Articles from the Neighborhood Newsletter

by Karen Nichols (Gray Street)

Have you noticed the wonderful new garden at the corner of Endicott and Gray Streets? The town redesigned the intersection to slow traffic and make crossing safer. Instead of just planting grass, Susan Vik and Dan Sheehy (both of Gray Street) asked for and received the town’s permission to plant flowers and ornamental bushes. Dan dug out rocks and old roots, and Susan put her horticultural talents (and hands) to work. Now we can all enjoy colorful foliage and blossoms through the seasons. Another beautiful spot in our neighborhood provided by one couple’s initiative. Thank you, Susan and Dan!

Congratulations to young artist Gabriella Hakim, of Jason Street and the Ottoson school, who received a Gold Key prize in the Boston Globe Scholastic Arts Awards. The Globe sponsored the state-wide competition in cooperation with the Massachusetts Art Education Association, and the winners were displayed in the Transportation Building Gallery in Boston throughout February. Gold Key winners (the highest award) now go to New York City, for national competition and a late spring exhibit during the National Awards Celebration.

Do you know someone who deserves recognition? Anyone graduating, being promoted, or making praise-worthy progress? Let us know so we can congratulate them this spring.

By Dolores Schueler (Brunswick Road)

I plan to transition out of my role as a primary distributor of the Neighborhood Newsletter, but still plan to work for the Newsletter in some capacity. Fifteen years ago, when the Neighborhood Newsletter was just being reborn after a hiatus of a couple of years, I saw Nils Fonstad out delivering newsletters on my street and offered to help. He and Bill Berkowitz were taking on the entire delivery, so I offered to help revive a distribution network that had been in place in the Newsletter’s first incarnation. Since then, the Newsletter has enjoyed great popularity, and finding help has generally not been a problem.

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