Peabody: Rosemary Piaker, center left, and her friend Chris Neenan, center right, both from Peabody, pose with their children, James Piaker and Becky Neenan, as a group of kids with special needs enjoy an evening of fun and exercise in the Carroll School gymnasium in Peabody on Monday. Piaker and Neenan are retiring this year as longtime leaders of the Peabody Parents of Children with Special Needs. Photo by Matt Viglianti/Salem News Monday, January 12, 2009

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