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*Media Advisory* Housing Our Communities Presentation to Be Held at Rochester Performance Center

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  City of Rochester
Blaine Cox, City Manager
31 Wakefield Street
Rochester, NH 03867

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friday, March 22, 2019

Media Contact: Jordan Mayblum
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

*Media Advisory*

Housing Our Communities Presentation to Be Held at Rochester Performance Center

ROCHESTER — City Manager Blaine Cox is pleased to invite residents to attend a free presentation on urban development by Strong Towns President Chuck Marohn this April.

WHEN:

Monday, April 1 at 6:30 p.m.

WHERE:

Rochester Performance & Arts Center, 32 North Main St.

WHAT:

The City of Rochester, New Hampshire Planners Association, Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association and New Hampshire Housing are inviting residents to attend a free presentation by Strong Towns President and Founder Chuck Marohn this April titled “Housing Our Communities.”

Strong Towns is a nonprofit organization that works to educate communities in Northern America to make financially sound decisions pertaining to building and infrastructure projects, and to closely examine the needs of their community when making major planning decisions.

Marohn, a professional engineer and member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, has a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Technology and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree from the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey Institute.

During his presentation, Marohn will discuss economic resilience, citizen involvement, and wise land use with housing availability and affordability.

“We believe this presentation will be enlightening as Rochester evaluates future infrastructure, planning, and building endeavors and the housing needs of our community,” City Manager Cox said. “I encourage residents to attend this presentation, and learn about the perspective Smart Town is working to share with communities like ours.”

Residents are asked to register for the free presentation by clicking here.

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Stoneham Fire Department, Senior Center and Board of Health Members to Hold Senior Safety Event

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Stoneham Fire Department
Chief Matthew Grafton
25 Central Street
Stoneham, MA 02180-2044

For Immediate Release

Friday, Feb. 16, 2018

Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 781-533-9398
Email: [email protected]

Stoneham Fire Department, Senior Center and Board of Health Members to Hold Senior Safety Event

STONEHAM – Members of the Stoneham Fire Department, Senior Center and Board of Health would like to invite seniors to attend one of two fire and fall prevention presentations that will be held next month through the National Fire Protection Association.

WHEN:

Tuesday, March 6 at 1 p.m.

Tuesday, March 13 at 10 a.m.

WHERE:

March 6: Stoneham Public Library, 431 Main St.

March 13: Stoneham Senior Center, 136 Elm St.

WHAT:

Lt. Charlie Webber, the Stoneham Fire Department’s Student Awareness of Fire Education (SAFE) Coordinator and Mary Zatta, outreach coordinator at the senior center, will lead a presentation on the NFPA’s Remembering When program. The fun event offers eight fire prevention and eight fall prevention safety tips that are explained through discussion, trivia, games and handouts.

“Our goal with this event is to provide valuable safety information to our senior population that will help them live safely in their homes for longer,” Fire Chief Matthew Grafton said. “The NFPA’s Remembering When Program is a great, interactive presentation that I’m confident community members will enjoy.”

Fire prevention tips will include information on smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, planning and rehearsing an escape route, and adhering to smart cooking and heating practices.

Fall prevention tips will include information on physical activity, keeping walking areas (pathways and stairs) well lit and clear, and wearing the proper footwear.

“As we get older, the risk of injury from a fire or fall greatly increases, which is why the Remembering When presentation is great way to learn some effective tips to stay safe,” Stoneham Health Agent John Fralick. “We encourage seniors and their family members to attend.”

Additionally, before and after the presentation, attendees will have the opportunity to sign up for a friendly home visit. Representatives from the Stoneham Fire Department, Board of Health and the Council on Aging will arrange to come to a resident’s home to ensure everything is in safe, working order.

All aspects of a senior’s home will be checked, including making sure smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are in working order, stair railings are secure, water heaters and refrigerators have the correct settings, combustibles are stored away from heat sources, outlets are not overloaded and more.

Those who need a new smoke or CO detector will be able to obtain one through the fire department. Additionally, seniors with disabilities, medical conditions or who live alone are eligible to receive a free lock box, which can be installed outside their home and utilized by family members or first responders during an emergency situation where quick access into the house is needed.

“These home visits are a fantastic free way for seniors to ensure that there are not any hazards in their home that could be putting them in unknown danger,” said Maureen Canova, director of the senior center. “They are also a great opportunity to meet officials in town and establish a contact in the event that an emergency occurs.”

Complimentary coffee and doughnuts will be provided during the Remembering When presentation.

Residents who want to sign up for a home visit, but cannot make one of the presentations in March can do so by calling the senior center at 781-438-1157. Families who have concerns for a senior family member living alone, and who think they may benefit from a home visit, are also encouraged to call.

The Remembering When presentation and senior home visits are made possible through the Stoneham Fire Department’s Senior SAFE grant.

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Melrose Middle School Students Attend Moving Presentation from Holocaust Survivor

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Melrose Public Schools
Superintendent Cyndy S. Taymore
360 Lynn Fells Parkway
Melrose , MA 02176

For Immediate Release

Friday, Feb. 2, 2018

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

Melrose Middle School Students Attend Moving Presentation from Holocaust Survivor

Left to right: MVMMS eighth student Sonia Marks, her father David Marks, grandmother and Holocaust survivor Bella Tovey and mother Roberta Tevoy. (Photo Courtesy of MVMMS)

MELROSE– As Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School students learn about World War II in class, eighth graders had a chance to hear Holocaust survivor Bella Tovey speak about her experience in Nazi-controlled Europe.

The event was organized to coincide with the eighth grade class reading “The Diary of Anne Frank” — the personal account of a 13-year-old Jewish girl who went into hiding in Amsterdam following the Nazi occupation of Holland.

On Tuesday, Jan. 30, eighth graders and their parents gathered in the MVMMS auditorium to listen to the 91-year old Tovey — the grandmother of eighth grade student Sonia Marks — share her honest and heartbreaking story.

Speaking to a crowd of more than 270 people, Tovey relayed her account of the war. Born in Poland in 1926, she witnessed the country fall to the Nazis at age 13. By 14, she was sent to a labor camp and separated from her parents, sister and brother, all of whom did not survive. 

At the end of the war, Tovey endured the death march to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany, from which she was later liberated in 1945. She was 17 years old.

“Ms. Tovey spoke in poignant detail, as if the events happened last week, not 75 years ago, as she described nearly four years of her life, including the two years she spent in a concentration camp, losing loved ones and witnessing the horrors of the Holocaust,” Principal Conway said. “You could hear a pin drop in the auditorium for over 45 minutes with many students and adults shedding a tear.”

Tovey has shared her account of the war many times in the U.S. and abroad, and her story is highlighted at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. She now lives outside Washington D.C. and was married to the late Henry Tovey, who was also a survivor of the Holocaust.

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Public Speaker Chuck Rosa Visits Whittier Tech Students to Talk about Substance Abuse Prevention

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Maureen Lynch, Superintendent
115 Amesbury Line Road
Haverhill, MA 01830

For Immediate Release

Friday, Oct. 20, 2017

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

Public Speaker Chuck Rosa Visits Whittier Tech Students to Talk about Substance Abuse Prevention

HAVERHILL — This morning at Whittier Tech, about 90 students met with public speaker Chuck Rosa, who shared his family’s tragic story surrounding addiction in an effort to teach his audience about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse.

Rosa, who is in recovery for alcohol addiction, met with students in small groups to speak about his two eldest sons, Domenic and Vincent, both of whom died from drug overdoses in their 20s.

Rosa founded Chucky’s Fight, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping those struggling with addiction get the help they need to recover. Part of the work he does with his organization includes visiting schools and youth organizations in an effort to make a difference through awareness and education.

“I’m not here to scare you,” Rosa told students. “I’m here to help you on your journey.”

Every morning, Rosa began, he jumps in the ocean near his Seabrook, New Hampshire home, where his sons’ ashes are scattered, to start the day with them and ask them for their help and support with remaining in recovery.

Domenic and Vincent, Rosa explained, started using drugs before their 15th birthdays and later died less than a year apart at 21 and 20 years old, respectively.

“If you think for a minute you can be that guy or girl who is above using drugs and getting addicted,” Rosa said, “My boys were like that too.”

At the end of Rosa’s talk, students stood up in a circle and pledged to make healthy choices. Rosa then gave participants a dog tag they could keep with them to be reminded of their commitment.

Today’s presentation is part of Whittier’s Above the Influence Campaign, where advisers from both Whittier and Haverhill High School bring programs and activities to students to educate them on the harmful effects of drug and alcohol and the importance of making healthy decisions.

In September, students had the opportunity to participate in an essay contest about how they or the community have been affected by things like drugs and alcohol. They were asked what advice they would give to their younger selves, knowing what they know today.

Two winners from each grade, along with two seniors from Haverhill High School who also participated in the essay contest, earned a lunch with Rosa and listened to his morning presentation. All students who submitted entries, along with others who the guidance department identified as having someone who may have a loved one struggling with addiction, also listened to Rosa’s story.

“Mr. Rosa’s presentation was extremely honest, raw and moving,” said Physical Education Instructor Roxanne Grover, who serves as a program adviser for Above the Influence. “Everyone in the room was affected by Mr. Rosa’s story, and we want to thank him for taking the time visit Whittier to put real faces to the disease of addiction.”

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