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The #1 Selling Real Estate Brokerage in Peabody* *MLS PIN 1/1/18 – 11/2/2018 PEABODY WEEKLY PEABODY $349,900 Evelyn Rockas 617-256-8500 PEABODY NEW $599,900 Joyce Cucchiara 978-808-1597 MIDDLETON $969,900 Rossetti/Poti Team 781-718-4662 LYNNFIELD REDUCED $1,679,000 Louise Bova-Touchette 617-605-0555 DANVERS SOLD $753,000 Nikki Cappadona-Martin 781-710-1440 NOVEMBER 8, 2018 • VOL. 62, NO. 45 NEWS SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1957 16 PAGES • ONE DOLLAR FOR FULL ELECTION RESULTS, VISIT WEEKLYNEWS.NET Results of the state rep. race election between incumbent Rep. Ted Speliotis (above right) and challenger Mark Mezzina (above left) were not available before the Peabody Weekly News deadline. You can read the full results and reactions from the candidates online at weeklynews.net. PRSRT STD ECRWSSEDDM U.S. Postage Paid Permit #66 Peabody, MA Rats have city scurrying Peabody’s City Council is considering new rules to keep the rising rodent population at bay. Story on page 2. City considers later school start times By Thomas Grillo Students at Peabody’s J. Henry Higgins Middle School and Veterans Memorial High want to sleep in. That’s the message from a survey of the city’s 9-12th graders. Of the 614 students who responded to the School Committee questionnaire, 445, or a whopping 72 percent, said a later start time would ease their mornings. If school started later, more than 83 percent said they would get more sleep, according to the 12- page survey. Today, Peabody’s high schoolers start at 7:20 a.m., Higgins starts at 8:10, and the elementary school bells ring at 8:50. But that could change next year. Starting school later can help adolescents get more sleep, improve their health, academic performance, and quality of life, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 75 percent of the middle and high schoolers in Peabody who responded to the survey said they go to bed at 11:30 p.m. or later, SCHOOL, PAGE 3 New role for Bridgewell’s Chris Tuttle By Bella DiGazia Chris Tuttle is settling into an unexpected role. The Beverly resident was hired as Bridgewell’s chief operating officer earlier this year. Today, he is the interim CEO, taking over from the agency’s late CEO Kelly Martin, who died last summer. “I think the toughest part since I’ve been here, has been the passing of Kelly,” he said. “The agency has done extremely well and a lot of that has to do with Kelly’s legacy and what she had built for the last 35 years. My time with her was short but (…) what struck me most was her commitment to the individuals that we serve…” Now in its 60th year, Bridgewell’s mission is to provide services that assist people with disabilities to live independently through community housing, day programs, outpatient treatment, recovery services, education and employment training. The nonprofit recently moved its headquarters to Peabody. Bridgewell serves 6,500 people TUTTLE, PAGE 3 PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Chris Tuttle has been named interim CEO of Bridgewell. SOLD! SOLD! The #1 Selling Real Estate Brokerage in Peabody* *MLS PIN 1/1/18 – 11/2/2018 PEABODY $2,400,000 Rossetti/Poti Team 781-718-4662 SALEM RENTAL $1,700 Evelyn Rockas 617-256-8500 GLOUCESTER $2,400,000 Louise Bova-Touchette 617-605-0555 WINTHROP $610,000 Carole Rocha 781-462-7067 MIDDLETON $1,299,990 Karen Johnson 781-367-8482
2 IRA SUBARU OF DANVERS Mike Garabedian General Sales Manager BOSTON FENCE 110 Park Street, Beverly, MA FREE ESTIMATES 1-800-585-7753 All Types of Fencing • www.BostonFenceandVinyl.com Over 30,000 Satisfied Customers Duxbury Topper 97A Andover Street Danvers, MA 01923 Sales: 888-601-9016 Direct: 508-901-0973 www.irasubaru.com Member BBB Lattice Transition WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 NOVEMBER 8, 2018 Rats have city scrambling By Thomas Grillo PEABODY — As the number of rat complaints has risen by more than 400 percent in the last two years, the City Council is considering new rules to combat the rodents. "We have definitely seen a dramatic uptick in complaints," said Sharon Cameron, director of the city's Health Department. Among the factors that lead to potential rodent infestations are untended vegetable gardens, bird feeders, and trash. Rodents go where there is food. "There are lots of factors contributing to the rise," she said. "Experts say the change in climate and warmer temperatures is extending the breeding season." Rats reproduce less during winter as cold temperatures make it harder for rodents to survive. But as winters have become milder, in part due to climate change, rats have produced extra litters. A single female rat can have up to 100 babies annually, so a small increase can have a huge impact on the population, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health. Experts say the rat population explosion could help spread 11 diseases, including E. coli and the bubonic plague. The measures up for discussion by the council include: Property owners must have sufficient rodent-proof, covered trash containers for waste and recyclables. Receptacles cannot be placed on the street before noon of the collection day and must be removed by noon the following day. Developers of new construction must implement a pest management control plan two weeks before they break ground. The city's 366 restaurants must devise a pest management plan. Violators face fines of up to $300 a day. The problem is not limited to Peabody. Public health directors on the North Shore are seeing the same increases, Cameron said. "For all of us, sanitation is the biggest factor because rats are looking for food, water and places to live," she said. "They like to live within 150 feet of their food source, most of the time they are able to find food around us and the most common place is from trash containers." While the city has hired A1 Exterminators to bait the city's sewers, Cameron said every time they've gone back to check, the bait has not been touched, a sign rats are getting plenty of food elsewhere. While rats are a national problem, the federal government is no longer involved in controlling rats as it is with many other public health problems. Between 1969 and 1982, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention distributed grants under its Urban Rat Control program, but that ended under former President Ronald Reagan. As a result, cities are on their own. Last month, Revere spent $900,000 to provide homeowners with 65-gallon trash carts to dispose of trash. Overflowing trash barrels, the use of flimsy trash bags left on sidewalks, and careless disposal of garbage have all led to the prominent rat problem, the city said. The goal of the heavy-duty, rodent-proof barrels is to restrict access to food sources, according to Mayor Brian Arrigo. "Inadvertently, we are treating rats like pets rather than predators,” Arrigo said. PAAC hosts Power Up! Baluster Gate CASH ‘N’ CARRY AVAILABLE AT OUR LOCATION Have a story to share? 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Land Computer specializes in wide range of services, including tailored IT services We Specialize in AFTER SCHOOL MARTIAL ARTS WE TRANSPORT and solutions for small and medium businesses. PACC Board Member Sue Trahant and her husband, Rich, are Peabody residents who have owned and operated Land Computer since 1992. They are committed to providing each client with high quality service and support. For more information on Power Up!, contact Maria Terris, events@peabodychamber.com INDEX Classifieds ....................... 13-16 Obituary ..................................7 Police Log ...............................4 Real Estate ...................... 14-16 Religious Notes .......................8 BRUCE MCCORRY’S MARTIAL ARTS Est. 1978 Route 1 South, Newbury Street, Peabody, MA 01960 978-535-7878 Visit our website for more about us! www .brucemccorry.com Seniors ....................................5 Sports ............................... 9-12
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