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February 10, 2012

The Daily News of Newburyport Fri Feb 10, 2012, 03:55 AM EST

To the editor:

At a meeting with abutters to the Bresnahan School, the mayor announced plans last week to build a three-story school in the playing fields behind the current school. Neighbors who were here in 1947 when the houses were built on Norman Avenue, Murphy Street and Low Street stated that those fields were then a giant sand pit. There were a number of complaints lodged with the builder, K.W. Wolsey and Company, regarding sand blowing over from the fields.

The mayor should take note that the existing sandy soil on those fields does not present a good bearing capacity for a three-story building. The mayor's plans should factor additional costs into their estimates and revise the estimated additional taxes that we will be paying.

The Wolsey Company went bankrupt in 1954.

Ed Anderson

Newburyport

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Posted 5 hours ago
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To the editor:
I am sure that the schools in Newburyport do need some updating, but before you vote yes for the new Bresnahan School, there are some facts that need to be considered.
Did you know that the location of the proposed new Bresnahan School was once a sand pit that was about 50 feet deeper than it is now? The land was filled in sometime before the current Bresnahan School was built. It is a mystery as to what it was filled in with (the EPA was not as important then). Some neighbors feel that it was used as a dump for a while. It must have been something that was not stable enough for the current Bresnahan School to be built upon because even though the land belongs to the city, officials took private land by eminent domain to build the school at its current location. I have a 1955 news article that was published in the Daily News that says a foundation on this property would be so expensive that the city would not be able to afford the school. This was for a one-story school.

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I love Newburyport. My eight-month pregnant wife and 10-year-old son Drew moved here in January of 2005 in about 6 feet of snow right before the third Patriots Super Bowl Victory.
Since then, the city has embraced us and we have made so many lifelong friends in this amazing community. We found out shortly thereafter that not all was great, specifically as it pertained to our schools and facilities for seniors. It is for this reason I write to you today.

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