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Lowell methadone clinic faces opposition AP / May 27, 2013BOSTON GLOBE

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LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — A border battle is brewing between Lowell and Chelmsford over a methadone clinic.

The Habit OpCo clinic in downtown Lowell wants to relocate elsewhere in the city to a site near the Chelmsfordline.

Opponents say the proposed new location is too close to a residential neighborhood in Chelmsford as well as businesses and houses of worship. They are worried about an increase in traffic and the clientele the clinic catersto.

The Sun (http://bit.ly/Z531zF ) reports that Chelmsford’s Board of Selectmen has written to the Lowell ZoningBoard of Appeals expressing opposition, saying relocating the clinic would create a ‘‘hazardous and dangeroussituation.’’

Area business owners say it will drive away customers.

Clinic officials had no comment.

The Lowell board is scheduled to discuss the clinic on Thursday.

As ZBA takes up methadone clinic move, patient of Lowell facility says it 'saved my life'

By Lyle Moran, [email protected]: 05/29/2013 06:46:45 AM EDT

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LOWELL -- Lisa A. was hooked on cocaine for years and the addiction hit her hard.

She sold drugs for cash, stole from others and damaged her family relationships. She also spent time homeless.

In 1993, she moved to Lowell and managed to stay sober for about seven years. However, in the early 2000sshe was prescribed Demerol because she was battling liver problems.

Soon after she started taking it, she got addicted. Months later, Lisa turned to heroin.

"I would do anything for a hit," said the 44-year-old from Lowell. "I didn't care what it was, I would do it."

Taking the drugs was not about getting high, but killing the discomfort she felt as their power drained from her system, she said. Her withdrawal symptoms included muscle pains, leg cramps, diarrhea, and sweaty andclammy hands.

"It is like the flu, but 10 times worse," said Lisa.

She showed up sick to work at the Post Office in Lowell one day, and said she was on heroin. She spent a nightat a methadone clinic in Worcester, but decided she needed help closer to home to try to turn her life around.

She started treatment at the Habit OpCo methadone clinic on Hall Street in Lowell in 2002. In addition to themethadone, Lisa also received counseling.

The last decade has not been without struggles, but Lisa said her life has taken a sharp turn for the better asmethadone has helped keep her from using other opiates. She has earned a bachelor's degree in criminal

justice from UMass Lowell, has been there for her teenage son and developed a renewed sense of self-esteem.

While the friends she knew from her using days are almost all deceased, Lisa is thrilled to be alive and on theupswing.

"This clinic saved my life," said Lisa.

Jerry Myers, program director at the Lowell clinic, said Lisa is an example of the clinic's positive impact on

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Myers and Habit OpCo CEO Tom Magaraci are hopeful the facility's history of quietly serving people like Lisa inthe downtown will help it secure a special permit from the city's Zoning Board of Appeals to move to a newlocation in the city.

The Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. on whether to grant a specialpermit so the clinic can move into a vacant building on Old Canal Drive near the Chelmsford border off StedmanStreet. The clinic, which serves 500 people daily and about 700 total, will see its lease expire in September.

The proposed move has generated opposition on both sides of the border, including from the Chelmsford Board

of Selectmen. Opponents point to concerns about the clinic's clientele and the potential for negative traffic andpublic-safety impacts.

However, Habit OpCo officials said the fears' of opponents are unfounded, and based on misguided stereotypesabout methadone clinics and those who receive their services.Myers said the patients at the clinic include many professionals, including both white-collar and blue-collar industry workers.

He also said the perception that there are a lot of young, troubled youths coming to the facility is off the mark. Nopatient is under 18, and very few are in the 18-21 age range.

"We have every walk of life come here," said Myers. "It does not fit the stereotype."

Patients also are not receiving methadone to get high, Myers and Magaraci stressed.

Methadone is an effective treatment for opiate addiction, Magaraci said, because while it prevents the "high" youget with opiates, it takes away the constant "craving " for other opiates. This allows patients to continue to workand address issues in their lives.

Counseling is required for all patients.

Myers and Magaraci also stressed that addicts cannot just come off the street into the clinic and receivemethadone. Instead, there is a rigorous screening process before any one gets their first dose of methadone.

The screening includes a physical assessment, as well as review of a potential patient's drug history and that of their family.

The information gathered is then passed along to the center's medical director, Dr. Wayne Pasanen of LowellGeneral Hospital. Pasanen evaluates a patient. If the patient is going to be admitted, the doctor decides whattheir medication will be and the treatment plan.

Myers also said there is an organized process for when patients arrive at the clinic to receive their dose.Patients walk in and get in line on a ramp that leads to three service windows. At each of the windows is a nurse.When a patient approaches, the nurses observe visual and verbal cues to determine whether a patient has beenusing drugs or not.

If they are not impaired, a nurse gives them a liquid dose of methadone in a small plastic cup. The dosage for each patient comes up on a computer screen that contains the doctor's order for each patient.

A patient can use water to dilute what he/she is given, and a nurse watches to make sure the dose is taken. Assoon as the patient is finished he leaves the facility unless a group-therapy session is planned.

If a nurse determines a patient is impaired, that person is not given a dose and receives an immediate drugassessment.

Patients can receive doses from 6 a.m. to noon on weekdays, and most come between 6-8 a.m. The clinic isopen from 6:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on weekends. It is open every day of the year and patients are normally in andout within 15 minutes unless they are staying for either individual or group counseling.Close to 90 percent of patients live in Lowell.

"If people knew what went on here, they would want a methadone program," Myers said.

There is also a large safe to keep all the methadone secure and the clinic has to account for the use of everydrop of methadone, said George Eliades, an attorney representing Habit OpCo before the ZBA.

Ninety percent of patients stop using opiates after one year, said Magaraci. The average length of stay at theclinic is 30 months.

Some opponents have expressed concerns about clinic patients walking around in the neighborhood of the

proposed new site.



Magaraci and Myers said there have not been public-safety issues at the current site. Magaraci said a PoliceDepartment review showed only one incident at the site in the last year. There has been a clinic at the site for about 25 years, although not always under the same management.

"Most people don't even know we are here," said Myers.

Lowell Police Capt. Kelly Richardson said the only recent incident at the facility was last year when two menand women argued at the clinic. The altercation led to violence between the men at another location weekslater.

The clinic is seeking a special permit because one is required for narcotics detoxification facilities. If the ZBArejects the special permit needed for the facility to relocate, Magaraci promised an appeal.

"To precipitate a public-health crisis in which hundreds of people in treatment could not get treatment would be a disaster," said Magaraci. "We will take the city to court and we will win."

Follow Moran on Twitter @lylemoran.

Editor's note: Lisa declined to give her last name as she is still a patient at the methadone clinic in Lowell.

Seek alternate location for methadone clinicThe Lowell Sun

Updated: 05/28/2013 07:24:00 AM EDTLowell Sun Editorial

http://www.lowellsun.com/opinion/ci_23335378/seek-alternate-location

We realize methadone clinics serve a vital societal role, allowing recovering addicts to deal with their dependency with an alternate drug distributed in a controlled environment under strict guidelines.

We also realize there's still a stigma associated with those who are earnestly trying to regain sobriety andreturn to some semblance of a productive life.

Such facilities, no matter where they're situated, are going to meet with varying degrees of opposition. In adowntown area, those concerns are neutralized somewhat by an anonymity of an urban setting.

Removing that buffer by moving to a more exposed location adjacent to a bedroom community doubles thepotential resistance.

And that's where The Habit OpCo clinic, contemplating a move from downtown Lowell to a vacant building off Stedman Street on the city's outskirts by the Chelmsford line, finds itself.

The Chelmsford Board of Selectmen has already registered its opposition to the city's Zoning Board of Appeals, as have adjacent businesses and other organizations in both communities near the proposedlocation.

The clinic would operate in a light industrial district, one of four zoning districts in which it can operate under aspecial permit.

A traffic study ordered by the city's transportation engineer suggested only minor changes to Olde CanalDrive, the address of the now vacant building where the clinic would be housed.

Habit OpCo says nearly 90 percent of its clients re Lowell residents. It would operate seven days a week -- 6

a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays and 6-11 a.m. on weekends. It views its parking as more than sufficient to handlethe 500-plus patients it sees on its busiest days.

So it would seem there are no physical impediments to prevent the ZBA from granting a special permit, whichHabit OpCo needs to operate. The matter will come before the board on Thursday during its meeting in CityCouncil Chambers at 6:30 p.m.

But given the degree of opposition, we urge the clinic's owners to explore every alternative location that wouldfit their needs and budget.

Its current lease -- which it didn't renew because of a rise in rent -- expires in September, so time is of theessence.



Methadone Clinic Decision PostponedThe Lowell Zoning Board of Appeals decided not to immediately approve a special permit requested by operators of

a proposed methadone clinic feet away from the Chelmsford border.By Andrew Sylvia

May 31, 2013Chelmsford Patch

http://chelmsford.patch.com/articles/methadone-clinic-decision-postponed

After over five hours of deliberation, a vote on acontroversial methadone clinic located just a few feet

from the Chelmsford border on Old Canal Drive inLowell was delayed in its request for a special permitfrom the Lowell Zoning Board of Appeals on Thursdayevening.

The evening began with almost two hours of testimonyfrom representatives of the Habit OpCo Inc., the for- profit company that has run the facility in its previous

location since 1987, the majority of which came fromattorney George Eliades, who was interrupted twice bymembers of the audience during his initial testimony

and said his client wanted a vote tonight due to nothaving members of the crowd from Chelmsford returnto Lowell, citing two and a half years of planning in thesite.

While most of Eilades’ testimony to the board was focused on the value of the proposed methadoneclinic to its patients, the professionalism of its staff and ownership, that only five police calls wereassociated with the clinic at its old location during the past year, and that the Lowell Planning Boardand City Council unanimously approved the project after hearing no opposition from residents.

Eliades also stated that no more than 28 of the 64 parking spaces would be used at any time by the16 staff members, two security agents, two traffic controllers on the site and 500 likely patients per

day using the facility when it would be expected to be open between 6 and 10 a.m.

While also noting that 16 of the current patients of the facility come from Chelmsford, he indicatedthat his clients only studied zoning uses north of the facility in Lowell, citing that they were under noobligation to extend any traffic or neighborhood studies to Chelmsford, also claiming that there wereno residential units in Chelmsford north of Route 3.

After a short break and support from one nearby resident in Lowell, the board heard a wide array ofopposition from individuals and groups ranging from the Chelmsford Board of Selectmen and SchoolCommittee to local churches such as Calvary Church stating the clinic would violate Lowell bylawsdue to schools it operates only a few hundred feet from the facility to other nearby business owners.

Although those speaking in opposition recognized the need for a methadone clinic in the area and thehelp it can provide for those in need, reasons for opposition were various ranging from concerns oflack of a sign on the facility to a lack of notices from earlier board hearings to what might happen toparking impacts when the other half of the building is leased out to the volume of vehicles enteringand leaving the facility.

Staff members told the board that an additional driveway would address the matter of vehiclesentering and leaving the facility, but there were also concerns of safety, despite the figures providedfrom Eliades.

In particular, the facility’s immediate neighbor to the north, Brian Ewing of 218 Stedman Street,provided his fears over how the facility would impact his family and his property values, particularly

after an incident several years ago where a heroin addict attacked him in his home three years ago.“ He held a two foot long screwdriver to my head, police apprehended him in my yard while my daughter watched. I looked in his car and saw stolen children’s piggybanks to feed his habit

and a heroin cooking spoon on his dashboard,” said Ewing. “ I am scared to have a bunch of

people who made bad choices coming into my neighborhood daily 365 days a year.”

The reasons for not approving the special permit also included concerns over transportation accesscomparisons with the other facility, neighbors indicating that they saw the proposed clinic’s ownersalready doing work on Old Canal Drive, safety fears over possible increased foot traffic and even fearsthat the owners may attempt to add a medical marijuana dispensary in the future at the location.

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Additionally, advocates of the proposed facility briefly interrupted School Committee chairman MichaelRigney during his testimony.

In response, Eliades challenged individuals opposing the facility, saying that he followed the law inregard to providing notice to neighbors, that no illegal building is occurring at the site, noting theseemingly contradictory contrast between claims that car and foot traffic would simultaneouslyincrease and the fact that no notice was required for other nearby projects such as daycare centersand distribution centers, which was interrupted by a person yelling “we’re not worried about those

projects!,” leaving the room a

few seconds later.

Eliades continued to reiterate hispoints, facing another interruptionfrom the audience whenChairman William Bailey askedhim if anyone would be waitingoutside for treatment in proximityto children, which he denied.

“ I wonder sometimes how adeliberative body like theChelmsford Board of

Selectmen can vote on something when they don’t

know the facts,” said Eliades.

“They just chose to listen to a bunch of people hollering about druggies and things like

that.”

Chelmsford Board of Selectmenchairman Matt Hanson took umbrage with that assessment on behalf of his board.

“The Board of Selectmen takes offense to the presenters attack on the integrity of the Board by

stating that we ‘did not get the facts before voting in opposition.’ The application, including thetraffic study, is a matter of public record,” said Hanson. “Our Board reviewed these materials before drafting and voting on a letter in opposition. The presenter also stated that we listened to people in Chelmsford call these people ‘druggies’, (but) I did not hear any residents of the

Town of Chelmsford call the patients of the methadone clinic ‘druggies.’ ”

Members of the Zoning Board also echoed a variety questions from opposition relating to whether thehome schooling and Sunday school at the Calvary Chapel qualified as a school under Lowell’s zoningbylaws, how patients close to the current location would be impacted, and whether any informationalmeetings were held with the neighborhood.

While Zoning Board chairman William Bailey was informed by staff members that notices had not

been given to Chelmsford residents or businesses in the past for Lowell projects abutting Chelmsford,but he also believed additional information to neighbors would have been helpful, despite claims fromEliades that

“There could have been some meetings that could have alleviated some concerns from

Chelmsford or the Highlands or Stedman Street itself in this instance, it may have helped,” said

Bailey.

Vice Chairman Corey Belanger called the most difficult decision he has made on his time on theboard. said the facility was in a location more residential than what was being proposed, but he alsourged Chelmsford and other towns to pick up the burden of aiding those who are homelessness andbattling drug addiction in the area.

“When it comes to drug addiction services, Lowell serves greater Lowell. We have the Chelmsford Board of Selectmen and School Board and I welcome you, but I direct toward Chelmsford and Dracut and Tyngsboro officials to ask what are wedoing on the issue of homelessness? Not much that

I know of,” said Belanger. “That’s not an attack, it’s a message I’m trying to make and send to the suburbs

that we’re all in this together."

The next hearing on the issue will be on June 10.

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Chelmsford Board of Selectmen members(l to r) Matt Hanson, Janet Askenburg and Jim Lane

Lowell Zoning Boardof Appeals chairmanWilliam Bailey

Photos by Andrew Sylvia

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` ☆ Link to the video of the May 30th Lowell ZBA public hearing on the proposed

Methadone Clinic at the Lowell/Chelmsford town line on Steadman Street.

http://blip.tv/ltc-lowell-zoning-board/episode-6596198

Segments you will find on this video,at the time mark of...0:15:03 to 1:44:45 - Methadone Clinic public hearing begins.Habit OpCo's attorney George Eliades address issues about the clinic,

Dr. Wayne Pasanen, medical director for the Habit OpCo clinic speaksabout the need for addiction treatment.

1:44:46 - The public speaks...

Highlights:1:47:30 − 1:58:07 Chelmsford Lawyer Doug Hausler speaks in oppositionof the clinic(representing Pride Star ambulance service, across from the proposed site)---1:58:10 − 2:22:03 Steadman/Stedman Street residents speak out,Calvary Chapel's lawyer speaks.---

2:22:10−

2:29:49 A mother speaks about her children who were treatedby this Methadone clinic and violence she witnessed there and about thetreatment of her children by the clinic.---2:30:05 − 2:36:47 Selectman Matt Hanson speaks on behalf of Chelmsford and the BOS, accompanied by Janet Askenburg and Jim Lane---2:36:56 − 3:05:44 More Westlands /Steadman Street & Lowell residentsspeak,---3:05:50 − 3:08:20 School Committee Chair Mike Rigney presents theconcerns of the School Committee to the Lowell ZBA---3:08:22

−3:15:05 More residents speak

---3:15:45 − 5:31:32 Public hearing is closed, Habit OpCo's attorney George

Eliades comments on the opposition's remarks. The ZBA members chime in.---4:49:02 - ZBA Member Corey Belanger: “When it comes to drug addicition services, Lowell serves greater Lowell. Wehave the Chelmsford Board of Selectmen and School Board and I welcome you, but I direct toward Chelmsford andDracut and Tyngsboro ofcials to ask what are we doing on the issue of homelessness? Not much that I know of,” saidBelanger.


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Methodone clinic opposition letter from Chelmsford BOS

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Chelmsford SchoolCommittee chimes inon Methadone Clinic

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☆ State Rep Tom Golden was a guest on

Tom Christiano's Politically Correctcable show.

State Rep Golden gives his views on theMethadone clinic matter. Here is the link to the PI show the Methadone clinictopic comes up at the 28:50 minutemark

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Sides argue proposed Lowellmethadone-clinic move

By Marie Donovan, Sun CorrespondentUpdated: 05/31/2013 07:06:40 AM EDT

Lowell Sunhttp://www.lowellsun.com/news/ci_23360419/sides-argue-proposed-lowell-methadone-clinic-move

LOWELL -- After more than five hours of debate and passionate arguments on bothsides, the Zoning Board of Appeals lateThursday night postponed making a decisionon a Lowell methadone clinic's proposedmove to a new site off Stedman Street.

The board voted to continue a public hearingat its next meeting on June 10, on Habit

OpCo's proposed move to a vacantcommercial building at 22 Olde Canal Drive,off Stedman Street near the Chelmsford line.The move requires a special permit from theZBA.

The postponement came at midnight after longtestimony from proponents and opponents,including a packed room of neighbors whowere against the move.

Board Chairman William Bailey directed Habit OpCo's attorney, George Eliades, toaddress security issues, including the possibility that a private elementary school is located too close tothe site, as well as traffic and stormwater concerns. He also asked Eliades to meet with the cityengineer regarding landscaping and crosswalks and to guarantee that there would never be a line of people waiting to use the clinic outdoors, to which Eliades responded "absolutely."

Board Chairman William Bailey directed Habit OpCo's attorney, George Eliades, toEliades said for the first 30 to 60 days at the site, he would have Habit OpCo conduct a survey of people arriving on foot.

David Daly, president of PrideStar

EMS, located on Stedman Street,speaks Thursday night in opposition

to the proposed move of the Habit

OpCo methadone clinic to OldeCanal Drive, off Stedman Street.

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Attorney George Eliades, representing theHabit OpCo methadone clinic, points out thata clinic patient, Lisa (second from left, inpink), who was featured in a Sun story andsaid the clinic saved her life, was available tomake a statement during the Zoning Board of Appeals meeting at City Hall Thursday night.SUN PHOTO / JULIA MALAKIE

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Opponents of the move from the clinic's existing site on Hall Street included Chelmsford public officials,and residents and business owners in Lowell and Chelmsford.

"The Chelmsford Board of Selectmen unanimously disapproves for several reasons," said boardChairman Matt Hanson, noting that the area where the clinic would be relocated abuts a denselypopulated residential area of Chelmsford and that many children in the area would be waiting atmultiple bus stops during the highest traffic time for the clinic's patients between 6 and 10 a.m.

Eliades said that rumors the clinic already has started building on the site are not true, despitepurported calls to the city's building department saying as much.

"We're not going to put a single car out on Olde Canal Drive to park," he added.

Eliades said a licensed nurse administers the methadone in a cup to each patient with a measureddose, and speaks with the person to be sure they have swallowed it, so they cannot take it to anyonewho is unauthorized to use it once they exit the clinic.

He said that about 15 to 20 pregnant women who are trying to stop using opioids are among thepatients currently.

"The doses get smaller as they're stronger," he said.

Much of the opposition to the proposal was with regard to traffic. There would be 65 parking spaces atthe facility, which would serve more than 500 patients.

Joanne Idarraga, who runs a dance school at 210 Stedman St., said that her school, which serveschildren ages 2 to 15, is located just 50 yards from the proposed facility and has preschool agedstudents there from 8 to 11 a.m., approximately the same time as the majority of traffic would be at theclinic.school at 210 Stedman St., said that her school, which serves children ages 2 to 15, is located just 50 yards from the proposed facility and has preschool aged students there from 8 to 11 a.m.,

approximately the same time as the majority of traffic would be at the clinic.

"I absolutely oppose this," she said.

Dr. Wayne Pasanen, medical director for Habit OpCo, said his father suffered from alcoholism, and hewas moved to work in the field of helping patients battle addictions after watching his father in treatmentwhen he was a child.

"So I've had sort of a passion for this. Opiatedependence has become an epidemic in the U.S.,"he said.

A city traffic engineer, Eric Eby, who spoke at thehearing said he had concerns about circulation on thesite, because so many vehicles would be using theparking area in a short time.

"It is a lot of traffic in and out," Eby said, saying thecurrent setup was not sufficient and recommending asecond driveway be added on and that the entranceand exit areas be made one way, so there is a looppattern to help the flow of traffic.

One resident of Stedman Street in Lowell, BruceHenderson, spoke in favor of the clinic.

Opponents included several residents of the area aswell as representatives from PrideStar ambulanceand nearby houses of worship, including the IslamicSociety of Greater Lowell and Calvary Chapel.

Dr. Wayne Pasanen, medicaldirector for the Habit OpCoclinic, speaks about the needfor addiction treatment as theLowell ZBA holds a hearing on aspecial permit for the clinic tomove to Olde Canal Drive.SUN PHOTO / JULIA MALAKIE



CHELMSFORD OPEN SPACE STEWARD: A thousand plants delight

By Joanne Stanway/[email protected] Independent

Posted May 30, 2013 @ 09:12 AMhttp://www.wickedlocal.com/chelmsford/news/x438184741/CHELMSFORD-OPEN-SPACE-STEWARD-A-thousand-plants-delight#axzz2UhZ4Po8h

Chelmsford —Despite all the rain we had last week, stuff got done and Memorial Day ended up being a beautiful day.

The most surprising and exciting development was the donation of about 1,000 plants – peonies, hostas,irises and more – by new Chelmfordians Kyle and Heather Hilton. I don’t want to identify the location of their new home, but suffice it to say their yard looks more like a plant nursery than a residence – and I’mnot exaggerating.

We are grateful the Hiltons called the Chelmsford Garden Club who reached out to the Chelmsford OpenSpace Stewardship. So here’s the plan: Within the next 60 to 90 days, we will assemble a crew to carefully dig up each plant and immediately transplant them at a new perennial garden at Sunny Meadow Farm. Toprepare for this, we need about 60 yards of loam and 40 yards and compost, and to run piping from ourexisting water source to the new garden. The goal is to then transplant these perennials as needed

throughout town and to partner with all local garden clubs to provide plants elsewhere as needed. Flowercuttings can also be sold to help off-set the cost of any investment we need to make. This is a goodopportunity, too, to remind people about our small tree nursery on the site!

A lot of people have been very busy. Danny Lewis, who lives next to Sunny Meadow Farm, cut the upperorchard. This is the land that was purchased last fall, and probably the first time in 10 years it has been cut.Danny also cut the land known as Mud Island – the first stage of restoration of that parcel.

Sunny Meadow Steward Elliot Lea and Phil Stanway cut the rest of the property there, and give a shout outto anyone who would like to volunteer to help with cutting the grass and weed whacking this summer. Wehave the equipment if you have the time. Please email Phil at [email protected] to volunteer for

this exciting opportunity.

Our other Sunny Meadow Steward Chad Elliot did something really cool – he attached a camera to aremote control helicopter and took some aerial shots of the property. It’s nice to see how beautiful the siteis from all angles – even from up above.

-Things are hopping in thecommunity garden. TheMerrimack Valley MobileFood Pantry planted its

veggies for the second

year. Last year they harvested 600 lbs. fordonation. Phil and I spentsome time plantingadditional veggies in ourown plot and doing somemuch needed weeding. I

wish there was a way togrow one without theother. Some other

gardeners, includingMeike and Elke Doyle,honored WestfordFirefighter Richard St.Onge by adding some

American flags to theraised bed community garden in his name. Thank

you for that.

The greenhouse unfortunately has not yet been erected due to rain. The window of opportunity is about one

more week or this project will need to be postponed due to bluebird nesting time. We’ll keep you posted.

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- Over at the Wotton Street Community Garden, gardeners are also actively planting. Steward Greg Piperis busy assembling a shed on the site, and the temporary electric pump has been replaced by a gas pumpso water is readily available (not that we needed it last week.) Gardeners who have not at least weededtheir plots are asked to do so to ensure we don’t think it’s abandoned.

-At Heart Pond, Stewards Jeff and Barbara Apostolakes picked up trash and got the site ready for theseason, and people were fishing. Folks are reminded to check the signage asking to fish away from the

beach area – hooks in the sand or in the water are not a good thing. Ouch.

- A big ol’ snapping turtle laid some eggs in a site I won’t reveal (privacy for the turtles, you know.) TheStewards placed some cones near the nests to keep them safe.On Sunday, Phil stopped by St. Mary’s Church to help plant and lay mulch behind the new grotto. Heneeds as many points as he can get, so . . .

And it looks like we’ll be back doing work at Robert’s Field Park. We are waiting for the wetlands bufferzone to be marked, then we’ll pull out about 20 stumps and mow the park. The wet ground and the stumpsdid a number on our equipment, so we’ll be grateful to eradicate the stumps (as well as a lot of poison ivy).

Joanne Stanway contributes the Open Space Steward to the Independent.

Chelmsford Garden Club Creates a Garden at Heart Pond Posted by Minnie Collins

Chelmsford PatchMay 17, 2013

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The Chelmsford Garden Club, with the help of the Chelmsford Open Spaces Stewards, has

created a beautiful memorial garden at Heart Pond in honor of Ryan Apostalakes. The

garden surrounds a beautifully etched stone listing Heart Pond Beach, Ryan’s name, the

Town of Chelmsford’s seal and the year 2009. The Stewards brought in a ton of rocks,

graded the area and spread loam. The stones will be a barrier to keep bicycles and

pedestrians from damaging the plants. The members of the Club added fertilizer and then

planted a variety of bulbs, plants and bushes most of which came from their home gardens. As time goes on more plants will be added which will create a beautiful and serene oasis in

the center of the park area.

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Acre by acre,

Chelmsford open space increasesBy Grant Welker, [email protected]

Lowell SunUpdated: 05/19/2013 06:35:11 AM EDT

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CHELMSFORD -- With a quick and unanimous vote at Town Meeting on May 6, Chelmsford reached a milestoneof 1,000 acres of conserved land in town, a total that has accumulated quickly in recent years.

"This is quite an accomplishment for a town that has almost no state-owned land," Town Manager PaulCohen told Town Meeting representatives.

Many of those 1,000 acres include several large properties added in recent years, such as the 30-acre SheehanFarm, which the town bought last year, and Sunny Meadow Farm, a 24-acre property the town acquired in 2008.

"It's great news," said Phil Stanway, the founder of the Chelmsford Open Space Stewardship, which began in2005 and manages more than 700 of the conserved acreage. Stanway praised the new milestone but also thetown's priority on protecting farmland through conservation restrictions.

"Hitting 1,000 acres is a milestone. The town of Chelmsford now being the largest farmer in town isanother milestone," he said.

Conservation of land across town began decades ago, beginning with the Wright Reservation off Parker Road,which opened in 1968 at 31 acres, according to the 2010 Open Space and Recreation Plan. The property, whichincludes walking trails, has since been expanded to 110 acres.

Bartlett Park in the town center was the first protected open space in Chelmsford. The 3-acre park off the eastend of Acton Road was donated in 1971 and is now under management of the Chelmsford Land ConservationTrust.

Russell Mill, with 132 acres off Mill Road, was added that same year. The cranberry bog between Elm Street andPark Road on the Carlisle line was added in 1986. Chelmsford's half of the bog is 180 acres, with nearly asmuch land in Carlisle.

"Our town has taken conservation of land, particularly farm land, very seriously," Selectmen ChairmanMatt Hanson said.

Town Meeting this month also overwhelmingly approved, 132 to 2, conserving a 66-acre town-owned propertyknown as Oak Hill in North Chelmsford. A committee is being formed to oversee the planning process of turningthe site into a space for passive recreation such as walking trails.

The four properties approved May 6 consisted of two adjacent wooded parcels totaling just under 10 acres along

Interstate 495 just east of Cove Street, and two small properties totaling about one-quarter of an acre betweenI-495 and Riverneck Road.

Other properties not included in the 1,000 acres are privately owned farm or forest land, or sites owned by theChelmsford Land Conservation Trust.

Private agricultural land accounts for 286 acres, forest land for 132 acres, and another 70 in private recreation,such as the Lowell Sportsmen Club, according to the Open Space and Recreation Plan.School athletic fields and parks account for another 64 acres, and the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, which opened in2009, includes nearly nine acres as it slices in a narrow ribbon across the town.

The 1,000 acres also includes roughly 100 small, inaccessible properties that the town has conserved or takenthrough tax-title, said Evan Belansky, the town's community development coordinator.

Chelmsford will also add to that acreage, likely through property tax surcharges known as the CommunityPreservation Act, which the town adopted in 2001. There are 680 acres of vacant, developable and unprotectedopen space, according to the Open Space and Recreation Plan.

"We're keeping our eyes open for other opportunities," Cohen, the town manager, said.

One property in particular may be next: Lupien Farms, an apple orchard off Westford Street. It is the onlyremaining apple orchard in Chelmsford, and the town would like to keep it in production, Cohen said.Representatives of the orchard couldn't be reached for comment.

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SAGE Summer/Fall farm and research programPosted on June 4, 2013 by Linda Davis

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SAGE has just begun a research farm project at The Jones Farm in Chelmsford, where, on Wednesday afternoons from May to October, our “research farmers” will learn about bio-nutrient farming from Phil Jones. This project offers us the chance to do something new

while learning about a healthy way of farming we hope to apply to the future SAGECrossing Farms at T.I.L.L.

SAGE Trustee Linda Cox is directing this program, in close alliance with Phil Jones. Last Wednesday Cox and Jones introduced farmers Randy and Ryan to some of the tools they will be using in this program: in particular, a soil tester and a refractometer. Jonesexplained how we will be testing plants for their sugar content, something that can be doneonly on sunny days. The higher the sugar, the healthier and more nutritious the plant. They learned that insects can’t digest sugar, so a higher sugar content means fewer insects and

less need for pesticides.

Wednesday, May 29th, was a productive introduction to theprogram, and included a tour of the Jones Farm. Phil showedresearch farmers Randy and Ryan how to remove stems fromthe plants they will be testing. He showed how to put themthrough a leaf press and watch for the juice to come out. Coxexplained how to clean the press.

Farmers Ryan and Randy planted 128 seedlings in containers:

two varieties of pumpkin, which will grow on the Jones Farmin a field called “the SAGE field,” and be harvested at the endof the program. One pumpkin, particularly good for cooking,is called New England Pie; the other, Baby Bear, is especially nice for decorating.

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The SAGE Crossing Foundation was founded in February, 2007, for the purpose of creating a green-model

Massachusetts farmstead for autistic adults. SAGE was conceived as a template that can and should be reproduced

on small farms and orchards throughout Massachusetts and the United States. The foundation was approved as a

Massachusetts not-for-profit corporation on April 6, 2007, and received its Federal tax exemption as a 501(c)(3)organization on September 14, 2007.

Since then, SAGE has expanded its goals and made significant strides toward their fulfillment. SAGE has garnered

both national and local publicity for issues surrounding adults on the autism spectrum. Starting in 2010, and

continuing through the present, we have also conducted a series of highly successful, even inspirational, seasonal

day programs that have served over 50 individual participants. We are now in the process of establishing our first

permanent day programs, using novel arrangements that we hope will develop new pathways to create both day

and residential farm-based programs.

Farms offer a quieter, safer environment for persons with autism; they allow many opportunities for exercise, and

daily contact with animals. By making ours a green model that includes energy-saving structures; organic farming,

nontoxic supplies and cleaning agents, and an environmentally friendly lifestyle that emphasizes re-use and

recycling, we will be setting a good example for the community. By building our programs on small workingorchards and farms, we will also be able to grow some of the farm’s food, thus saving money while promoting a

healthy lifestyle. And we will be preserving a farm – ultimately, we hope, a number of small farms and orchards –

from development. (In Massachusetts, we now have only 6,000 farms –down from 11,000 fifty years ago.)

SAGE is conceived not as an island that isolates the disabled from the community, but as a bridge to the

community: a place where people can purchase fresh produce, crafts and foods made at the farm; share

recreational facilities; and attend fairs and other events. By placing a home, workspaces, and recreational facilities

in the same location, we also believe that SAGE will provide enough cost savings compared to traditional group

homes, which require transportation to and from work or a day program, so that other costs relating to farm work

will be offset, at least in part

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Four CPA Projects Receive MHC AwardsThe Community Preservation Coalition

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May 21, 2013: Four CPA-funded projects will receive awards next Thursday at theMassachusetts Historical Commission's (MHC) 35th Annual Preservation Awards Reception.MHC will recognize the rehabilitation and restoration of Chelmsford's North Town Hall,Needham's Town Hall, Kingston's Frederic C. Adams Public Library and Adams Heritage

Center, and Waltham's Lyman Estate "The Vale" project, all funded with CPA dollars. Walter Wales Hoeg, a local preservationist from Kingston, will alsoreceive an award.

Congratulations Chelmsford on beingawarded the 35th Annual PreservationAward by the Massachusetts HistoricalCommission for the restoration and

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Chelmsford dog park needs $160GBy Grant Welker, [email protected]

Updated: 05/20/2013 07:05:47 AM EDTLOWELL SUN

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CHELMSFORD -- The Chelmsford Dog Association has town approval to use a Richardson Road sitefor a new dog park. That was likely the easy part.

Now the group has to raise an estimated $160,000 or so that it will cost to transfer a Department of Public Works site into the town's first dog park.

Most of the public-works operations will be moving this summer to a new facility on Alpha Road.

"There's a lot of things we have to do," said Vivian Merrill, president of the dog association.

Fundraising included a Senior Center flea market Saturday and a "dog rally" at the Chelmsford StreetWalgreens in the town center June 22, with a walk-a-thon and demonstrations for dog training, policedogs and assistant dogs. Other planned events include a Fourth of July parade float, a walk-a-thon inSeptember and "Howl'ween," a themed party in October.

The group is also hoping a grant might help cover much of the cost. Merrill met last week withrepresentatives from a group that in 2008 gave $3 million to the Animal Rescue League of Boston for adog shelter.

The Chelmsford Dog Association knows it will likely be difficult finding funding these days, especiallywith other needs in the area.

Ongoing fundraising for two new turf athletic fields is most of the way toward its goal of $500,000, and afund for Chelmsford resident Jeff Bauman, who lost his legs in the Boston Marathon bombing, has sofar raised more than $750,000 from more than 16,000 people.

A drive earlier this year for victims of the Woodcrest Condominiums fire on Littleton Road raised morethan $60,000.

"I don't want to gouge people because I know they're getting pulled in so many different ways,"Merrill said.

Chelmsford's 2-acre dog park is expected to cost about $160,000. The association so far has less than$7,000. But there are more than 4,000 registered dogs in town, Merrill said, and the demand exists for such a park.

The dog park was approved, 134-3, at Town Meeting on May 6. Town Manager Paul Cohen said the

town wanted to make the Richardson Road site an attractive location while also not precluding anyfuture municipal uses of the property. There are no plans to sell the property, he said.

North Chelmsford Water District commissioners opposed the park because of worries about potentialcontamination of public water wells about 800 feet away, saying at a meeting in April that they preferredthe site not be used at all. But they said they would work with the dog association to minimize anypotential effect, and none spoke in opposition at Town Meeting.

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Chelmsford awards $2.4M turf-fields pactBy Grant Welker, [email protected]

Updated: 05/20/2013 09:23:49 PM EDT

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CHELMSFORD -- A contract has been awarded to a firm to construct turf athletic fields at the highschool and McCarthy Middle School beginning early next month.

The firm, Green Acres of Lakeville, was chosen from six bidders and awarded a $2.4 million contract for the project by the Board of Selectmen Monday. Construction is expected to start on or around June 4,with fields ready for the fall sports season.

Green Acres was the low bidder but is also "extremely qualified," selectmen Chairman Matt Hansonsaid.

Some aspects of the project, including lights at the McCarthy field, will be under a separate contract.Construction of the lights, which will require zoning approval, is slated to start in August.

The turf-fields project, which was overwhelmingly supported at Town Meeting, is receiving funding froma variety of sources.

Community Preservation Act funds from property-tax surcharges will cover $1.2 million, and $575,000 inthe fiscal 2014 capital budget will pay for the new eight-lane McCarthy running track. Private fundraisingis expected to cover $500,000, of which most has already been received.

A town bond of $800,000 is to be repaid through user fees, rental and possible naming rights for thefields. Town officials have estimated rentals at $125 per hour of both fields could bring in $143,000annually.

Selectmen on Monday also approved a contract for preliminary site work for the new central fire stationnext to Town Hall on Billerica Road. The winning firm, Boucher Construction of Leominster, was the lowbidder at $438,000. The firm also conducted $1 million in site work for the Department of Public Worksfacility near completion on Alpha Road.

The 19,000-square-foot mew fire station will replace the current station, which was built in 1952. Theproject, expected to cost $7.8 million, will be funded through a 20-year bond.

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Chelmsford class of 2013finishes the race

By Molly Loughman/Wicked Local staff writer Wicked Local Chelmsford

Chelmsford IndependentPosted Jun 01, 2013 @ 10:04 PMLast update Jun 04, 2013 @ 08:30 PM

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Chelmsford — What felt like the first day of summer to most meant a new beginning for Chelmsford High School’s class of 2013 during Saturday’s graduation ceremony, where the high school careers of over 380 students leaped afinal hurtle.

Sporting their maroon and white caps, gowns and tassels, CHS seniors made their way through Simonian

Stadium under hot and sunny June skies for a ceremony marking the end of one journey and the birth of another.

“ So graduates, take time to reflect on and appreciate the people who’ve been there for youyour entire school career… Please remember the character traits they helped engrain inyou here in Chelmsford…. in other words, pride,” said Superintendent Frank Tiano, following theCHS band’s performance of “Pomp & Circumstance No. 2” and the “Star Spangled Banner.” Class of 2013secretary Mary Kosewski led attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance.

School Committee Chairman Michael Rigney took the floor next. He expressed gratitude for the class’s

successful academic, athletic and theatrical endeavors, but also for its notable community contributions,including over $100,000 raised for local charities, spanning from the 24-Hour Relay and other drives.Recognizing several of Chelmsford Public Schools' retired faculty was Principal Charles Caliri, a CHS 1990graduate. Suggesting students take risks and learn from their failures, Caliri dished out his advice for hisfirst senior class as school principal.

“ Leave your comfort zone, leave Chelmsford, but most importantly, leave your mark… Leaving allows you to experience all the new things… it allows you to grow more than youcan possibly imagine,” said Caliri. “The only way we can get a return for our investment iswhen you leave and most importantly, come back better than you were before.”

Caliri added CHS was recently ranked on Newsweek’s “ America’s Best High Schools List,” comprisedof the top 2,000 schools in America, evaluated on the highest percentage of college-ready students.Salutatorian Daniel P. Erdosy addressed his classmates. Erdosy spoke to the wide spectrum of memoriesand accomplishments at CHS as a testimony to the school’s diversity, helping to define students today andtomorrow.

Class of 2013 treasurer Craig S. Wallace presented the class gift, a new trophy case for the gymnasium’smain entrance.

“We all have personal story of transformation… We are incredibly fortunate to have such

an intelligent, kind and caring faculty here at CHS. To the parents and caretakers of theclass of 2013, thank you for raising and believing in us,” said class of 2013 president Daniel F.Pires, during his address. “ Because of the adults who believed in us and stuck with us, wedeveloped a sense of pride.”

Pires then passed on the gavel to next year’s senior class president, Matthew D. O’Keefe.

“There will come a point in every adult life when this point of maturity becomes readilyapparent. I hope we all will personally reflect and be able to say, ‘I’m not as good as I could be, I’m not as good as I should be, but I’m better than I used to be,’” said Valedictorian GrahamLustiber.






Before diplomas werepresented, tassels were tossedand another senior classcrossed over the scholastic

bridge, class vice presidentBenjamin P. Martinintroduced this year’s faculty speaker, Michael G. O’Keefe,CHS social studies teacherand coach.

“Things work out best for those who make the best of the way things workout,” said O’Keefe.“ Remember, don’t quit,small things lead to bigthings… always, and I

mean always, finish therace.”

Chelmsford students graduate Nashoba TechChelmsford Independent

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Chelmsford —

The 146 students who comprise Nashoba Valley Technical High School’s class of 2013 closed their highschool careers Saturday, June 1, with a day of happiness tinged with sadness.

In a hot and steamy graduation ceremony on the front steps of the school that saw tributes to twoclassmates who passed away, the students remembered their departed friends, but also rejoiced in theaccomplishments of the class and the bright future they all share.

Valedictorian Rachel Casey, of Pepperell, honored Joseph Isenberg, who died in a skateboardingaccident in fall 2011, and Cody Ayotte, killed in a car crash last fall, in her speech.

“We will always remember our two friends and classmates that are no longer here,”Casey said. “ Even though Joey and Cody are not standing on these steps with us today,they are still here and will always be in our hearts.”

Salutatorian Cynthia Messina, of Townsend, spoke about being a young child and thinking 2013 was sofar in the future. But for her and her classmates, the future is now.

“Growing up, I always knew that I was going to graduate as a part of the class of 2013,”Messina said. “ It was one of the first pieces of information I was taught. For a long time, it

felt strange and distant, a large number, a date that seemed like it would never come.”

She urged her fellow graduates to think of life as two piles — one of good things, the other of bad things— and to remember that neither pile can overtake the other.

“When we leave here today, we’ll be leaving with a pile of memories and experiences,some good, some bad,” she said. “ But all make up our high-school experience. Thesememories helped shape the people we are today, but they do not define our future. Oncewe leave here, we are taking the next step on our journey. We are going to add newexperiences to the pile.”

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Chelmsford High School class of 2013 graduates celebrate by throwing their mortarboards in the air following theconclusion of the 96th Commencement ceremony onSaturday afternoon at Chelmsford High School.






“ Remember to learn from your mistakes and add them to the pile,” she added. “Every piece of life’s experience is important, and one day, each and every piece will be a storyto tell anyone who’s willing to listen.”

Class President Erika Locke, of Tewksbury, reminded her classmates that though they will all go theirseparate ways, “some of us off to college, some continuing with their careers, and some protecting ourcountry in the military … each and every one of us has the ability to achieve anything we put our mindsand hearts to.”

Guest speaker Drew Weber, owner of the Lowell Spinners minor league baseball team, making his firstcommencement speech — “and quite possibly my last,” he quipped — told the graduates, “ Have passion for whatever you do. Go with your heart, not with your head.”

The ceremony was held on the front steps instead of on the football field because Nashoba Tech hasembarked on a major renovation of its athletic complex that school officials hope will be completed by the start of the 2013-2014 school year.

Chelmsford graduates: Justin Joseph Aubert, Thomas Jefferson Barrett, Matthew Ross Brennan,Hunter Grayson Cooke, Mark Francis Corliss, Ellice Marie Cunningham, Ashley Elizabeth Curtin,

Daniel Joseph DeGloria, Zachary T. Ferris, Nicholas Mark Hamel, David Thomas Jameson, Anthony Joseph Karafelis, Kevin William Kelley, David Coleman Luz, Kyle Luis Manautou, Kylie Marie McCaul,Brendan James O’Neill, Kevin Michael Philippon, Rebecca Louise Reese, Joshua Thomas Richardson,

Aaron James Rogers, Nicholas Andrew Rondeau, Paul Robert Smith, Andrew Alden Spiller, JustinRobert Stewart, Krystal Amber Sullivan, Daniel James Valeriani, Travis Walsh, Kyle Edward Walters.

Anthony Karafelis, of Chelmsford, a 2013 graduate of Nashoba Tech, receives his diplomafrom his mother, Maria Karafelis, an alternate member of the Nashoba Tech School

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☆ On Saturday, June 8th - from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm,

Team Hope IDF will be hosting another blood drive withChildren's Hospital Bloodmobile in the parking lot of Kohl'sin Chelmsford.

There is SUCH a great need for blood donors all year round, please share this event and help us spreadthe word. Less than a half hour of your time could equal a lifetime to someone in need. Never forgetthe power you have to make a dif erence in the life of someone else.

Walk-Ins will be welcome but making an appointment is strongly encouraged so that we can plan forthe right amount of people and minimize your waiting time.

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