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Update
5/1/2007
Tonight at the Library:
The Hamilton-Wenham Public Library is pleased to present a dramatic narrative of the 1912 “Bread and Roses” labor strike described by storyteller Sharon Kennedy on Tuesday, May 1 from 7pm to 8pm. Incorporating actual testimonies made in 1912 by 14 year-old mill workers before the U.S. Senate into her performance, Sharon Kennedy will bring their stories to life while recreating the sights, sounds and emotions of this landmark event in American history. This work was originally created for the Bread and Roses Festival in Lawrence, MA (where the original strike occurred 95 years ago) and is intended for young adult and adult audiences, ages 11 years old and up.
The “Bread and Roses” Strike of 1912 was ground-breaking in two ways: women played a major role in organizing and mobilizing the strike; and immigrant workers from more than a dozen ethnic backgrounds - with different languages, customs and religions – put aside their prejudices and united for the first time in a common effort to demand decent living and working conditions.
Please join us May Day for this powerful remembrance of the immigrant women, children and men who asked not just for survival (bread) but for dignity (roses) in their daily lives.
For more information, please stop by the Hamilton-Wenham Public Library, call or email Michele Augeri, Young Adult Librarian at 978.468.5577, ext. 14 or
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Please Note: Feng Shui in Nature due to be held on May 9th has been cancelled
Candidates Night!
Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Hamilton-Wenham, Candidates Night is scheduled for May 2 at 7:30 PM, at the Miles River Middle School. Candidates from both towns take part in this annual forum where league members and the audience get a chance to see where the candidates stand on the issues. Includes School Committee candidates even though they are running unopposed.
Residents can e-mail questions for the candidates anytime before the event -
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Bach to Beatles and Bach Again - The Hamilton Foundation brings local musicians together for a springtime concert:
On Saturday, May 5, at 7 p.m., some of Hamilton’s most talented musicians will be performing at the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary Chapel. However, they will not be onstage merely to display their musical talents. They will be using their gifts to help their Hamilton neighbors.
Proceeds from the concert will go to The Hamilton Foundation (THF), a privately funded municipal trust that helps Hamilton residents who are facing job loss, death, divorce, illness and other traumatic events. Severe economic and personal distress—both short term and sometimes long term in nature—does exist here in Hamilton. THF has helped Hamilton families and individuals with mortgage and rent partial payments, emergency home repairs, fuel and utility bills, grocery gift certificates, and medical expenses. The singers, pianists, and players of stringed instruments performers are: Diane DiSanto, Richard Einhorn, George Hughen, Mark Retallick, Joe Scuderi, Tony Walsh, Lou DiSanto, Kevin Rich, and Bill Bowler. The music is billed as Bach to Beatles and Bach Again. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary has generously offered the use of its beautiful hilltop chapel for the concert. The Seminary will also be providing delicious fruit, pastries, and other desserts for intermission refreshments.
Everyone is invited to enjoy the Bach to Beethoven to Bach Again concert at the Gordon-Conwell chapel on Saturday, May 5. The doors will open at 7 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door for a $25 donation (includes refreshments). They can also be purchased in advance (and will be available for pick-up at the door) by sending a check to The Hamilton Foundation, P.O. Box 2217, South Hamilton, MA 01982.
Farm Day at the Library! - Join us for haystacks of Fun!
Saturday, May 12th at 10:30am - Come and hear farm stories, meet & talk with real farmers and a chicken. Plant a sunflower seed and bring it home. All ages welcome. No registration required.
For more information, please call 978-468-5577 or visit our website at www.hwlibrary.org. Co-sponsored with Green Meadows Farm of Hamilton, MA.
Coming Soon!
For the 4th year in a row the CSC website will offer a special section of the website devoted to our local elections, the override requests by the schools and towns, and warrant articles under consideration - Look for it soon!
It's Spring Cleaning time!
The Friends of the Hamilton Wenham Preschool invite residents to recycle their children's items by donating them to their 4th annual yard sale to be held May 5th at the Winthrop Elementary School at 325 Bay Road, Hamilton.
The organization will collect toys, games, puzzles, children's books, videos, baby gear, sports equipment, maternity and children's clothing, climbing structures, and children's furniture. No Stuffed Animals Please. All ready to sell donations can be dropped-off at 7 Ricker Circle in Hamilton, (off Asbury Street) weekdays April 10, 12, 24, 26 May 1, 3 between 9-9:30 am and Saturday April 28th from 10am to noon. Donations can also be delivered to the Winthrop Elementary School on May 4th from 3:30 - 7:00.
Unsold items will be delivered to a children's charity. They will not end-up in the trash. The kids of Hamilton-Wenham win. The children's charity wins. The environment wins.
Contact: Heather Schatz, President, 978-468-0552
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and Jennifer Woodin, VP 978-468-6252,
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CSC offers a new Community Forum!
There's a new message forum sponsored by CSC devoted to all things related to our two towns. Anyone can read the messages, and registered members are welcome to comment on existing topics, or can post something new.
Hamilton residents might be interested to see two posts about the proposed Senior Housing bylaw, the direct link to it is http://www.hwcsc.info/joomla/smf/index.php/topic,8.0.html.
For now we are experimenting with the registration rules:
You can register using your name or you can use an alias. The only person that knows who is registered is the administrator who is sworn to secrecy! Do you want to comment on something but would rather not have your neighbor know it's you? It just takes a minute to register.
Visit the Community Forum
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The CSC website (www.hwcsc.org) is the only place that offers condensed calendars for the towns of Hamilton and Wenham, the H-W Public Library and the H-W School District, all in the same location! It's always advisable to check the calendar before attending a meeting. Just click on any event listing and you will be taken directly to the official calendar for more information.
There are now two ways to support the CSC website and the frequent Updates you receive.
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