Farm back in business
A long-dormant farm will produce vegetables again this summer, thanks to a partnership between The Food Project and The Trustees of Reservations.
Located at Long Hill on Essex Street in Beverly, the 2-acre farm will be planted, tended, and harvested by local volunteers and Food Project staff. Vegetables will be distributed to nearby food pantries and sold at local farmers' markets, including the one held Mondays in Beverly's Ellis Square.
The project provides summer jobs, leadership development, and training in sustainable agriculture for area teenagers. And it helps restore agricultural land in areas where some of the oldest farms were located, but are disappearing.
Long Hill, one of nearly 100 properties maintained by The Trustees of Reservations for public use, is the former home of the Sedgwick family. Mabel Cabot Sedgwick and Marjorie Russell Sedgwick were accomplished horticulturists who designed and planted extensive gardens on the property.
The vegetable garden had been unplanted for decades.
``Long Hill is an ideal setting for The Food Project's new farm site," said Melissa Diamond, director of The Food Project-North Shore. ``We are delighted to be setting down roots in historic soil and in a community that has shown tremendous support for The Food Project's mission." Call 781-346-6727 or visit www.thefoodproject.org.
SURVIVING LOSS: A weekend of fun and healing is available this summer for children and families who have experienced the death of a loved one.
The fifth annual Camp Stepping Stones, hosted by The Center for Grief & Healing at Hospice of the North Shore, offers swimming, art, and games, with activities for remembering those who have died.
One-on-one support from bereavement counselors is available for children.
There are also opportunities for parents and guardians to relax, including chair massage and reiki.
The camp runs July 8, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and July 9, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Endicott College's oceanside campus in Beverly. Registration deadline is June 26.
The weekend is open to all families, including those with a loved one in hospice care. Families can return for more than one weekend. There is a one-time registration fee of $25 per family.
Call 978-774-5100 or visit www.hns.org.
TRAIL CLEANUP: You can help make the Northern Strand Community Trail a reality by joining a trail cleanup Saturday.
When completed, the biking and walking trail will follow an old rail line, beginning in Everett and ending at the ocean in Lynn. It will also pass through Malden, Revere, and Saugus.
Volunteers, needed to clear the tracks, should bring rakes and hedge trimmers, if possible. Trash bags, T-shirts, refreshments, and door prizes are provided. All ages are welcome, but children must be accompanied by an adult.
The cleanup runs from 9 a.m. until noon. Volunteers will meet at the gazebo at Marshview Park, Boston and Hamilton streets, at the Saugus-Lynn line. Parking is available.
Look for the Bike to the Sea signs. Call 781-397-6893 or visit www.biketothesea.com.
BENEFIT FOR A BROADCASTER: The voice of Jared Tuccolo was well known to fans of high school basketball who listened to his broadcasts on WHAV radio.
After graduating from Whittier Regional Technical High School in 1991, he earned an associate's degree in broadcast journalism from Northern Essex Community College and a bachelor's degree in communication from Bradford College, both in Haverhill. Afterward he worked as an associate producer for news at WNDS-TV (Ch. 50) in Derry, N.H.
Tuccolo, of Haverhill, was diagnosed with brain cancer at age 17, and after surgery and chemotherapy he spent many years volunteering for the American Cancer Society.
In June 1999, the cancer returned. Tuccolo died of complications from it that October. He was 26.
Take a Swing at Cancer hosts the 7th Annual Jared Tuccolo Golf Tournament next Thursday, 7:30 a.m., at the Sheraton Hotel and Golf Club in Wakefield. Proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Jared Tuccolo Scholarship Fund and Take a Swing at Cancer, a volunteer organization that aims to ease a family's financial burden by offering funding for expenses not covered by insurance.
For more information on participating as a golfer or sponsor, visit www.takeaswing.org or send an e-mail to golf@takeaswing.org.
WHO'S WHAT WHERE: John T. Bottomley of North Hampton, N.H., has been elected to the board of directors of the Yellowstone Park Foundation, based in Bozeman, Mont. He is executive director of The Fuller Foundation and The Fuller Foundation of New Hampshire, which operates Fuller Gardens in North Hampton. . . . Pulitzer Prize-winning author and presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin recently visited Brooksby Village in Peabody and signed copies of her book ``Team of Rivals." The event was organized by Brooksby resident Ruth Butler. . . . Nine women from Gloucester, Rockport, and Beverly have graduated from the Foundations Program offered by Wellspring House in Gloucester. The 17-week course helps low-income women prepare for college or work by teaching English, writing, computers, math, women's history, and career development. The graduates are Caroline Belinski, Tina Marie Church, Margaret Decie, Jessica Decie, Jessica Hutchison, Leslie Martin, Teely Molloy, Karen Murray, and Melissa Young.
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