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2 WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 BOSTON FENCE Pre-Schoolers Love Martial Arts Fun, Games, Adventure and the first steps toward: CONFIDENCE SELF-ESTEEM AND DISCIPLINE FREE INTRODUCTORY COURSE FREE UNIFORM with enrollment 110 Park Street, Beverly, MA FREE ESTIMATES 1-800-585-7753 Member BBB All Types of Fencing • www.BostonFenceandVinyl.com Duxbury Topper Vinyl INDEX Classifieds ............................................................................13-16 Police Log ....................................................................................4 Real Estate ...........................................................................14-16 Religious Notes .........................................................................12 Seniors ........................................................................................6 Sports ................................................................................... .9-11 Lynnfield for Love to host Multicultural Celebration The Lynnfield Multicultural Celebration will be hosted by Lynnfield for Love in partnership with the town’s Cultural Council on Saturday October 14th from 4 to 6:30pm at the Middle School. The family-friendly event will feature food trucks, art, and entertainment from the many cultures represented among Lynnfield residents. All are invited to attend and contribute. Students, families, individuals and groups are encouraged to share an aspect of a culture through an informative table display or stage performance. Performances will include the Wah Lum Kung Fu and Tai Chi Academy Lion Dancers and Indian folk dance called Garba and Dandiya. The event is free of charge; food will be available for purchase. Registration is currently open at EventBrite.com and the Lynnfield for Love Facebook page. Lynnfield for Love is a group of residents and neighbors seeking to grow a stronger and more connected community. Their mission is to encourage kindness, equality, and justice, and to create new and enduring friendships among a diverse group of people. In March of 2017 the group hosted is its first event, One Love, at the Town Meeting Hall. Over 150 residents attended to celebrate their love for the Lynnfield community. The group expects an even larger turnout for the Multicultural Celebration. For more information about the event and how you can get involved email LynnfieldforLove@ gmail.com or visit the Lynnfield for Love Facebook page. Estate Open Board Cedar Privacy CASH ‘N’ CARRY AVAILABLE AT OUR LOCATION BRUCE MCCORRY’S MARTIAL ARTS Route 1 South, Newbury Street, Peabody, MA 01960 978-535-7878 Est. 1978 Pipeline maintenance cuts path through quiet neighborhood By Adam Swift Editor Durham Drive is the definition of a postcard perfect suburban neighborhood, with homeowners carefully tending to decades-old arborvitaes and sitting under the shade of favorite oak trees. But now there is a 30-foot swath of uprooted shrubberies and chainsawed trees through the neighborhood heading toward Reading. The vegetation removal is part of a maintenance project on a natural gas pipeline that’s been buried underground since the 1950s. “It has just changed this area of the neighborhood,” said Ann Loomos, who has lived in her Durham Drive home since the early 1970s. “I’m upset. If this was an act of God, you would look at it and say thank goodness everyone is okay. This is the first time in all the years I’ve lived here that they’ve done this (vegetation management). I’ll get used to it, but it’s not the same.” Talk about the vegetation management project on the Tennessee Gas Pipeline, which runs from Louisiana up to Canada, first surfaced in town last year. “In early August, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company notified $9.99 Pick Your Own Apples APPLE PICKING DAILY 9-4 • Cider Donuts • Produce • Honey • Jams • All sizes of Pumpkins • Mums • Cornstalks • Fall Decor Please call for specific U-PICK hours. Hours may vary depending on crop and weather conditions. Visit our Farm Store and Barnyard Animals BROOKSBY FARM 54 Felton St., Peabody • 978-531-7456 www.BrooksbyFarm.org First time participants • Boxing gloves with sign-up PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK A tree removal crew clears a path through backyards on Durham Drive to make an opening for the Kinder Morgan natural gas pipeline. town officials and all landowners that have a pipeline easement on their property of the vegetation management work that is planned or underway in the Lynnfield area,” said Sara Hughes, a spokesperson for Kinder Morgan, the Texas-based company that owns the pipeline. “All of the work is being conducted under the terms of the original right-ofway agreements.” The work being done along the right of way includes the trimming of trees and occasional removal of trees, according to Hughes. She said this type of work is typical for pipeline companies and allows for the aerial patrol along the pipelines to observe surface conditions for any Visit our website for more about us! www .brucemccorry.com indications of leaks, third-party construction activity, erosion, and other factors that might affect the safe operation of the pipeline. “I understand there is an easement, I’ve owned the property for 45 years,” said Loomos. “Even though there is the right of way, I’ve respected it and it has never been a problem. But this was still an infringement.” Loomos’ next door neighbor, Helen Pimental said she lost a 15-foot rhododendron, two birch trees, and other trees and shrubbery in her front yard. “People walk by and say they are so sorry, the whole neighborhood is like this,” said Pimental. Pimental and Loomos both said they expected that there would be the loss of some vegetation as part of the project, but not to the extent that took place when work crews came through the neighborhood earlier this week. “I go out there and I feel like it’s naked,” said Loomos. Another neighbor, who did not wish to give her name, said she was heartbroken at the extent of damage to her property and felt like moving. The crews are currently making their way to Main Street, where they will cross over to Apple Hill Lane and then make their way toward Reading. “Over the years, the tree canopy extends over the top of the pipeline right of way and limits the effectiveness of our aerial patrols, which then necessitates the trimming of trees,” said Hughes. “In addition, trees and large vegetation growing within the easement must also be removed, because the root systems can damage the pipeline coating.” Selectman Phil Crawford said town officials spoke with representatives from Kinder Morgan and Tennessee Pipeline in the late spring when it became clear that the vegetation management project would be making its way through a part of Lynnfield. “A lot of people have had vegetation taken out of their side and backyards, and they have understood why,” said Crawford. “But the three houses on Durham Drive, two of them lost a lot in their front yard and one in their front and side yard.” Crawford said officials went to town counsel to discuss the work, but with the easement for the right of way, there is not a lot the town can do, other than trying to work with everyone involved to make sure they don’t take out more vegetation than is necessary. But the Durham Drive residents said it is already too late for them. “I hope the people on Apple Hill know what’s coming,” said Pimental.
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017 WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 3 A Revolutionary honor for Arthur Bourque By Adam Swift Editor It’s a revolutionary honor for Arthur Bourque, who will be the initial recipient of the town’s Daniel Townsend Award for Excellence. Earlier this year, selectmen established the new award to honor residents who have shown the spirit of volunteerism in town. It is named after Townsend, a Lynnfield resident and Revolutionary War hero who was killed on April 19, 1775. “Arthur Bourque is someone who has earned great recognition for the volunteer work he has done,” said Barrett. His fellow selectmen agreed that Bourque was the most deserving choice for the award. “While we have a lot of great people in this community, no one has come close to what Arthur has done year in and year out,” said Selectman Richard Dalton. Bourque’s extensive resume includes 25 years as a Lynnfield youth soccer coach, four terms as a selectmen, and chairman of the town’s fields committee. Town clerk proposes election day change By Adam Swift Editor Town Clerk Trudy Reid is looking to change the day of the April town election from Monday to Tuesday. Fall Town Meeting voters will have to approve the proposed town charter change before it moves onto the state legislature. Moving the election day would eliminate the need to set up for the election on Palm or Easter Sundays, and also put Lynnfield in line with state election protocol. “Since I have been clerk in Lynnfield since 2014, we’ve had two elections that have fallen the day after Palm Sunday,” said Reid. “Our DPW and myself are in the (high) school on Palm Sunday setting up for the election. Between now and 2023, this will happen at least another three times where it will be either Palm Sunday or Easter the day before the election.” AMERICA’S FIRM FOR SMALL BUSINESS TAX NEEDS Peace of mind for Owners of Small Businesses Herb Harris, E.A., Owner 386 Lowell Street, Peabody (978) 977-0411 www.smallbizpros.com/h_harris “He continues to do wonderful work on the fields in the town,” said Barrett. “He oversaw the Lynnfield High School fields project and the projects at Newhall Park, Glen Meadow, and Lynnfield Middle School. For someone who is retired with a family, every time I call him, it seems like he is at a field in Lynnfield doing something for our community.” Bourque, a retired state trooper, is also the president of Townscape Lynnfield and has been Town Moderator since 2012. “Arthur has been a close friend of mine for years, and no one has even come close to what he has done in this town over the past 30 years,” said Selectman Phil Crawford. The Townsend Award isn’t the first hardware Bourque has received for his service to the town. He was the Lynnfield Rotary Club’s Citizen of the Year in 2014 and has also been honored by the Lynn Chamber of Commerce. Selectmen will officially present Bourque with the Townsend Award at its next meeting. The DPW workers earn double time as opposed to time-and-ahalf when they work overtime on Sundays, Reid said. Holding elections on Tuesdays would also make it consistent with the day state and national elections are held on. “This would also give us another day for absentee voting, extending the deadline to Monday instead of Friday afternoon,” Reid said. Selectmen unanimously approved placing the article on the Town Meeting warrant, pending review by town counsel. “I think this should have been done long ago, this has always been a problem,” said Selectman Philip Crawford of the proposal to move the elections to Tuesdays. Before Get your car looking great this Fall! After Don Winslow’s AUTO BODY Celebrating 45 Years MON-FRI 8-5 • SAT. 9-12 166 Holten Street • Danvers (corner of Center & Collins) 978-762-6366 • 978-535-2474 www.DonWinslowAutoBody.com Police put end to high school football tailgating TAILGATING From Page 1 When an officer showed up at the parking lot, Breen said “the red Solo cups were kind of a dead giveaway” that there was drinking going on. The adults were told that drinking is not allowed on school property and the booze was disposed of. While there were no charges or fines issued, Breen said the drinking by parents on school property sends a bad message to students. “With the new Healthy Lynnfield Collaborative, we Grow Some Green. 1 .75 % APY* 48-Month CD visit our website at: are calling on students to make smart decisions,” said Breen. “When parents are partying, that is not the image we want to project, and we made that quite clear to the parents.” Superintendent Jane Tremblay sent an email to parents this week reminding them of the no drinking on school grounds policy. “As a host, it is important that we send a message to our visitors and most importantly to all students on what it means to take pride in the community,” read the statement, which was also signed by Breen, Looking for a house? Check the real estate secton! 260-Month CD .00% APY* institutionforsavings.com Open at any of our offices in Newburyport, Beverly, Boxford, Gloucester, Hamilton, Ipswich, Middleton, Rockport, Rowley, Salisbury, or Topsfield. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month 978-462-3106 • institutionforsavings.com School Committee Chairman Timothy Doyle, recreation commission Chairman Rich Sjoberg, and selectman Chairman Christopher Barrett. “From a very young age, we teach our students to demonstrate respect for the environment both inside and outside the classroom. We model pride in the community by respecting and adhering to the rules set by the establishment. Drinking alcohol on school premises is not permitted by State Law. As you enjoy your pregame activities with your family and friends please understand that the Lynnfield Police Department will monitor our parking lots and will enforce this law as needed.” PAUL A. WACKS ENROLLED AGENT - MASTERS IN TAXATION TAX SERVICE •INDIVIDUAL• • BUSINESS • TRUSTS • 978-535-5494 Member FDIC Member DIF Since 1975 www.wackstax.com *Annual Percentage Yields (APYs) are effective 9/18/17. Term deposit rates and APYs are fixed for the duration of the term. 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