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Community Spotlight: El Taller
A Place for Writers, Thinkers and Creators to Meet, Express Themselves and Enjoy a Good Meal. Creative youths and adults from around the Merrimack Valley have found a home at El Taller, a vibrant new bookstore-cafe in Lawrence. “We offer a place for writers, thinkers and creators to meet and express themselves,” says Mary Guerrero, [...]
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Holistic Moms Network
Just over five years ago, Christi Collins, a California native who had moved east after college, relocated from Cambridge to Andover. She’d recently had her first child and was dealing with postpartum depression. She had a strong support group in Boston, but she didn’t know anyone in the Merrimack Valley. She checked out a few [...]
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Correction Notice: March/April 2013 issue
CORRECTION NOTICE: In the March/April issue of Merrimack Valley Magazine, we reported in our ‘Happenings’ section that UMass Lowell plans to open a satellite campus on the grounds of Northern Essex Community College’s Haverhill campus this fall. This is incorrect – the university intends to open a Haverhill satellite campus in the 2013-2014 academic year, [...]
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The Gift of Life
Merrimack Valley Organ Donors – Part 4: Jonathan Simeone Jonathon Simeone of Merrimack, N.H., was inspired to be an organ donor by a cousin who had been in a car accident that left her a quadriplegic. “Jon and [his brother], Mike, had witnessed that happen in their lifetime, so they were a little more aware of [...]
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The Gift of Life
Merrimack Valley Organ Donors – Part 3: Yvette Veras Yvette Veras’ illness began when an undiagnosed blood clot caused her kidneys to shut down. The Tewksbury grandmother of five was put on the transplant list in April 2007. Because she has rare antibodies in her blood, the wait turned from weeks to months and then [...]
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The Gift of Life
Merrimack Valley Organ Donors – Part 2: Mark Miller Dracut’s Mark Miller says he never thought about organ donation until one of his own began to fail. In October of 2010, fluid began building in his abdomen; he was constantly “itchy,” and his energy was gone. “If you took your energy level, and you started at [...]
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The Gift of Life – Introduction
If you are a licensed driver, the question has been posed to you: Would you like to register as an organ donor? Advocates of organ donation remind people that by checking that box, they could be giving the gift of life. As many as 70 people can benefit from the tissue and organs of just one [...]
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Community Spotlight – Ipswich’s Service Dog Project
With his shiny and distinctive black and white markings, Sir Thomas (“Tommy”) is possibly the most handsome dog in Newburyport. But he’s not just a pretty face. For Renee Le Verrier, Tommy, a Great Dane, is “a four-legged cane — with lots more personality.” Tommy was a gift from the Service Dog Project in Ipswich, [...]
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February 2013 Community Calendar
February 2 Haverhill, Mass.–Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity will hold its annual Building Dreams Gala Dinner Dance and Silent Auction at DiBurro’s Function Facility from 6 – 9 p.m. Last year auction items included tickets to Late Night with David Letterman, a signed Tom Brady jersey, a private wine tasting, and a trip to Arizona. [...]
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Time in the Sandbox