| Local women among Red Cross Community Heroes
The American Red Cross of Northeast Massachusetts will honor four Cape Ann women tomorrow morning for the contribution they made last year to make their communities a better place.
Manchester residents Deb de Sherbinin, Cheryl Shnider and Rachel Shwartz will be recognized with the Community Heroes award for their efforts to raise money to build a house for a family displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Nancy Schwoyer, president, executive director and a founder of Wellspring House Inc. in Gloucester, will receive the Enduring Hero award, which is given to someone who has a significant history of making a difference in his or her community.
The ceremony will take place during the Red Cross' fifth annual Community Heroes Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow at the Danversport Yacht Club, off Route 62.
Nor'easter aftermath: 200 homes, businesses still lack electricity
MAMARONECK - About 200 Consolidated Edison customers still have no power, five days after the utility company cut service to 3,000 Westchester residents during the nor'easter at the request of public officials. All but "a handful" of the outages are in Mamaroneck, the county's worst-flooded community this week, said Michael Clendenin, company spokesman. The others are in Bronxville and Yonkers. The company has been restoring service as it gets confirmation that properties have passed electrical inspections. The number of customers without power dropped to 2,400 Tuesday morning, 1,400 Wednesday morning and 470 yesterday morning. Westchester County officials have warned property owners to be wary of con artists and unlicensed building contractors promising to speed up the process.
The Ghosts of Deir Yassin
And, without acknowledgement of, and reparations for, the atrocities committed against the Palestinians, the ghosts of Deir Yassin and elsewhere in Palestine will continue to loom large in any peace talks.
It was 9 April 1948, that a Jewish terrorist gang entered the quiet rural village of Deir Yassin on the outskirts of Jerusalem with the express purpose of destroying it. There were 750 people living in the village at the time, mostly stonecutters. Their houses had been built from limestone with arched doors and windows and these homes had stood that way for centuries. The villagers knew that massacres had been carried out earlier in the year in other villages and had, therefore, entered into a non-aggression pact with the Jewish Hagana, another terrorist group. But this pact was worthless: Deir Yassin had already been marked for extinction and to avoid being held accountable the Hagana called on two terrorist groups, the Irgun and Stern Gang, to execute the plan.
Council brings MHC designation back to LUB
Last Tuesday, town council made a much-debated decision regarding the future of mobile home parks in Cochrane. Town council amended the Land Use Bylaw (LUB) to introduce Residential Manufactured Housing Community District (MHS) and Residential Manufactured Housing District (MHR) into the bylaws list of districts. Councillor Truper McBride said this change is an important part of the towns tool kit. If were serious about affordable housing this is how were going to get there, he said. Councillor Ken Hynes also supported the change, although he was not convinced of a positive outcome. It really is a question of is this a useful tool, he said. I think it is a tool and whether or not it determines more affordable housing in Cochrane is yet to be determined, however, I will support the action. The proposed amendments were requested by council due to discussions on the fate of the current trailer court, and in response to the MHC designation being replaced in the new LUB by Residential Multi-family (R-M).
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