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Thursday May 25 we held our caucus and elected members to attend the MassDems Issues Convention.

The following people were elected to attend the MassDems State Convention:

• Lou Bernazzani
• Liz Brennan
• Joe Caiazzo
• Karen Desmond
• Beth Kontos
• Vince Malgeri
• Tom Meagher
• Ted Speliotis

Sally Kerans, Marilyn Hazel, and Julie Curtis as State Representative and State Committee Members go ex officio.

There are a couple of slots still not filled. If you are interested in being a delegate to the convention, you can do so by emailing to info@danversdemocrats.org, or to hazel_marilyn@yahoo.com or by using Contact Us on this website.

This is an Issues Convention to be held Sat. Sept. 23 at the Tsongas Center in Lowell.  (For more info, go to https://massdems.org/massdems-convention/ ). The fee is $75; $50 for Seniors.  There is also a fee waiver.  Reminder to dlegates to pay for the Convention on massdems.org.

This was our first hybrid meeting conducted in person at the library and also via Zoom enabling those who are unable to attend in person to participate. It worked well and will likely be how we will conduct meetings in the future. (We were glad to have our newest member, Liz Brennan to participate from home.) In addition to enabling committee members to join virtually, it will also make it easier for speakers to address the committee when their schedules make it difficult to meet with us in person.

PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND THE CONVENTION. You can do so by emailing to info@danversdemocrats.org, or to hazel_marilyn@yahoo.com or using Contact Us on this website.

The DDTC sponsored an informal Democrat Social Event at the Peabody Institute Library on Saturday morning May 20.

Our event was very successful.  Many Danvers Dems attended ( I counted around 30) and I think that we might have some new members.  

State Senator Joan Lovely, State Representative Sally Kerans, Governors Councillor Eileen Duff and Congressman Seth Moulton’s representative Matt Chilliak joined us providing an update on the issues being faced and worked on at the local, state and national level. It evolved into a great Q and A and interesting discussion of dem values and concerns. We are very grateful to them for giving of their time and staying around for the entire 2 hours mingling with us and answering questions in an informal setting.

Also thank you to Lou and Julie for all their help. We sent out about 250 mailings to Dems who actively vote.  Lou and Maria worked hard on this task. Julie handled advertising.

We also thank everyone who attended and look forward for more opportunities to engage on the issues.

If you have questions or want more information, please contact us

For those unable to attend, the following is a short video ( 3-4 minutes) about the DDTC.

TOWN WIDE ELECTION MAY 2, 2023   VOTE YES for the Quality of Life in Danvers.

The Trustees of the Society voted to support what is likely the most important historic preservation effort that the Town of Danvers has undertaken in the past century.

By accepting the Community Preservation Act , the Town of Danvers would create a grant program to fund historic preservation, open space preservation, and veterans and senior housing programs. This fund would mean that the Rebecca Nurse Homestead Museum, the Danvers Historical Society, the Daughters of the American Revolution (Samuel Holten House), and other Danvers history organizations would be able to apply for a share of more than $1.2 million in grants each year.

The Community Preservation Fund is partly paid by fees collected by the Registry of Deeds. Currently, this money paid by Danvers residents is going to other towns’ historic sites each year instead of funding historic preservation here in Danvers. In addition to state money, the fund would be financed by a local charge of 1% of your current property tax bill. (Not the assessed value.) The average Danvers home owner would pay about $17.50 per quarter.

With CPA historic preservation grant funds, the Town of Danvers Preservation Commission would be able to:

Restore the dozens of veteran’s graves that have fallen into disrepair and dishonor in the town-owned cemeteries (such as on High St.) or the abandoned cemeteries the town maintains.

Ensure preservation of the 1681 Salem Village Parsonage site on Centre St.,1892 Peabody Institute Library, 1855 Town Hall, 1832 Putnamville School, façade of the 1923 Holten-Richmond Middle School, 1870 Civil War memorial and other veterans memorials, the Salem Village Witch-Hunt Victims Memorial on Hobart St., and numerous other historic sites.

How you can be involved:

-Encourage your friends and family who are Danvers residents and supporters of historic preservation to support this effort as well.

-Host a sign on your lawn, or volunteer to hold a sign at an intersection around town.

-Vote YES on May 2nd, 2023

For any questions, please contact President, David McKenna at 508-328-2790

The Annual Election is on May 2.

Positions on the ballot:

• Town Moderator – one 1 year term
• Select Board member – one 3 year term
• Housing authority – one 1 year term
• School Committee – two
• Library Trustees – three 3 year term
• Town Meeting member for all eight precincts – six – 3 year term
• Town Meeting member Precinct 4 – one – 2 year term (in addition to six)
• Town Meeting member Precinct 4 – one – 1 year term (in addition to six)

Community Preservation Act

The DDTC supports the CPA

VOTE YES for the Quality of Life in Danvers.

The Trustees of the Society voted to support what is likely the most important historic preservation effort that the Town of Danvers has undertaken in the past century.

By accepting the Community Preservation Act , the Town of Danvers would create a grant program to fund historic preservation, open space preservation, and veterans and senior housing programs. This fund would mean that the Rebecca Nurse Homestead Museum, the Danvers Historical Society, the Daughters of the American Revolution (Samuel Holten House), and other Danvers history organizations would be able to apply for a share of more than $1.2 million in grants each year.

The Community Preservation Fund is partly paid by fees collected by the Registry of Deeds. Currently, this money paid by Danvers residents is going to other towns’ historic sites each year instead of funding historic preservation here in Danvers. In addition to state money, the fund would be financed by a local charge of 1% of your current property tax bill. (Not the assessed value.) The average Danvers home owner would pay about $6.00 per month.

With CPA historic preservation grant funds, the Town of Danvers Preservation Commission would be able to:

Restore the dozens of veteran’s graves that have fallen into disrepair and dishonor in the town-owned cemeteries (such as on High St.) or the abandoned cemeteries the town maintains.

Ensure preservation of the 1681 Salem Village Parsonage site on Centre St.,1892 Peabody Institute Library, 1855 Town Hall, 1832 Putnamville School, façade of the 1923 Holten-Richmond Middle School, 1870 Civil War memorial and other veterans memorials, the Salem Village Witch-Hunt Victims Memorial on Hobart St., and numerous other historic sites.

Web ask all members to vote YES on May 2nd, 2023

For any questions, please contact President, David McKenna at 508-328-2790

The Community Preservation Act is on the ballot also. For more information, go to https://www.danvershistory.org/collecting-signatures-for-cpa-2/

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