That frequent use and the passage of time create wear and tear on the basswood horses.
That s where restoration curator James Hardison steps in.
Since the early 1990s, Hardison has been painstakingly restoring the horses, the carousel s two Roman chariots and the scenery on panels that decorate the structure covering the ride s motor.
So far, he s restored 50 of the wooden horses, which were built in 1928 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Co. for Hull s Paragon Park, which closed in 1985. Probably the most thrilling thing is to watch three, even sometimes four generations of a family come through and talk about their experiences, Hardison said, and what it looked like when grandma was riding it as a kid and appreciative of what I ve been doing with it.
ABINGTON
Town election
On the ballot: Three trustees of the public library; two seats on the board of health, board of selectmen, school committee; one seat on the planning board, housing authority. board of assessors, sewer commissioner, water commissioner.
Candidates: Nomination papers must be submitted by March 8
Voting: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 24 at Emerald Hall, 30 Central St. Possible vote to change location on Monday. Register by March 11; 781-982-2112.
Town meeting
On the web: abingtonma.gov
Two board of selectmen, town clerk, board of assessor, board of health, school committee, planning board, three public library trustees.
at Memorial Field, Canton High School, 900 Washington St
Local hardware stores are stocked and steadily supplying South Shore residents with shovels, snow melt and even a few sleds to prepare for Monday and Tuesday s snowstorm.
At Richmond Hardware in Braintree, owner Steve Richmond said they ve seen a consistent flow of customers buying all of the essentials this weekend. Everyone always waits until . the last minute and then they stock up again, Richmond said.
He said they also sold quite a few snowblowers at the end of last week.
At Park Ave. Market and Ace Hardware in Weymouth, 20- and 40-pound bags of ice melt were piled up and aisles were stocked with shovels, ice scrapers and snow brushes.
She, of course, painted Yes back in bright red paint.
The two artists, who now live in Quincy, first met seven years ago. Both eventually realized they had mutual friends in common, and it wasn t long before they started to do everything together, Douglas said.
Roth, an artist and art therapist, works alongside her now fiancé as a full time artist and designe to create colorful spray painted murals combining Douglas skills at spray painted portraiture and Roth s expertise in color.
They even started a mobile art truck together, the Up Truck, when they first started dating, Douglas said. I mean everyone is like this is so beautiful, it s so romantic, Roth said. I m like, yes, it is, but it means so much on so many levels because this is. . Us. It s what we do together and it s part of our partnership to create together. So it s really special in a lot of ways.