Dear fellow Hanoverians:
You’re invited! The good folks at Hanover Crossing are so excited to
announce the Let Our Rivers Flow mural dedication on Saturday, June 15 from
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. The event will be held on the “green” at
Hanover Crossing, just outside of the J Crew Factory store. They will have
family-friendly games, prizes and treats for all. Click here to register:
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.
The goal of the North and South Rivers Watershed Association’s Let Our
Rivers Flow campaign is to raise public awareness around the impacts that
dams and other barriers have on our rivers, and the work to restore the
habitats that support river herring and other migratory fish. The mural
depicts the North River and its location at Hanover Crossing highlights the
removal of three dams and two weirs along the Third Herring Brook, which is
just behind the former mall turned Hanover Crossing.
This project has been in the works for six years and NSRWA’s
collaboration with local artists Sally Dean Mello, Cathy McCarthy and Kris
Brennen, along with the staff at Hanover Crossing (
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) has finally brought it to life. It has been truly inspiring to watch the
mural unfold over the last few months. Sally and Cathy are well-established
artists but they brought so much more than artistic talent to this project.
They have been incredibly welcoming, opening their studio to members of the
community to be a part of this project with no art experience required.
Every week brought a new slew of animals or colors or flowers to the mural
and with this came new dimension, movement and meaning.
The mural will be complemented by historical signage detailing the Third
Herring Brook restoration (go here for more details:
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) and removal of the Peterson Pond Dam, as well as benches created from
portions of the old mill grindstone that were salvaged from that site. Talk
about collaboration! During an early meeting with the mural artists, Ed
Callahan from Hanover Crossing mentioned the idea of turning the salvaged
millstones into benches and Sally immediately made the connection to her
colleague and friend, Kris Brennen. Kris found new life in these old stones
and these benches will provide a place for visitors to rest and feel the
history of our rivers.
The good folks at Hanover Crossing and the North and South Rivers Watershed
Association hope you can join the fun on June 15 to celebrate this unique,
multimodal installation. A very big thank you to
Gallery
and
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and
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. This project would not have been possible without their support.
For more information, please contact Lisa at lisa.berardinelli@preppg.com .
For “Around Town on the Web”,
Cathy H-B
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