2014 Year-End Fund Drive!

Essex Heritage Hero

Award Dinner

Please join as a sponsor of the 2015 Essex Heritage Hero Award dinner honoring

 

Albert Creighton, Jr.

 

During the course of nearly 50 years, these three remarkable individuals have collectively inspired a powerful land conservation ethos in Essex County and beyond. We are looking forward to celebrating with Presenting Sponsor, the Institution for Savings. Like our honorees, the Institution for Savings is dedicated to making Essex County communities better places in which to live and work -- and we thank them for their support and commitment. Learn more about other sponsorship opportunities here (pdf).

 

2015 Essex Heritage Hero Award Dinner Presenting Sponsor

Shop Local This Holiday Season

The Essex Coastal Scenic Byway has great views, great beaches, and great recreational opportunities...but it also has great shopping! By heading to local businesses and restaurants in Byway communities for your holiday shopping you are supporting local jobs and a strong regional economy. From treasures picked up at the local Mom 'n Pop to gift certificates to the many restaurants and inns, search the Byway to sprinkle your holidays with local flavor.

 

Bringing in the Big Guns at Marblehead's Fort Sewall
Following the recommendations of a town-commissioned report by consultants McGinley, Kalsow & Associates, Marblehead Town Planner Becky Cutting recently presented selectmen with a $200,000 plan to address safety and cosmetic concerns, improve accessibility, and highlight the military history of the 370-year-old fort. The plan also calls for the return of artillery to the site. Learn more.

 

Ipswich Byway Route Improved
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) recently improved safety and enhanced the Byway traveler's experience by re-paving a heavily-traveled section of the Byway in Ipswich. In particular, the narrowed travel lanes will increase the separation between the many cars, trucks and cyclists that share use of the road. Read more.

 

Stay Connected to the Scenic Byway:

 

Trails & Sails "People's Choice Awards"

Trails & Sails 2014 is generously sponsored by: 

 

The Danvers-based chapter of the 

Daughters of the American Revolution have restored a unique architectural gem -- its rare, surviving double privy. Built circa 1823, the wooden privy features two doors and seating for seven. The privy, along with an important First Period house, sits on property formerly owned by one of Danvers most illustrious citizens - patriot, physician and judge Samuel Holten. The privy is so remarkable that it was documented in 1935 by the Historic American Building Survey and the resulting measured drawings and photographs are now housed in the Library of Congress. The restoration was completed by preservation carpentry students from the North Bennet Street School in Boston.

Last month, Essex Heritage and the National Park Service organized a second Regional Education Forum! Hosted at Maritime Gloucester and Cape Ann Museum, over 30 participants met to share best practices in creating ties between local historic, cultural and natural resource-based organizations and schools. Presentations showcased a strong partnership between Maritime Gloucester and the Manchester-Essex school district as well as a unique "Maritime Math" program pairing Lowell's Boat Shop and an Amesbury High School math teacher. All in all, the forum provided ideas for attendees to bring back to their organizations as they work to create partnerships that help students learn while using their communities' resources. Stay tuned: based on the success of the forum, Essex Heritage plans to organize similar opportunities in the future.

Congratulations to Maryann Zujewski, Education Specialist at Salem Maritime and Saugus Iron Works National Historic Sites, on being named the 2014 Freeman Tilden award winner for the Northeast Region of the National Park Service! This prestigious award is presented to a park employee that has made outstanding contributions to the public through the interpretation of our National Parks. Maryann won for her work in developing the Park for Every Classroom program with staff from Essex Heritage. Read on to learn more.

 

Essex Heritage is excited to share three fantastic new videos with you, thanks to Commissioner Walt Kosmowski and BevCam. The videos have highlights from some of our recent initiatives: the opening of the new Visitor Information Desk in Salem; our Annual Fall Meeting; and the Regional Education Forum. Check them out on Essex Heritage's YouTube channel. The videos have also been made available to local cable access TV stations to air upon your request.  Share the link with friends and give your local station a call to help spread the word!

 

Amesbury Invitation Nights

Thru December 27

10 AM - 5 PM
Tree Time at the Andover Historical Society

Wednesday, December 31

3 - 7 PM

Beverly's New Year

 

DANVERS