Hampstead Voters Say Yes to New Police Station

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Annual Chester School District
Meeting Sees Low Voter Turnout
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
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CHESTER - The Chester
school district’s first traditional meeting in four years
lasted just over a half hour,
with 57 voters in attendance
and unanimous passage of
all warrant articles.
The meeting was held at
the multipurpose room on
March, 13 starting at 7 p.m.
The talk was nearly nonexistent from the voting
public. School board chair
Royal Richardson took the
bulk of the time to explain
each article in some depth.
The talk during and
after the meeting was about
the low voter turnout, as
many were disappointed,
pointing out how just 57
voters passed an $11,633,764
budget without discussion.
If you were to divide the
budget by the number of voters who passed it, it ends up
that each vote amounted to
$204,101.12 of that figure.
A related fact: of those
57 voters, 17 were elected
officials, from school board
to selectmen, planning
board and the road agent.
There are 3,332 registered voters in town.
The only public comment during the meeting
came from Steph Landau,
who noted the low turnout.
He asked the school board
to consider sending the
school report out to each
home in an effort to bring
awareness to the meeting
and increase turnout.
Landau noted his fear of
low voter turnout causing a
reversion to the SB 2 system, something that would
be a disaster for the town,
he said.
The school board has
tried various methods to get
the report out to residents,
but noting the cost of mailing the booklet out to each
home (and low interest in
the report), have been cutting back on that expense
and instead printing fewer
copies and making sure
they are in public locations
throughout town.
Richardson remarked
that the board had considcontinued on page 6
Tombarello Chosen as New
Selectmen Chair in Sandown
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
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SANDOWN – Tom
Tombarello was chosen
unanimously by his peers
on the board of selectmen to
serve as chair this year.
Brenda Copp was chosen in
the same manner to serve as
vice chair.
The new board of selectmen had their first meeting
on Monday, March 18 and
there decided on chairmanships and liaison roles. The
makeup of the board following elections on March 12
adds just one new member
in Terry Treanor. Copp
sought and retained her
seat.
Tombarello thanked the
rest of the board for their
faith in him and noted that
in recent years there had
been a long line of quality
chairs and he hoped to do as
well as they.
New liaison roles were
chosen easily, just one position being contested.
Tombarello let the board
members choose their own
roles, even letting newcomer Treanor take over his liaison-ship with the police, a
department he has long
been an advocate for.
Copp asked first to stay
with the fire department
and in the only disagreement of the discussion Jim
Devine asked for the role as
well. Devine, a long time
member of the department
cited his regular participation with the department as
good reason.
Devine also stated that
Copp did not attend the
department’s meetings, an
accusation she took umbrage with. Copp stated that
she speaks regularly with
fire chief Bill Tapley and
that she was told by him
that it wasn’t necessary that
she attend all of the training
meetings the department
holds.
While Devine called for
a vote on it or for Tombarello to make a choice, Tombarello stated that he hoped
the board could solve it
without those measures.
Eventually Devine conceded the position.
The liaison roles decided
Monday are as follows:
Tombarello: Zoning Board,
Municipal Records Committee, Old Home Day
Committee, Town Clerk/Tax
Collector. Copp: Finance,
Fire/Rescue, Emergency
Management, Budget Committee, Joint Loss Management Committee. Devine:
Recreation Commission,
Conservation Commission,
Local Energy Commission.
Hans Nicolaisen: Highway,
Sanitation, Building/Code
Enforcement/Health Officer,
Planning Board, RC Technical Advisory Committee.
Treanor: Police, Library.
MIME TIME
The Hampstead Central School fourth graders performed a Multi-Cultural Musical last week celebrating the cultures of Japan, Italy,
Egypt, Brazil and France. Pictured, Trever Huuskonen was one of the performers
for the country of France during the presentation. See the full cast on page 10.
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Hampstead Voters Say
Yes to New Police Station
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
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HAMPSTEAD – The
proposed new police station
is finally going to happen.
The article for the new
station was first defeated in
2007 when the price tag for
a much larger building was
$2,397,500. The price and
size came down a little the
following year to but was
continued on page 2 still defeated and after a hia-
tus of a couple years an
even smaller, less expensive
version suffered a defeat in
2011. In 2012 a new committee and a new approach
was adopted, offering a new
design that reduced the size
of the building dramatically
and brought the price tag
down to $1,538,300. The
voters still didn’t have an
appetite for the project and
the bid for a ten year bond
still couldn’t muster the
required 60 percent vote.
However, on Tuesday,
March 12, the voters approved a new police station,
the same plan as last year’s,
with the only difference
being a “One and Done”
funding approach which
only requires a majority
plus one rather the ten-year
bond. This approach is considered the least expensive
way to finance the building
continued on page 2
P AG E 2
T R I -T OW N T I M E S • M A R C H 21, 2013
Hampstead Voters Approve More Articles Than They Deny
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
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HAMPSTEAD – The
turnout of Hampstead voters surpassed expectation
and saw 31.5 percent of the
registered voters come to
the polls to cast their ballots. Not only did the voters
send new people to the Budget Committee, Planning
Board and School Board, but
approved a new police and
teachers’ contract. However,
they refused to approve hiring another full-time police
officer.
The police station article
passed after being defeated
in 2007, 2008, 2011 and
2012. The voters approved
the project, voting 1,084 to
837 to approve it. The plan
is to start construction as
soon as possible and to
begin applying for grants to
reduce the overall cost.
Residents approved more
than they denied. On the
town side, they voted 1,081
to 807 to deny Chief Joe
Beaudoin’s request for another full-time police officer
at the cost of $51,000 for a
half year’s salary and benefits. Beaudoin has sought
the additional officer in
order to have two full-time
officers to have on duty for
the overnight shift. But the
townspeople didn’t see it
that way.
Support for the Sad
Café, a venue that provides
a safe and nurturing place
for young musicians was
not supported. The group
has lost much of its grant
funding and was asking area
towns to support it with
$5,000, but voters denied
their request.
Voters were divided on
the Hampstead Recreation
Commission’s request to
establish a Non-Capital
Reserve Maintenance Fund
for the purpose of funding
future projects for Hampstead recreation areas with
the commission as the expending agent. Voters
approved this by a slim margin of 954 to 908.
The operating budget
for the town, $5,363,580.50
and the operating budget
for the school district,
$23,773,024 were both
passed. The town’s operating budget was approved by
a 1,214 to 639 vote while
the school budget got a
resounding 1,543 to 316
approval vote.
A $10,000 appropriation
to be put into the existing
Hampstead Public Library
Non-Capital Reserve Fund
for building maintenance
was also approved. The
library was relieved at the
1,079 to 798 approval as
they are poised to replace
the older boiler at the
library and are considering
replacing both boilers and
possibly making a change
from oil heat to propane.
Family Promise of
Greater Rockingham County, an organization that
working with member
churches to provide assistance to homeless area families, got voter approval for
their request for $5,000
support.
An expendable trust was
approved 1,026 to 818 by
the voters for the purpose of
funding town building
repairs and maintenance
with a beginning $10,000
appropriation. A new committee, the Town Facilities
Committee, is now up and
running with the intent of
making sure the town’s
infrastructure is properly
maintained.
The Hampstead Fire
Department’s request to use
$28,500 of its capital
reserve fund to replace the
department’s aging and virtually useless Jaws of Life
equipment was approved by
a 1,417 to 463 vote.
On the School side voters approved the Hampstead Educators Association
teacher contract, the first
year amount of $99,881 of
the four year contract, by a
1,012 to 848 vote. The
Hampstead Support Personnel Association four year
contract with the first year
amount of $10,978 was
approved 1,175 to 691. The
teachers’ contracts went
through the negotiations
and voter approval process
without any controversy
this year.
Voters also approved, by
a 1,179 to 677 vote, allowing the school district to
take $75,000 out of the
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cent of the current fiscal
year’s net assessment received less support with a
close win of 973 to 850. The
Hampstead Administration
has repeatedly recommended that if voters approve this
then the school district
should consider retaining
only a small amount such as
$50,000 to begin this special account.
Jorge Mesa-Tejada put in
a petition article trying to
have the SAU 55 budget
voted on as a separate warrant article rather than having the SAU Board vote on
the budget. Voters took
exception to this, it narrowly defeating it 907 to 832.
However, because the SAU
Budget article was approved
in the Timberlane district
by an overall 2,544 to 2,072
count, the article passed,
even though Hampstead
voters did not support it.
Police Station
many voters still there to
thank.
While this 7,600-square
foot building is much smaller than the first plan, it is
considered by the Hampstead Police Department,
the Police Building Committee and architect Kyle
Barker, of Barker Associates
in Concord, to be more than
adequate for the town of
Hampstead and one that
would remain so for the
foreseeable future since the
town is considered to have
little future growth potential. The committee worked
hard to keep the price as
low as possible by utilizing
as much of the equipment
from the present station in
its design and with the
intention to go for a number
of grants that are available.
The station is still
planned for the same piece
of town-owned land off of
Veteran’s Way that it was
back in 2007 when it was
first proposed. Today there
is less needed to make this
parcel ready for the station
since Veteran’s Way was
only planned back in 2007
but is now an accepted
town road and much of the
infrastructure is already
there, which goes to the
subdivision that is being
developed off the road. The
committee has been reaching out to people and businesses in town to try and get
them to commit to volunteering to help with such
things as clearing and
preparing the lot for the
building. Much remains to
be done and the committee
is eager to get started on the
next phase of the effort.
The Chairman of the
Police Building Committee
Steve Londrigan said, “We
are very happy with the outcome of the vote. Now the
really difficult task begins of
executing on the plans and
aggressively working on the
project so as to get the station built as soon as possible and for less money than
was in the article.”
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Company of NH (PSNH).
The new agreement will
be for 19 months. The
board negotiated the deal
with White Columns’ Tad
Dziemian, who suggested it
in part because of the continued general upswing of
energy prices.
The board met with the
town’s new state senator
Russell Prescott briefly.
Prescott has been making it
around to each of the towns
he recently took over for
when he was elected last fall
to serve as senator for District 23. Former senator
Jack Barnes did not seek
reelection.
It was noted that the
town had received $3,352.40
from the Federal Emergency
Management Agency as the
federal government’s share of
costs associated with Hurricane Sandy.
continued from page 1
and it is thought that the
taxpayers will see around
$1.60 per assessed $1,000
property valuation.
Police Chief Joe Beaudoin was happy Tuesday
night, having seeing four
previous defeats.
“We’re ecstatic,” he said.
“I want to thank all of the
people who have helped us
through all the years. The
work has just begun. Now
we need to get the building
built for the amount of
money the voters have
given us.”
Many of the Department’s officers were on hand
and were jubilant. Having to
deal with the less than safe,
cramped space that includes
a bar on the wall to handcuff prisoners to over the
years has gotten more and
more onerous. The officers
still at the polls Tuesday
night made their pleasure
known by seeking out as
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place it in the existing
School Renovation and Reconstruction Capital Improvement Capital Reserve Fund.
The district has already
announced expensive paving jobs and roof repairs are
needed at both schools.
The vote to allow the
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Sandown Sees Low Turnout at the Polls
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
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SANDOWN – It was a
long day for poll workers in
Sandown as they fielded relatively few voters during town
and school elections on Tuesday, March 12. Prolonging
the day were some discrepancies during the final tally that
saw the final results read out
three hours after polls officially closed at 8 p.m.
The 3046 ballots were
recounted numerous times
following a discrepancy
between the ballot clerks’
number of voters and the voting machines’ tallies. Moderator Gordon Champion was
unsure as to where exactly
the problem stemmed, after
the votes were recounted he
was confident in the numbers.
Of the town’s 3,668 registered voters, 761 made it to
the polls, a noted reduction
from the fall’s presidential
general election which saw
3,108 voters.
A surprise for many at the
end of the night was the tie in
the treasurer race, something
Champion remarked that to
the best of his knowledge had
never happened before in
Sandown.
Three candidates vied for
the position, Erica Olsen,
Bruce Cleveland and Jim
Devine. While Devine
received the fewest votes at
209, both Olsen and Cleveland received 232 each.
Cleveland was serving as
the interim treasurer, appointed by the selectmen after
Marie Buckley resigned the
role at the end of 2012.
It had town clerk Michelle Short and her staff
recounting the votes one
more time Tuesday night to
make certain of the tie. After
consulting with Champion
they decided to hold off on
the official results for the race
until they could contact the
secretary of state the follow-
ing morning.
Champion remarked that
they needed to find out the
specific rules surrounding a
tie in New Hampshire, but
that he was hoping to avoid
an expensive special election
at all costs.
“We know we’re accurate
with the ballots, so there’s no
discrepancy there at all,” said
Champion.
According to state law:
ties a broken with a coin toss.
Short remarked that according to state law neither
candidate could concede the
race and a coin toss or the
drawing of straws was called
for.
The next day both Olsen
and Cleveland were present
at the town hall for the toss,
along with a crowd of town
officials and interested onlookers.
Olsen picked the long
straw and got her choice of
heads or tails. The flip went
in her favor.
Olsen said she was surprised by the tie and that the
job came down to a coin flip.
She was pleased with the outcome, she said. Olsen noted
that she has experience in
corporate budget management and daily and annual
reconciliation work and was
ready to get started in her
new job.
Cleveland was a gracious
loser, stating that there were
no hard feelings about the
outcome. Though initially
declining a recount to which
he was entitled by law, Cleveland later asked for one.
I just want to resolve it,
said Cleveland after asking
for a recount. He added that if
the recount showed a tie he
was pleased for Oleson and
would help her transition
into the job.
The recount is scheduled
for Thursday, March 21 at 4
p.m.
The rest of the ballot went
more smoothly.
The other town officer
positions were uncontested,
the only surprises coming
from a couple of write-in
campaigns. Though former
selectmen chair Steve Brown
did not seek his position
again he was written in for a
reported six other roles in
town.
He was written in along
with Mickey Mouse, Tweety
Bird and Eleanor Roosevelt,
Brown joked humbly, but it
was clear by others’ comments that night that they did
not want to see the long time
public servant go.
Brown did end up with
39 votes for an unsought second seat on the budget committee and stated that he
would take the role.
Matt Russell was written
in for a second unsought seat
on the planning board.
Of all candidates on the
ballot husband and wife Carroll and Arlene Bassett
received the most votes at 693
and 695 respectively. Carroll
was reelected as a cemetery
trustee and Arlene as a trustee
of the trust fund.
Fourteen of 20 warrant
articles passed, including the
budget with an easy majority.
Just one of the three zoning
amendments put forth by the
planning board passed.
In Articles 5 and 6 voters
decided against starting construction on a new police station this year, but did add
$200,000 to the capital reserve fund set up for the
building and may be just one
more year from breaking
ground.
Voters overwhelmingly
supported both articles from
the fire department. They set
up a fund with $100,000 for
future equipment and apparatus purchase as well as a
fund that will allow the
department to collect monies
from ambulance transports.
Voters did turn down a
plan to save $8,000 toward a
future state mandated town
revaluation, $5,000 for improvements to the Sandown
Pubic Library’s lawn (the
labor was being donated for
this project), a $3,500 energy
efficiency project at the
Sandown Train Depot, and
amendments to the 1987
house numbering ordinance.
Selectman Tom Tombarello remarked that he was
generally pleased with the
outcome of the day. He stated
that he was happy that the
police station got at least
another installment, and that
voters approved the forward
thinking article to start saving
for expensive fire department
apparatus replacement.
Brown remarked that he
was not surprised by the
results of the day, except for
the too close to call treasurer’s
race.
The results are as follows:
For Selectmen: William
(Terry) Treanor, 515 (WINNER); Brenda Copp, 509
(WINNER). For Police Chief:
Joe Gordon, 682 (WINNER)
For Treasurer: Tie between Bruce Cleveland and
Erica Olsen (WINNER); Jim
Devine, 209. For Moderator:
Nelson Rheaume, 606 (WINNER). For Budget Committee:
Jacquelynn Sweet, 600 (WINNER); Write-in: Steve Brown,
39 (WINNER). For Planning
Board, three year: Stephen
Meisner, 608 (WINNER)
Write in: Matt Russell, 23.
Planning Board, one year:
Matthew Brown, 575 (WINNER). Fire Engineers, three
years: Mark Vanauken, 583
(WINNER); Fred Teague,
613 (WINNER). Fire Engineers, one year: Paul
D’Amore, 662 (WINNER).
Cemetery Trustee: Carroll
Bassett, 693 (WINNER).
Trustee of the Trust Funds:
Arlene Bassett, 695 (WINNER). Library Trustee: Peter
Stock, 542 (WINNER); Carol
Stafford, 598 (WINNER).
Article Two: Budget, Yes,
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454; No, 274 (PASSED). Article Three: Highway Block
Grant, Yes, 642; No, 89
(PASSED). Article 4: Equipment Fund for Fire Department, Yes, 489; No, 251 (PASSED). Article 5: $200,000 for a
new police station, Yes, 413;
No, 319 (PASSED). Article 6:
$404,500 for a new police
station, Yes, 333; No; 406
(FAILED). Article 7: Road
Improvement Plan, Yes, 456;
No, 279 (PASSED) . Article 8:
New Highway Truck, Yes,
366; No, 363 (PASSED). Article 9: Plowing Expendable
Trust Fund, Yes, 513; No, 160
(PASSED). Article 10: Ambulance Revolving Fund, Yes,
582; No, 152 (PASSED). Article 11: Surplus to Disaster
Management Fund, Yes, 461;
No, 271 (PASSED). Article
12: Tax Impacts to be Stated
on Future Warrants, Yes, 590;
No, 134 (PASSED). Article
13: Old Home Days funding,
Yes, 445; No, 292 (PASSED).
Article 14: Revaluation fund,
Yes, 285; No, 450 (FAILED).
Article 15: Mosquito Surveillance, Yes, 525; No, 226
(FAILED). Article 16: Library
Lawn Improvements, Yes,
193; No, 557 (FAILED). Article 17: Improve Library
Egress, Yes, 377; No, 372
(PASSED). Article 18: House
Numbering Ordinance, Yes,
307; No, 439 (FAILED). Article 19: Train Depot Efficiency
Project, Yes, 292; No, 453
(FAILED). Article 20: Family
Promise Funding, Yes, 462;
No, 284 (PASSED)
Zoning Articles:
Z-1: Wetland and Surface
Waters Conservation District,
Yes, 262; No, 440 (FAILED).
Z-2: Wording Change per
Statutory Requirement, Yes,
443; No, 280 (PASSED). Z-3:
Upped Fee for Driveway Permits, Yes, 295, No, 431
(FAILED).
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P AG E 4
Editorial
Taste of the Season
After a couple of odd years, we can
finally say we had a winter again. Plenty of snow - the most in several years and plenty of below freezing weather.
Even a bit of a thaw in between.
We’re still knee deep in snow in
many places, but there’s no mistaking
the sound of birds in the early morning
and the change in the quality of light.
The calendar tells us it’s spring that happened Wednesday, March 20 and who among us is not ready for the
change in seasons. While it’s still a
good idea to keep the plow and the
shovel accessible, we have every reason
to be looking ahead to the new season.
And there’s no better way to mark
spring than to celebrate New Hampshire Maple Weekend, which takes
place this year on March 23 and 24.
Local maple syrup producers have
found recent warmer days and cold
nights just what they needed for the
flow of sap in the sugar maples, and
this coming weekend is the perfect
chance to welcome the season with a
visit to sugar houses in Chester and
Londonderry.
Hank Peterson’s sugar house on
Peabody Row in Londonderry is open
from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and Brian and Susan Folsom’s
sugar house on Candia Road in
Chester will welcome visitors from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Tastes of maple syrup, the quintessential New England product, will be
offered at both sugar houses, along
with the chance to purchase your supply of syrup for pancakes, baked beans,
ice cream topping, or whatever else
would benefit from that distinct maple
flavor. People travel for miles and
across state lines to see sugar houses in
action - how lucky we are to have them
almost on our doorstep.
We encourage you to take this
opportunity to support local agriculture and the “local food” movement you can’t get much more local than the
trees with the buckets down the road and at the same time, have a great day
participating in a New England spring
tradition.
Soon enough, the sounds of the
peepers will liven up the evenings, and
the sap in the maples will stop flowing.
Slowly but surely, the landscape will be
more like spring and less like winter, as
snow becomes a distant memory and
spring flowers brighten our yards and
kitchen tables.
So savor the moment as we hover
on the cusp of a new season, and enjoy
the sweet tastes Maple Weekend has to
offer.
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Thanks to Voters
A note to Timberlane
voters,
Thank you, Timberlane
voters, for supporting the
citizen’s petition to require
the SAU 55 budget to be
placed on future school ballots. This will make the SAU
more accountable to taxpayers going forward
In order not to thwart
the will of the voters, the
SAU board must ensure that
next year’s default budget is
not larger than the current
2013-2014 SAU budget and
that future default budgets
are not inflated by new con-
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Hampstead Recreation Looks Ahead
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
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HAMPSTEAD – The
Recreation Commission met
and decided that everything
was set for the upcoming
Festival that is to take place
on Saturday. Three people
have signed up for the chili
cook-off and a few pre-registered for the run. The commission expressed disappointment that more interest
in the fundraiser hasn’t surfaced but held out the hope
that more people would
show-up on Saturday.
The Commission has revamped The Hampstead
Winter Festival and it has
morphed into being a Spring
Festival still slated to take
place on March 23 from noon
to 2:30 p.m. but the venue is
now the Hampstead Veteran’s
Memorial Gym. There is a $3
admission fee for children to
participate in a variety of
planned activities.
The Hampstead Love
Run is scheduled to start at
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office is not to be taken lightly. It brings out the good
and, sometimes, the not so
good in us as caring citizens.
Our right to govern ourselves is a most precious gift.
Now is the time to stand
with those we have chosen,
to support and guide them as
we go forward.
Common sense and responsible spending are still
my mantra, now as a private
citizen. Once again, thank
Candidate Thank You
you to those who checked
the box next to my name. I
To the Editor:
To all who showed their will be forever grateful.
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support on Election Day,
thank you very much.
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tracts that have not been
necessary in the past.
A special thank you to
Sandown voters who patiently and kindly stopped
on their way to the polls,
even in the pouring rain, to
talk to me about the petition.
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noon.
There will be a “Lil Love
Run” for children 3 to 10
years-old with kids 3-5 years
old running .03 mile and the
kids 6 to 10 will run .06 mile.
There will be a coloring
contest, a musical chairs competition, a guess the Jelly Beans
event and an Easter Egg Hunt.
Also, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. there
will be a chili cook-off.
The Hampstead Soccer
Club provided a check for
$300 to be the first contribution to the new Recreation
Fund that Chairwoman Kim
Colbert will officially start at
the Selectmen’s meeting next
Monday evening. This fund
is being established to accept
donations and contributions
for present and future projects and the expending agent
is the commission.
The commission discussed whether to allow participants in the Summer
Recreation Program who are
going to be going into the
fifth grade have the option of
remaining at Central School
for one more year rather
than switching to the Veteran’s Memorial Gym where
the older kids meet. Kids can
exercise this choice but if
after the first week they want
to change their mind they
can but that is the only time
a change can be made. This
is a new policy for this level
of participant and is a trial
period for this year to see
how it works. The commission reserves the right to
decide that a particular child
who chose to remain at Central for an extra year isn’t
working and to insist that
youngster make the switch
to Veterans’ Memorial Gym
if their behavior warrants it.
Colbert said the earlier
announced Dog Meet has
been withdrawn.
The ice skating rink is
down.
Bids for fertilization and
mowing will be opened next
Monday.
Tennis nets will be put
up weather permitting.
In the Hampstead Zoning Board article published March 14 it
was stated that Russ Bergeron’s wife had a sewing business in the basement, but it is
actually the neighbor’s wife, Mrs. Joe Kozdra who has the sewing business in the
basement, Mr. Bergeron does not have a wife.
PA G E 5
Selectmen Bestow Benefits of Long Term Capital Cost Planning
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
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CHESTER – A long discussion over the benefits of
funding the town’s Capital
Improvements Program (CIP)
had the selectmen agreeing at
the end of it to move forward
with some funding mechanism for its items at town
meeting in May.
Selectman Mike Weider
has long been a proponent
of the CIP, working in conjunction with the planning
board as they created the
document. He has long spoken to its benefits and has
urged town leaders to take it
seriously. At the board’s
Thursday, March 14 meeting Weider again raised the
matter, noting conversations he had recently with
the budget committee.
The CIP is at heart a long
term planning document. Its
purpose is to identify and
anticipate major capital
expenditures and lay out
ways a town can fund them.
It identifies capital
expenditures and establishes the cost and timeline for
acquiring the item. The
town’s job is to set aside
money periodically to fulfill
that expected obligation
within its stated timeframe.
Capital expenditures in
the CIP are defined for
Chester as costing at least
$5,000, lasting at least three
years, any project which
requires bond financing, and
not an annual budget item.
There are many ways to
fund the CIP, but the main
methods discussed in
Chester have been capital
reserve funds and the
assessment of impact fees.
Capital reserve funds are
generally funded annually
by warrant article during
town meeting. They become
like small bank accounts
which can be drawn from
for large pre-determined
expenditures.
Impact fees are paid by
those bringing new development to the town according to a pre-determined fee
schedule. Impact fees aim to
offset the municipal costs of
supporting new residents or
facility usage.
Weider remarked that
the CIP is a good tool to
fund high cost items without the hills and valleys the
tax rate experiences when a
town does not plan ahead
and needs to pay for things
all at once.
Weider stressed the plan
in particular relation to the
highway department, both
because the planning board
has set up the mechanism by
which impact fees can be
channeled into the depart-
Popularity Forces Change of Venue
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
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HAMPSTEAD - For the
last dozen years the growing
popularity of the Palm Sunday cantatas presented by a
local chorus and orchestra
drawn from 18 area churches under the direction of
Hampstead’s Central School
Music Teacher Cindi Verrill
has meant standing room
only performances.
Verrill said the ever
growing crowd has forced
the group to move the
venue for the popular cantata performance from St.
Anne’s Parish in Hampstead
to Sacred Hearts Parish, 165
South Main St., Bradford,
Mass. in order to accommodate the crowd this year.
One chorus member,
Dawn Shaw, of Hampstead
said, “While Verrill has
mixed emotions about not
performing at St. Anne this
year where the choir began
its first Holy Week performance 12 years ago, she is
thrilled at the thought of
presenting this uplifting and
powerful rendition of the
life of Christ in such a magnificent setting with ideal
acoustics for voices and
instruments.”
Verrill said her chorus
and orchestra members
come from Hampstead,
Derry, Plaistow, Salem,
Kingston, Windham, Newton, Danville, Haverhill,
Bradford and other area
New Hampshire and Massachusetts towns with members belonging to Roman
Catholic parishes, Congregational, Eastern Orthodox,
Methodist, United Church
of Christ and Episcopal
communities.
“This is our 13th year
performing an ecumenical
cantata on Palm Sunday,”
Verrill said. “Over the past
few years they have been
performing to a standing
room only crowd at St.
Anne’s Church in Hampstead. This year we are moving to Sacred Hearts Church
to accommodate the large
audience we draw.”
Through the years, the
choir and the orchestra has
grown, and now there is a
60 voice choir and 20 piece
orchestra performing the
Easter celebration, Arise,
My Love.
The group has been
practicing for six weeks.
The performance will be
held at Sacred Hearts
Church in Bradford, Mass on
Palm Sunday, March 24, at 3
p.m. and is free of charge
and open to the public.
ment and because of the high
cost of roadwork. Bonding
does not work, said Weider.
He referenced numerous
road bonds that have failed
to pass voter muster in recent
years, and stated that something new has to be tried to
fund that necessary work.
The selectmen agreed
that money needed to be
put into the town’s infrastructure as it had been
woefully under funded for
years. They spoke to their
belief that it would be very
difficult to catch up on all of
the work that has been put
off for lack of funds.
Selectman Jack Cannon
spoke with some frustration
on the inability to get big
dollar road projects past
voters recently. Cannon
remarked that he was
stumped as to how to move
forward given the track
record. Maybe the thing to
do, he said, was to be irresponsible on one side of the
coin or the other. Maybe the
board does not ask for any
road projects until voters
get fed up of driving on
crumbling roads, or maybe
they ask for what is really
needed to fix them, millions
of dollars.
“I don’t know what the
appetite is for taxes in this
town,” said Cannon, adding
that unfortunately work
costs money and that if you
lived in Chester there was
no other way to pay for it
than through property taxes.
Resident John Colman
got some of laughs during
public comment when he
said that while he rarely
agreed with Weider, this
was one time that he did. He
urged the board to move
forward with the CIP, but
with the understanding that
it was a long term program
and the money needed to be
earmarked and left alone
until it was built up enough
to pay for its stated means.
Weider assured Colman
that the money could not be
spent by the selectmen
without voter approval at
town meeting.
In other selectmen news:
The Better Future
Alliance’s Stuart Arnett met
with the board to update
them on the alliance’s
progress in investigating the
Chester College of New
England property. The board
has hired the group to look
at the property and give
them recommendations on
its potential purchase.
Arnett explained that the
next step in the process is to
come back to the board with
some ideas for use of the
property taking into account
resident feedback at a recent
listening session held at
Stevens Memorial Hall.
Arnett indicated that his
group was looking at potentially providing three tiers
of recommendations, from
the least the town could do
with the property to avoid
any negative impact should
the property stay on the
market, to a mid-level plan,
to a plan that stipulates the
town as an active participant in development, but
with a potential for a really
positive turnout.
“Our goal is to give you
well-informed options,”
said Arnett.
The board has an eye on
town meeting in May to
bring a plan forward to voters on whether they recommend or do not recommend
the property’s purchase. The
particulars are still being
worked out.
The board received
seven bids for replacement
of the multipurpose room’s
roof. The bids were taken to
help the selectmen write a
warrant article for the roof’s
replacement for town meeting. The average cost was
about $55,000, but low and
high bids came in at
$29,261 and $92,430, both
of which the selectmen were
looking to ignore given
their discrepancy with the
median bids.
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Busy Time at Hampstead Middle School and Anti-Bullying Club
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HAMPSTEAD – The
Hampstead Middle School
lunchroom is usually filled
with the sounds of young
voices as the students have
their lunch, but last Friday
it turned dramatically dif-
ferent - louder and busier
than usual by far.
Many of the seventh and
eighth grade members of
the Anti-Bullying Club were
present, wearing their club
T-shirts and actively taking
part in a program called
Lunch Buddies. Club members visit with different
During lunch last Friday the members of the Hampstead
Middle School Anti-Bullying Club visited with the
younger during lunch to chat and visit and let them know
the ABC members are available if needed. The ABC kids
also assisted the Student Council with the sale of candy
to support Mason’s Magic.
Photo by Penny Williams
younger kids during their
lunch period, especially if
they should spot someone
sitting alone. The ABC kids
sit and talk to the younger
students; encouraging and
supporting them.
Just before the lunch
period was to end the music
blared and the ABC kids
jumped out onto the floor
and started their version of
the “Harlem Shake” as a fun
activity
showing
the
younger students that it is
ok to put themselves out
there. It didn’t take long
before the tables emptied
and the floor space was
filled with happy, smiling
youngsters doing their own
particular thing.
One of the ABC kids, Jesse
Grimm, an eighth grader,
said, “We just kind of wanted
everyone to know that we
aren’t serious all the time. We
like to have a good time and
we decided to get involved in
this day with the Student
Council raising money for
Mason’s Magic doing ‘Moustaches for Mason.’”
Samantha Damico, another ABC member said,
“We can be serious but we
like to have fun too. But,
when it is time to be serious
we get the job done.”
“We love to help other
people,” said Mackenzie
Ryan, another ABC member.
“We don’t force it out on
people. We ask if they want
help and if they’re not comfortable we don’t want to put
them on the spot but we are
there to help.”
Emily French, also an
ABC member said, “We do the
Lunch Buddies because if we
do this with the kids they’ll
want to join the ABC when
they’re in seventh and eighth
grade because they remember
what we did with them.”
The Student Council
sponsored Moustaches for
Mason events all week. This
fundraiser supports HMS
Health Teacher Katie
Muskrat’s Mason’s Magic
Foundation.
Mason’s Magic is a foundation designed to aid families dealing with the loss of
a child. It is dedicated to
bringing families together
during a time of loss.
Muskrat and her husband
Matt lost their baby son in
2007 and one of the ways
they coped with the loss
was by creating a foundation in memory of their
baby son so they can reach
out to help others who are
trying to cope with similar
pain and confusion.
The Student Council was
selling candy and is sponsoring “Mason’s Magic” this
week with calling it “Moustaches for Mason”. The Student Council was selling lollypops with moustaches on
them during lunch and
recess, and on Friday morning. Students could also purchase the tattoo moustaches
(which will be put on their
fingers- that they then hold
up to there lip). The ABC
kids joined in and everyone
was having fun.
District Meeting
ning to bring it to between
$175,000 and $200,000 to
cover that expense.
The next article passed
was to allow the district to
retain an annual surplus of
up to 2.5 percent of the net
budget amount. This money
can be kept for a year and be
used for various expenditures
or to reduce the tax rate. State
law governs how the money
can be utilized. Discussions
with the budget committee
prior to the meeting had both
the school board and committee planning, if the measure passed, to refrain from
adding to various capital
reserve funds that currently
take in surplus funds, as
allowed by the legislative
body.
Following the meeting
interim superintendent Jim
Gaylord remarked that
while high voter turnout
was sought, he also stated
his feelings that the low
turnout could be attributed
to confidence in the school
board and district. Four
unanimous votes speaks of
confidence in the articles
that the district brought forward, he said.
“It’s a very responsible
budget and I think that people know that what’s coming
down from the state are our
problems,” said Gaylord.
The gross budget amount
came in lower than current
year expenditures, but
reduced revenues, due in part
to recent state legislature decisions, forced the net amount
to increase by 5.06 percent.
After the meeting school
board members conceded
that they didn’t expect a
high turnout because of the
warrants contents, but were
surprised by the actual low
attendance.
No new officers have
been chosen for the school
as yet, as that part of the
meeting will be held concurrent with the town meeting ballot in May.
ered various alternatives but
would welcome any resident feedback on the matter
if they could think of a way
to improve distribution at a
reasonable rate.
Following passage of the
budget, voters unanimously
agreed to allow the school
board to place up to
$25,000 of surplus into the
existing School Buildings
Maintenance Fund.
With that $25,000 the
fund will reach $135,000.
Richardson explained that
although the initial intent
was to cap the article at
$100,000, an upcoming
roof repair has them plan-
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PA G E 7
Timberlane Passes All Warrant Articles
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
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SANDOWN- All of the
articles on the Timberlane
Regional School District’s
warrant passed on Tuesday,
March 12.
Though Sandown voted
against the collective bargaining agreement with the
Timberlane Teachers’ Association and an article that
asked to allow the district to
retain 2.5 percent of annual
surplus, when combined
with the rest of the four
Timberlane towns, all articles were ultimately passed.
Article one was to elect
officers and Sandown’s
Kelly Ward earned a position on the school board
while Cathy Gorman got
the most write in votes for
the officially unsought
budget committee position.
Gorman received 57 votes.
Article, two, the operating budget of $64,422,418,
passed with 62.07 percent
of voters in favor. Sandown
voted to approve the budget
with 433 in favor and 305
against.
Article three asked for
$200,000 of surplus to be
added to the School Building Construction, Reconstruction, Capital Improve-
ment and Land Purchase
Capital Reserve Fund. It
received 58.57 percent of
votes district-wide. Sandown approved it with 397
in favor and 341 against.
Article four sought to
approve a collective bargaining agreement between
the district and the teachers’
association. While the article failed in Sandown, 396
to 342, across the district
52.3 percent of voters said
yes, and thus passed it.
The next article was to
allow for a special meeting
should article four fail.
While it was passed, it
became null and void when
four was approved. Sandown also turned this article down.
Article six was the result
of a recent state law that
allows school districts to
keep, of surplus, up to 2.5
percent of the current year’s
net assessment. This allows
districts to have what would
be akin to a town’s unreserved fund balance, but
only for a period of one
year. Usage of the funds is
governed by state law and
needs budget committee
approval, but can be used
for emergency expenditures, over expenditures or
to reduce the tax rate the
following year if unused.
Sandown approved the
measure 417 to 288, as did
64.56 percent of the rest of
the district’s voters.
Article seven was for the
general acceptance of reports
and passed easily. 130 voters
in Sandown turned down
the article, compared to 568
who voted yes.
Article eight was a petitioned warrant article spearheaded by Donna Green,
Sandown resident and
member of the district
budget committee along
with Jorge Mesa-Tejada in
Hampstead. This article
asked voters to separate the
School Administrative Unit
55 (SAU) budget from the
district budget as a whole to
allow an up or down vote
on future warrants. Green
remarked that it provided
for improved voter oversight of that budget, and
according to the vote the
rest of Timberlane’s voters
agreed, as 59.51 percent
were in favor. In Sandown it
received 462 yes votes and
239 no votes. While Hampstead, which shares SAU 55,
turned the measure down, it
received enough votes in
Timberlane to pass. The
final tally for both districts
was 2544 yes and 2072 no.
Town Hall Meeting Room Improvements Under Consideration
boards meet will get some
updated equipment to
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improve the cable transmisHAMPSTEAD – The sion of those meetings and
Meeting Room in the Town presentations.
Hall where many town
One item under considPENNY WILLIAMS
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eration is the possible
installing of one or two large
monitors that would show a
presentation or information
being discussed while sending the signal directly from
Hampstead Race Winners
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
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HAMPSTEAD – Hampstead’s
2013
election
involved only three races:
five candidates vying for
two seats on the Planning
Board; three candidates
hoping to win two seats on
the Budget Committee; and,
two candidates seeking the
lone School Board seat.
The School Board seat
was won by Jason Cipriano,
who defeated outgoing Budget Committee member
Robert O’Brien by a vote of
1,054 to 675.
The Budget Committee
race involved a husband
and wife, Chris and Ann
Howe and Stephen Londrigan, outgoing Police Building
Committee member. This
race was won by Londrigan,
receiving 1,075 votes and
Ann Howe received 861
votes.
The five way race for
two Planning Board seats
saw much closer voting,
with Chad Bennett winning
with 745 votes and Chris
Dane also taking a seat with
650 votes. They defeated
incumbent Proctor Wentworth, Glen Emerson and
Jeff Mackey.
The candidates had the
opportunity to introduce
themselves to the towns-
people and to respond to
questions at Candidates
Night on Monday and
Tuesday, March 5. Several
of the winning candidates
took advantage of this
exposure. Candidate signs
appeared less prevalent this
election than has been past
experience. This election,
31.5 percent of Hampstead’s registered voters
went to the polls.
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live cable coverage.
In addition, the Cable
TV Advisory Board is looking to implement new, high
quality lavaliere microphones.
Cable Chairman Clay
Shaw said there are a number of issues with the main
studio equipment that need
to be corrected either with
new equipment or by fixing
the current equipment. Single Source is the company
the cable department calls
on to make repairs and
adjustments. At this point
the repair hours have been
exhausted. The board
decided it needs to sign-up
for an additional 15 hours
to ensure having the resource immediately available as needed.
Board member Lori
Collins said the board needs
to make a decision on exactly what they want to do
regarding upgrading meeting room equipment so she
can obtain cost estimates.
She said the board should
reach a decision and then
present the proposed improvements to the Board of
Selectmen for their approval.
A question arose about
coverage on Cable of election results. It turned out
that this only happened
back when Fred Buck was
on the board. However, the
board said they wanted to
take a look at how the cable
department can release the
election results before next
year’s Town Meeting.
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P AG E 8
CULTURES UNITE The Hampstead Central School fourth graders spent two months in their music, art, chorus, guidance, and technology classes researching and studying about the cultures of Japan, Italy, Egypt, Brazil and France in preparation for the Multi Cultural Presentation performed last week. The art was directed by art teacher,
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Hampstead Students Practice Random Act of Kindness
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
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HAMPSTEAD – Two fifth
grade students at Hampstead
Middle School brought tears
to eyes of teacher Katie
Muskrat by their random act
of kindness.
These two youngsters,
Skyler Schroth and Lindsey
Broadhurst, both 11, heard
about Mason’s Magic a
foundation designed to aid
families dealing with the
loss of a child at school.
Muskrat and her husband Matt lost their baby
son in 2007, and one of the
ways they coped with the
loss was by creating a foundation in memory of their
baby son so they can reach
out to help others who are
trying to cope with similar
pain and confusion. Mason’s
Magic provides families
with loss boxes that include
a disposable camera, picture
frame, guardian angel, journal, keepsake box, angel
baby, and holy water jar.
Through the foundation,
they also provide families in
need with gift cards to local
restaurants, gas cards, and
gift cards to local grocery
stores. In addition, they try
to help families with accommodations so that extended family members can
be there for them during
this extremely difficult time.
Schroth and Broadhurst
wanted to do something on
their day off from school to
help Mason’s Magic so they
decided to sell lemonade
but ended up selling candy
instead.
Skyler said, “I was going
to Lindsey’s house and I had
just heard about Mason’s
Magic and I wanted to do
something to help.”
Lindsey picked up the
story saying, “My mom didn’t have enough stuff for
lemonade so we decided to
sell candy. We stood out in
the rain and sold the candy
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PA G E 9
Sandown Central School Children Lend Hands to NH Homeless Families
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
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SANDOWN- Last month
the members of Sandown
Central School’s student
council were busy doing
good deeds, something not
uncommon for the group.
Their latest fundraiser saw
them supporting Families in
Transition (FIT), an organization dedicated to supporting the homeless, and in so
doing the council spread
good feelings around their
school.
The origin of the idea
resided with Sierra Goodwin, who brought the
fundraising plan to her
council. Goodwin’s mom,
Pamela Punsky, is the donor
relations manager with FIT,
and Goodwin said that she
felt Families in Transition
was a good recipient for student council efforts.
The council sold ‘moustachio-grams’ at a dollar a
piece and were so successful
that they ran out of their
first batch. The moustachiograms were chocolate mustaches that Central’s students could order from the
council and have delivered
to the people of their choice
around the school.
It was a lot of work putting the plan together,
according to the council.
The council was busy
picking an appropriate
‘gram’ theme, creating order
forms, sending out notices,
tracking orders and delivering the products around the
school, teaching them some
basic business skills.
By the end of the
fundraiser the council had
sold more than 450 moustachio-grams and raised a net
$300 for FIT.
Punsky, a Sandown resident, remarked that it was
great news that the council
decided to help support her
organization’s efforts. Not
only will the money go to a
great cause, she said, but it
raises awareness about the
plight of the homeless in
New Hampshire.
Punsky remarked that
she has always tried to
instill in her daughter the
idea that those that find
themselves without a home
are just like anybody else. It
is an important idea, she
said, for kids to know that
some of the things they take
for granted, like a warm bed
at night or food whenever
they want it, weren’t easily
had by everyone.
Punsky added that her
organization tries to get into
as many schools as possible
to share their work. It was
important, Punsky said, to
explain the problem at the
kids’ level and not make it
too scary or big for them to
understand or grapple with.
While FIT did not meet
directly with the whole
school, instead relying on
Goodwin as their emissary,
that same message resounded with the kids and was
part of the reason they felt
good about their fundraiser.
Student Council presi-
Members of Sandown Central School’s student council
recently raised money for Families in Transition. Pictured are Autum Brooks, Madison Takesian, Morgan
Lewis, Sierra Goodwin, Emily Augusta, Madeline Zambrowicz, Emily Beaudet, Aiden Wells and Jack Noyes.
dent
Emily
Augusta
remarked that she was glad
her group took on the project. “Because some people
are homeless or less fortunate, and are hungry and
don’t have nice beds to
sleep in and don’t have all
the stuff that we have. So it
was kinda nice to know that
we were making a difference in some people’s lives,”
Augusta said.
Goodwin remarked that
she knew FIT would be
grateful for their efforts, but
that there were other benefits too. “I was really happy
in how we all worked
together. It was really fun,”
she said.
Members of the council,
including Jack Noyes, and
others at the school, also
made sure that all kids in
each class got at least one
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moustachio-gram. It was
important that no one felt
left out they said, showing
how the group is dedicated
to doing good deeds at various levels.
FIT is a multi-faceted
organization. The group
owns 15 properties in Manchester, Concord and
Dover. Those properties
amount to 200 apartments
that the organization utilizes for their homeless families. But it’s not just a roof
that the group provides, but
in-depth clinical support
services to help them get
back on their feet. They
help their clients obtain
jobs, first helping them get
back to school or in beefing
up their resume through
volunteer work. They put
together efforts such as
financial seminars in partnership with local banks for
those that do not have the
necessary financial skills to
succeed.
Punsky remarked that
the organization supports
those that need it, not by
just giving them funding or
a roof, but by empowering
them to get those things
themselves. It can be overwhelming to find yourself
homeless and the group is
there to help navigate with
an individually tailored
approach.
The group had 7,000
requests for service last year
and was able to help out
500 individuals, half of
them under the age of 18.
“The need is certainly
there,” said Punsky. She
added that there were various
reasons people find themselves homeless, from domestic abuse to substance abuse
to a lost job, but a growing
problem was a lack of affordable housing in the area.
Punsky added that she
was grateful that Central
School offered their time,
effort and dollars to help
Families in Transition. “I
think the schools do such a
great job with community
service, and I love that they
branched out of Sandown to
help us,” she concluded.
Families in Transition
utilizes federal, state and
local grants for their work
but also operates thrift
stores and a commercial
cleaning operation to fund
their efforts.
To learn more about
Families in Transition visit
www.fitnh.org.
P AG E 10
Troop 163 Has AED Thanks to Chester Firefighters Association
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
Assistant Scout Master and member of the Chester
Fire Department, Tom Ciccarello, shows the scouts
and parents of Boy Scout Troop 163 the use of an
automated external defibrillator (AED). Use of the
machine was recently donated to the troop by the
Chester Firefighters Association.
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CHESTER - Boy Scout
Troop 163 has a new tool to
help keep them and their
volunteer leaders safe while
out doing the things that
scouts do; hiking, camping,
participating in jamborees
and other busy activities.
Thanks to the Chester
Fire Department and the
Chester Firefighters Association the troop now has a
portable automated external
defibrillator (AED) that will
help them assess and treat
anyone suffering from potential or actual cardiac arrest
while they wait for an emergency responder to arrive.
While the scouts all learn
first aid as part of a merit badge
and all volunteer leaders are
trained in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR), there was
a worrisome incident last year
that prompted a search for an
AED. One of the scout leaders
fell victim to a heart issue that
had him rushed to the hospital. The troop decided then
that if there was ever another
such incident, they wanted
better tools.
A search for an AED had
the troop concerned with the
cost, however. A big annual
yard sale brings in the bulk
of the troop’s funding, but
they use those funds for all
of the regular scouting activities throughout the year. So
when the Fire Department
was called for information
and the Firefighters Association decided to let them permanently borrow a machine,
it was welcome news, said
troop leaders.
The machines cost around $2,000 each.
At a recent Monday
troop meeting at the multipurpose room, fire chief
Rich Antoine met with the
scouts to give them the
device and to help explain
how it was used.
Recycling Numbers Holding Steady
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
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HAMPSTEAD - Hampstead’s recycling numbers
are holding steady and the
Recycling Committee members are pleased.
Committee member Ellen
Cabral said, “Hampstead recycling is off to a great start.
The town is averaging a
24% recycle rate for the
months of January and February. Compared to January and
February 2012 residents recycled 14 more tons and threw
away 51 fewer tons in just
those two months.
“We were thrilled to see
the recycling tonnage results for 2013” said Chair-
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and recycling and dividing it
by the recycling tonnage.
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“The Town of Hampstead was chosen to represent NH in the Recyclebank
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that kicked off last summer,” she said. “The contest
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Hampstead came in 5th out
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“Hopefully you guys
never need it,” said Antoine.
Fire department member, Eagle Scout and assistant scout master Tom Ciccarello went through a
demonstration of how the
machine is used, as fellow
scouts looked on.
Step by step Ciccarello
showed the AED’s use on a
dummy, from removing the
shirt, to placing the pads
and waiting for a patient
analysis, to an electrical
shock and follow up CPR.
By the end of the presentation the scouts seemed pretty familiar with how to use
it. One of the key benefits of
the AED is its ability to be
used by laypeople.
Ciccarello reminded the
young scouts that if they ever
had any questions they
should never be afraid to ask.
The adults in attendance
had some questions about
the machine’s use and how
it worked.
Antoine explained that
the purpose of the AED was
to stop a jittery heart so that
CPR could be performed to
remind the organ what it
was supposed to be doing.
You keep using the machine
and performing CPR until
emergency responders show
up, he said.
AEDs are available in all
town buildings and are also
carried by Chester first
responders.
The Firefighters Association has also agreed to
maintain the machine for
the troop, itself an expensive activity. The pads and
battery need to be updated
in annual intervals and that
alone costs about $300
every couple of years,
according to Antoine.
“We have to thank the
fire association,” said scoutmaster Todd Renaud, echoing other adult leaders,
clearly pleased with the
addition to their equipment.
recycling hauler, Best Way,
was recently purchased by
Casella. Residents may see
a Casella truck doing pick
ups since they are now one
company. The company has
said there will be no
changes with Hampstead’s
service. However, the committee is dismayed to find
that none of the people they
have been accustomed to
dealing with are still with
the newly merged company.
“I think we should invite
Casella to have someone in
charge of their operations
come down to our next
meeting to meet with us so
we can go over things and
make sure we will be getting
the same level of services we
had with Best Way,” Bracken
said. “It is important to
know who our primary contact people are and how they
plan to handle things.”
When residents call the
number they had for Best
Way (which remains the
main contact number) they
are sent to a call center in
Rutland, Vermont. Bracken
felt it important to have a
meeting with the new company to have set contact
people and assurances that
things really are not going
to change. He asked Recording Secretary Tina Harrington to extend an invitation
to Casella to have one or
more of their people come
down to the next meeting
scheduled for April 10.
“We are looking for reassurance that there will be no
changes but we are also looking at keeping the lines of
communications
open,”
Bracken said. “I think it is
wise to review the contracts
Hampstead has with them
particularly where the Kent
Farm Transfer Station contract
expires after the 2013 season.”
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P A G E 11
Hampstead Youth Chosen Student of the Month
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
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HAMPSTEAD – Cameron Martineau, a Hampstead senior at Pinkerton
Academy, was honored by
the Derry Village Rotary
Club as the Student of the
Month for January. The
Pinkerton Academy CTE
(Career and Technical Education) teachers make recommendations and ultimately choose a student
each month.
“We recognize seven
students throughout the
school year,” said Derry Village Rotary president
Susanne Bernier-Robinson.
“From the seven students
honored, PA’s CTE teachers
will select one student to
receive a $2,500 scholarship
the Derry Village Rotary
awards each spring.”
Cameron’s mother was
so pleased with his being
honored that she let members of St. Christopher’s
Episcopal Church know
about it in the weekly
newsletter.
His mother, Heike Martineau, wrote in the
newsletter, “His engineering
teacher (Joseph Cunningham) nominated him. His
teacher attended one of the
(Derry Village Rotary)
meetings and gave an
incredible speech about his
accomplishments.
It
brought tears to my eyes.”
The Rev. Miriam Acevedo of St. Christopher’s
offered praise of the young
man.
“Cameron is a godsend
to us,” said Rev. Acevedo.
“Mostly Cameron helps us
out when he is able - he is a
busy guy. Among the things
he does are assisting in Sunday school, helped us paint
the church vestibule, mows
our lawns with another boy
whose name is also
Cameron, and played the
guitar at our Christmas pageant last year. Overall he is a
fine young man who has
grown right before my eyes.
He is very respectful of others. We are proud of him.”
Bernier-Robinson noted
Cameron is enrolled in an
engineering program called
Project Lead the Way as
well as in the Capstone Program, which takes five different project lead plans and
puts them together in one
large program. In the Capstone Program, Cameron
developed a solution and a
final design for a common
issue in the world. He then
presented his design to a
board of engineers, who
gave him input on his final
design. In addition, Cameron is a coach for the
Robotics Team, which won
a championship last year.
“Even with all these
activities, Cameron has not
slacked off with his studies,” she said. “During his
senior year at Pinkerton,
Cameron decided to sign up
for AP (Advanced Placement) Chemistry and AP
Calculus.”
When not studying or
working on engineering
projects, Cameron likes to
ski and work with cars. He
is the captain of the Pinkerton Alpine Ski Club and
hopes the club will get into
the State Championships
this year. He is currently the
top skier in Division 1.
Last summer, he volunteered with Community
Caregivers of Greater Derry
to do yard work and mow
the lawn of a man who
could not do so himself .
He plans to study
mechanical engineering in
college and would like to
combine engineering and
cars in his career. To support his goals, he worked
together with a group on a
project to alert drivers when
another car is close. By
using infrared meters as
sensors and a series of LED
lights
as
indicators,
Cameron’s team designed a
method to alert drivers
when they are following too
closely or when another
driver is tailgating.
Cameron’s
mother
noted, “One of the reasons
Cameron is interested in
majoring in mechanical
The Derry Village Rotary Club honored Pinkerton
Academy student Cameron Martineau of Hampstead,
recently. Cameron is pictured receiving his award from
Derry Village Rotary President Susanne Robinson.
Courtesy photo
engineering is he wants to
be involved with cars. His
favorite automobile is the
Porsche. This past summer
he and I went to Germany
for vacation. We were able
to visit the Porsche Museum
in Stuttgart.”
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New England Civic Ballet (NECB), presents Prokofiev’s
Cinderella Ballet at 1 and 6 p.m. Saturday, March 23, at the Rogers Center for the
Performing Arts at Merrimack College, North Andover, Mass. Local dancers in the
production are: Katie Collins of Londonderry, back row, Samantha Welch of East
Hampstead and Kassia Swanson of Londonderry, and front row, Lily Chartrain and
Jane Hannon, both of Salem, NH. Open auditions were held in January and the cast
includes dancers from multiple dance studios. They have been rehearsing every
Sunday with directors Phyllis George and Roshni Pecora. Tickets may be ordered at
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TRI-TOWN HAPPENINGS
CHESTER
Kids’ Korner will be open to
care for the kids. All donors
Chester Academy Auction,
will receive a chance to win
Dance
a $50 gas card. AppointChester Academy is ments can be made by call1-800-RED-CROSS.
hosting the seventh annual ing
Auction, Dinner, and Dance Walk-ins are welcome.
on Saturday, April 6, from 6
Kindergarten Registration
p.m. to midnight. Tickets
Chester Academy is curcost $22 and may be purchased at the Chester Acad- rently registering children
emy front office or by email- for Kindergarten and first
ing Rennell Brillhart at grade for the 2013-2014
[email protected]. The school year. To be eligible
event has a tropical luau for Kindergarten, a child
theme and is being catered must be 5 years of age by
by Amphora in Derry, and Sept. 5, 2013. Registration
benefits the students and is required. Contact Beth
Howard at 887-3621, ext.
staff of Chester Academy.
302 from 8 a.m. to 3:30
Ramp Dedication
p.m. to register.
Local Boy Scout, Ari
Chester Democratic Town
Gregg raised money and
Caucus
installed an ADA-compliant
The Chester Democratic
ramp at the Chester Public
Library’s porch for his Eagle town committee will have a
Project. An official dedication caucus on March 27 at 6
will be held Saturday, March p.m. at Stevens Memorial
23, at 11 a.m. to thank Ari for Hall to elect officers for the
his accomplishment. All are Democratic Town Commitinvited to attend. The Library tee and Chester’s delegate to
is located at 3 Chester Street. the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s 2013 Mid-term
Blood Drive
and 2014 State Convention.
The seventh annual Local Democratic CommitMatthew Newnan Memorial tee officers and delegates
Blood Drive will be held on have a vote at the annual
Saturday, March 23, from 10 conventions to approve the
a.m. to 4 p.m. in the cafete- party platform. There is no
ria at Chester Academy. The cost to attend the caucus.
The caucus is open to the
public. Any registered democrat in Chester, regardless
of past political experience,
can vote in the caucus or
run for committee officer or
delegate. House Majority
Leader and State Representative Steve Shurtleff, will
speak at the caucus. Contact Charlotte Lister 8874185 for more information.
Kindle Demo
A Downloadable eBooks
workshop for Kindle users
takes place Thursday, March
21, at 6:30 p.m. at the
Chester Public Library, 3
Chester St. Library Director
Tim Sheehan will demonstrate the procedures of borrowing an eBook to read on
a Kindle by using the New
Hampshire Downloadable
Books website at http://nh.
lib.overdrive.com. Individual sessions may also be
made by appointment. This
event is only for Chester
Library cardholders. For
more information, call the
library at 887-3404.
Child Find
The Chester School District will hold Child Find
Clinics at Chester Academy
on March 25 from 1 to 3
p.m. The purpose of Child
the church office at 8874799 or email [email protected] or visit
www.chestermhchurch.org.
Find is to screen the developmental skills of children
between the ages of 3 to 6 those not enrolled in first
grade - who may be in need
of special education services. The screenings are by
school personnel and concern motor skills, speech
and language, vision, hearing, and pre-academics. Any
parent who thinks his or her
child may have difficulties or
a delay in any of these areas
is asked to call 887-3621,
ext. 146 to make an appointment. This service is free and
open to all Chester residents.
All results are confidential.
Adult Volleyball takes
place Wednesdays from 8 to
10 p.m. at the Chester
Town Hall multipurpose
room, 84 Chester St. The
recreational-level program
is free, with pickup teams
on a gym floor with two
nets. For more information,
contact Sharon Mulrennan
at [email protected]
or call Chester Recreation
at 887-5773.
Lent and Easter
Storytimes
Chester Congregational
& Baptist Church, 4 Chester
St., will have a Maundy
Thursday worship service at
7 p.m. March 28 with a celebration of the Last Supper,
followed by a service of
Tenebrae. An ecumenical
Good Friday observance
will be presented by the
Greater Derry Clergy Association on March 29 at noon
at First Baptist Church, 2
Crystal Ave., Derry. On Sunday, March 31, Chester Congregational & Baptist
Church will hold an Easter
Dawn service at 6 a.m. followed by a “Resurrection
Breakfast” in the church
vestry. A celebration of
Christ’s resurrection in family worship is at 10:30 a.m.
For more information, call
The Chester Public Library,
3 Chester St., offers free Storytimes with stories and crafts
every Tuesday at 11:15 a.m.
with Mrs. Emily. For more
information, call 887-3404.
Adult Volleyball
HAMPSTEAD
Flamingoes
flocking the yards of unsuspecting families, placing
several pink flamingos in
the yard of people selected
by friends and/or family,
accompanied by a sign saying the house has been
flocked by the Hampstead
Mothers Club. During four
weeks from mid-May
through mid-June, the
flocking crew will be at
work. The flock will stay at
a location no more than 24
hours. During that time the
“flocked” can pay to have
the flamingos removed and
to have them moved to a
home of their choice for a
small fee. Insurance can be
purchased to avoid the Pink
Flamingo Flock invasion in
the first place. For more
information, email: [email protected]
or visit: hampsteadmothersclub.com
Thrift Shop Closed
The Hollyhock Thrift
Shop sale has ended and the
shop is now closed until
Tuesday, April 2nd. If you’d
like to donate to the Thrift
Shop, spring and summer
clothing for men, women
and children that is in good,
clean, wearable condition
may be brought in starting
March 26th. Please don’t
overload your bags.
In locations all over
town, often in darkness,
flocks of pink flamingos
will be moving in to benefit
local children. This is the
first Pink Flamingo Flocking Fundraiser put on by
the Hampstead Mothers
Club, a charitable organization that provides services
to the community and supAthletic Scholarship Offered
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Seventh Annual Matthew Newnan Memorial Blood Drive this Weekend
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
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CHESTER – This weekend the Newnan family will
hold their seventh annual
blood drive in memory of
son and brother Matthew
Newnan. The drive has
become not only an annual
event for those that want to
give blood, and thereby help
those in need of the precious
resource, but also a gathering
of the community.
The Newnans have always made it a pleasant event
for all that come. There is
birthday cake, food, raffles, a
Kids’ Korner and a lot of conversation throughout.
It’s held each year in the
same month as Matthew
Newnan’s birthday. Matthew,
the son of Erin and Scott
Newnan and the brother of
Jessica and Samantha Newnan, spent much of his short
life in and out of hospitals
battling a rare illness which
resulted in the need for organ
transplants, constant IV treatment, and months of hospital stays. He passed away
weeks before his seventh
birthday on March 16.
After Matthew’s death his
family decided that they
would not insulate themselves, but rather do all they
could to help those in similar
situations.
A new Red Cross coordinator is helping out with the
drive this year and Erin Newnan joked that she shouldn’t
be surprised at the atmosphere at their drive. It’s not
like most. There’s more talking and visiting and smiles.
Erin remarked that
they’ve made some changes
since their last drive during
Town Fair. Erin was concerned about a policy change
the Red Cross made before
that previous drive that had
them turning away walk-ins.
That didn’t sit well with the
Newnan family and they’ve
made sure the same wouldn’t
happen this time around.
Erin remarked that they
want to make all donors feel
welcome and have made some
changes to make sure that
walk-ins can give as well as
those that have made appointments prior to the day.
“The Red Cross realized
it was a very bad idea last
time,” said Erin, adding that
she made them change the
process halfway through the
town fair event.
This year also sees the
Newnans continuing their
work with Matthew’s Pages
of Gold, an initiative they
started to help patients and
their families who find themselves dealing with the same
struggles the Newnans dealt
with during Matthew’s life.
Pages of Gold provides
moveable carts to the Boston
Children’s Hospital full of
scrap booking materials. The
carts provide a way for both
patient and family to record
their experiences of hospital
life and their larger lives and
in so doing take their minds
off a stressful time.
Through efforts with the
Boston Children’s Hospital
Child Life Specialists, the
Newnans did just that during
their time with Matthew, and
the experience proved invaluable then and in the
years since his passing.
The Newnans have provided numerous carts, materials and even digital photography equipment to the hospital and in recent years the
program has expanded
throughout the hospital.
They’ve even expanded on
the scrap booking itself and
are coming up with some
really unique uses, said Erin.
“It’s a quality of care issue
and it makes all the difference in the world,” said Erin
about the work of the Child
Life Specialists. “What’s really nice is that it’s (Matthews
Pages of Gold) making a difference for families. Our goal
is to help out the patients but
knowing that it’s helping
families is big for us.”
So the blood drive will
not only help those that need
blood like Matthew did, but
raffles there will also go
toward their scrap booking
program. Numerous raffles
will be on hand and of course
the family always welcomes
scrap booking supplies and
monetary donations to keep
up the good work.
The drive will also again
see Jessica and Samantha and
friends running the Kids’
Korner, so that children will
be kept busy and happy
while their parents donate.
Last year the drive took
in about 100 units of blood.
While Erin remarked that
she felt that they had always
had a good turnout, talking
with their new coordinator
she only recently realized
just how well. A lot of drives
only get a dozen or two
donors to come out.
“It’s amazing that people
come out and do what they
do,” said Erin, who always
has thanks for donors and
volunteers alike.
The Seventh Annual
Matthew Newnan Memorial
Blood Drive will be held on
Saturday, March 23 from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. in the cafeteria
at Chester Academy. Bring
your family. All donors will
receive a chance to win a $50
gas card. Appointments can
be made by calling 1-800RED-CROSS. Walk-ins are
welcome.
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offering a $500 scholarship
to any former athlete of
HMS who participated in
athletics during their senior
year at Pinkerton Academy
and who demonstrates the
qualities of leadership,
sportsmanship and citizenship. Applications are available through the Pinkerton
Academy Senior Guidance
Adviser. The deadline for
the Ray Flaherty Athletic
Scholarship is April 10,
2013.
12th Annual Health Fair
The 12th Annual MultiCommunity Health Fair, cosponsored by the Hampstead School Nurses and the
Hampstead Lions Club, will
be held on Sat., April 6 from
9 a.m. to noon at the Hampstead Middle School, on
School Street in Hampstead.
The Health Fair committee
would like to stress that
the fair, including health
screenings is free of charge
and open to all communities. The American Red
Cross will be holding a
Blood Drive from 8:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. The Hampstead Fire Department will
hold demonstrations, in
CPR/AED. There will be
Medical Screenings, Eye
Exams, Bone Density studies and Posture Analysis
performed by local professionals. Information will be
available on Nutrition,
Holistic Health, Diabetes
Management, Heart Disease
and much more. Dr. Eaton
from UNH will be back this
year to answer your questions about Ticks and Lyme
disease. Free children’s bike
helmets and bike safety
information will be given
away. First come first served. For additional info call
Berny Longbook at 3295603, or Michelle Bernard
at 329-6743 ext 8.
Safety Registration at Health
& Safety Fair
The Hampstead Health
and Safety Fair will be held
at the Hampstead Middle
School on Sat., April 6, from
9 a.m. to noon and will be
offering a Free Safety Registration. Take this opportunity to register your family
member’s disability or medical condition with our
police and fire departments
so that first responders are
armed with relevant information before they arrive in
an emergency.. Registration
is for individuals of any age
and with any disability or
medical condition. Registration is open to residents of
any town. This Safety Registration is being sponsored by
the Hampstead Special Education Parent Group with
the help of Easter Seals of
New Hampshire and in cooperation with the Hampstead Police and Fire Departments. For more information
visit www.hampsteadsepg.org
or email [email protected].
brate the resurrection of
Jesus Christ. For more
The Hampstead Fire- information, visit: www.Ismen’s Association will host landPondBC.org or call the
its annual rabies clinic on church office at 329-5959.
Saturday, March 30, from 9
Bunny Breakfast
a.m. to noon at the Hampstead Fire Station, 17 Little’s
The Hampstead Lions
Lane. Hampstead residency Club will host its 18th
is not required. Cost of the annual all-you-can-eat Panrabies shot is $10, and cake Breakfast with the
Microchip is available for Easter Bunny on Saturday,
$25 and includes registra- March 30, from 7 to 11 a.m.
tion. Email: hq-firerescue- at Hampstead Central
@comcast.net if additional School on Emerson Avenue.
information is needed.
The Easter Bunny will be
available for photographs
Easter Worship
with children and adults.
Island Pond Baptist Tickets are $5 for adults, $3
Church, 26 North Salem for children. The event inRoad offers an Easter Sun- cludes a craft table where
day Morning Worship Ser- children can make their
vice at 10:30 a.m. to celeRabies Clinic
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Happenings
Easter Sunday, March 31, 6
a.m., Easter Sunrise Service;
7 a.m., Easter breakfast; 8:30
own Easter Basket with the a.m., Early Easter AWE famhelp of Miss Hampstead.
ily worship (sign-up at
[email protected]); and 10
Maundy Thursday
a.m., Easter Sunday worA Maundy Thursday ship. For more information,
Tenebrae Service will be call the church at 329-6985.
held Thursday, March 28, at
Indoor Treasure Sale
7 p.m. at East Hampstead
Union Church, 225 East
An indoor Treasure Sale
Main St. (Route 121A), just will be held rain or shine on
south of Route 111. Pastor Thursday, March 21; Friday,
Paul A. Sweet and the con- March 22; and Saturday,
gregation invite the com- March 23 from 9 a.m. to 5
munity to a candlelight p.m. at East Hampstead
service featuring readings Union Church, 225 East
from the Gospel that com- Main St. (Route 121A), just
memorate the events of the south of Route 111. Items
last week of Jesus’ life. A include small antiques, colfree will offering will be lectibles, decorations, glasstaken to benefit the mis- ware, dishes, dolls, records,
sions of the church. Easter books, and other items of
Sunday Service is March 31 special interest. The church
at 10 a.m. The church is an is an interdenominational
inter-denominational Chris- Christian fellowship and
tian fellowship serving the proceeds benefit the Opercommunity since 1897, and ating Fund. For more inforis ramp accessible. For more mation, call 378-0683.
information, call 378-0683.
Double Knitting
Democrats Caucus
The Hampstead Public
The Hampstead Democ- Library presents Alasdair
rats will meet at 6 p.m. Post-Quinn, author of “ExMonday, March 25, at the treme Double-Knitting,” on
Hampstead Public Library, 9 Saturday, March 23, at 1:30
Mary E. Clark Drive, to p.m. to discuss how he
elect town Democratic offi- developed his techniques,
cers and delegates to the which create fabric with no
New Hampshire Democratic wrong side. He will talk
Party state convention. about the progression of
Local Democratic Commit- double-knitting methods,
tee officers and delegates from the basics to advanced.
have a vote at the annual He will bring along samples
state Democratic Party con- of his work. Copies of
ventions to approve the “Extreme Double Knitting”
party platform. Speaker of and his patterns will be
the New Hampshire House available to purchase.
Terie Norelli will be a guest.
Food for Fines
Also in attendance will be
newly elected Rockingham
March is “Food for
County Democratic Chair Fines” month at the HampLarry Drake of Portsmouth. stead Public Library. AnyThere is no cost to attend, one who incurs a library fee
and it is open to all members during March can bring in
of the public. Any registered non-perishable foods, toiDemocrat can run for an letries, or paper goods and
officer or delegate position. the fine will be forgiven.
Bring in the donation with
Holy Week
the overdue item and the
The Holy Week schedule fine will be removed. The
at Hampstead Congrega- library will give all donated
tional Church, 61 Main St., goods to the Hampstead
follows: Sunday, March 24, Ecumenical Food Pantry at
10 a.m., Palm Sunday wor- St. Anne’s Church.
ship and potluck brunch;
Book Discussions
Thursday, March 28, 6 p.m.,
Holy Week Family Seder
The Non-Fiction Book
Dinner, reservations re- Group at the Hampstead Pubquired; Friday, March 29, lic Library meets March 21 at
6:30 p.m., Good Friday 1 p.m. to discuss “Claude &
Meditative Service; Saturday, Camille: A Novel of Monet”
March 30, 10 a.m., Holy Sat- by Stephanie Cowen. Both
urday Easter Egg Hunt; groups welcome new mem-
bers, and the books are avail- or institution in the fall of
able for check out.
2013. For more information
and applications, contact
Art exhibit
Meredith Eyre, Club treasurer,
During the months of at [email protected]
March and April, artwork or Missy Dinsmore, Club vice
created by Hampstead president and scholarship
Academy students will be chair, at 329-3944. Applicaon display in the Hamp- tions must be received by the
stead Public Library’s sec- Hampstead Mothers’ Club by
ond floor meeting room. April 5. Notifications of
The art is in a variety of awards will be sent to Pinkermediums by pre-Kinder- ton Academy and to individgarten through grade 8 stu- ual recipients by May 7.
dents.
Youth Golf
The Hampstead Civic
Club is offering a golf program for boys and girls ages
6-17. Sign-ups are Saturday,
March 16, from 11 a.m. to 1
p.m. at the Hampstead Civic
Club. These are group lessons from the beginner to
intermediate levels. The
program will run from 10 to
11:30 a.m. for four weeks:
April 13, 20, and 27 and
May 4, and will continue
through the summer if there
is interest. Total cost for the
four weeks is $65 for an
individual child or $60 per
child with multiple participants. Contact Jim Myers at
553-4606 or Joe Kobrenski
at 894-7336 with questions
or [email protected]
(type CIVIC CLUB GOLF as
the subject).
SANDOWN
Garden Club
Learn how to select
plants that provide a season
of blooms, become iridescent in the moonlight and
release their aromatic scents
at nightfall to create a night
garden when the Sandown
Garden Club hosts Master
Gardener Marcia McLaughlin’s PowerPoint presentation on “Night Gardens” at
7 p.m. Monday, April 1, at
the Sandown Recreation
Center on Pheasant Run
Drive. Light refreshments
and a door prize are
planned. The Sandown Garden Club is a non-profit
organization; donations are
appreciated. The club is a
member of the New Hampshire Federation of Garden
Clubs, Inc. and National
Garden Clubs, Inc. For
Women’s Basketball
information on memberHampstead Adult Wo- ship, call Kathy at 382men’s Basketball takes place 3703, or visit: www.saThursdays from 8 to 9 p.m. ndowngardenclub.org.
all year at the Hampstead
Easter Musical
Memorial Gym. The recreational-level program is
Rock Church Ministries
free, with pickup teams. All will present an Easter porskill levels are welcome. For tion of “The Story - The
more information, contact Musical” at St. Matthew’s
Jane Lechner at jlechner- United Methodist Church,
@comcast.net.
328 Main St. (Route 121A)
in Sandown on Palm SunMothers’ Club Scholarship
day, March 24, at 4 p.m.,
The Hampstead Mothers’ and Saturday, March 30, at 7
Club scholarship has been p.m. The Story will be preestablished for two graduating sented by a 70-voice choir
seniors who live in Hamp- along with soloists, four
stead. The scholarships are narrators and accompanied
$500 each, one for a female, by a filmed DVD. St.
one for a male, who demon- Matthew’s is part of Rock
strate academic excellence, Church Ministries, with
community involvement and campuses in Sandown,
participation in extracurricu- Plaistow and Amesbury,
lar school activities. The Mass. For more informascholarships are open to all tion, visit: http://www.sthigh school seniors who are mattumc.org/
current Hampstead residents.
Chess Club
Applicants must have been accepted to and will be enrolled
The Chess Club will
in a program of study leading meet Thursday, March 21, at
to either a two- or four-year 6:30 p.m. at the Sandown
degree at an accredited college Public Library with chess
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master Monty Cole. All ages age. The cost for this family
are welcome. No experience feast is a donation with tax
included. This year we are
is needed.
planning a spectacular enterFriends of the Library
tainment surprise. Takeout
The Friends of the reservation can also be made
Library will meet Monday, with the Chairman. A large
March 25, at 6:30 p.m. at pan of “Poor-Mans” lasagna,
the Sandown Public Library salad, and dessert (feeds 6!!)
to discuss upcoming fund- will cost $24. Call prior to
raising events. New mem- April 4 to insure your takebers are always welcome.
out properly prepared. For
more details you can contact
Adult Volleyball
the Supper Chairman Pat
Adult Volleyball takes Kimball at 603-819-8433.
place Tuesdays and ThursSandown Lions Scholarship
days from 7 to 9 p.m.
(except school vacations) at
The Sandown Lions
the Central School gym on Club will once again be
Main St. (Route 121A). The sponsoring a scholarship
recreational-level program award for the school year
is free, with pickup teams 2012-2013. This scholaron a linoleum floor with ship will be awarded to a
one net. For more informa- worthy graduating senior
tion, contact Paul Bernier at residing in the towns of
[email protected].
Sandown or Danville. The
Lions are an organization
Cribbage & Cards
whose members volunteer
An evening of cribbage to serve their local commuand cards starts at 6 p.m. nity and beyond in many
Tuesdays at the Sandown ways. In keeping with this
Public Library, with crib- spirit, scholarship applibage, whist, 45s and gin cants should be involved in
rummy. All ages and abili- some form of community
ties are welcome.
service. This service can be,
but is not limited to, one’s
Tax Season Supper
church, local community,
The Sandown Lions Club and/or school. Applications
will host the 17th Annual and more information can
“End-O-Tax Season Celebra- be obtained in the guidance
tion & Supper” on Sat. April office
of
Timberlane
6, from 5-7 p.m. at Sandown Regional High School or by
Town Hall. The menu will contacting Scholarship Profeature “Poor-Mans-Lasagna” ject Chairman Kathi Soule
(baked spaghetti) or regular at 503 Main, Sandown, NH
lasagnas with or without 03873. Deadline for applimeat), a crisp salad, home cation consideration is May
made dessert, and a bever- 17, 2013.
TOWN OF CHESTER
PLANNING BOARD
Notice of Public Hearing
The Chester Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on
Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at 7:45 P.M. in the Meeting Room
at the Municipal Office Building, 84 Chester Street to act on
the following:
7:45 P.M.
1. Subdivision Application of Mark & Justin Schwigen and
Roderick & Cheryl Varney who is requesting approval for
a lot line adjustment between Map 006-003-000 and 006003-001 located on Wells Village Road.
These documents can be viewed during regular business
hours in the Town Clerk's Office, Board of Selectmen's Office
and the Planning Board Office at the Municipal Office Building. Questions and/or comments should be directed to the
Planning Board Office.
Brian Sullivan
Chairman
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