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Page www.TheTownCommon.com July 18 - 24, 2018 How to Submit Letters to the Editor Marc Maravalli, B.S., R.Ph. Publisher/Editor, The Town Common Letters to the Editor provide a useful way of communicating concerns, issues, or suggestions to all members of the community. The Town Common encourages all citizens to submit letters concerning issues of interest and concern to the local community. Letters selected for publication may be edited for length and clarity. Some letters may serve as a catalyst for other articles or coverage, and community leaders and agencies will be offered an opportunity to respond to letters concerning their areas of responsibility. All letters must be signed and include a daytime telephone number. Letters may be submitted to: The Editor c/o The Town Common 77 Wethersfield St. Rowley, MA 01969 or preferably via e-mail to: editor@thetowncommon.com. The Town Common deadline is 5pm Wednesday (except when a federal holiday necessitates an earlier deadline). The Town Common serves the communities of the Upper North Shore of Mass. & Coastal New Hampshire and welcomes your participation. Send your Organization or Group Notices, Birth or Engagement Announcements, Photos, Articles and Letters to the Editor, by mail, phone, fax, or e-mail to: 77 Wethersfield St., Rowley, MA 01969 Phone: 978-948-8696 Fax: 978-948-2564 E-mail: news@thetowncommon.com The Town Common Marc Maravalli, Publisher / Editor editor@thetowncommon.com Graphic Design Services graphics@thetowncommon.com Advertising Opportunities advertise@thetowncommon.com Event and Announcement Submissions events@thetowncommon.com 77 Wethersfield Street Rowley, MA 01969-1713 Phone: (978) 948-8696 Fax: (978) 948-2564 www.thetowncommon.com The Town Common is not responsible for typographical errors or omissions, but reprint opportunities do exist for prompt notification of such errors. Advertisers should notify The Town Common of any errors in ads on the first day of issuance. No credits &/or refunds are offered or implied. All material and content cannot be duplicated without written consent of the publisher. The right is reserved to reject, omit, or edit any copy offered for publication. Copyright 2004-2018 The Town Common © - All Rights Reserved In loving memory of Liz Ichizawa, Reporter (1956 - 2005) Letters To The Editor Rowley Special Town Meeting “the Dave and Joan show” Dear Editor, Community Announcements Community Connections Business Spotlight Facebook Site - Rowley Citizens for Governmental Transparency utilizing M.G.L. c. 231, § 59H seeking to get signatures or support addressing For governmental financial accountability has been successful, Real Estate • Sale the Facebook site receives numerous visits every day. For This Sale petition site promotes transparency through public media. Transparency has been difficult by this town given the recent Sports • attempts to Sports • gather records of Sports the selectmen and water boards. Rowley citizens thought last year’s selectmen’s promotions of “citizen un-query” at their meetings were bad until they found Pets, out something Animals, at the annual Plus town meeting. To enhance their peasant controls, Article 2 motions were negated. Thus, the “we run things” culture has strengthened their ability to manipulate the public. Health & Fitness The latest “Special” meeting held June 18, 2018, was a correction meeting to re-appropriate previously appropriated funds for the school budget. Rowley Selectmen, particularly “boss hog”, did not expect this tactical redistribution of previously appropriated funds to be noticed by the voters. The 2:1 mandate by the poll vote on May 8 was completely “ignored” by the selectmen. Boss Hog informed his followers at the “SPECIAL” that the selectmen can’t do anything to reduce the school budget. That profound statement shows the complacent culture of our “only” elected officials that “could” do something. With that statement, Boss Hog admitted that they are not concerned for “us” or the 722 voters (60% of the vote) at the last election. The selectmen are the only representatives for “us” voters in Rowley that “can” do something! And the voters know it!!! At the town meeting, only 121 members attended. Dave Peterson, supported by his wife Joan, acting as town moderator, pushed through the “un-vetted” “unchecked” triton budget by re-appropriating funds! The selectmen’s “validators”, the finance committee and town moderator Joan Peterson, conjured up the $139,808 dollar school funding article. Did they rob Peter to pay Paul? Selectmen Peterson spent an exorbitant amount of time explaining with his deep authoritative voice his logic. In support, Selectmen Snow added a 10 second explanation. The other selectmen remained silent. Selectmen Peterson has a very supportive wife, Moderator Peterson. Why wouldn’t he get the vote up with their army of 88 versus the 722 poll voters on May 8? The army was amassed the second time this year to thwart those uninvolved voters and were shown “how it’s done”!!! 88 town meeting member attendees walked lockstep with our town fathers again instead of supporting the Rowley ballot vote. All opposition voters totaled 19. My guess, the 703 missing voters were busy at their “second jobs” gathering funds for their taxes. Budget preparation, price checking and oversight committee The (finance) thriftiness Town are not allowed in Rowley. Drop Common in to a meeting or two and ask the hard questions. Oops!!! I forgot, citizen queries are not allowed at meetings, only comments! It’s like the Article 2 right we had and no one seems to be able to tell when, why or who took it away. Ask Joan!! Tim Toomey • • • • Veggie & Flower Seeds Bark mulch/loom Daily deliveries Organic soil and more Ask us! We are experts! Danvers Agway 9 Wenham St (978) 774-1069 Also in Waltham, MA at 54 Emerson Rd (781)894-4880 All Your Lawn & Garden Supplies • Fox Farm • Bark Mulch/Loom Ask us! We are experts! (978) 774-1069 Also in Waltham, MA at 54 Emerson Rd (781)894-4880 SIGNS by DOUG Custom truCk Lettering exterior sign repair Truck & BOAT Lettering www.signsbydoug.com we make banners SignsByDoug.com 978-463-2222 Summer Traditions at the Historic Whittier Home & Museum in Amesbury The Town Common Courtesy Photo It is no small feat to keep a beautiful House Museum and National Historic Landmark in tip-top condition, but the members of the John Greenleaf Whittier Home in Amesbury are working hard to do just that. President, Christina Bryant reports that this year’s projects include the scraping and painting of all three porches, fence repair along Picard St. and the insulation of the attic in hopes of reducing heating bills this coming winter. Many windows have also been repaired and sealed towards this goal. Maintenance of an historical property must adhere to stringent guidelines and we have done our due diligence to ensure that these guidelines are being followed. Though the attic insulation is being funded in part by a matching partnership grant from Essex National Heritage, the expense is high. As a non-profit we can only meet these costs by hosting events, giving tours and relying on the donations of loyal supporters of the Home. The Museum is open for tours every Saturday from 11:00 to 4:00. Trained docents will guide visitors through all the rooms and outbuildings of the Home which have been kept in original condition. We host student groups from the surrounding areas and offer tours by appointment for special groups. Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, $3 for MTA members with ID card, veterans and children accompanied by adults are free. On Saturday, July 21st from 2:00 to 4:00 we will host our annual Summer Tea in the Victorian Garden. This a lovely way to spend an afternoon, in the beautifully maintained garden where Whittier once sat amongst his fruit trees and grape arbor. The grape arbor is still there and bears luscious concord grapes in the autumn. During the Tea guests will be treated to a savory and sweet buffet, with oldfashioned tea sandwiches and mouthwatering sweet treats. Whittier Home members will serve hot and iced tea to guests in china teapots and teacups, at tables with cloths, flowers and china plates. Classical guitarist, John Tavano will provide soothing background music to augment the ambience of this treasured event. The buffet is elegantly presented by Amesbury’s grand dame of hospitality and humor, Rosemary Werner. This will be Rosey’s swan song at the Whittier Home as she and her husband will be moving south to enjoy a gentle retirement in the fall. She will be greatly missed! Don’t miss this grand summer tradition! The cost is $20 per person. Reservations can be made by calling the Whittier Home at 978-388-1337. On Sunday, August 12th from 3:00 to 5:00 poets, and those who love poetry are invited to the 20th Annual Tapestry of Voices Poetry Celebration held in the garden at the Whittier Home. Tapestry of Voices was co-founded by Lainie Senechal, Amesbury’s first Poet Laureate, poet, painter and environmentalist, and Harris Gardner, much-published poet and recipient of the Ibbetson Street Life Time Achievement Award in 2015. Together they have partnered with the Whittier Home to present such literary luminaries as Rhina P. Espaillat, Alfred Nicol and many others reading the poetry of Whittier as well as their own works. This year’s readings will celebrate Danvers not only Agway the 20th anniversary of the event, but also Amesbury’s 350th 9 Wenham birthday. St This event is free and open to the public with light refreshments provided after the reading. The Whittier Home and Museum is a welcoming and exciting place to visit! We hope to see many of you there this summer. Visit out website at www.whittierhome.org or call 978-388-1337 for notice of upcoming events.
July 18 - 24, 2018 www.TheTownCommon.com Page 3 Yankee Homecoming Honors Those Who Serve Continued from page 1 be honored from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 1 during the Generations of Giving event at the Senior Community Center. Honored this year are Quinn Campbell and Annaliese Keller. Campbell is a member of the Best Buddies at Newburyport High School for four years, helping plan field trips and events for students with special needs. She also has been a prom date for special needs students and has volunteered at several organizations. She works at the Newburyport Youth Services. “Kids love her and parents appreciate her commitment to their children,” said Margot Petler, NYS assistant director who nominated Quinn. “I can’t wait to see what Quinn does with the rest of her life … nothing short of amazing I’m sure.” Keller has been a mentor at the Newburyport Learning Enrichment Center since 2015 where she offers academic, social and emotional support for at-risk children. She is the founder of the Storey Avenue: A Village Center or Retail Strip Mall? Continued from page 1 To enforce this concept, the city battled over the design of the new CVS building, insisting that it be sited next to the street, although the front door faces onto a parking lot. For the Kaplan site, the last large vacant parcel on Storey Avenue, Port found that the “site configuration (building and parking locations) is so automobile-centric as to create an awkward and unsafe ‘strip mall’ site layout in which the parking areas and drive isles completely surround the building at the center of the property, thereby placing pedestrians and vehicular traffic in direct conflict across the entire site,” a pleading before the Land Court states. The battle between the two different views of what Storey Avenue should look like was escalated to the state Land Court, where the Kaplans argued that their plan was more in keeping with property that fronted on a state highway, Rte. 113. The city and the Zoning Board of Appeals argued that the Kaplans had waived or abandoned the earlier approved plans. The Kaplans disagreed, maintaining that it was asking the city planning board to approve only minor modifications. The landowners won the case, high school’s Girls Forward Club, which supports the Jeanne Geiger Crisis Center Walk Against Domestic Violence. “Annaliese leads by example how to stand tall, strong and proud and has helped our students build confidence in their ability to control their own future,” said Nancy Earls, director of the enrichment center. Frank Ventura started the veterans’ lunch 10 years ago. Shortly before his death he turned the event management over to Jarvis. Dan Ventura, Frank’s son and manager of Fairway Mortgage, continues to be a lead sponsor of the event. The master of ceremonies will be retired Brig. Gen. Paul Smith, who served as the assistant adjutant general and land component commander of the Massachusetts National Guard from 2012 to 2014. During his 35 year career, he commanded Joint Task Force Massachusetts during numerous emergencies including the Western Massachusetts Tornado, Hurricane Irene, Hurricane and a new building permit was issued for the building with a parking lot in front of it. Port described the planning process in cities in “lengthy.” To achieve the city’s goal of creating a village center at its western gateway may take decades now that the last vacant piece of property on Storey Avenue is being developed with a different concept. The construction schedule calls for the Storey Avenue Marketplace Shops to be completed by next spring. The one announced tenant is ConvenientMD, which operates walk-in emergency medical treatment in New Hampshire and Maine. The clinic on Storey Avenue will be one of its first in Massachusetts. 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