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TIMOTHY RENSHAW

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place to grow up, and though it has changed considerably since those distant; daysyit
remains ‘thus: me Sag oS

dts waterfront, alas, iS, “no longer’ a ‘place; for. idle youth. AS with $0; many other:
‘aspects of my” home ‘town it. has: changed: much | in: the. past; 30 years. tr
~ development. has filled’ many. of the places we fr quented. But. such:
“waterfront industrial pursuits as shipbuilding have had to.make radical c course * changes os
in the past few. years to. survives 9 : : _ -

of urban crowding, rapid transit “and. pollution are running. Teadlorg into resident
. demands te retain: what has always. made the North Shore a special piace to be. a

The social makeup of the North: Shore, ‘too, is undergoing tremendous’ change,
which has’ forced: old and new. residents alike to seek common Browne, That's ‘ground:

“their home town and committed | to ensuring. it remains the spetl al place that it is.
The ‘North “Shore. News. “Our Town | feature began — as’-an® ode: to. the.
commercial/industrial engine that drives the North Shore's economy. It. was a ‘way of,
recognizing the contributions of that.oft-overlooked sector of life on the North Shore.
And while that component: remains’ a, key feature of Our Town, the special News -
edition has come to focus on the ingredient that most affects the North Shore's quality —
of life: North Shore residents... “ an oo 3
Those featured in Our Town are nol necessarily ihe high-profi le political or business
movers and shakers of the’ North Shore, but they are.ali’ charac ters and contributors
the very substance of what makes any community great. a
_ For some. the North Shore is a good place to be; for me it’s the only place to be..

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Lt ‘hope you enjoy Our Town as much as’ 8 |. do. There i is really, no other place like, it.