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Essex Tech Receives $300,000 Grant to Offer Career and Technical Education Programs to Salem and Peabody Students

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Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School
Dr. Heidi T. Riccio, Superintendent
565 Maple Street
Hathorne, MA 01937

For Immediate Release

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

Contact: Jessica Sacco
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Essex Tech Receives $300,000 Grant to Offer Career and Technical Education Programs to Salem and Peabody Students

DANVERS — Superintendent Heidi Riccio is pleased to announce that Essex Tech has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation.

The grant will support the creation of an Advanced Manufacturing program and a Construction and Craft Laborer program to be offered to students at Salem and Peabody High Schools beginning this fall.

The programs will allow students at each school to earn hours toward apprenticeship and credentials in either career field. Both advanced manufacturing and construction workers are in high demand for workforce placement in northeastern Massachusetts. Students will begin the two-year program as juniors.

Essex Tech launched its first program of this nature this fall for Gloucester High School students, who now have the opportunity to learn landscaping, masonry and carpentry skills at Essex Tech.

“Essex Tech has a long wait list and we want to work with our communities to increase the access students have to high quality vocational education,” Superintendent Riccio said. “We are so thankful that the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation has supported our work to provide more students with these opportunities.”

Students in the new programs will attend class each week day at their respective high schools in the morning, and will travel to Essex Tech for vocational and technical education in the afternoons.

“The Smith Family Foundation is pleased to support this innovative partnership that gives students the opportunity to round out their high school experience by developing skills and earning credentials required by employers in today’s high growth industries,” said Lynne Doblin, executive director of the Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation. “Essex Tech and its partners are building a model that high schools across the Commonwealth can replicate as they expand access to high quality vocational education.”

The Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation was founded in 1970 by Richard and Susan Smith, and today the private group awards approximately $14 million in grants each year to support positive changes in the Greater Boston area in fields including health, education and economic mobility.

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Burlington Police Department Receives $3,000 Grant for Click It or Ticket Campaign

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Burlington Police Department
Michael R. Kent
Chief of Police
45 Center Street
Burlington, MA 01803
www.bpd.org

For Immediate Release

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Media Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Burlington Police Department Receives $3,000 Grant for Click It or Ticket Campaign

BURLINGTON — Chief Michael Kent is pleased to announce that the Burlington Police Department has been awarded a grant to take part in a Click It or Ticket Campaign this spring.

The approximately $3,000 grant was awarded to the Burlington Police Department by the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) to fund additional seat belt enforcement patrols this May and June.

An annual Click It or Ticket campaign is organized through the Massachusetts Highway Safety Division of EOPSS to promote seat belt safety. This year’s campaign will run from Monday, May 13 through Sunday, June 2.

According to the state’s annual seat belt observation study, the seat belt use rate rose to 81.6 percent in Massachusetts last year, but it still lags well behind the national average of 89.7 percent.

Additionally, while an estimated 61 lives were saved in Massachusetts in 2017 by seat belts, 62 percent of people killed in motor vehicle crashes in the same year were unrestrained, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

“Motorists are required by law to wear a seat belt, and that’s because they’re effective,” Chief Kent said. “We’re fortunate to have this funding to support our seat belt patrols as we remind the community to buckle-up. Seat belts safe lives, time and time again.”

Massachusetts law requires all motor vehicle occupants to wear a seat belt. Fines start at $25 per violation.

All children riding as a passenger in motor vehicles must be in a federally-approved child passenger restraint that is properly fastened and secured until they are 8 years old or over 57 inches tall. Children older than 8 years old or taller than 57 inches then must wear seat belts.

Parents, guardians and caregivers can make an appointment to have their child’s car seat inspected, free of charge, at the Burlington Police Department by calling the traffic division at 781-270-1940.

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Kearsarge Student Receives Marjot Foundation Grant to Study Invasive Plant

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Kearsarge Regional School District
Superintendent Winfried Feneberg
114 Cougar Court
New London, NH 03257

For Immediate Release

Monday, May 13, 2019

Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Kearsarge Student Receives Marjot Foundation Grant to Study Invasive Plant

Kearsarge Regional High School sophomore Christopher Brahan has been awarded a $5,000 grant to study variable milfoil, an invasive plant commonly found in New Hampshire. (Courtesy Photo Kearsarge Regional School District)

NEW LONDON –Superintendent Winfried Feneberg is pleased to share that a Kearsarge student has been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Marjot Foundation to conduct research on an invasive aquatic plant. 

The Marjot Foundation is a nonprofit that awards grants to students in New England and New York on an annual basis to support environmental research.

Kearsarge Regional High School sophomore Christopher Brahan has been awarded a $5,000 grant to study variable milfoil, an invasive plant found in lakes and ponds in New Hampshire, which quickly devours ecosystems. 

“I wanted to research variable milfoil because it is a huge problem here in New Hampshire,” Brahan said. “Most people think its just a plant like lily pads or cattails, but it is much more than that. This one plant alone can kill whole ecosystems in lakes because they do not have any natural predators here. Over several decades a lake that once was a habitat to loons, salmon, and crayfish could be home to just milfoil.”

Over the next year, Brahan will collect variable milfoil specimen from lakes in the Kearsarge area and conduct research at Kearsarge Regional High School. He’ll be growing the specimen he collects in a large tank where they’ll be separated in different containers. His goal is to determine which substrates, or conditions like silt and fine organic material, are necessary for the plant to thrive and grow.

“This grant will provide Christopher with a remarkable opportunity to perform real, hands on research right in our backyard,” Superintendent Feneberg said. “It is an honor that the foundation has awarded him this funding, and exciting to see a student taking on such a vested interest in the environment.”

Brahan will have help as he conducts his research from Erik Anderson, a science teacher at Kearsarge Regional High School. In addition to his lab work, Brahan will write a midyear update paper about his project, organize data, create a poster board for the New Hamsphire State Science and Engineering Expo and write a lab report.  

Brahan will present the findings of his research at the 2020 New Hampshire Science and Engineering Expo (NHSEE).

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Wrentham Achieves Housing Choice Community Designation

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Town of Wrentham
Kevin Sweet, Town Administrator
79 South St.
Wrentham, MA 02093

For Immediate Release

Friday, May 10, 2019

Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

Wrentham Achieves Housing Choice Community Designation

Director of Planning and Economic Development Rachel Benson attended a ceremony at the Ellis Factory in Haverhill Thursday where she accepted Wrentham’s Housing Choice Designation. (Courtesy Photo Town of Wrentham)

WRENTHAM — Town Administrator Kevin Sweet is pleased to announce that the town of Wrentham was awarded a Housing Choice Community designation from the state yesterday.

The Baker-Polito Administration recognizes municipalities that have prioritized affordable housing and sustainable housing development through the Housing Choice Designation. The designation allows municipalities to apply to exclusive Housing Choice Capital Grants, and bolsters their applications to other state funding programs, such as MassWorks and MassDOT capital projects.

Director of Planning and Economic Development Rachel Benson attended a ceremony at the Ellis Factory in Haverhill Thursday where she accepted the award. Gov. Charlie Baker, Acting Undersecretary of Housing and Community Development Jennifer Maddox and Housing Choice Program Director Chris Kluchman attended the ceremony.

“This is going to open up grant opportunities for the town, and will help fund projects to further housing initiatives for new families, middle income citizens and seniors,” Benson said. “It will fund projects that specifically target those demographics.”

Wrentham earned the designation because of it’s 12.6 percent affordable housing rate and five percent housing growth over the last five years. The state encourages cities and towns to have at least 10 percent of their housing stock qualify as affordable housing.

“This designation is a great honor, and a step forward for the town of Wrentham,” Town Administrator  Sweet said. “We look forward to pursuing our affordable housing goals, and working to support our seniors, young families and middle income residents.”

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