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Beverly native aids storm victims in Nicaragua
BEVERLY — A Beverly native is leading an effort to help residents of Nicaragua recover from a devastating hurricane.
Peter Coleman, who works for a relief organization called Peace and Hope Trust, is overseeing the distribution of 5,000 pounds of food, $3,000 in building supplies and $1,500 in medicine to residents of the isolated towns of La Barra, Karawala and Sandy Bay.
The towns were struck by Hurricane Ida on Nov. 4 and 5. Although it was a relatively small Category 1 hurricane, it "wreaked havoc" on the three communities, according to an e-mail from Coleman.
Coleman said 70 people, including children and pregnant women, took refuge in a hurricane shelter built by Peace and Hope Trust USA in La Barra as the water rose to more than 4 feet.
"Many families told me that they are convinced that were it not for the (shelter), there would have been tragic loss of life," Coleman wrote.
The 35-year-old Coleman, a graduate of Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School, is the Nicaragua field director for Peace and Hope Trust, a nonprofit organization that provides relief and development in remote regions of Nicaragua. His father, Mark Coleman, the retired pastor of North Shore Community Baptist Church in Beverly Farms, is chairman of the board.
For more information or to donate to Peace and Hope Trust, go to www.peaceandhope.org.
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Salem mayor's health care proposal spurned by Firefighters Union
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Mayor Kim Driscoll said she was told late yesterday that the fire union's bargaining team rejected the city's offer and voted not to bring it to a membership vote. -
Fix sought for wall at Folly Hill development
DANVERS — A failed section of a riprap overlooking Bradley Road is one of the issues the Planning Board wants more information about when it takes up the luxury housing development on Folly Hill next month.
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Argument over welfare of rabbit leads to father's arrest
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It turned out to be a fight between a father and a son over how the father was caring — or failing to care — for the hare. -
Salem advocate gets to shake president's hand
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The executive director of the Independent Living Center of the North Shore and Cape Ann, the regional disabilities agency based in Salem, was in Washington, D.C., for national conferences and for the celebration Monday of the 20th anniversary of the passage of the landmark civil rights legislation, the Americans With Disabilities Act. -
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Daniel Borowiecki, 28, formerly of Atkinson, N.H., also admitted that his driver's license was under suspension at the time. - Police
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