In this episode of the Mayor’s Corner, Mayor Sean Reardon begins with a recap of last weekend’s Chamber events. Witches Night Out and Octoberfest were both wildly successful. There’s a huge match-up in high school football on Friday night when The Newburyport Clippers meet the North Reading Hornets. Mayor Reardon, along with Drew Moholland, will be the commentators on Joppa Radio WJOP 96.3.  The kick-off is at 6:30 p.m. at James T. Stehlin Field. Recycling and Energy Director, Molly Ettenborough, hosted National Grid at the Newburyport Senior Community Center yesterday, regarding the November 1st electricity increase. National Grid was there to explain the increase and discuss ways in which to save. If you missed the event, you can watch it on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BsuGeybvMM. Tonight, a new School Committee member will be chosen during a special joint meeting between the School Committee and the City Council. The meeting will take place in the City Hall Auditorium at 6:00 p.m. The Plum Island dredging project is well underway. The Mayor’s Office receives daily updates from the Army Corps of Engineers. Please follow this link for more information on the dredge: https://www.cityofnewburyport.com/planning-development/harbor-dredging-project. There will be a statewide mattress and textile ban effective on November 1st. Please see more information here: https://www.cityofnewburyport.com/recycling-energy-sustainability/news/mattress-textile-ban-effective-11012022 . There will be a paper-shredding event on Saturday, October 22nd at The Elks form 9 – 11:30 a.m. Next Thursday night, City Hall will host Trick or Treat from 5 – 6 p.m. All are welcome to join! Finally, stay tuned for another spooky Halloween episode next week from Mayor Reardon’s festive neighborhood!

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Mayor's Corner 2022-10-20

Mayor Sean Reardon is on location at the Beach Plum Flower Shop to promote and kick-off the Forever Green Campaign, but first he begins with a shout out to DPS for their hard work during the past few storms. The extension for the Plum Island Dredge Project has been granted and finalized today. The City Council will discuss new legislation on Short-Term Rental Units at the next Planning & Development Committee Meeting. Budget season has begun with the Newburyport Public Schools and each City Hall Department Head presenting their budgets to the Mayor. There will be a Boards and Commissions Open House at City Hall in the Auditorium on Thursday, May 4th from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. The public will be invited to attend, ask questions and learn more about serving on our many Boards & Commissions. 

He gives a shout out to his beloved Newburyport High School teams, in particular the Girls Varsity Basketball and Boys Varsity Hockey, both on their way to the finals. The Greater Newburyport Chamber of Commerce & Industry is hosting the return of Restaurant Week from March 12th – 26th, 2023.  Participating restaurants will offer prefix meals ranging from casual to fine dining all set at affordable prices. For more information and a complete list of participating restaurants, please go to the website: https://business.newburyportchamber.org/events/details/greater-newburyport-restaurant-week-2023-103459. 

At the Beach Plum at The Tannery Mayor Reardon is joined by Molly Ettenborough Sustainability Manager for the City and Megan Chiango, local artist, to discuss the Forever Green Campaign. Forever Green is a community-wide program that spans across many of the amazing organizations that focus on sustainability and resilience for our City. 
For more information, please go to the website: https://www.newburyportchamber.org/forevergreen/.

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Mayor's Corner 2023 - 03 - 09

On this week's episode, Mary Jacobsen talks with James Kimmel, Jr. about the psychology of grievance and revenge. Kimmel is lecturer in psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine and co-director of the Yale Collaborative for Motive Control Studies.
Kimmel talks about the role of grievances and retaliation in violent crime, including studies that reveal that “your brain on grievance looks a lot like your brain on drugs.” Harboring a grievance – a perceived wrong or injustice, either real or imagined, says Kimmel – “activates the same neural reward circuitry as narcotics.”
Just as people become addicted to drugs or gambling, people may become addicted to seeking retribution on perceived enemies, or as Kimmel calls it, “revenge addiction.” Kimmel also talks about how cultivation of grievances has become a contagious and dangerous political tool, notably in the wake of the Big Lie and the Jan. 6th insurrection.
“Revenge-seeking” also contributes to domestic violence, youth violence and bullying, police brutality, and terrorism.
According to Kimmel, it’s critical to “increase public education, from school age through adulthood, about healthy ways to process feelings of hurt and humiliation.”
Kimmel will explain “motive control” treatment strategies being piloted successfully at the Yale Collaborative as a means of disrupting grievance addiction and disarming the craving for retaliation.

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