

How many bedrooms do you want? 

How many do you need? Same goes 

with bathrooms. Do you need two 

full baths or can you live with one if 

everything else about the home fits? 

Schools: If you have children, 

or are planning to start a family, you 

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need to consider the schools. Even if 

you do not have children the school 

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home. If the school system places 

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town is much less desirable to live 

in, therefore lowering the number of 

potential buyers to your area, which 

in turn lowers your home value. 

This may not be a deciding factor for 

you now but something to keep in 

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Keep Score: One of my first buyers 

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way to compare the properties we 

saw. Every time he walked out of 

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number of different categories from 

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went back and decided which ones 

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Get Preapproved: Do it now, not 

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How Much: Look into what the 

situation of the seller is, for example, 

are they eager and in a hurry to move, 

or not in a rush? Maybe they are willing 

to take a little less if you can push the 

closing date out an extra month or two. 

Are you competing with another offer? 

If you do not have a home to sell first 

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Address, Town Description DOM List Price Sold For Orig Price 

20 Lincoln Ct Amesbury, MA 5 room, 2 bed, 1f 0h bath Multi-Level 87 $200,000 $170,000 $220,000 

10 Brookside Ln, Amesbury 6 room, 2 bed, 1f 1h bath Raised Ranch 90 $249,900 $235,000 $279,900 

14 Second St, Amesbury 5 room, 2 bed, 1f 0h bath Bungalow 49 $289,900 $275,000 $289,900 

5 Fifth St, Ipswich 6 room, 3 bed, 1f 0h bath Colonial 20 $299,900 $297,000 $299,900 

11 Currier Ave, Amesbury 5 room, 3 bed, 1f 1h bath Bungalow 87 $322,900 $322,900 $329,900 

24 Johnson St, Newburyport 7 room, 3 bed, 1f 0h bath Colonial 19 $349,900 $360,000 $349,900 

6 Pleasant View Ave, Merrimac 6 room, 3 bed, 2f 1h bath Colonial 522 $379,899 $396,449 $379,900 

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215 High St, Ipswich 7 room, 2 bed, 2f 1h bath Colonial 51 $425,000 $417,500 $425,000 

18 Evans Pl, Amesbury 7 room, 3 bed, 2f 0h bath Shingle 27 $449,900 $437,500 $449,900 

20 Marquand Ln, Newburyport 7 room, 4 bed, 2f 0h bath Raised Ranch 233 $419,900 $415,000 $459,900 

28 Prospect St, Topsfield 8 room, 3 bed, 2f 1h bath Cape 12 $525,000 $525,000 $525,000 

12 Barton St, Newburyport 7 room, 2 bed, 2f 0h bath Bungalow 59 $529,900 $513,000 $529,900 

24 Harlow St. Essex 8 room, 4 bed, 2f 1h bath Contemporary 122 $555,000 $535,000 $575,000 

20 Donovan Dr, W Newbury 9 room, 4 bed, 3f 0h bath Cape 334 $579,000 $575,000 $579,000 

6 Blue Hill Ave, Newbury 5 room, 2 bed, 2f 0h bath Contemporary 29 $579,900 $565,000 $579,900 

10 Capeview Rd, Ipswich 6 room, 3 bed, 1f 1h bath Raised Ranch 157 $629,000 $525,000 $629,000 

40 Parsonage Ln, Topsfield 10 room, 5 bed, 3f 1h bath Colonial 148 $629,900 $615,000 $629,900 

15 Cindy Ln, Rowley 10 room, 4 bed, 2f 1h bath Colonial 238 $649,000 $629,000 $649,000 

4 Esty Way, Groveland 8 room, 4 bed, 2f 1h bath Colonial 71 $659,900 $659,900 $659,900 

2 Hawk Haven Way, Newbury 9 room, 4 bed, 3f 0h bath Cape 284 $639,900 $616,700 $662,500 

5 Carlton Dr, Newburyport 7 room, 3 bed, 2f 1h bath Cape 145 $659,900 $655,000 $689,000 

11 Chandler Rd, Boxford 12 room, 4 bed, 4f 1h bath Colonial 52 $929,000 $875,000 $929,000 

Single Family Listings: 22 Avg. Liv.Area SqFt: 2,187.73 Avg. List$: $506,477 Avg. List$/SqFt: $241 

Avg. DOM: 129.68 Avg. DTO: 74.00 Avg. Sale$: $492,493 Avg. Sale$/SqFt: $235 

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Isn’t tooth loss inevitable in the 

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Today, older adults are keeping 

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This improvement was seen in the 

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Thorough daily brushing and 

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disease. 

A few simple steps can help you 

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a day with a fluoride toothpaste, 

and clean between your teeth daily 

with floss or interdental cleaners. 

Be sure to see your dentist regularly 

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cleaning. Professional monitoring of 

your oral health status is essential. 

Should adults be concerned about 

cavities? 

Tooth decay is not just a child’s 

problem. Adults of all ages can 

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the bacteria in plaque feed on the 

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Decay rates can change throughout 

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Adults are more likely to have decay 

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Tooth decay is also promoted by 

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Allowed to continue, dry mouth 

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….to be continued 

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