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At the summit of Mt. Greylock. Click on image for more photos.

Boy Scout Troop 16 hiked Mt. Greylock in Western Massachusetts on May 19 and 20, 2012. The troop parked at the Visitors Center and hike the Woodason Spring Trail to the Jones Nose Trail then the Appalachian Trail. They spend the night at the Mark Noepel Shelter, hiking to the summit on Sunday. They returned to the Visitors Center by the Hopper, CCC Dynamite and Woodason Spring Trail.

The weather was perfect, and all scouts and adults had a wonderful time.

Troop 16 at the Northshore UU Church. Click on image for more photos.

Members and adult leaders of Boy Scout Troop 16 in Danvers have widened and improved the path leading from the back of Northshore Unitarian Universalist Church parking lot to the new Danvers Rail Trail. On November 19, 2011, and then again on April 14, 2012, the troop spread wood chips, lined the path with felled logs, and installed a hand rail along a steep part of the path.

The project was planned, managed, and carried out by Troop 16 member Trevor Perry as his Eagle Scout project.

The rail trail is not only a recreational resource but also a transportation route. Depending on their proximity to the trail, church members may now ride to Sunday services by bicycle. The church is grateful for the troop’s hard work in turning this vision into reality.

Congratulations to Allen Ellis, who passed his Eagle Board of Review on Tuesday, February 28. From left are his parents, Robb and Kristen Ellis; Allen Ellis; and Marc Barden of the Great Eastern District, chairman of the Board of Review.

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Members of Boy Scout Troop 16 hiked and camped 20 miles along the Midstate Trail on February 18 and 19. Normally there would be several feet of snow to contend with, but the boys and adult leaders only encountered a bit of white stuff here and there.

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Boy Scout Troop 16 held a Court of Honor on November 1 at the Maple Street Congregational Church in Danvers. Scouts were honored for earning rank advancements, merit badges and for participating in summer camp. Congratulations to all the scouts. Photos by Troop 16 member Tim Jordan.

Members and leaders of Boy Scout Troop 16 hiked 20 miles along the Bay Circuit Trail north of Boston on Sunday, October 23. A 20-mile hike is a requirement for the Hiking Merit Badge.

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Adult leaders and members of Boy Scout Troop 16 slogged their way through 30 miles of the Appalachian Trail in Connecticut from August 13 to 15, making their way from Kent to Salisbury.

The trip was organized by troop committee member John Kuconis. Also participating were troop member Rian Dalton; assistant scoutmasters Sky Blanchet, Evan Palmer and Fred Palmer; committee members Joy Thornell-Smith and Rick Smith; and adult leader Matt Kercher and troop member David Kercher, both of Troop 173 at Hanscom Air Force Base.

Troop 16's newest Eagle scouts: John Baker (left), Evan Rutkowski (top center), Sky Blanchet (bottom center) and Evan Palmer (right).

Four members of Boy Scout Troop 16 were recognized as Eagle scouts at a recent Court of Honor held at Endicott Park. The Eagle award, highest in scouting, is given to boys who have earned at least 21 merit badges and who organized and managed a major community-service project.

The four scouts and their projects are:

• John Baker, who replaced a handrail, reburbished picnic tables and cleaned and stained a fence at Endicott Park.
• Sky Blanchet, who expanded the footprint of the playground at Endicott Park and fenced in the new, larger area.
• Evan Palmer, who developed a nature trail in the Whipple Hill area of Endicott Park, including the installation of 23 concrete trail markers.
• Evan Rutkowski, who planned, managed and took part in the painting of 31 classrooms at the Notre Dame Center next to St. Mary’s School.

Each service project required the scout to solicit donations of paint, lumber and other materials and to organize work crews of family, friends and fellow scouts. Typically an Eagle project encompasses more than 100 total hours of labor.

Among the speakers at the Court of Honor were troop chairman Gregg Perry; troop committee member John Kuconis, a former troop chairman and scoutmaster; troop advancement chairwoman Joy Thornell-Smith; scoutmaster Dan Thornell; former troop chairman Steve Burrill, now advancement chairman for the Great Eastern District; and state Rep. Ted Speliotis. The Rev. Dan Hammerle, elder at the Middleton Congregational Church and an Eagle scout, delivered the invocation and benediction.

Sky Blanchet and Evan Palmer also received Bronze Palms in recognition of their earning five merit badges beyond the Eagle requirement.

Troop 16, whose roots extend to the beginning of the scouting movement in 1911, has produced 76 Eagle scouts since 1960, and 29 since 2001.

The troop is chartered by the Maple Street Congregational Church.

Troop 16's newest Eagles are, from left, John Baker, Evan Palmer, Sky Blanchet, and Evan Rutkowski. Click on image for more photos. (Photos by Tim Jordan)

Congratulations to the newest Eagle Scouts from Troop 16: John Baker, Sky Blanchet, Evan Palmer, and Evan Rutkowski. The scouts were honored on Saturday, June 4, at an Eagle Court of Honor held at Endicott Park. Following the Court of Honor, a reception was held in the Carriage House.

Troop 16 has produced 29 Eagle Scouts since 2001.

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Scouts and adult leaders from Troop 16 gathered at Walnut Grove Cemetery, across from the Peabody Institute Library, to help Allen Ellis with his Eagle project on Saturday, May 28. The troop helped Allen place American flags on veterans’ headstones at Walnut Grove and St. Mary of the Annunciation Cemetery. Allen will also be compiling an extensive computerized database of veterans’ graves in Danvers as part of his project.