Tarby and Rahmeier join board of New Horizons at Choate

WOBURN — New Horizons at Choate welcomed two new trustees at its annual board meeting, held October 15 at the Warren Avenue independent and assisted living community. Joseph R. Tarby III of Woburn and Lynne Rahmeier of Winchester will officially begin their three-year terms on January 1, 2015.

An attorney for 33 years, Tarby is a partner in the Real Estate Practice Group of Murtha Cullina, in its Woburn office. He is active in many local organizations, including Woburn Pee Wee Football Association and Woburn Youth Hockey. Tarby serves on the board of Winchester Hospital and Northmark Bank, and is a past president of Woburn Business Association and Woburn Rotary Club.

Rahmeier retired in 2005 after serving as director of music at Winchester Public Schools for 20 years. Since then, she has continued making music as director of Sounds of Grace Hospice Choir, which she founded in 2008. The interfaith nonprofit group sings to those who are ill or nearing the end of life, performing in hospitals and care facilities, and sometimes even in privates homes.

For the past several years, Rahmeier has brought Sounds of Grace to New Horizons to sing at the community’s annual memorial service.

“We are so delighted to have Joe and Lynne, two leaders in the community, join our board,” said Executive Director Christine Coakley, a Woburn native who recently celebrated 20 years with New Horizons.

According to Coakley, the high point of the meeting was the board’s unanimous vote to, once again, waive any increase to the monthly service fees paid by New Horizons residents. This is the 20th year that residents’ fees have remained the same.

“New Horizons is very special in this regard,” said Coakley. “Because our community is a not-for-profit and is part of Cummings Foundation, we are able to maintain our rates, offering stability and peace of mind for our residents.”

Monthly service fees at New Horizons include housing costs, three meals per day, social events, weekly light housekeeping, utilities, apartment maintenance, groundskeeping, snow removal, and scheduled group transportation to local shopping and downtown areas as well as special events and attractions.

New Horizons’ 125 apartments are primarily open to residents of Woburn, Winchester, and Medford. In addition to independent and assisted living, dementia care is provided on site by Hearthstone Alzheimer Care, an independently owned and operated organization. More information about New Horizons is available at www.CummingsFoundation.org.