Friday, July 20, 2012
Only a portion of the basement remains to be cleared of furniture and school supplies.
The only items that will remain at Machon School after Monday will be the pews from the Andrews Chapel being stored in the gym. The pews and items to be salvaged for metal recycling to support the Jackson Park project. Department of Public Works Director Gino Cresta said inmates with the Essex County House of Corrections have cleared Machon's first and second floors of debris and items. They have also removed some of the contents of the basement and will continue clearing the basement today and Monday, if necessary. They have filled two large Dumpsters with everything from wood to paper, rags to bags, and desks to books. Several people stopped by to claim books before others were tossed, he said. A third Dumpster will arrive to the site …
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The town is clearing out the former elementary school filled with many of the items from 2007 when it closed.
Inside the door at the far end of the Machon School someone wrote June 19, 2007 on a chalkboard. The message was likely one of the last things written at the elementary school before it closed. Other reminders of its last days include student farewells hanging from walls. Eye-catching items include the jungle theme mural in the gym and the handmade tributes to local and national heroes that hang in the library. The school itself is largely a broken time capsule, with books, paper, art supplies and such strewn across its floors or stacked. Chairs and desks and other furniture sit in rooms. Oddly, a day bed is in the foyer near the main entrance. The school's intercom modular sits on a stand in the main office. Cubby holes are labeled …
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Ivy covered walls make this old school on Burpee Road an inviting looking property.
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
The fifth photo gallery in a series on empty buildings in town looks at the former Machon School on Burpee Road. Patch photographer Bob Roche turns his lens on the old school and sees promise and a nice location near Jackson Park and the high school.
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Louis Massei
4:58 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
Whisky you have a point! How much was actually recycled? We are suppose to be a green community. Who gets to fine them if they didn't comply? more ›