TTC_01_13_21_Vol.17-No.12

January 13, 2021
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Community Announcements,
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owning a second home expensive,
Rush says. Take those into consideration
as you make your decision.
“Property taxes, homeowners
association dues, insurance,
and maintenance start to add
up,” he says. “Renting the house
out when you aren’t using it does
provide an income stream, but
managing the property and dealing
with tenants is a hassle. You
can hire a property manager, but
that has its own disadvantages.”
• Renting can work just as
well. While it might feel exhilarating
to own a mountain home
in North Carolina or a Pacific
Ocean beach house another option
is simply to rent a place for
a week or a weekend whenever
you’re in need of a getaway.
The City of
Newburyport,
Police
Department and
Fire Department
hosted
fundraisers to
benefit numerous
causes in recent
months
NEWBURYPORT — Mayor
Donna Holaday, Fire Chief Chris
LeClaire and City Marshal Mark
Murray announced that the City
of Newburyport, Newburyport
Police Department and Newburyport
Fire Department hosted
fundraisers to benefit numerous
causes in recent months.
The Newburyport Police
Department recently raised
$2,300 for Home Base No
Shave. Through the campaign,
members of the department
may forgo facial hair restrictions
during November and
donate or raise money to support
Home Base’s mission to
help veterans and their families
heal from invisible wounds
such as post-traumatic stress
and traumatic brain injuries.
The No Shave fundraiser typically
takes place in the month
of November, but Marshal
Murray allowed officers to keep
their beards through the end of
December if they donated to
the Salvation Army. That effort
resulted in $750 being donated
by 15 members of the department.
To help local families during
the holiday season, Newburyport
Youth Services, as well as
Newburyport Police and Fire
worked with members of the
community to collect donations
to fill a variety of needs.
The Newburyport Police
Department held its 15th annual
Fill-a-Cruiser food drive,
through which it collected over
$7,000 in food, cash and gift
card donations to benefit the
Salvation Army in Newburyport's
food pantry.
The Newburyport Fire Department
collected approximately
hundreds of new, unwrapped toys
for Toys For Tots, a U.S. Marine
Corps program that has collected
toys for children in need every
holiday season since 1947.
In addition, Newburyport
Youth Services and the YWCA
of Greater Newburyport's Family
to Family Holiday Program
collected donated toys, gift cards
for essential items, clothing,
computers, bicycles and more
that went directly to 300 greater
Newburyport families this holiday
season.
Families were asked to identify
a wish and a need for everyone
in their household this
holiday season, and the Family
to Family Holiday Program
was then able to make requests
like driving lessons, new glasses,
dental work, school pictures,
beds and more a reality
for those families. In all, the
program helped 300 families
including 616 children and
463 adults. An additional 82
families were able to be included
in 2020 compared to
2019, and 500 people volunteered
as "elves" to support the
program — an increase of 171
over 2019.
"Even amid the difficulty of
an ongoing pandemic, members
of the Newburyport community
stepped up to support those in
need this holiday season," Mayor
Holaday said. "I'm so grateful
for the generosity of all those
who donated, and also for all of
those who worked to facilitate
these programs in the face of unprecedented
challenges."
Essex Tech
Receives
$55,322 Grant to
Support Cultural
Awareness,
Equity and
Inclusion Work
HATHORNE — Essex Tech
was recently awarded a $55,322
grant to help promote cultural
awareness, equity and inclusion
programs at the school.
The $55,322 Hate Crime Prevention
grant was awarded to
the district in December by the
Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education.
The district will be working
in partnership with Dr. Adolph
Brown, an educator, author and
clinical psychologist who speaks
to educators and students about
topics including equity and diversity.
He will work with Essex
Tech students, staff and families,
and assist with professional
development training related to
cultural awareness, equity and
inclusion.
Brown has worked with Essex
Tech in the past, and gave a presentation
to 250 faculty and staff
members in September.
Essex Tech has also hired an
Equity Coach and created an
Equity Team, who will work
with staff to create curriculum
on cultural awareness, equity
and inclusion.
“We are committed to providing
our students with a learning
environment that allows them
to feel safe, included, valued
and recognized,” Superintendent
Heidi Riccio said. “We are
grateful to receive this funding
to help further these efforts and
are excited to continue working
with Dr. Brown, whose presentation
in the fall left a lasting impression
on all of us.”
Essex Tech was one of nine
schools to receive this grant and
in all, $400,000 in funding was allocated
for the program. Districts
could apply for up to $50,000
worth of funding, but could be
awarded more than that amount.
The Hate Crime Prevention
grant helps districts establish
or expand programs designed
to prevent hate crimes and incidents
of bias, such as through
collaborations with local organizations
including local human
rights organizations that have
ongoing local relationships and
expertise in promoting equity,
building positive school climate,
preventing hate crimes and addressing
bias-motivated incidents.
Town of
Georgetown
Urges Continued
Vigilance as
COVID-19 Risk
Remains High
GEORGETOWN — Health
Agent Deb Rogers and the
Town of Georgetown urge residents
to remain vigilant against
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