Essex Heritage
News
Board of Trustees Elections Held
This fall,
the Essex Heritage Board of Trustees elected the following members as new
officers for the organization:
·
Vice President – John Farmer, Eastern Bank (current
Essex Heritage Treasurer)
·
Treasurer – Kevin Rourke, Salem Five Bank
·
Assistant Treasurer – Timothy Felter,
Newburyport Five Cent Savings Bank
Five Essex
Heritage Commissioners were also elected to be new trustees:
·
Gary Coon, Managing Director, Major League
Investments, Inc., Salem
·
Wayne Eisenhauer, President, Danvers Historical
Society
·
James Rudolph, Managing Partner, Rudolph
Friedmann, LLP, Boston
·
Thomas Sullivan, Law Office of Thomas J. Sullivan,
Haverhill
·
Pamela Yameen, Butcher Boy Market, North Andover
Other Essex Heritage Matters
Move It:
Essex Heritage has teamed up with the YMCA of the North Shore for Move It! 100 Miles in 100 Days challenge
– a new program inspiring individuals and families of all ages to get active.
Yankee
Magazine Award: Essex Heritage was named a 2014 “Best of New England —
Editors’ Choice” Winner by Yankee Magazine for the film "Salem Witch Hunt:
Examine the Evidence"
Regional
Visitor Center Information Desk: Essex Heritage had a Grand Opening
Celebration on September 16 to mark the opening of the new Essex National
Heritage Area Visitor Information Desk. Located
within the National Park Service’s Regional Visitor Center, the Essex Heritage
staff will provide information on things to do and places to visit all over the
500 square mile Essex National Heritage Area region.
Trails
& Sails: This annual Two
Weekends of Walks and Water was again held on the last two weekends of September. With wonderful weather and great events, it was
a great success and there were more than 5,000 participants who explored the 150+
FREE events all around Essex County.
Annual
Fall Meeting: On October 23, Essex Heritage will hold its Annual Fall
Meeting at The Governor’s Academy in Byfield. Your participation is welcome at this
very valuable morning of networking and regional engagement. For reservations contact Essex Heritage at
978-740-0444 or contact them at www.essexheritage.org
. The event is free, most informative
and rewarding. The Governor’s Academy is
the oldest continuously operating boarding school in the US.
Regional News
Local financial institutions completed
merger on September 1
North Shore
Bank and Saugus Bank have completed their merger under the banner of North
Shore Bank on September 1ST. David La
Flame will continue to be the CEO and Kevin Tierney will be the President. David is a Trustees at Essex Heritage and
Kevin is a former Trustee and also served as President of Essex Heritage for
several years. At this time we are
uncertain how the merger will impact their connections with Essex Heritage.
Town of Danvers Fireworks Decision
As reported
in last month’s BLOG, the volunteer board of Family Festival, due to the costs
and safety issue connected with this event, have canceled the fireworks feature
of this month long celebration. Now
Danvers town leadership has wisely decided that those burdens will not be borne
by the community. So the spectacular
event will be just history.
Preservation of Historic Farmhouse on
Locust Street in Danvers Urged by Residents
Staying with
news in Danvers for this report, a local developer is attempting to create an
over age 55 residential property on land in Danvers that has been used recently
by the Clark School. The property is a
first period house and a number of area residents have come out in favor of
preserving the property in its present condition. The Town’s Preservation Committee will soon
be holding a public hearing on this issue.
Essex County Foundation Seminars for Non
Profit Corporations to be held in Wenham
The Essex
County Foundation, among its efforts to raise funds for worthwhile organization
in the county, has announced that it will be offering a four part series of workshops for the local leadership
of non-profit organizations in this region.
The events will take place into the first week of October and will be
held at the Wenham Museum and the Community House in Hamilton. For more details information on times and
costs contact the Foundation at www.eccf.org.
City of Peabody announces ten flu clinics
for its residents.
This year
the City of Peabody will be partnering with a number of local organizations to
attain the broadest participation. For
dates, times and locations please contact the city public heath nurse at 978
538 5931.
The Town of Danvers will also offer flu
shots at the Senior Center - call then for time and dates.
Follow-up on Boys and Girls Club of Greater
Salem
The Boys
& Girls Club’s Drop-In and Teen Program opened on Wednesday beginning at 2pm
to 8pm at the Collins Middle School for boys and girls ages 8 to 18. The annual
membership fee is $25. Children will be able to take buses from their schools
to the Club at Collins just as they did in the past to when the Club was
located at Hawthorne Blvd.
We are
excited about our strong staff who will be directing our Club programs this
year. Meghan Murtagh-Martin is the Program Director for the after School Drop-In
Program. Meghan did an incredible job
leading our After School License Child Care Program for the past two years and
is enthusiastic about leading our Drop-In Program. Our new Arts & Education Director is
Keshia DeLeon, and Keith Langlais is returning as our Athletic Director.
Andre Daley
is back as our Teen Director, and Grace Duran is our new After School License
Child Care Director.
Parents may
rest assured that any child who would have taken a Salem School bus to our
Hawthorne site will be able to take a school bus to our Collins site. Programs
at Collins will include all the regular ones for children ages 8 through 12,
and those for youth ages 13 through 18.
There will not be licensed childcare at Collins for children younger
than 8 years old. Children at Witchcraft
Heights, Saltonstall and Horace Mann Elementary Schools may still receive Boys
& Girls Club licensed after-school care at those schools. Children at Bates, Bentley, Carlton, and
Bowditch, who want a Boys & Girls Club licensed program, may be transported
to Witchcraft Heights. For more
information about this new chapter in the Club's history, please visit our
Facebook page, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem or our website
www.bgcgs.org; or call the Club at 978-744-0915.
Court facility in Salem To Be Named for
Former Judge
Governor
Deval Patrick formally announced recently that the Essex County Probate and
Family Court in the County Court Complex on Federal Street in Salem will be
named in honor of Judge Thaddeus Buczko who served as the Presiding Judge in
that court until his retirement in 1996.
Judge Buczko is lifelong resident of Salem and served in a number of
elected municipal and State positions including that of State Auditor. Ted Bucko was a distinguished member of the
Armed Forces, serving in two conflicts.
He has long been a fixture in Salem and was a person you could look to
for advice on difficult situations. A formal naming event will take place in
the future when the currently refurbished building is finished.
Personal News
Golf in Norton, MA
Prior to
losing my leg, the game of golf was one of my favorite pastimes. Last Saturday, I attended with my family the
PGA event in Norton, Mass. The event
was most entertaining and we all enjoyed the event while watching the strong
group of participants. We are most
appreciative of the efforts of our financial advisor who provided the tickets
to us.
As a
personal comment, I have not ever experienced an event or a group of volunteers
that were any more aware of the needs of people with handicaps There were special buses, golf carts and
caring volunteer everywhere we went that day.
The sponsoring Deutsche Bank should be most proud of their volunteers.
Abilities Expo in Boston
On a
Saturday early in September my wife brought me into the Boston Convention
Center for our first visit to that great location for the Abilities Expo. We viewed a great deal of material for people
with handicaps and Marge received some specific information about how to easily
move my wheelchair in and out of the
back of our car without having to physically lift it out each time which is
getting more difficult with each passing day.
COPAA Information
As you know.
I have been very involved in a locally based organization focused on assistance
to people with amputations. The
organization has recently opened a web site to provide information. Unfortunately, the term COPAA was already
used and the next best internet name that was available was www. copamp.org.
Please visit the organizations and find pertinent data. The site can be
accessed at www.copamp.org. Log on and
take a look at www.copamp.org
We also just
received word that the IRS has declared contributions to COPAA are tax
deductible. If you have any inclination
to make a contribution to COPAA, check our website for information on where
gifts might be sent.
Back in the swing at Tedesco CC Sponsored
by Spaulding Hospital
I have
participated in a three week program offered by the Adaptive Sports Program of the
hospital that was most helpful in my rehabilitation – Spaulding of the North
Shore. The program featured balance and
swing principals, and after the sessions, I believe I am ready to attempt some
golf with the help of family.
St. John’s Prep News
Admission
Open Houses!
Admission
season is underway and this is an especially busy year with the Prep’s new
Middle School opening in September 2015.
All interested families are invited to attend fall Open Houses to learn
more. Additional information can be
found on the website.
• High School Open House: Sunday, September 28
and Saturday, October 25.
• Middle School Open House: Sunday November 2
and Wednesday December 10.
Homecoming
at the Prep – October 18-19
Save the
date! The School would love to see you and your family back on campus for
Homecoming on Saturday, October 18.
Activities will include the rededication of Cronin Memorial Stadium;
varsity football vs. BC High; varsity soccer vs. Catholic Memorial; an alumni
soccer game; and a family BBQ. On
Sunday, October 19, a Memorial Mass will be celebrated in the Administration
Building Chapel at 9 am. More information and registration can be found here.
Reunion
FYI, the
class of 1954, of which I am a member of a fast shrinking group of former
gradates, will be holding its 60th reunion during that weekend. We will be venturing into Salem for dinner
where we will challenge Halloween crowds at the Hawthorne Hotel, owned and
operated by a fellow classmate, Mike Harrington.
Professional
Sports in Boston
Soccer
The New
England Revolution signed a USA World Cup star and went on a short term winning
streak
Football
The Patriots
started poorly but have as in the past and have a record of 2 wins and1loss
after three weeks. They have improved
as they progress through the year. The
first couple of weeks in October are more difficult the year. Let’s hope for success.
Red Sox
Future
As the
difficult 2014 season is mercifully coming to an end the Red Sox are looking to
the future with young pitchers getting a chance to show their skills and a
recent signing of a Cuban player shows promise.
It seems that the decades long cry of the Red Sox of “wait until next
year” might be a correct one in 2014.
Bruins
Hold Captain’s Practice
The Boston
Bruins are currently holding Captain’s practices, and the pre-season Training
Camp and Exhibitions games are not far away.
The Team has some positional holes to fill and the first weeks of this
month will be important to team development.
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