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FEBRUARY 3 - 9, 2011 wickedlocaldedham.com | GateHouse Media New
England Vol. 2 No. 19 75
KNOW WHERE
IN TOWNTHIS IS?
Market GrowthDedham Square Country Store marks one year
By Andrea Salisbury
STAFF WRITER
On weekdays it looks likea homey, Americanashop with rows of
jams
and empty baskets just waitingfor baked goods. Then Sundayrolls
around and the DedhamSquare Country Store is packedwith shoppers,
warm bread,fresh seafood, cheese and con-
versation. The 23-year-old pro-prietor, Greg Agnew, said
therewere times he never thought itwould make it through the
firstyear. Luckily it did and on Sun-day, Feb. 6, at 10 a.m. the
HighStreet shop will hold its anniver-sary party. Agnew
recentlytalked to the Dedham Transcriptabout the first year in
DedhamSquare and his future plans.
Greg Agnew stands outside Dedham Square Country Store on Jan.
31, 2011.
Q&A WITH GREG AGNEWOccupation:Proprietor at the Dedham
Square Country Store About Greg
Lives in: Westwood
Age: 23Occupation:Proprietor at the Dedham SquareCountry Store;
Associate Producer - Marketing andGovernment Relations and Dedham
TVFavorite vegetable: PotatoFavorite recipe: Bettys Potatoes A mix
of slicedbaking potatoes from LemonThyme Farm, withSmiths Country
Cheddar Cheese, sour cream, andcrumbled crackers, all baked in a
casserole dish.Pretty simple, but delicious. Ill be adding it to
thewebsite soon. We get recipe submissions everyday!
AGNEW, PAGE 6
DEDHAM-WESTWOODWATER DISTRICT
$61
bumpto billDistrict saysconservation isbehind increase
By Edward B. Colby
STAFF WRITER
The Dedham-Westwood Wa-ter District has just raised its
rates, with the average house-holds water bill increasing $61per
year.
Two of the three main dri-vers behind the increase had todo with
costs, according to theWater District. The third con-cerned a drop
in revenue due toincreased water conservation.
The amount of water peopleconsume has been steadily de-clining
over the past 15 years, asthey conserve more from oneyear to the
next, said EileenCommane, the executive direc-tor of the
Dedham-WestwoodWater District.
This is not unique to Ded-ham and Westwood, she said.
It is absolutely the trend inMassachusetts.The state has set a
goal of 65
gallons of water consumption perperson per day. In this
district,every man, woman and childused an average of 58 gallons
perday in 2009, and 57 gallons perday in 2008, or in the
sameballpark, Commane said.
WATER, PAGE 6
By Jen Judson
STAFF WRITER
A New Hampshire man thatfederal officials said posed as aU.S.
marshal to meet womenand subsequently scam themout of money was
tracked downand arrested on two separate oc-casions in Norwood and
Ded-ham last week. Eric K. Williams,28, faces multiple charges
in-cluding theft, fraud and un-lawful use of a police badge,
ac-
cording to documents from theU.S. Attorneys Office.
Former Dedham residentWilliams, currently of Man-chester, N.H.,
was arrested byUnited States Marshals Servicedeputy marshals at TGI
Fri-days in Norwood on Wednesday,Jan. 26, on Lawrence DistrictCourt
warrants, according tocourt documents.
Williams appeared in Ded-ham District Court the next
By Edward B. Colby
STAFF WRITER
As the snow continues topile up in a relentless winter,a Milton
driver making aturn from Eastern Avenueonto High Street was
struckby a front-end loader that wasdoing snow removal, shat-tering
two windows on his
cars passenger side, policesaid.
The late-night accident,which occu rred Saturday,Jan. 29, at
1:19 a.m., leftdents to the frame rails in be-tween the windows of
the2004 black Subaru Forester,which responding OfficerKenneth Ellis
said would be
Cops: Fake U.S. marshal at libraryFormer Dedham man posed as
federal
officer to scam women, police say
Eric K. Williams
SNOW DAYS
Locals reportplow accidents
WILLIAMS, PAGE 7 SNOW, PAGE 7
PHOTO BY MARK THOMSON
The Buzz wings at the Halfway Cafe on Washington Street.
By Edward B. Colby
STAFF WRITER
The big game is almost here a
time to watch the most-hyped eventof the year, and to take on
sportssnacks that may be over the top, butshould be satisfying.
From theHalfway Cafes wings to Deli AfterDarks Buffalo chicken dip,
here is ourshort guide to Super Bowl munchiesin Dedham.
The Halfway Cafe174 Washington St.,
781-326-3326,www.thehalfwaycafe.com/dedham.html
FOOD: Buzz wingsFor football, few things beat digging intoa pile
of wings with a friend. The HalfwayCafes Buzz wings are covered in
a honeysauce that has crushed red pepper, gar-lic, and a bit of
Franks red hot. You canalso get Cafe wings, or wings with
classic
SUPER BOWL
Score a touchdownwith these snacks
Your guide to the best munchies in Dedham
SNACKS, PAGE 11
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It is good that people areconserving, but one conse-quence of
less water use isthat the billing related to thatwater use goes
down, she said.
The higher rates will help off-set the adverse revenue
impactfrom saving water in house-holds and businesses, the Wa-ter
District said as it announced
the increase, following a 5-0 voteby the Dedham-Westwood Wa-ter
District Commission on
Tuesday, Jan. 25.The new rates took effect on
Tuesday, Feb. 1. The averagehousehold, which uses about65,000
gallons of water peryear, will see its water bill in-crease from
$394 to $455 an-nually which works out to anadditional $15 per
quarterlybill, or $0.17 per day.
The last price hike in March
2009 was more modest, re-sulting in an increase of $6 or$8 a
year for the average resi-
dential customer, Commanesaid.
The district said the new in-crease was also prompted byhigher
operating costs includ-ing labor, electricity and healthcare, and
$3 million of invest-ments it made in replacementwater mains,
service lines, me-ters, and other water worksequipment in 2009 and
2010.
Water rate analysis and ad-justments are periodically nec-essary
for the continued deliv-
ery of high-quality drinkingwater, which is subject to
in-creasingly stringent regulationsand standards, Commane said.Our
public water supply systemis not static. It requires
ongoingmaintenance and replacementof the infrastructure to stay
re-liable.
Steven Mammone of Ded-ham, the chairman of the Wa-ter District
Commission, couldnot be reached for comment.The Water Districts
2011 op-erating budget is $8.3 million.
Commane said the 65-gallonsaverage daily consumption goalis a
number that will come upcertainly in any permits that we
need from the DEP, or De-partment of EnvironmentalProtection.
The Water Districtis currently applying to theDEP for a permit
renewal forthe Neponset River watershed,for example.
Fortunately were below the65 gallons per person. But if
wewerent, we would have to im-plement measures to get there,she
said.
Further explaining its billingchanges, the district said it
israising the first and lowestblock rate which most resi-dential
customers use from$4.09 to $4.17 per hundredcubic feet (or 750
gallons of wa-
ter). It is also lowering thethreshold for the second-rateblock
or tier from 51 to 42 CCFper quarter. The rate structureis geared
to reduce residentiallawn irrigation. The prices forthe second- and
third-rateblocks are much higher, at $6.77and $8.77 per CCF, but
are notchanging. The district said it isalso putting in place a 2
percentincrease for all other metersizes and non-residential
con-sumption including fire hy-drants and fire sprinkler
serviceconnections.
Finally, the minimum waterrate for Dedham and West-wood homes,
which has re-mained at $29.61 per quartersince 2001, will go up to
$35.52per quarter. The threshold forthe minimum has also
beenlowered, from 5 to 3 CCF, orfrom 3,750 to 2,250 gallons owater.
At the same time, the Wa-ter District said it plans to in-troduce a
new, low-income rate,though that is still in the works.
Were going to (look at) someof the low-income rates that areout
there (in other cities andtowns), and try to adopt one thatseems to
have the best features.But in terms of what it wouldcost, the goal
is going to be to getit so that the low-income rate isprobably
below the old minimalrate of $29.61, Commane said.
We just thought it would be anappropriate time, since we
areincreasing the minimum rate, tooffer the low-income rate askind
of a safety net for those forwhom this rate increase wouldreally
have a more serious im-pact on.
Q: The Dedham SquareCountry Store is markingits year
anniversary, did youthink you would make to thispoint?
A: I honestly thought at
some points during thelast year that we would havenever made it
to year one. Thestore is a constant work-in-progress, with so many
hourseach week put into planningand implementation of newproducts,
store design, andfunctionality. There were somemoments over the
past yearwhere I would sit at my deskand wonder if we could
sur-vive another week with thebudget we had, or the prod-ucts we
were going to offer thefollowing Sunday at the mar-ket. I still
wonder how wemade it this far, but its impor-tant to remember that
we con-
tinue to need the communitiesunwavering support if weregoing to
succeed and make itto year two. We have a phe-nomenal following in
the townof Dedham, and our cus-tomers are the reason wevebeen in
business this long.
Q: What motivated you toeven open this marketand to keep it
going?
A: My father (Greg Agnew,Sr.) scheduled an ap-
pointment to look at the openspace at 626 High St. back
inOctober of 2009, thinkingwed never be able to afford it.We were
hoping to get just asimple winter farmers mar-ket-style business up
andrunning to support the fol-lowing of the summerfarmers market,
co-createdby our friend Adina Astor. As
we moved farther alongthrough November, and intothe months
leading up tonow, we realized the townneeded more than a
farmersmarket-style outfit, theyneeded organic, fresh, all-natural
produce and otherproducts year round. Theyneeded a place that
theycould shop, knowing wherethe ingredients came from,and knowing
it was truly alllocally-produced. The land-lords (The Odd Fellows),
myfather, and I all worked out aplan that would allow us tosurvive,
and were grateful toOdd Fellows and the commu-
nity for this wonderful oppor-tunity. My motivation inkeeping
the market open wasknowing that I was filling aneed for local,
organic, all-natural and fresh products, ina world that offers
mostlyprocessed, pesticide-ladenfoods.
Q: What is your five-yearplan for the store?A: I have my dreams
as towhere I might be in five
years. I definitely still want tobe in business, I want to
be
open at least five days a week,and I want to expand our
cus-tomer base deeper into thesurrounding communities (es-pecially
my hometown ofWestwood), so that we can ed-ucate more people about
theadvantages of eating and livinghealthy. As for the rest of
mydreams, youll just have toperiodically drop by and see.
Q: What has been a high-light over the past year?
A: The highlight for me hasbeen spending more timewith my dad,
and learninghow to be in the retail busi-ness (something hes done
hiswhole life). Im a very firm be-liever that formal educationcan
only take you so far, andits limited in what it can teachyou. My
dad says that if youwant to learn, (and be success-
ful), you have to be willing tobust your hump, open yourears,
and get your hands dirty.Without my dad around,there would be no
countrystore.
Q: What is your favoriteitem at the market?A: No doubt its
anythingfrom Beckas Gourmet
Bakery!
Q: What can shoppers ex-pect in year two?A: In year two,
shopperscan expect a lot of sur-
prises, just like theyveobserved on a high frequency
throughout 2010. I hope to in-stall a coffee and lose leaf
teabar, all-natural smoothies, andan overall robust and fullproduct
selection. Our intentis not to encroach on anyoneelses retail turf,
and to honorthe commitment weve madeto our customers to open
morehours as time goes on.
Dedham Transcript editorAndrea Salisbury can be reachedat
781-433-8322 or [email protected].
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