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2 INDEX Classifieds ...............................................................................13-16 Obituaries ....................................................................................... 7 Police Log ...................................................................................... 4 Real Estate ..............................................................................14-16 Religious Notes .............................................................................. 8 Seniors ........................................................................................... 5 Sports .......................................................................................9-12 Taxes rising, new fire chief hired BY THOMAS GRILLO Homeowners will be facing a 3 percent tax hike in 2019. Board of Selectmen set the tax rate Monday night. The average single family home will see its tax bill rise from $60 to $160. Condominium owners average bill will increase by $400. The residential tax rate is rising to $13.91 per thousand, up from $13.76 in 2018. Commercial property owners can expect to see a 5 percent Pre-Schoolers Love Arts Martial Fun, Games, Adventure and the first steps toward: CONFIDENCE SELF -ESTEEM AND DISCIPLINE FREE INTRODUCTORY COURSE FREE UNIFORM with enrollment 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 Baluster Gate hike in their tax bills as the rate rose to $17.95 per thousand from $17.08. The panel also approved a three-year agreement to hire Glenn Davis as the town’s new fire chief. The job pays $135,000. In addtion, he will receive $2,500 once a year to serve as emergency management director. Davis will be provided with four weeks vacation, a vehicle, and a clothing allowance of up to $1,000. Member BBB Lattice Transition Newport Topper CASH ‘N’ CARRY AVAILABLE AT OUR LOCATION WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 NOVEMBER 29, 2018 Family bears its share of good cheer BY THOMAS GRILLO Don’t call her Mrs. Claus, but the title might fit. On Christmas Eve, Michelle Ayles and her two children will distribute hundreds of teddy bears to patients at Boston’s Children’s Hospital. “I wanted my kids to know Christmas is not about what you get under the tree,” she said. “It’s about what you give others.” The drive was launched five years ago after Ayles had a conversation when her neighbor’s nephew, Joey. The 6-year-old suffers from Morquio syndrome, a rare progressive disease that occurs in one of every 200,000 births. Joey is one of two Massachusetts children with the ailment. “He loved to visit with my dog, and one year, around the holidays, I asked him what he had planned for Christmas Eve,” she recalled. “He said he has to go to Children’s Hospital for treatment, and that got me thinking. How many kids have to be in the hospital for Christmas and what can I do to help?” So the Teddy Bear Christmas was founded. Ayles and her family collected the stuffed treasures of all sizes, from a few inches to 7 feet tall. The big ones are reserved for the hospital’s play rooms. That first year, they collected 150 stuffed bears. “Everyone pitched in,” she said. “Friends and family spread the request by word of mouth and on Facebook,” she said. “My house was filled with teddies.” On that first Christmas Eve, We Specialize in AFTER SCHOOL MARTIAL ARTS WE TRANSPORT PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE Michelle Ayles surrounded by some of the teddy bears she and her family will distribute to young hospital patients on Christmas Eve. Ayles, her 17-year-old daughter Megan, a senior at Peabody Veterans Memorial High School, her 13-year-old son Brady, a Higgins Middle School student, and Ayles’ mother brought them into Children’s Hospital. “It was life-changing for my kids,” Ayles said. That night in 2013, her mother met the Children’s CEO in the hospital’s lobby who told her they have 385 beds. That was enough to make the goal of 385 teddy bears in 2014, she said. “And we did it,” she said. “Last year, we distributed more than 1,000.” This year, as in previous years, the stuffed animals will be given to nurses who distribute them to children in their rooms. The Ayles family and friends will be greeters in the lobby. In addition, they plan to make a special donation to the ninth floor of Children’s Hospital in honor of Ella O’Donnell. The Peabody girl died last year from a brain tumor, one month before her 11th birthday. Ayles refuses to take the credit for the program’s success. She said it’s a result of generous donations from families and businesses in Peabody, Lynnfield and all of the North Shore. The 47-year-old mother of two credits what she calls an army of people, including Northrup Associates, Coca Cola, the North Shore Dance Academy, ReMax on the River, the Peabody Public Schools, and more to make it a success. “Everyone rallies around this,” she said. “It’s the real spirit of Christmas.” If you want to contribute a stuffed animal, Teddy Bear Day will be held at the Northshore Mall on Sunday, Dec. 2 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. There are drop off boxes at Peabody City Hall, Sidelines Sports Bar & Grill on Canal Street in Salem, and Salem Liquors on North Street in Salem. We want to hear from you! Send us a letter at editor@weeklynews.net. Letters should be no more than 300 words. 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
NOVEMBER 29, 2018 WEEKLYNEWS.NET - 978-532-5880 3 Summer Street School PTO is Housing not on the menu for Bali Hai PTO From page 1 on the go PTO Co-president Kathryn Price said the PTO will meet its fundraising goal through donations solicited online and through the mail with student letters. She credited the greater Lynnfield community including local businesses with supporting the school and helping the PTO meet previous year fundraising goals. “Race for education,” with strong participation from teachers and parents, is the PTO’s biggest annual fundraising event. “We have a ton of support. There are lots of parents who volunteer,” Price said. Some of the $36,000 raised by the PTO last year helped buy 30 Chromebooks and iPads for use in class learning activities. This year’s fundraising goals include installing a six-seat swing set in the play area on the school grounds. PTO-solicited donations will pay for the $11,000 swing set with Everett Bank paying for a seat on the swing set equipped with a child restraint. Dwyer and Price credited parent Ed Champy with doing the landscaping required to prepare for the set’s installation. “Ed Champy is a champ,” said Dwyer. Price said a $3,000 donation will go to the Summer Street School’s social/emotional learning committee to pay for an educator to come to the school and work with teachers on dealing with stress. Price, the parent of a Summer 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 Before Northrup Realtors 26 MAIN STREET LYNNFIELD, MA 01940 PENNY MCKENZIE-VENUTO REALTOR®, CBR®, SRES® Direct: (781) 929-7237 Office: (781) 246-2100 Ext. 20 Fax: (781) 213-7983 Email: pgmckenzie@aol.com Website: www.northruprealtors.com Street first and fourth grader, said social/emotional learning partly focuses on how to teach students enduring stress to concentrate on the task at hand and “stay in the moment.” The PTO also plans to donate $1,000 to pay instructor Christine Gehret to talk to teach “mindful movement,” a self control and focus exercise, every other week to Summer Street kindergarten students. Dwyer said mindfulness and social emotional wellbeing work with teachers and students is important because it focuses “on the whole child” and enhances learning. PTO Co-president Pamela MacDonald, mother of a Summer Street third grader, said the school’s teachers discuss and present to the PTO ideas for sharpening teaching skills. “They’re ideas are innovative and the PTO through the years has been a real support for the teachers,” she said. Money donated to date this year to the PTO paid for a “newcomer potluck,” a “pastapalooza” event and money is set aside for an end-of-the-year picnic. Get your car looking great this Fall! After Don Winslow’s AUTO BODY Celebrating 46 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 We want to hear from you! Send us a letter at editor@weeklynews.net. Letters should be no more than 300 words. BALI HAI From page 1 Last summer, the Palumbos proposed a three-story building with 32 luxury apartments priced from $2,200 to $3,300. But that got a thumbs-down from neighbors and the Planning Board. The brothers came back in the fall with a smaller plan that reduced the number of units to 23 and lowered the height of the building to two stories. But those changes, and a traffic and school study from the developers that said there will be little impact on traffic and schools, failed to sway the neighborhood and the ZBA. Future Funds. 2.50% APY* 15-Month CD Regnante had argued town zoning allows for the development because it is simply another nonconforming use that will not be detrimental to the neighborhood. But the abutters disagreed. While two of three ZBA members supported the project, a special permit required a unanimous vote. It’s unclear what will happen next. The development team has an agreement to purchase the restaurant, a 1¼ acre parcel assessed at $1.5 million, for an undisclosed amount. The Palumbos said last summer that if the apartment Looking for past issues? 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