Police Intern Helps Improve Safety on Two Hamilton Roads

An intern from Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School has spent recent months learning about all aspects of a town police department - along with coming up with two safety improvements on two main roads in town.

Safety improvements will be coming to Bay and Chebacco roads thanks to the work of a high school intern at the Hamilton Police Department. Zach Bird, a senior at Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, is the department’s second intern in recent years. Bird, who participated in last year’s Citizens Police Academy, is interested in a career in law enforcement and reached out to Chief Russell Stevens about the possibility of an internship with the department. After meeting with school officials and Bird’s parents, Bird came on board as an intern. Stevens says he holds high standards for interns – he expected Bird to dress professionally in a shirt and tie each day, keep a daily journal and write a reflection paper at the end. Bird wrapped up …

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Hamilton War Veteran Rows Across Atlantic to Aid Vets

After suffering aches and open wounds during 34 days at sea rowing - sometimes 24 hours straight - a local Bosnian war soldier readies to better his record with a team of fellow veterans.

Rowing a boat gently down a stream, merrily, merrily merrily, makes life seem but a dream. But what about rowing a boat hard across the sea? It’s a question Bosnian war veteran and recent trans-Atlantic rower Bryan Fuller of Hamilton can answer well. Miraculous and painful are two words that figure into his not so simple answer. “It’s kind of a strange story,” said Fuller about how he came to muscle a rowboat from the Canary Islands to Barbados as a member of an eight-man team. It all began on a day like any other at the gym. Like so many in these rough economic times, Fuller was out of a job. Like some, instead of TV, Fuller’s favored diversion was a solid workout. “That day the machine I usually used, and most of the others was taken so …

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Get to Know Two Hamilton Neighbors from Holland

Two Dutch natives now live near each other in Hamilton.

Name: Johanna (Hannie) Falkena-Filipov   Street: Gifford Road, Hamilton   Family: husband Jeff, Sophia (5), Ben (3)   Occupation: Part-time Dutch-speaking software localization consultant. Also an International Flight Attendant currently on extended leave.   Hobbies/interests: Travel, skiing, biking, walking on Crane Beach   What are you passionate about? Fairness in life, well-being of children, family   What did you study in school? Kraamzorg (maternity nurse)   Are you utilizing this subject now? Not at the moment. Although I still love newborns!   When did you come to the U.S.? 1996   What do you miss about Holland? Culture, food, my family, the way the sky and grass and wide open spaces look, the fact that everyone bikes, ice skating …

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If Trash Falls and No One Sees It, Is It Trash?

In an effort to do good, one citizen learns trash belongs to the person who finds it.

Trash day is aptly named. It is the day of the week that citizens of Hamilton and Wenham expect to see trash on their streets. Trash day is the day that clutter and debris is eliminated, or so the idea goes. But, at times, life proves more complicated than this. When changes in town trash rules and uppity weather enter the picture, trash day becomes less a day to cleanse and simplify than a day to wrestle with outside forces. Anyone who has ever lived with roommates knows that there is a filth tolerance gene. In a group of two or more, there is always at least one person who would rather buy paper plates than suds up a sponge, one who doesn’t think to vacuum until they lose their keys in the dust beneath their beds. These people may not …

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12:01 am on Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Susanna, When you set a day and time for your cleanup events and you are looking to get more people involved, please feel free to announce it on Patch or add it to our events calendar.   more ›

Regional Senior Wins Red Sox Summer Internship

A senior at the Regional was the winner of a contest that awarded him a summer intership with the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.

A Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School senior will have a dream internship for any member of Red Sox Nation – he’ll spend the month of July working at Fenway Park. Brian Rodgers, who lives in Hamilton, got the job through a contest run by Major League Baseball and Bentley University called “Break into the Business of Baseball.” Rodgers was selected by Bentley and MLB representatives from hundreds of entries. This year was actually the second time Rodgers had entered the contest, which asks entrants to write a 100-word essay about why they want the internship. After not winning last year, Rodgers said he took his short essay to “the next level.” His first essay focused “on the love of the game, in general.” His latest, winning essay instead…

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Come Grow with Us - 'Green' Works To Launch Community Garden

Those little pink orbs for sale in supermarkets are no match for homegrown heirloom brandywine tomatoes. And the sound of one spade digging is not nearly as melodious as a symphony of six, according to organizers of a new community garden.

Greg Horner and Chris LaPointe of Hamilton have a shared vision. It’s a vision of soil, sweat, shared effort and a slew of sweet homegrown harvests. In short, they envision a community garden for Hamilton and Wenham. Slowed by failed location leads, the garden has been some time coming, but through maintained effort and cooperation from Matt Ulrich of UBLA Site Planners, Horner and LaPointe are close to achieving success. With a site secured at Pingree Park, all that is needed now is 10 or so committed gardeners. Just as seed packets stamped 2012 are appearing on shelves in hardware stores and garden centers, Horner and LaPointe have the project ready to launch. A week ago they introduced the proposed garden on Hamilton-Wenham Green’s …

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