Salisbury Town Notebook
Angeljean Chiaramida
July 13, 2009 03:49 am The federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or stimulus package, will be the topic of discussion at a July 15 seminar held at Stripers Grille at 175 Bridge Road. Organized by the Newburyport Chamber of Commerce, the workshop will run from 7:45 to 9:30, and feature presenters Lisa Gonzales Welsh, of the U.S. Small Business Administration and Jeff Simon, Gov. Deval Patrick's appointee for the directorship of the state Economic Recovery Infrastructure program. Hosted by TD Banknorth, the workshop is intended to help small businesses better understand the ARRA, who is eligible, what type of funds are available and how to access them. Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Admission is free to Newburyport Chamber members; nonmember cost is $20. ¢¢¢ Salisbury Public Library has several children's activities coming up. It's not too late to sign up for the Children's Summer Reading Program at the Salisbury Public Library. Activities include a visit from Raspberry the Turtle and the folks from Seacoast Science Center today at 11 a.m. and tomorrow, at 6:30 p.m., children can attend Pajama Party Story Hour. On Monday, July 20, at 11 a.m. the Pumpernickle Puppets return. For a complete schedule of summer happenings, visit the library Web site at www.saliburylibrary.org or call the front desk 978-465-5071 for more information. Just a reminder there are several museum passes available at the library. The complete list is available on the Web site. ¢¢¢ A book reuse/fundraising program can benefit a local social services organization. Coastal Connections in Salisbury, a nonprofit human services agency serving individuals with multiple disabilities, has recently placed a donation container at Tom's Discount to collect books, CDs, DVDs and audio books for fundraising purposes. Coastal Connections will be paid on an ongoing basis for all items collected in their container. In addition, many of these collected goods will later be donated to schools and libraries, sent overseas to the troops and sold in book sales to benefit local nonprofit groups. Donations can be made by anyone at any time. For more information, contact Michelle Bushee of Got Books at michelle@GotBooks.com or at 978-327-7600 ext. 618. Also visit www.GotBooks.com. ¢¢¢ Coming up over the weekend of July 25 and 26 at Salisbury Beach State Reservation is the 2nd annual Merrimack River Maritime Festival that will bring three class A and B tall ships to the area. The festival will feature land-side fun that will include interactive demonstrations and activities for children, and a live concert and fireworks display on Saturday night. Admission to land side activities is free; there is a small fee for ship tours. Salisbury is one of only two official ports in the state outside of Boston to be a part of Sail Massachusetts, an annual program of visiting ships from around the globe. Visitors can tour the historic and educational class A and B ships that are part of Sail Boston 2009 and the Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge, an international trans-Atlantic regatta. Ships that will visit Salisbury include the 141-foot Kalmar Nyckel, a replica of one of America's pioneering colonial ships that traveled to the New World from Sweden in 1638; the 150-foot Peacemaker, built in Brazil by an Italian family of boat builders and now a symbol of unity among people; and 55-foot Must Roos, a replica of a pirate ship complete with cannons and the swashbuckling, sword fighting "Pirates of the Dark Rose." Ship visits and the land-side festival takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days, with the Bellevue Cadillac performing on Saturday at 7 p.m. for a free concert on the Beach Front Stage. A fireworks show follows. For a more the complete schedule of the event, visit www.beachfests.org or call the hotline, 978-462-7271. The Maritime Festival is organized by the Salisbury Beach Partnership and Salisbury Chamber of Commerce. ¢¢¢ Angeljean Chiaramida covers Salisbury for The Daily News. She can be reached via e-mail at achiaramida@newburyportnews.com or at 978-462-6666 ext. 3271.
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