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Mary Murphy Seeks

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NEWBURYPORT – Just when the “We Support Anna Jaques Hospital” signs seemed to be disappearing from lawns here, houses and businesses have sprouted new enigmatic signs that say either Yes LHD Yes or Say No to LHD.

It is not a new drug invading the city. LHD stands for Local Historic District. And the fi ght, which is pitting neighbor against neighbor, is whether Newburyport should create a new historic district along High Street and downtown between Federal and Winter streets to protect historic structures from being torn down or renovated without preserving their historic character.

� e signs have sprouted in recent weeks along major streets, but particularly on High Street. In one block there are a string of adjacent houses with signs that alternate between Yes and No for the LHD.

Proponents of the new district believe that the many of the historic buildings

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in the city will be in jeopardy of being demolished or altered signifi cantly in the next real estate boom cycle. � ey point to several historic houses and buildings along High Street that were modifi ed even during the real estate recession of the last several years.

Opponents believe that the city is trying to impose strict guidelines on property owners that will limit their ability to upgrade and renovate older homes as property values begin to rise again.

� e irony is that much like the Anna Jaques Hospital fi ght, which pitted the an electricians union against the hospital, the LHD fi ght is not well defi ned yet. � e electrical union wanted the hospital management to award a union-electrician company a contract to help build the hospital's expansion. � e hospital gave the work to a non-union contractor, prompting the union to stage protests around the city and caused the supporters of the

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ROWLEY – When Debra Roberge's boss was on vacation, the assisted living facility in Danvers where she worked suddenly had fi re alarms going off , fi re trucks arriving and patients frightened. Although her job description involves primarily housekeeping duties, Roberge stepped in to assist the fi remen and the repairmen fi xing the alarm. And she helped calm the patients down.

It was not the only time Roberge had taken on more responsibility that she was paid for.

When Bob, a “diffi cult” Alzheimer's victim, refuses to cooperate with the nursing staff , sitting in his room, saying nothing, they turn to Roberge for help.

She and Bob have developed a rapport. She has been able to break through the disease-induced fog in his brain by tickling him and playing with him. She lets him help her clean out the bird cage, so all day he sits by the cage and watches to see if the birds drop any seeds on the fl oor. When they do, he rushes to pick them up.

For these and dozens of other instances of helpfulness, Roberge's company, Benchmark Senior Living, named her Service Champion of the Year. It has also nominated Roberge to be the Humanitarian of the Year.

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“I was awestruck,” she said of the award.

She was even more impressed when Benchmark gave her a $500 bonus and a plague. � en she was beside herself with excitement when the company sent a limousine to whisk her off to a black-tie party at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

“It was fantastic,” she said. “You would have thought I was going to the Academy Awards.”

Benchmark operates 46 assisted living facilities for seniors in six New England states and 21 facilities in Massachusetts. It has been ranked

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(ROWLEY) Mary Murphy of Rowley today announced her intention to seek another term on the Triton Regional School Committee. My personal family situation has changed so as to allow me the time and opportunity to serve another term. “My commitment has never been stronger to a quality education for all students as well as maintaining a strong supportive community.” Murphy cited collaboration with members of the school committee, administration, town offi cials and parents as the vehicle for accomplishing these goals.

Mary currently serves on the Finance Subcommittee where she reviews and approves all district expenditures and continues to meet monthly to track all parts of the budget. Previously she served on the Policy Subcommittee, leading the eff ort to revise and update all of the district’s policies, including those related to student behavior, personnel and transportation. She is a part of the District Budget Advisory Committee, which includes school committee members and town offi cials from Newbury, Rowley and Salisbury.

“One of the most important reasons I wish to serve another term is the culture of respect and professionalism that has been created within the current school committee,” said Murphy. “We can agree to disagree on issues without resentment or worries about hard feelings.

Mary was fi rst elected to the Triton Regional School Committee in May 2006. She has lived in Rowley with her husband and two children for 18 years. Prior to her election to the school committee, Mary coordinated arts and enrichment programs

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Interested parties are invited to attend the hearing and be heard on matters relevant to the application. Copies of the application are on file with the Board of Appeals and may be reviewed in the ZBA office during posted business hours.

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“� ere is important work to do over the next few years.” Murphy said. “Currently, a proposed merger of the middle and high school is under review. Whether or not we decide to go forward with this proposal will depend on many factors currently being researched by a 21 member committee.” Murphy continues to recognize the importance of seamless transitions between schools.

Murphy acknowledged that the development and approval of the district’s annual operating budget is one of the primary responsibilities of

the school committee. “� e budgeting process has grown increasingly transparent. School committee members spend hours reviewing and discussing the development of the budget in open session. � is provides us with an opportunity to ask the administration clarifying questions about the implications of budget decisions on student achievement.”

Murphy admitted that next year’s budget process will likely be more diffi cult unless there is improvement in our nation’s economy, changes to our state funding formula and the proper funding of state mandates. “� e eff ort to provide educational opportunities for all students will be made tougher.” said Murphy, “Ensuring that all students receive a quality education is my passion. Even though I no longer have children attending Triton schools, I’ll never stop being a caring parent.”

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In the LHD fi ght, the terms of the proposed new law are still being ironed out. � e study committee continues to make revisions. � e City Council does not yet have anything to look at.

“Sometime this spring or summer, the study committee will present us its recommendations,” said Councilor at Large Ari Herzog, who is inclined to support the LHD, but does not know what it is yet.

� e proposed legislation would be assigned to a subcommittee, which would hold public hearings, before it decides whether to approve the LHD and send it to the full council, he said.

� e council must then have eight out of 11 votes to approve the new district.

“I am getting postcards, phone messages (as well as emails),” Herzog said. “I don't know what to tell people.”

As proposed by the study committee, the district would control changes to a home's exterior, but only if it can be seen from the street. It would not tell homeowners how to decorate their homes inside.

� e district would not interfere with routine maintenance or with additions of less than 100 square feet.

Also not aff ected under the proposal, as it stands now, would be shutters, storm windows and doors and window air conditioning units. It would also not cover mailboxes, house numbers, gutters or downspouts.

� e fi ve-member study committee, chaired by Sarah White, which held two contentious public hearings last month, wrote that, “� e proposed Newburyport Local Historic District is designed to promote the city's best known historic architecture and its setting.”

� e report, which is on the city's web site, says there will be “common sense guidelines” governing renovations and demolition of homes and businesses in the area.

An estimated 800 homes are impacted. Any home built in the last 75 years is exempt.

At the hearings, opponents questioned if the LHD is needed in historically minded Newburyport.

“Appearances can be deceiving,” the study committee report on the city's web site says. “In recent years there have been numerous tear downs, destructive repairs, and incompatible additions to historic buildings.”

� e LHD, which would be appointed by Mayor Donna Holaday and approved by the Council, “would help stop harmful practices, encourage sympathetic renovations and new

Neighbor Against Neighbor in Local Historic District Fightconstruction and attract new property owners respectful of Newburyport's historic character.”

A major concern for historic preservationists is that the historic structures are not protected from economic growth and change.

In 1968, downtown Newburyport was partially and almost totally destroyed. Federal Urban Renewal funds restored downtown Newburyport, and the buildings that received federal money were protected from inappropriate alterations and demolition.But that protection ended in 2005. Today historic buildings are protected by the Historical Commission, which can delay any demolition or major renovations by up to a year. But it cannot stop change entirely.

� e proponents are particularly concerned about High Street, the major thoroughfare into the city, which is lined with historic homes and mansions, some of which are now divided into multiple apartments, while others have remained single family dwellings.

� e LHD, wrote Mary Baker Eaton on her web site, www.savenewburyport.org, “would protect the roadway against destructive changes, as well as ensure its historic character and charm for those of us who enjoy it today and for future generations.”

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Roberge, who admits to being in the 50-year-old club, raised two

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1:00pm, at the First Religious Society, 26 Pleasant Street, Newburyport, Linda Tulley will present “Stories from Historic Houses” in the Parish Hall of the First Religious Society, Unitarian Universalist, in Newburyport. � e Parish Hall is next to the church on Pleasant Street in Newburyport. A semi-retired docent at the Historical Society of Old Newbury and a member of the Newburyport Preservation Trust, Linda began her business of researching the history of old houses in Newburyport almost ten years ago, by fi rst investigating

her own house, a Queen Anne Victorian on High Street—a comparative youth by local standards, only 120 years old. Since then she has researched a dozen more, and along the way discovered many interesting and touching stories about the lives of the people who owned and lived in these houses, most with roots in Newburyport’s mariner and merchant past. She will tell a selection of these stories. Coff ee, tea, and desserts will be served. All are welcome.

CONTAINER GARDENING� e Friends of the East Kingston

Public Library is hosting the second of three Gardening Programs on April 11th at 7:00 PM at the East Kingston Public Library, 47 Maplevale Road, East Kingston, NH. Presenter Lynn Felici-Gallant has gardened professionally for nearly fi fteen years, concentrating her practice on residential and commercial container design. In addition to container gardening, she is currently the retail merchandising and marketing manager for � e Pick of the Planet, a specialty grower of unique wholesale and retail plants. Lynn will present a hands-on demonstration of the principles of container design—including designing with edibles—and will discuss container plant care and maintenance. Her creations will be raffl ed off at the end of the evening. � is program is free and open to the public.

ROUNDTABLE� e Civil War Roundtable of the

Merrimack is moving. We will meet at 7:30 PM on Wednesday April 11th at our new location, the East Parish Methodist Church, Salisbury Square (route 1), Salisbury,MA. Robert May will speak on “Richard Johnson: ex-slave and member of USCT and GAR.” Admission is free and anyone with an interest in America’s Civil War is invited to attend. For more information visit our web page www.cwrtm.org or call Tom at (978) 462-8518.

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Bill Gette takes you on a virtual trip to see the wildlife of Kenya. Wednesday, April 11, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Meet at the Joppa Flats Education Center, One Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport. $4. Preregistration is not required. Call 978-462-9998 for information about additional programs and events, or visit the Web site at www.massaudubon.org/joppafl ats.

THURSDAY, APRIL 12th

“IS THERE VALUE IN YOUR OLD AND RARE BOOKS?”

Kenneth Gloss, proprietor of the nationally known Brattle Book Shop in Boston’s Downtown Crossing will give a free and open talk entitled, "Is � ere Value in Your Old and Rare Books?" � e talk sponsored by the Newburyport Public Library will be held at the library located at 94 State Street in Newburyport on � ursday April 12 at 6:30 p.m.

PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY OF SEABROOK AND THE SEACOAST

� e Seabrook Library will proudly present Prehistoric Archaeology of Seabrook and the Seacoast on � ursday evening, April 12, 2012 at 6:30 pm. Presented by Brian Valimont of New England Archaeology Company in Newton, NH, will focus his talk on archaeological investigations at the recently discovered Beckman Woods site in Seabrook, NH, providing insight into the Early Woodland Period along the New Hampshire seacoast. Beckman Woods is the only single component, Early Woodland Period site that has been well documented in this area. Our previous understanding of the Early Woodland Period has been gleaned from multi-component sites like Rock’s Road and Hunt’s Island. Unfortunately, clear separation of the Early Woodland component from the other site components was not achieved at these unstratifi ed, multicomponent sites. � erefore, single component sites will prove to be critical in reconstructing past chronological, subsistence and settlement patterns in areas like the New Hampshire seacoast where clear separation of components is often diffi cult to achieve. � e program is free and open to the public; light refreshments will be served. For more information, call the library at 474-2044.

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VETERAN’S INFORMATION SESSION

All veterans residing in Amesbury, Newburyport and surrounding towns are encouraged to attend the upcoming Veterans’ Information Session, Friday April 13th from 8:30 to 9:30 at the Amesbury Senior Center. Coff ee, juice and a light breakfast will be provided free of charge by Maplewood Care and Rehabilitation of Amesbury. Agents from both Amesbury and Newburyport will be on hand to answer any questions about VA benefi ts and programs. Family members and caregivers of veterans are also welcome to attend. Please RSVP to this event by calling the Amesbury Senior Center at 978-388-8138.

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On Saturday, April 14 at 10:00am at the First Religious Society, 26 Pleasant Street, Newburyport, there will be a peaceful direct action training session for people who want to support climate crisis, constitutional amendment and occupy movements. To register and obtain more information, log on to moveon.org, which is handling the registration. National sponsors of � e 99% Spring training include 350.org,

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------------------------------------------------------------BYFIELD - Most people who live in this area will tell you there is a lot of support when needed. � ere are artists groups, performers encouraging each other at every turn. � ere are animal shelters, a crisis center for victims of domestic violence, religious groups, food pantries, soup kitchens and more, all to assist those in need. On April 22nd, there is an event to off er such support to a man in need, an artist based in Amesbury who is living with cancer: John Ethan Burke Dubus, known as Jeb Dubus. Due to severe symptoms from a late diagnosis, he has been unable to work for the last few years. His house was lost to foreclosure, and he struggles daily to accomplish simple everyday tasks. A group of friends and family have come together to organize an event titled, “Family Matters: An Afternoon of Performance Exploring � emes of Family Life, Grace and Gratitude”. Details are as follows: Sunday, April 22, 4-7pm at � e Performing Arts Center � e Governor 's Academy 1 Elm Street Byfi eld Featuring musical performance by jazz saxophonist Danny Harrington and classical guitarist Jeff Miller, dance performance by Exit Dance � eatre, and readings by authors John Badalament, Marianne Leone Cooper and Andre Dubus III. Special guest appearance by Academy Award winning actor, Chris Cooper. Reception 4-5, Performance 5-7 Refreshments provided by Howling Wolf Taqueria of Salem, MA and other local establishments. Tickets: $100 Go to www.jebdubuscancerfund.com to purchase tickets or contribute in any way.

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Despite the overwhelming advantages of using a real estate agent some sellers think they can save a few bucks by doing it themselves. Most of the time they learn the hard way that selling a home is a time-consuming full time job and that, in the end, the savings might not even exist. When the seller's agent takes a listing, the seller wants their home placed with the Multiple Listing Service (MLS). The property is then made known, online, to all members of the local MLS. The seller has agreed to allow the selling agent to work with another firm provided they bring in a buyer and follow through with the purchase of their home. That means that, at the passing of papers, the listing agency will pay a portion of their commission to the brokerage representing the buyer, typically half.

By doing it yourself you won't have the benefits of having your home advertised by the agent’s firm in local newspapers, magazines, and the subscription internet services like realtor.com. You also need to know the mandatory disclosure rules a seller must follow because the seller is liable for damages if he or she fails to do so.

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In the past two weeks we have had an open house with over 35 groups, a “bidding war” on a high end home and seen most of our listings go under agreement. Obviously this is great for sellers and the economy in general, and just as importantly hopefully a sign of good things to come.

Last week I ran across a possible seller who mentioned that they were thinking of trying to sell their home on their own. Her argument was that they can do it themselves and save some money. In theory this is true. However, let me try to shoot down this argument with some facts and tell you what a REALTOR® can do for you and how we go about doing it.

Why don’t I just use a discount service or sell it myself? What does a real estate agent do for you besides find buyers?

You may think you know what houses are selling for in your area but do you know why some didn’t sell? Do you know what houses are going on the market? We do not have the listings on all houses locally but we have been in them all and know of many that may come on the market soon.

REALTORS® go out on their own, by themselves or with other agents, and look at property after property after property. An experienced REALTOR® can tell you why the house down the street or on the other side of town did or didn’t sell. That knowledge can be worth lots of $.

So, where do you find a Realtor® that isn’t all the mean things that guy said?

Like finding any good professional, the best way to locate an agent is through recommendation from friends or those who have bought or sold homes recently. Ask for references and check each thoroughly. Also, make sure you are talking to a REALTOR®, someone who has joined the local (North Shore Association of Realtors or NSAR) and national (National Association of Realtors or NAR) agencies. Lastly, make sure your realtor has a thorough knowledge of the area and can document his/her success in selling properties. Like I tell my clients I am not going to get rich by selling your home, it is about taking care of your clients so they become future clients and friends. This is how you are successful. To make a few dollars doing something unethical never makes much sense to me.

Please feel free to call me as I would be happy to explain what else I can do to sell your home or help you buy one. I can’t guarantee 35+ groups at your open house but I promise to listen to what you have to say, honest.

If you have any questions about this article, real estate in general or are looking to buy or sell a home please contact me, John McCarthy at Rowley Realty, 165 Main St., Rowley, MA 01969, Phone: 978 948-2758, Cell 978 835-2573 or via email at [email protected]


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and experiencing, physically and emotionally, and communicates that understanding to me." Humane: "The doctor is caring, compassionate, and kind." Personal: "The doctor is interested in me more than just as a patient, interacts with me, and remembers me as an individual." Forthright: "The doctor tells me what I need to know in plain language and in a forthright manner." Respectful: "The doctor takes my input seriously and works with me." Thorough: "The doctor is conscientious and persistent."

That list isn't in any particular order. The researchers didn't check whether confidence was more important to patients than respectful treatment, for instance. The Mayo Foundation funded the study.

The traits covered doctor’s behavior, not technical know-how. That finding "does not suggest that technical skills are less important than personal skills, but it does suggest that the former are more difficult for patients to judge," the researchers write.

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to assume that doctors are competent unless they see signs of incompetence, the researchers add.

One patient put it this way in the study: "We want doctors who can empathize and understand our needs as a whole person. We want to feel that our doctors have incredible knowledge in their field. But every doctor needs to know how to apply their knowledge with wisdom and relate to us as plain folks who are capable of understanding our disease and treatment."

The opposite of those seven traits would be: timid, uncaring, misleading, cold, callous, disrespectful, and hurried. Can healthcare ever be high quality if the patient-doctor interaction is any of these? Technically, the care can be high-quality but is it really a place that you want to be treated?

Dr. St. Clair maintains a private dental practice in Rowley and Newburyport dedicated to health-centered family dentistry. If there are certain topics you would like to see written about or questions you have please email them to him at [email protected]. You can view all previously written columns at www.dentalhealthforlife.com.

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What makes for an ideal doctor? Patients shared their views in a study which appeared in an issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. It's based on nearly 200 patients treated at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona and Minnesota.

In phone interviews with people who had no professional ties with the Mayo Clinic, the patients described their best and worst experiences with their Mayo Clinic doctors, with confidentiality guaranteed. The doctors seen by the patients came from 14 medical specialties.

Who made the list?Here are the seven traits listed by

the patients, along with the patients' definitions of those traits:

Confident: "The doctor's confidence gives me confidence." Empathetic: "The doctor tries to understand what I am feeling

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