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who lived and built Newburyport.
A friend asked Eaton to research
the history of Arlington Street.
There she discovered Anita
Tyng, the country’s first licensed
female surgeon and a founding
member of the American Medical
Association.
In researching the history of her
own home, she encountered Abbie
Foster, whom she describes as “one
of those forgotten people with an
intriguing story.” In 1895, Foster,
the daughter of a shoemaker, built
a Victorian mansion on High Street.
It is still a mystery where she got the
money.
“I learn something new every
day,” she said. “It’s been fun.”
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Jennifer Burgee, who rides her
bicycle with her children along state
Highway 133, said she fears the
addition of hundreds of large trucks
to that intersection would make it
unsafe for bikers.
Pete Kershaw worried that
Georgetown roads are not built
to handle 100,000-pound trucks.
“Eventually the roads will wear out,”
and Georgetown taxpayers will have
to pay to repair them.
“I’m not sure Georgetown is the
right community for a facility like
this,” he said.
Others worried that the large
facility, which would bring in trash
from other communities, would
harm the image of Georgetown. John
Esposito, who built a similar trash
transfer station for New York City,
predicted the town would become
known as “the drop off center for
New England.”
The town’s Zoning Board of
Appeals has already issued a special
permit for the transfer station, but
is waiting for the Planning Board’s
decision to decide if it will approve
the facility so close to the town’s
water resource district. The proposal
must also be reviewed by the
Conservation Commission and the
Learning History Is Fun
The map, which she began
building in September, takes a lot of
time. But she has a lot of help.
For resources she turns to
“priceless” collections of deeds, old
newspapers, maps and photographs
at the Museum of Old Newbury
and the Archival Center at the
Newburyport Public Library. She
called Susan Spieldenner, the director
of the library’s Archival Center,
“brilliant” and “an incredible help.”
Eaton also relies on professional
historians like Ghlee Woodworth,
John Currier and Gordon Harris
in Ipswich. And she looks to several
knowledgeable residents like Susan
Shefte and city senior planner
Geordie Vining.
The site currently has more than
120 histories on houses, buildings,
people and events. But for Eaton
it is only the beginning. “I’m not
stopping. This is a multi-year
project,” she said.
“One of the things that I love is I
will be going for a walk and people
will be pointing at Abbie’s house,
and they will ask me if I know the
story,” she wrote in an email. “I’ll
be interested if that happens with
the map, if people are stopping and
talking about a house or an area and
retelling the story.”
“That would be fun,” she wrote.
“I hope so.”
If interested in sharing your
stories about Newburyport’s homes
and streets, Eaton would love to
hear them.
Battle Over Regional Trash Facility Renewed
February 27 th 4-8pm
Board of Health, Cashell said.
Mello is buying a 14.6-acre site
from the East-West Mirra Corp.
for the proposed transfer facility.
The plan is for Mello to purchase
land for its new facility rather than
continuing to lease land from the
town.
The land, which has long been for
sale, is owned by the Mirra family
corporation. State Rep. Lenny Mirra,
who represents Georgetown among
other towns in the legislature, is a
member of the same family, but has
said he has no ownership position in
the real estate.
The company currently operates a
50-ton transfer station, leasing 2 acres
from the town for $40,000 a year.
That facility no longer complies with
state Department of Environmental
Protection rules, which require
transfer stations to be enclosed to
reduce pollution, litter, dust and
noise. An enclosed facility can also
be equipped with fire suppression
equipment.
To pay for the new facility it
predicts will be “state-of-the-art,”
Mello proposed to build a larger
station. That facility would be
profitable only if it collects even
more trash from other communities,
critics said.
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