Derry Town Council Terminates Employment of Administrator

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October 24, 2013 • Volume 9 - Issue 43
Serving the Derry Area
Derry Town Council Terminates
Employment of Administrator
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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The Town of Derry will
sever its relationship with
Administrator John Anderson on Oct. 26, to the tune of
approximately $45,000.
The Town Council voted
6-1 to terminate its employment agreement with Anderson without cause, pending
receipt of a signed separation agreement. Mark Osborne voted no. The resolution also authorizes Acting
Town Administrator Larry
Budreau to execute any documents involved in the separation and re-appoints Budreau as the sole spokesperson
for the town in matters relating to Anderson’s employ-
ment.
The vote came after a
half-hour consultation with
town legal representation
and an hour-long nonpublic
Council session at the Council’s regularly scheduled
meeting Tuesday evening,
Oct. 15. Chairman Michael
Fairbanks announced the
results when the Council
returned to the Chambers at
7:30 p.m.
Osborne declined to
comment on the reason
behind his negative vote,
referring all questions to
Budreau, who also declined
comment.
According to the separation agreement, Anderson’s
last day of employment is
Oct. 26. Because he has
been terminated “without
cause,” according to the
agreement he is entitled to
the following:
• $31,1240.56, or 26
weeks of salary;
• A medical employer
contribution of $4,686.96;
• A dental employer contribution of $123.84;
• A COBRA administrative fee of $136.25;
• A short-term disability
contribution of $44.10;
• A long-term disability
contribution of $120;
• $93.75 in life insurance
contribution;
• $480.64 in unused
floating holidays;
• $480.64 in unused personal days;
continued on page 15
School District Presents First
Draft of Budget at $79.3 Million
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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The Derry Cooperative
School District is looking at
a proposed budget of
$79,323,038 for 2014-15,
but administrators warn that
it is subject to change.
The administration presented the first draft of its
2014-15 budget to the
School Board and the Fiscal
Advisory Committee in a
budget meeting held this
past Monday at Gilbert H.
Hood Middle School.
After a welcome by
Superintendent Laura Nelson, Business Administrator
Jane Simard presented a
PowerPoint of the proposed
budget.
Simard noted that this
year’s budget requests tie
into the goals of the School
Board and Strategic Plan-
ning Committee: to have all
Kindergartenstudents,
Grade 12, learning at a high
level; to provide a safe, positive school environment
that promotes learning and
well-being; and to increase
community involvement.
Simard said part of the
process in crafting the budget was looking at charts of
projected enrollment, not
only on the district level, but
on the school level. To that
end, the administration
wants to move a teacher
from first to third grade at
Grinnell Elementary School,
and to hire one new fifthgrade teacher based on projected enrollment. The district hired a fifth-grade
teacher for Grinnell this
year, but with a one-year
contract, Simard and Nelson
explained.
East Derry Memorial
Elementary School’s projected enrollment will allow
that school to reduce its
workforce by one teacher,
Simard said. Derry Village
Elementary School requires
no changes in personnel.
Ernest P. Barka Elementary
School’s enrollment will
require moving teachers
from grades 1 and 4 to
grades 3 and 5, and eliminating the first-and fourthgrade positions. But reassigning the teachers will
eliminate the need to hire
new ones, Simard explained.
South Range Elementary
School’s enrollment will
require one fewer classroom
teacher, she said.
Nelson noted, “We will
move teachers around the
district to meet these needs there will be no monetary
impact.”
continued on page 9
New Park Pavilion Ashton Wood enjoys a visit to the Don
Ball Park on Humphrey Road Saturday as he swings in front of the newly erected
Derry Villiage Rotary Pavilion. The project was started the first week of September
and was finshed this week. See additional details on page 9. Photo by Chris Paul
Pinkerton Student Starts Petition
Against Uniform Dress Code
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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A Pinkerton Academy
junior is learning an
impromptu civics lesson as
she tries to convince the
administration that most of
the high school’s 3,000-plus
students are capable of
choosing their own clothes
and making them schoolappropriate.
Savana Melanson of
Derry has amassed more
than 200 signatures on a
petition asking school
administration to reconsider
instituting a Uniform Dress
Code.
The Uniform Dress
Code, which would allow
students to select from an
assortment of approved
clothing, has been researched for months by the
administration and was
introduced in a parent meeting Sept. 26. Administrators
believe that the Uniform
Dress Code will level the
gap between affluent and
less-affluent students, help
students to focus on academics instead of clothes,
reduce the time administrators spend dealing with
dress code infractions, and
continued on page 10
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Nutfield News • October 24, 2013
Sapareto Gets Deferred Jail Term in Assault Conviction
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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A veteran Republican
state representative from
Derry has been sentenced to
a 30-day deferred jail term
and ordered to undergo an
evaluation for an anger management course after being
convicted by a jury on an
appeal of one of three simple assault charges stemming from an incident April
11, 2012.
State Rep. Frank Sapareto, R-Derry, 53, received his
sentence Wednesday, Oct.
16, in Rockingham Superior
Court, Brentwood, after a
jury trial Oct. 10.
Sapareto had been convicted of three simple
assault charges in Derry
District Court this past
March. The charges were
based on an incident at his
former girlfriend Barbara
Battite’s home, in which he
allegedly pushed Battite’s
son and daughter.
He was appealing the
charge of pushing Battite’s
daughter when she tried to
intervene in a dispute
between him and Battite’s
adult son. In the March 2013
trial in Derry District Court,
Judge Robert Stephen had
fined Sapareto $500, given
him a 30-day suspended
sentence, and ordered him to
attend anger management
counseling.
He appealed this charge
to Rockingham Superior
Court in Brentwood.
The sentence was given by
Judge Marguerite Wageling.
The two charges of simple assault by Sapareto
against Battite’s son were
reduced to “mutual combat
violations” and are still pending, according to Sapareto’s attorney, Anthony DiFruscia. These have been
appealed to the state Supreme Court, DiFruscia said.
According to testimony,
Sapareto was eating dinner
with Battite and his teenage
son on April 11 when an
altercation occurred. Sapareto allegedly pushed
Anthony Battite during the
argument, and also pushed
his sister Marina when she
tried to intervene.
DiFruscia said in a
phone call following the
sentencing that the incident
has been blown out of proportion. First, he said, his
client did not push Marina
Battite, but “took her out of
the line of danger” between
him and Anthony Battite.
“These are two 200-pound
men and she weighs 100
pounds,” he said. “Frank
took her hands gently to
move her out of the way.”
DiFruscia said more
light could be shed on the
altercation with Anthony
Battite if the court had had
the 9-1-1 tape of Anthony
calling Derry police. But the
tape has disappeared, he
said. Officer Adam Petkus,
who responded to the call,
said in his report he had
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“Where is the 9-1-1
tape?” DiFruscia asked.
“Nobody knew. On the day
of the trial we learned it had
been recorded over. It was
crucial evidence.”
The other two sentences
have been appealed to the
state Supreme Court, with
Tony Soltani of Epsom handling the appeals, DiFruscia
said.
The “mutual combat vio-
lation” means two people
were involved, and DiFruscia said, “I don’t see why the
Derry police didn’t also
charge Anthony Battite.
Among other things, he said,
Battite threatened to shoot
Sapareto if he had a gun.
DiFruscia maintains that
Sapareto’s motive in all of
this was to protect Battite
from her angry children.
“Frank was thinking with
his heart, not his head,” he
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Long-time Derry resident U.S. Army First Lieutenant Ryan Grochmal, a
2011 graduate of the University of New Hampshire
and a 2007 graduate of
Pinkerton Academy, returned in early September
from a nine month deployment to Afghanistan.
He served as the 2nd platoon leader and convoy
commander within the
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Regional Command (RC)
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As the result of his duties
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“Frank is obviously disappointed at the result,”
DiFruscia said. “The Derry
Police Department had a
duty to protect both parties.”
Capt. Vern Thomas,spokesperson for Derry Police, said
the department had no comment.
Sapareto is free on
$1,500 personal recognizance bail.
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Dumpster Depot Zoning Board Hearing Postponed to Nov. 7
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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Proponents and foes of a
proposed Dumpster Depot
off Ashleigh Drive will have
to wait until the Nov. 7 Zoning Board of Adjustment
(ZBA) meeting to see if the
Zoning Board will reverse
the Planning Board’s decision of Aug. 21 to approve
the site plan for the project.
John O’Connor, who
filed for the appeal along
with other residents of the
neighborhood, asked for
the hearing to be postponed because he is awaiting the birth of his first
grandchild.
ZBA Chairman Allan
Virr said that postponing the
hearing did not affect the
time frame allowed for the
appeal, as the decision to
approve the project was
made on Aug. 21.
The vote was 5-0 to
allow the postponement to
Nov. 7.
Dumpster Depot owner
David Paul wants to move
his facility from Manchester
to Derry, to land at 41 Ashleigh Drive currently owned
by Yvon Cormier Construction. A group of area residents, with O’Connor and
Brenda Wilson as their
spokespeople, have objected
to the proposal in terms of
noise, odor, traffic and the
general effect on their quality of life.
The Planning Board
voted 5-2 in the Aug. 21
meeting to accept the site
plan and take jurisdiction of
the project.
In the Sept. 18 meeting,
the Planning Board turned
down a request for a rehearing, 2-4. O’Connor appealed
to the Zoning Board at its
Oct. 3 meeting. That appeal
was an appeal of Code
Enforcement Officer Bob
Mackey’s decision to classify the project as a “contractor’s yard,” for which there
is no definition in the Derry
zoning.
At the Oct. 3 meeting,
Virr told O’Connor that the
board could not accept the
appeal of the administrative
decision because it was
made last spring and too
much time had passed.
However, he said, they could
still appeal the Planning
Board’s decision of Aug. 21.
Virr told O’Connor all
relevant documents must be
in 10 days before the
November meeting.
Derry Police Department Announces Two Promotions
Derry Police Chief Ed Garone, right, swears in Frank Stoncius, who was promoted Newly promoted Derry Police Detective Ed Budroe, left, shakes hands with Police
Chief Ed Garone.
to the rank of lieutenant. Courtesy photos
Two veteran members of
the Derry Police Department
were promoted in a ceremony Friday, Oct. 18.
Sgt. Frank Stoncius
received the rank of Lieutenant.
Stoncius began his
career with the Derry Police
Department in September
1993. He has been a sergeant for 3 1/2 years and
also worked as a shift supervisor. He has been part of
the OHRV (off-highway
recreational vehicle) patrol,
served as a field training
officer, assisted Capt. Vern
Thomas with the School
Safety Program, and was a
department representative to
the Town Safety Committee.
He has also been an active
member of the Derry Police
Community Welfare Association.
He and his wife, Renee,
have two daughters, Kate
and Brooke.
Detective Ed Budroe
began his career as a parttime officer with the Hampton Police Department and
came to work in Derry in
October 1999. He worked as
a patrol officer and was
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Editorial
Looking After the Taxpayer
When you get a new job, is your first
concern your exit strategy? During your
interview, did you negotiate salary and
vacation, or insist on a multi-month severance package?
If you’re a public official, it was probably the latter. The rest of us just give
notice and hope for two weeks pay.
Over the past year and a half, both
Londonderry and Derry lost their top
town officials. And Londonderry’s town
manager and Derry’s town administrator
both signed contracts that made their
departures anything but a financial hardship to anyone but the taxpayers.
In Londonderry, Dave Caron left for
what the town said were personal reasons
involving an extended family medical
emergency. In Derry, John Anderson is
leaving while facing misdemeanor
charges of lewdness and indecent exposure. There is no link to the charges in his
departure, but Anderson leaves on the last
day before he would have become an atwill employee, thanks to the expiration of
his three-year contract.
Regardless of the reasons for leaving,
the problem centers on the financial benefit the departing officials take with them.
In Anderson’s case, his newly minted
separation agreement gives him approximately $45,000 of taxpayer money in
salary and benefits. He will be paid for 26
weeks of salary, and his benefits include,
among other things, “$95.10 in good
will.”
The town could fund the Farmers
Market or hire a firefighter or police officer for what Anderson is getting.
In Londonderry, Caron received
seven months salary and benefits, including contributions to his retirement plan,
according to a separation agreement he
signed with the town.
And when it hired Kevin Smith as its
new town manager, Londonderry provided for two months severance pay plus
unused vacation or sick time, and three
months payment of all benefits – unless
Smith were to resign to run again for
political office, in which case he would
not receive severance pay.
The contract with Smith is far better
for the taxpayer than the contract with
Caron. It bears something of a resemblance to what happens to people who
don’t happen to be employed by the taxpayers when they lose their jobs.
And while some private companies
have downsized and offered buyouts to
employees, many others just eliminate
jobs and say goodbye.
The six-figure salaries given top officials don’t put them at a disadvantage, so
why are we filling contracts with escape
clauses and payment schedules? In the
real world, raiding the taxpayers’ wallets
is not the way to bid farewell.
Letters
Drive Safely
To the editor:
This is a plea for all drivers, especially those in my
hometown of Derry. We all
know that driving these days
takes the utmost concentration, and courtesy. There is
too much texting and talking
on the phone. Multitasking
is an art, but it doesn’t
belong while driving!
For some reason, drivers
speaking on the phone or
texting feel they deserve
special service, such as
pulling out in front of others,
speeding, increasing speed,
and being exempt from paying attention. It is against
New Hampshire state law to
text while driving; there is
no special rule or compensation for drivers who text. Is it
worth the risk of possibly
hurting yourself or others?
Why do drivers need to
increase speeds in parking
lots, and in residential areas
that don’t post speed limit
signs. That is not OK to
speed up. I live on a residential road with lots of children
that is a bypass off Tsienneto Road. I know many
people use it to avoid Tsienneto Road to get to Route
102. It is not the speedway,
however, and please don’t
use it as such.
Yielding to pedestrians
is not a decision, it is the
law. Drivers very seldom
stop downtown where there
are signs, and it is clearly
marked to yield to walkers
crossing.
To the ones driving who
are obeying the rules, I
thank you. It is time to preserve safe, courteous drivers!
Lori Smith
Derry
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On Saturday, Nov. 2,
Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts,
Venture Crews and their
leaders, as well as the Girl
Scouts, will deliver Scouting
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throughout Derry. On the
following Saturday, Nov. 9,
the Scouts will return to collect the donated non-perishable food items left outside,
to be taken to the Derry Central Fire Station. The food
will then be sorted and
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Derry
first two Saturdays in
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Derry Police Receive Federal
Grant for Body Armor
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NUTFIELD NEWS
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The Derry Town Council
has unanimously approved
the acceptance of funds from
the United States Department of Justice to allow
Police Chief Ed Garone to
replace aging body armor
and outfit new recruits.
Garone spoke at the Oct.
15 Council meeting to discuss the grant.
Garone wrote in a memo
that the department received
notification from the Department of Justice (DOJ)
that it was eligible for the
grant under the Fiscal Year
2013 Bulletproof Vest program. The grants are administered by the Bureau of Jus-
tice Assistance (BJA).
Garone said the department has participated in the
program for several years.
The grant is available
until Aug. 31, 2015 and
would be for $2,762.50, or
half the cost of 13 bulletproof vests. The BJA will
reimburse the department
for 50 percent of each vest
after the purchase is made.
The funds may be used
for National Institute of Justice (NIJ)-compliant armored vests.
Garone wrote in a memo
that the acceptance of the
grant would have minimal
impact on the budget, as the
purchase and grant revenue
are part of his current operating budget.
Councilor Mark Osborne asked Garone if the vests
were in addition to ones currently in use, or if they were
expected to replace current
units.
Garone said the vests
have a five-year life span,
after which they are retired.
In addition, he said, each
new recruit receives his or
her own vest, because they
are tailored to an individual’s body. “We will not buy
them and put them on a
shelf,” he said.
Councilor Tom Cardon
asked how often the units
are worn.
“Every officer on patrol,
every day,” Garone said.
The Council voted 7-0 to
approve the purchase.
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Safety Committee Recommends No Action on Stoneleigh Drive Speed Request
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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The Derry Highway
Safety Committee has taken
no action on one request to
lower the speed limit in a
neighborhood, and referred a
second request to the Public
Works Department.
In the September meeting, committee members had
discussed two requests, one
from residents of the Stoneleigh Drive area to reduce
the speed limit, and one from
a resident of Paul Avenue to
have a speed limit sign post-
ed.
The Stoneleigh Drive
request was headed up by
resident Trisha Kort. Kort
and four other homeowners
requested that the speed limit
be lowered from 35 miles
per hour to 25 mph, citing
drivers speeding while their
children are out playing.
Due to the lack of a sidewalk, Kort wrote, residents
are forced to walk in the
street.
Public Works Director
Michael Fowler said since
the earlier meeting, when
this request was tabled, the
department followed protocol and set up a traffic counter on the street. After 17 days
of collecting data, Fowler
said, the average mean speed
for drivers on the road was
established at 25 mph.
“We don’t believe a
change in speed limit is
needed,” Fowler said. “There
is no evidence people are
going too fast.”
The traffic count on the
street is light, Fowler said,
due to the fact that it is a culde-sac.
“The recommendation of
our department,” he said, “is
that no action be taken
because most of the residents
do abide by the speed limit.”
The second request, for a
speed limit sign on Paul
Avenue, was brought by resident Nick Zacharias, who
observed in a letter that there
were several families with
small children on his street.
Zacharias wrote, “I
believe that the speed limit
on this road (which serves
as a cut-through to the
Route 28 Bypass) is 30
mph, but my guess is that
the traffic on the avenue
averages 40-45 mph.”
Zacharias asked for the
sign to be installed, noting
that most cut-through drivers
do not know what the speed
limit is. He also asked if the
Police Department would
place its portable trailer
there.
Fowler said he had spoken to Highway Supervisor
Alan Cote about the matter,
and that Cote had no objection to posting signs.
However, Fowler said,
“These are issues we’ve heard
before. We don’t want to
make a precedent of putting
up too many signs - that
would cause ‘sign pollution.’”
Police Chief Ed Garone
suggested the Highway Department review the request.
The committee voted unanimously to pass the request
on to the Highway Department.
Fire Chief George Klauber observed that, “Most of
these issues are ‘neighbor’
issues.”
The next scheduled meeting of Highway Safety is
Thursday, Nov. 21, at 9 a.m.
in the second-floor conference room.
Restoration of Upper Village Hall Nears Completion
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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Restoration of a town
treasure is almost complete,
the Derry Town Council
learned in a recent meeting.
Paul Dionne, president
of the East Derry Village Improvement Society (EDVIS),
attended the Oct. 15 meeting
to report on repairs to the
historic Upper Village Hall.
Dionne reported that the
Society has almost completed a checklist of items from
its contract with the town, as
previously reported in the
Nutfield News.
Dionne said the heating
system is up to code and has
been since the winter of
2012. The electricity has
been brought up to code
with 200-amp panels, offering “plenty of room for
expansion,” he said. An airconditioning system has also
been installed, Dionne said.
The plumbing and electrical systems in the basement are up to code, he said,
although the basement has
been “gutted” and the Society has no plans to use it at
this time.
The second-floor electrical system is up to code,
Dionne said. There is no
plumbing on the second
floor and the floor is not
open to the public, but is
used for storage and board
meetings.
And the entire first floor
interior has been repainted,
Dionne said.
Only one item on the
Derry Hopes to Sell Former
Pinkerton Tavern Site
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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The Town of Derry will
hold two public hearings on
its plan to market the former
Pinkerton Tavern site on Old
Manchester Road.
Acting Town Administrator Larry Budreau made
the announcement at the Oct.
15 Town Council meeting.
The historic tavern was
torn down to make way for
the expansion of Manchester
Road/Route 28 last year.
The property is Parcel ID
08-274. Budreau wrote in an
e-mail, “The Town purchased the land and razed the
building in order to expand
Manchester Road. During
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checklist remains, to have
the exterior painted. The
front has been painted and
they are beginning the sides,
he told the Council. The
paint was donated by the
Benson family, owners of
Benson’s Lumber and Hardware, and the labor is being
donated by Simpson Painting.
The building is fulfilling
its potential as a community
resource, according to
Dionne. “We saw 30 rentals
in 2012, and we’ve had 80
so far in 2013 - and we’re
expecting 20 more before
the end of the year,” he said.
“We are holding our own.”
Council Chairman Michael Fairbanks asked, “Barring the exterior painting,
have all the obligations been
met?” They have, Dionne
assured him, saying, “It’s
been a lot of volunteering,
sweat equity, and late nights.”
“It is great to see the
building come back to the
way it was,” Councilor Neil
Wetherbee said.
The Upper Village Hall
was built in 1875 and served
as the center of East Derry
life, as a fire station, town
hall, Grange hall, veterans’
hall and library. The EDVIS
purchased it from the town
for $1 in 2004, with the
intent of restoring it for
community use.
The board voted 5-0-1 to
approve the report, with
Councilor Brad Benson, a
member of the board,
abstaining.
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Only One Comment from Public at Collective Bargaining Workshop
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
A public workshop seeking input on the collective
bargaining process for the
Town of Derry had everything but the public.
A workshop session following the Oct. 15 Town
Council meeting had been
scheduled, and publicized,
for months. But only eight
people attended the session,
and only one had a comment.
Chairman Michael Fairbanks opened the workshop
after the regular meeting,
saying it was a response to
requests from the public that
they have more input into
the collective bargaining
process. “They wanted to
see more public input before
we go into the process,” he
told the group and television
audience.
Fairbanks turned the
meeting over to Larry
Budreau, Human Resources
Director and Acting Town
Administrator. Budreau read
a prepared statement explaining the negotiating
process.
Budreau explained, “Long
before negotiations begin,
the Town Council develops
general goals that it would
like to achieve in future contracts (Goals often extend
beyond the next contract - as
far as ten years into the
future). The Town’s negotiating teams then develop
specific proposals aimed at
achieving the goals prior to
negotiation.”
He continued, “Because
lawful bargaining in good
faith requires give and take,
considering new ideas, and
appreciating the other
party’s perspectives and
needs – the parties rarely
achieve all of their goals.
Once the negotiating teams
have arrived at a tentative
agreement, union members
and the Town Council separately vote to ratify the proposed contract. Both negotiating teams are expected to
represent their constituents
responsibly and arrive at a
tentative agreement that
should, based upon reasonable success at achieving
goals, be ratified. The negotiating teams expect their
constituents to vote responsibly, that is, to consider that
the process of negotiation
between the parties is
unlikely to produce results
that achieve all the original
goals.”
Budreau reminded constituents that the actual
negotiations will remain out
of the public eye. “It is
imperative to note that our
actual goals need to remain
in the background, out of the
public eye, not only to satisfy our legal obligation to
bargain in good faith, but for
an extremely practical reason,” he said. “If you are
buying a car, you don’t start
by telling the dealer the
maximum price that you’ll
pay. Or do you?”
He also wrote, “The
Council will consider public
input as it reviews and establishes goals for future collective bargaining. The pub-
lic should be mindful that
the Council and the Town’s
management staff is obliged
to act reasonably, lawfully
and in a manner that is
respectful to the hard working men and women who
provide, in my opinion, outstanding municipal services.”
Only one audience member, Kelly Martin, a resident
of Bayberry Lane, came to
the microphone. She said, “I
would like to ensure that
when you look at different
contracts, that care is taken
to compare them with what
is available in the private
sector. It seems to me we
don’t always compare our
contracts to the private sector.”
The public hearing closed after Martin spoke and
nobody else came forward.
Councilor Mark Osborne expressed his disappointment. “Whether you agree
or disagree, we all agree that
contracts are a large part of
the budget,” he said. “After
voting on contracts last year,
there was a fair amount of
comment and controversy. I
was hopeful for this meeting
- but I see eight people out
there.”
Osborne referenced the
amount of texts, phone calls
and e-mails he received
regarding town workers’
contracts, and said, “This
apathy disgusts me.”
Chairman Michael Fairbanks said he too had hoped
for more input.
Councilor Al Dimmock
said, “I’m disappointed. I
believe this Council wants
people’s input. I had hoped
the people who were complaining behind the scenes
would come in and discuss
this with us.”
But Councilor Neil
Wetherbee said he receives
most of his communication
from constituents electronically or by telephone. “It’s
not that they don’t care, he
said. “People just don’t
come out to meetings.”
To Councilor Brad Benson, the silence told a different story. “I don’t believe
people are dissatisfied,” he
said. In negotiating contracts, he said the town has
been “responsible, fiscally
prudent and doing the right
thing for the long term.”
Expired contracts include the following:
• Administrative Support, AFSCME (American
Federation of State, County
and Municipal Employees)
Local 1801, expired 2012;
• Firefighters, IAFF
(International Association of
Fire Fighters) Local 4392,
expired 2012;
• Fire Officers, IAFF
Local 4392, expired 2012;
• Police Supervisors,
SEIU (Service Employees
International Union) Local
1984, expired 2010;
• Professional, Administrative and Technical, SEIU
1984, expired in 2011.
Contracts that are current include Public Works,
Teamsters Local 633, 201316 and Police Patrolmen,
NEPBA (New England
Police Benevolent Association) Local 38, 2012-15.
Speed Limits on Silver Street, Route 28 Project Discussed
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
An issue with Silver
Street near South Range
School was deemed to exist
before the extra traffic and
detours resulting from the
expansion of town water and
sewer down Route 28 South.
School Administrative
Unit (SAU) 10 Business
Administrator Jane Simard
raised the concern at the
Oct. 17 meeting of the Highway Safety Committee.
Simard, the SAU delegate to
the committee, said she had
calls about the safety of children walking to and from
South Range School along
Silver Street.
“There are no sidewalks,” she said. “Some of
the parents are asking for a
‘speed trailer.’”
Derry Public Works
Director Mike Fowler said
the project was 50 percent
completed and would be
paved by Dec. 1. “The traffic
on Berry Road will diminish,” he predicted.
While there was some
initial clogging of vehicles,
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have found alternate routes,”
she said. “I don’t see that it’s
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The committee agreed to
promote greater enforcement of speed limits on Silver.
The construction is
going well, Fowler said. The
contractor, American Excavating, has taken advantage
of the good weather conditions.
This past week the box
culvert was installed, “a
major milestone,” Fowler
said.
The next projects involve
installing a 500-foot sewer
main east to Winter Hill
Road; a 150-foot water
main; and backfilling around the box culvert or
bridge. These are expected
to be accomplished over the
next two weeks, Fowler
said.
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Public Works to Suggest Solution for South and Birch Street Traffic Woes
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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The Highway Safety
Committee has referred a
citizen’s concern about
backup on South and Birch
streets to the Derry Department of Public Works, with
a directive to come back
with suggestions at the next
meeting.
Brian Germaine, an
attorney with an office on
the corner of South and
Birch, appeared before the
committee Oct. 17 to discuss congested parking and
safety issues on the two
streets.
Germaine, who bought
the property with his business partner in 1989, has
seen traffic steadily increase
over the years. When they
moved in, the building next
door was occupied by a hairdresser. Since then, it’s been
a series of pizza restaurants
under different ownership.
The current restaurant has
just two parking spaces, he
said, forcing diners and
take-out customers to use
the lawyers’ parking lot or
park on the street.
“That intersection has
seen an increase in traffic
flow,” Germaine said. To
compound the problem, he
and his partner have less
land - 10 years ago, when
the town expanded Birch
Street, it took some of their
property. The town put in a
wall, but it hasn’t solved the
problem, he said. When 18wheelers try to turn around,
they inevitably go over the
wall - “and it’s a mess,” he
said, adding, that school
buses also have trouble making the turn.
The pizza shop is doing
well, Germaine said, with
increasing customers - and
parking issues - on Friday
nights and other busy times.
The attorneys need their
parking lot for their own
clients, and have been
forced to put up a sign
announcing that unauthorized vehicles will be towed.
“Monday night I was
standing in my parking lot,”
Germaine said. “A delivery
truck was making a delivery
to the pizza shop. An 18-
wheeler with a steamroller
tried to turn. It missed my
wall, but went up on the
sidewalk.”
He’s also concerned
about the pizza customers’
safety when they park on
South Avenue, he said. And
employees from the pizza
parlor park on Birch Street.
It’s ironic, Germaine
said, because Public Works
once asked him to remove a
shrub because it affected the
line of sight.
Germaine wondered if a
cement wall would help, but
added that an 18-wheeler
with a steamroller would
probably crush that too.
He suggested restricting
trucks on the two roads and
a “no parking” area on
South Avenue.
Mike Fowler, director of
public works, agreed. “We
have done repair work on
that wall,” he said. But he
added he didn’t know if a
different material would be
helpful.
There is “merit” to the
no-parking concept, Fowler
said. He could see a 100foot no parking zone on
Birch Street and another on
South Avenue. But that
would create a problem for
the pizza customers, who
would park further down.
“The delivery trucks are
the biggest problem,” Germaine said. “You can’t block
off a lane of South Avenue
without causing a lot of
problems.”
Police Chief Ed Garone
said in his view, the only
solution was to prohibit any
“standing, stopping, loading
or unloading” for those 100
feet. He envisioned not
another wall but a full abutment, he said.
Fowler said an engineering study would be needed
to prove that the radius was
not big enough for large
trucks.
Fire Chief George
Klauber made a motion to
refer the issue back to Public
Works, and have them come
back with a solution. The
motion was unanimously
approved.
“We want to make sure,”
he said, “that it has the least
possible impact on businesses.”
Derry Lot Line Adjustment Approval ‘Rights a Wrong’
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
A developer with two
lots that predate Derry zoning will be allowed to do a
lot line adjustment to make
both lots more marketable.
Andrew Panos, owner
with his wife, Donnalee, of
the property at 13 and 15
Manchester Ave., appeared
before the Zoning Board of
Adjustment at its Oct. 17
meeting to request a lot line
adjustment between the two
pieces of property. The
board voted unanimously to
grant the variance.
The parcels are ID
35041 and 35042-001 and
are zoned MHDR (Medium
High Density Residental).
Licensed Land Surveyor
Dan Mullen accompanied
Panos. Mullen explained
that the two lots were created in 1908, a time that well
preceded Derry zoning. One
lot is 100 feet by 100 feet,
the other 100 feet by 50 feet.
The house at #13 “straddles”
the land at #15, Mullen said,
and that is why the variance
is being requested.
Mullen said the variance
is not contrary to the public
interest because it allows the
two lots to be consistent in
size. The spirit of the ordinance is observed, he said,
because granting the variance would be a solution to
a “cumbersome problem.”
Substantial justice will be
done because the lots in their
current state are not marketable for Panos, he said.
The value of the surrounding properties will not
be diminished, he said,
because there will be no
change to the lots aside from
the lot line adjustment. Not
granting the variance will
produce an “unnecessary
hardship,” he said, because
the owner cannot market the
lots in their current state.
The proposal is to move
the lot line of #13 a total of
27 feet to the west, to get the
house off #15, he said. A
shed in the back will be
moved further west, but
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change, Mullen said.
“This is the way the lots
were sold to me,” Panos
said. He obtained the first
mortgage on the property in
2002, when “anything
went.” He paid off the first
mortgage. When he went
back to apply for a second
mortgage, the lender was
reluctant because of the situation with the existing
home, he said.
Board member Teresa
Hampton, a real estate broker, said, “I am trying to
wrap my head around how
this could happen.”
Panos agreed, saying,
“Why wouldn’t the people
who sold it to me know?”
Virr observed, “It’s fortunate you own both pieces
of property.” Otherwise, he
said, “you’d have to deal
with another person - and
pay them money.”
Code Enforcement Officer Bob Mackey said,
“Given the situation, this
seems to be a reasonable
solution to the problem.” If
the Zoning Board approves
the variance, Panos will still
be required to go before the
Planning Board with the lot
line adjustment, he said.
“It’s about as straightforward as it can get,” Virr said
during the board’s deliberation. “He’s trying to right a
wrong.”
“The only other option,”
member Donald Burgess
said, “is to move the entire
building, and that is costprohibitive.”
The board voted unanimously to approve the variance.
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Pinkerton Adds Software Program to College Application Process
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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Pinkerton Academy Guidance Director Jan Deleault
remembers a different world.
“My parents told me where I
was going to college, a
Catholic girls’ school,” she
said.
And her application was
on paper.
The dynamic is different
for the high school juniors
and seniors she and her staff
counsel about college
choices. Good schools are
more choosy and arbitrary,
and any school is more
expensive than ever. But her
students need those top
schools in order to compete
on an international scene,
and this year Deleault
brought in a tool to help
them: the Naviance software
program.
Naviance can help students narrow their choices or broaden them, depending
on carefully entered pieces
of data, Deleault said. It’s a
comprehensive software
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program with far more than
its college application arm,
but Deleault and the staff
have chosen to pilot that
piece in Derry.
There are three pieces to
the college application software, Deleault said. A student can request a letter of
recommendation, request a
transcript, and research colleges based on the student’s
“profile,” a compendium of
their hoped-for major, the
part of the country they want
to study from, size of college, coed versus single-sex
and more.
“You profile yourself
and appropriate colleges
come up and you’re linked
to their Web site,” Deleault
said.
The program has been
launched with Pinkerton
seniors, who are given an
access code and told how to
register. From there they can
ask “Ms. Smith” for their
letter of recommendation. “I
would hope they had already
done it in person,” Deleault
said, pointing out that’s
good manners. But the computerized request is standardized and a reminder to
“Ms. Smith.” The teacher
writes the recommendation,
downloads it to Naviance,
and it goes out to the student’s college of choice. The
student’s guidance counselor also writes his or her
recommendation this way.
The process is similar
with transcripts, Deleault
said. An administrative
assistant enters the data.
‘You click the schools
you’re applying to, click the
‘Request transcripts’ icon,
and off it goes,” she said.
Deleault clicked off the
beauty of the program: it’s
standardized, computerized
and allows student and faculty to keep track of who’s
done what.
In another year or so she
hopes to have the program
available to parents, she
said. That way they can
track their student’s college
application process, and see
if their child has applied
where they say they’ve
applied.
Deleault learned of the
program while networking
in her profession. The
Pinkerton staff decided three
or four years ago to explore
it, she said. At that time the
SIS (Student Information
System) was not capable of
linking with Naviance, she
said. About a year and a half
ago they looked at it again,
and found their SIS was now
capable of handling the
Naviance program. She has
never looked back.
“Students must use this,”
Deleault said. “It is the way
to request a transcript.”
They signed the contract
this past July, and it’s been
“nonstop” since then, she
said.
The student roll-out
began Sept. 25. “We did 32
presentations, using their
English classes as a conduit,” Deleault said. Guidance staff members met
each senior English class
and escorted them to a nearby computer lab to introduce
the program.
Most of the 700 seniors
are registered now, she said,
adding, “We’re chasing after
a few who were absent during the roll-out week.”
The transcript, teacher
letters and counselor letters
are the pieces provided by
Naviance, Deleault said,
explaining, “These are the
pieces we send out.” The
student is still on his or her
own for the application and
financial aid documents. But
the application has also been
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computerized, with a “Common App” program that
allows students to submit a
common application to at
least 500 schools on-line.
Naviance even helps
with that, Deleault said.
“When you get on and
you’ve chosen your schools,
each one is listed,” she said.
“In the next column there’s a
small icon. If it has a ‘CA,’
that’s a Common App
school. If it’s not Common
App but takes electronic
applications, there’s a small
icon of a computer. And if
there’s a postage stamp, it
takes snail mail, as a few
schools still do.”
The part that sold her on
Naviance is a tool called
“Scattergrams.” With “Scattergrams,” you can see a student’s chances of being
accepted at a school based
on historical data. “You see
historical data on Pinkerton
students, the schools they’ve
been accepted at, the schools
they haven’t been accepted
at, GPAs, SAT scores,” she
said. “So you know what
your chances are.” It doesn’t
mean a child shouldn’t apply
to a particular school, and it
doesn’t mean they won’t be
accepted. But it gives them
their odds, and a clear picture of their chances.
And it’s a tool that is
needed, with the process
becoming more competitive,
Deleault said. The process is
more focused than when she
entered teaching 35 years
ago, and schools are constantly changing their
parameters.
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Budget
continued from page 1
The administration is
also looking to reduce a
part-time elementary band
teacher position from .6 Full
Time Equivalent (FTE) to .4
FTE, she said.
Simard said the district
hopes to add a reading specialist to Grinnell, but will
use the funds saved by eliminating the teacher position
at South Range.
As for the two middle
schools, West Running
Brook and Gilbert H. Hood,
there will be no new positions and no positions eliminated, she said.
Revenues for the district
are expected to be down,
Simard said, with Catastrophic Aid, the federal
funding for special education, expected at $1.1 million. “Last year we spent
over $3 million on student
services,” Simard said.
State adequacy funds are
also down, with the district
expecting $1,514,777 less
than in 2012-13, Simard
said. She put it in perspective: “That’s approximately
equal to staffing one elementary school, or 25 teacher
positions.”
Teacher salaries, by contract, are expected to rise by
2 percent and step increases
of 3.5 percent. Teachers on
the top “step” will receive
only the 2.5 percent raise.
Educational assistants are by
contract expected to have a
15 cent per hour raise. Nonunion employees, including
custodians, secretaries, principals and administrators,
will not receive raises this
year, she said.
While the administration
has not requested any new
classroom teaching positions, they are seeking to add
back in the Assistant Director of Student Services, at
$115,000 per year, including
salary, benefits, FICA and
retirement. They are also
requesting three additional
work days for computer
assistants and library assistants, so they can attend team
meetings and professional
development. This would
total $5,111. They are requesting a middle-school
library assistant at $20,947.32,
and are requesting additional
funds for curriculum design,
which would be an additional $9,880.
The salary line’s total
increase over last year’s
budget would be $84,544.03.
The benefits line is
expecting an increase of
$369,629.51. But Simard
warned that is subject to
change. It has already
changed, she said, noting
that when she prepared the
budget for the Monday
meeting, she had figured on
a guaranteed maximum
health insurance rise of 10
percent, and a guaranteed
maximum for dental of 5
percent. Kathy Kennedy,
human resources director for
the district, informed Simard
Monday afternoon that the
guaranteed maximum has
come in at 2.2 percent for
health care and zero percent
for dental.
Kennedy, who attended
the meeting, said, “Our liability has decreased considerably” due to preventive
care and good health habits
of district employees.
Simard said she would
have a new figure for health
and dental by the next meeting.
Other projected changes
include $125,424, contracted
services; $367,713, repairs
and maintenance; $55,655,
transportation; $100,567,
supplies; $38,840, utilities;
and $62,729, furniture and
equipment. Decreases include tuition, $790,747 and
$495,018, dues and debt
service. Simard said the final
bond payment on the West
Running Brook Middle
School will be in June 2014.
The 2013-14 final budget
to be raised by taxes was
$79,403,690, Simard said.
The working budget for
2014-15 as of Monday was
$79,323,038, an overall
decrease by $80,652, she
said.
Future topics to discuss
include the Affordable Care
Act penalty, now in the
budget at $208,500; the possible cost savings from natural gas conversion at Hood
and Grinnell; salary increases for non-union staff; setting up a capital reserve fund
to help with retirement contributions; and curriculum
and technology needs.
The budget meetings are
held Monday nights in the
Hood library, beginning at
6:30 p.m., and will be held
Oct. 28, Nov. 4, Nov. 13,
Nov. 18, Dec. 4, Dec. 11 and
Dec. 18 (if needed). The public hearing on the budget is
Jan. 21, 2014, and the deliberative session is Feb. 8.
New Pavilion Unveiled
The newly erected Derry Village Rotary Pavilion at the Don Ball Park on
Humphrey Road officially opened on Saturday. Oct. 19, with members of the Derry
Village Rotary Club, Recreation Department and Town officials performing the honors. From left, Bill Gardocki, Susanne Bernier-Robinson, Kevin Olson and his
daughter Emma Olson, Eric Bodenrader, Kevin Jolicoeur, and Craig Buckley perform the ceremonial ribbon cutting.
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Dress Code
help promote a safer campus.
But parents in the meeting contended that the clothing proposed was too expensive, their children liked to
express themselves, and the
rule-breakers should be targeted instead of the entire
student body.
Melanson, a junior at the
semi-private school, believes the proposal would
take creativity and comfort
away from students who are
cooperating with the rules.
Savana said she got the
idea one night when a friend
was visiting, and the two
girls were commiserating
about the possible change in
dress code. Her mother, Lisa
Buxton, said, “Why don’t
you do something about it?”
and Savana did, creating the
petition, which now has 204
signatures.
“My mom,” Savana said,
“said, ‘Why don’t you do
something instead of sit
around and complain?’”
Savana said she thinks
the focus should be on
repeat offenders to the current dress code, about 600
out of 3,000 students. “I
don’t feel I should be punished,” she said.
On the day of her interview, she wore faded jeans,
a soft brown sweater, and a
pair of moccasins. It’s the
way she usually dresses, she
said, and it helps her feel
good about herself.
The students have a verb
for clothing infractions,
“dress-coding,” and it’s
something Savana and her
younger sister Kristi, a
freshman, try to avoid. “I
would never walk out of the
house in anything I thought
I’d be dress-coded in,” she
said.
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possible Unified Dress Code at Pinkerton Academy.
Photo by Kathleen D. Bailey
the possible clothes, it used
Land’s End as a working
model for the Unified Dress
Code. Savana was not
impressed.
“The clothes are outdated, and they’re not flattering
on any of the students who
modeled them,” she said.
“It’s nothing I’d see on a
teenager - ever - unless they
went to a ‘full’ private
school.” Pinkerton is considered semi-private. Derry,
Chester, Hampstead and
Auburn tuition their high
school students to Pinkerton.
“They’re too preppy,”
her sister Kristi added. “It’s
nothing I’d wear.”
And both girls agreed the
outfits would not translate
into after-hours. “I would
never wear these for something outside of school,”
Savana said.
Savana is concerned for
her parents’ bank account,
noting that Land’s End is
“costly.” She figured it
would cost about $700 to
outfit her for the year and
$700 for Kristi, resulting in
$1,400 for the pair. Also, she
said, she’ll be a senior next
year and doesn’t want to
invest in those clothes for
only one year.
Other students wrote in
the “comment” portion of
Savana’s petition, “This will
not change student study
habits,” “We have a right to
freedom of expression” and
“It’s too expensive.”
Lisa Buxton called the
proposal “horrific.” She’s
concerned about the financial aspect, noting that she
spoke to a parent in Massachusetts who has a child in a
private school that uses the
Land’s End catalog. “She
shopped in the ‘discount’
section and still ended up
spending $500,” Buxton
said.
This year Buxton spent
“maybe $100” on each of
her girls for back-to-school.
If they need something during the school year, they’ll
pick it up later, usually on a
sale rack, she said.
She’s also worried that
she will have to shell out for
another set of clothes for
after-school. Both girls work
part time, she said, and she’s
concerned that their school
clothes won’t translate to the
working world. Kristi works
in her grandfather’s machine
shop, she said, and the khaki
pants would get soiled.
Savana works in a restaurant, where the khakis could
also get dirty.
“I don’t think they’re
looking at the big picture,”
Buxton said. “To punish
3,000 students for a handful
of kids?”
She has another solution,
she said. “Buy one or two
‘uniforms’ for boys and for
girls, and put kids who violate the dress code in them
for the day,” she said. The
unstylish clothing will teach
them a lesson, Buxton predicted.
“But if your child walks
out of the house in spaghetti
straps and a miniskirt, that’s
not my problem,” she added.
Lisa Buxton said she
hoped to present Savana’s
research if another parent
meeting is held.
Savana said she e-mailed
Headmaster Mary Anderson, but “didn’t get much of
a response.”
Asked to comment by
the Nutfield News, Anderson responded, “As we’ve
stated in parent meetings
and a survey, Pinkerton is
interested in the perspective
of people on both sides of
the Unified Dress Code proposal. We’re reviewing all
comments and we welcome
constructive feedback.”
“I like looking in the
mirror and thinking, ‘I feel
good about myself and what
I’m wearing,’” Savana concluded.
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Astro Boy Booters Trip the Tomahawks, Lose to Concord
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
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With the end of the 2013
regular season within sight,
coach Kerry Boles’ Pinkerton Academy boys’ soccer
squad solidified a successful
run of performances with an
impressive if somewhat anxiety-provoking shutout of
the visiting Merrimack High
Tomahawks in Derry on
Thursday, Oct. 17.
After a scoreless first
half, the 10-4 Astros
received second-half goals
from Zach Bell and Tim
Wood in making the
Tomahawks 6-7-1 on the
campaign. It was the academy crew’s fourth win in its
last five contests, and Boles’
boys had an impressive
advantage of 11-3 in goals
against opponents in those
five matches. But some earlier goals in the Merrimack
battle - which occurred on
Senior Day for the academy
side - would have enabled
Boles and his bunch to gain
a measure of comfort prior
to the second half.
“We played well today,
but we could have breathed
easier if we finished our
opportunities,” said coach
Boles. “I’m happy for the
seniors, who have put their
heart and soul into this program for the past four years.
It’s irrelevant if they are a
one-year varsity player or a
four-year varsity player.
Each of them deserves the
credit for continuing our
strong reputation and tradition. I am really proud of
them.”
Those seniors are Bell,
Arlo Wetherbee, Cameron
Burke, Cody Anshewitz,
Jacob Konstant, David
Parrott, Phil Lerner, Jimmy
Mansour, Andrew Dorci,
and captains Wood and
Tommy Martin.
Merrimack goalie Michael Guest played a significant part in keeping the host
Astros scoreless in the first
half by playing aggressively
and denying several Pinkerton shooters goals on fine
scoring attempts.
But the academy crew
got the goals it required to
snag the noteworthy shutout
when Bell was set up by
Martin eight minutes into
the second half, and then
nine minutes later when
Wood was set up by Kyle
Hicks.
Pinkerton keeper Eric
Werner contributed four
saves to the strong team
effort.
The Astros then faced
the Concord High Crimson
Tide at a neutral site Southern New Hampshire
University in Manchester this past Monday, Oct. 21, in
their second-to-last regular
season match.
But the Astros' good fortune didn't stand up against
the tough Concord High
Crimson Tide despite a fine
effort in an odd, regular season contest.
In the 3-2 decision, the
academy side notched the
only goal of the first half
with just 10 seconds remaining in that period when Phil
Lerner was set up by Kyle
Hicks.
But Concord - which
moved to an impressive 112-2 with the win - potted
goals 20 minutes into the
second half and then again
eight minutes later to snag a
2-1 lead.
The Crimson Tide then
added an insurance marker
with seven minutes left to go
in the match, but Pinkerton
showed it wasn't through by
slicing its deficit back down
to a goal at 3-2 when
Tommy Martin was set up
by Tim Wood with three
minutes left to play. But 3-2
was where the score would
end up. Werner made 11
saves.
"When you play a team
like Concord, you need to
have all the bullets in the
barrel. Unfortunately, we
had some injuries to some
key players, and that had an
impact on our team. But I
can't say enough about the
way this squad played
tonight," said Boles.
Pinkerton’s Alex Ebner, left, and his teammates drove
to a fine, 2-0 victory over the visiting Merrimack High
Tomahawks in Derry last week. Both goals came in the
second half of the match.
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PA Gridders Knock Off West Blue Knights by 63-12 Tally
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
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If there was anybody
within the New Hampshire
high school football community who expected the
winless Manchester West
High Blue Knights to give
the Pinkerton Academy
Astros much of a game in
the Queen City last Friday
night, Oct. 18, they were
keeping such thoughts to
themselves.
And the general popula-
tion’s expectations that the
Astros would up their 2013
record to 5-2 with a blasting
of the host Blue Knights was
precisely on target as veteran coach Brian O’Reilly’s
academy crew drove its way
to a 63-12 trouncing of its
host that evening.
The Pinkerton side’s 63point output was the largest
tally the West contingent has
allowed in its seven losses
this season, and the visitors
got their fun started by collecting 35 unanswered
points in the first quarter.
The score sat at a lopsided
49-6 at halftime.
The academy’s versatile
sophomore T.J. Urbanik
scored three of his team’s
touchdowns, with one coming on a run, one coming on
a pass reception from quarterback Jack Hanaway, and a
third coming on a punt
return.
Pinkerton star senior
back Manny Latimore also
caught a pair of touchdown
tosses and rushed for 57
yards on five carries. Hanaway assisted his offense further by running for a score,
and touchdowns were also
contributed by Ryan Day on
a rush, Brett Dattilo on a 90yard kick return, and junior
defensive back Peter Cyr on
a 99-yard interception
return.
The victorious PA crew
had a dozen players run the
ball out of the backfield in
the lopsided win, and signalcaller Hanaway passed the
football for 112 yards on six
completed throws, with
three of the six completions
going for touchdowns.
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CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
Pinkerton quarterback Jack Hanaway passed for three
touchdowns and ran for another during the Astros’
trouncing of Manchester West in the Queen City late
last week. The win made the academy contingent 5-2
Photo by Chris Paul
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boys’ and girls’ cross-country contingents had their athletes put forth superb performances at events last
week, with this weekend’s
varsity state championship
meets up ahead of them.
Veteran coach Mike
Clark’s Long Red Line
boys’ contingent was a
mover and a shaker at the
54th annual Catholic Memorial Cross-Country Meet in
Boston last weekend, and
that success came on the
heels of girls’ coach Amy
Bernard’s junior varsity
Trailblazers’ title win at the
Division I JV State Meet in
Nashua a day earlier.
Clark’s Pinkerton guys
had impressive tune-up at
the Catholic Memorial competition last Saturday, Oct.
19, finishing fourth out of 18
teams, with all of the PA finishers placing in the top 35
in a field of 131 finishers.
The Lexington, Mass.,
contingent bagged first
place with a score of 53, but
the battle for second place
was intense. St. John’s Prep
wound up being the runnerup with a tally of 76, but
Medfield (Mass.) was right
with them by scoring a 76 as
well, and Pinkerton nabbed
fourth with a score of 78.
Astro veteran Phil Parent finished an exceptional
third overall with his time
of 16 minutes and 25.8 seconds. Owen Clark was next
for PA in 20th place
(17:08.8), Tom Hanlon
placed 21st (17:10.7), Austin Smith wound up 23rd
(17:13.3), Connor Kwiecien placed 24th (17:14.8),
Nick Pietrocarlo ended up
28th (17:26.4), and Joe
Poggi finished in the 33rd
position (17:41).
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Pinkerton JV girl harriers hit
the heights by winning their
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The Trailblazers blazed
past the competition by
scoring a great low tally of
30, with the Winnacunnet
Lady Warriors from Hampton way, way back in second
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Mangano led the charge by
finishing second overall
with a personal-best time of
20:43. All in all, the PA crew
placed five runners in the
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sophomore Veronica Sullivan in sixth (21:15.3), freshman Danielle Tompkins in
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and her fellow ninth grader
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Pinkerton Girls’ Soccer Moves Season Mark to 12-2-1
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
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A pleasing victory and a
tie last week left coach Steve
Gundrum’s Pinkerton Academy girls’ soccer squad
able to boast of an impressive, 11-2-1 record heading
into the final week of the
Division I regular season
this week.
The Lady Astros drove
their season record up to a
sterling 11-2 with a 3-0
blanking of the struggling
Nashua South Lady Purple
Panthers (2-11-1) in Derry
on Tuesday, Oct. 15.
Pinkerton potted two
goals in the first half and
added a third in the second
half, with Grace DiPersio,
Jaqui Wyka, and Katyann
Grochmal each netting one
goal. Grochmal and Reanna
Romano each notched
assists. Julia Bouquet contributed eight saves to the
fine Pinkerton effort.
Gundrum’s girls pushed
their modest undefeated
streak up to three games
with a 1-1 tie on the road
against the tough Merrimack
High Lady Tomahawks last
Athletes of the Week
Week of Oct. 14
Jessica Cote, Senior,
Field Hockey
This skilled veteran
has been a strong leader
for the Lady Astros all
season, and she helped
them go 2–0 during the
span in question with wins
over Memorial and
Exeter. Her consistency
and leadership are big
assets for the PA squad.
Owen Clark, Junior,
Boys’ Cross-Country
This talented 11th
grader finished 20th with
a time of 17:08 at the
Catholic Memorial Invitational, and that effort
helped his Astros to a
fourth-place team finish at
the meet.
Friday, Oct. 18. Merrimack
moved to 9-4-2 with that
outcome, shoving its undefeated games’ streak up to
five.
And the Lady Astros
continued to show that they
could take on anybody at the
start of this week, edging the
Concord High Crimson Tide
by a 2-1 tally in the state
capital on Monday, Oct. 21.
The Pinkerton contingent scored one goal in each
half, with Mel Roberge netting the Pinkerton crew’s
first 17:22 into the match on
an assist from Erica Parent.
Grochmal got the Astros
what wound up being their
winning goal at 8:25 in the
second half (assist from
Julie Murray), and that tally
ended up being the margin
of victory for the academy
side. The Crimson Tide
snagged its goal with just
two minutes remaining in
the contest but couldn’t
come all the way back.
PA goalie Sammy Mitchell made eight stops her
contribution to the victory.
The 12-2-1 locals pushed
that undefeated streak to
four games with the win and
shoved their opponent under
the .500 mark at 7-8 on the
campaign.
The Pinkerton contingent then closed out its 2013
season with a home match
against a Dover High contingent on Wednesday, Oct.
22, after the Nutfield News
press time. The seacoast
team rolled into that match
with a 6-6-2 record, looking Veteran standout Katy Ann Grochmal potted one goal
to improve its lot in the D-I and assisted on another during the Lady Astros’ blankstandings.
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NUTFIELD NEWS
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The defending Division I
champion Pinkerton Academy field hockey squad
finished its 2013 regular season in just about the finest
fashion possible, shutting
out its last two opponents to
continue a dominant, 12game winning streak.
The Lady Astros hammered the Manchester
Memorial Crusaders in
Derry on Wednesday, Oct.
16, thumping that visitor by
a 6-0 tally after driving out
to a 5-0 lead in the first half.
Julie Saltamartini rifled
home three goals for the victors, while Kaylie DeCosmo
notched a goal and an assist,
and Samantha Day and
Haley Harrington each potted a single goal. Gabby
Guerard contributed an
assist, and goalie Abbey
Doherty made four stops in
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Lady Astro Spikers Experience Both Ups and Downs
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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Coach Todd Royce’s
Pinkerton Academy girls’
volleyball squad is intent on
putting itself in the best possible position as the Division
I tournament nears. But the
Lady Astros experienced
both ups and downs in that
endeavor last week.
The academy bunch saw
its season record settle in at
10-5 last week after it
extended a modest winning
streak with a 3-0 shutout of
the Manchester Memorial
Lady Crusaders, which was
followed by a 3-0 shutout
loss to the Merrimack High
Lady Tomahawks.
In the Tuesday, Oct. 15
home match against Memorial, Royce’s girls tallied
individual game wins of 25-
14, 25-19, and 25-16 to snag
their third straight match
victory.
Elizabeth Hicks was a
power for PA, claiming 14
service points (with seven
aces), 14 assists, and 13
digs. Kelsey Cummings
contributed 15 digs and 10
service points, Olivia Mathieu snared 20 digs and 12
kills, Lexi Verrault was good
for 14 digs, and Nicole
Langlais added 10 digs.
But things didn’t wind
up being as pleasing for
Royce and his charges when
they played host to Merrimack two days later.
The visiting Lady Tomahawks notched game wins
of 25-20, 25-17, and 25-22
to bag the shutout, despite
more strong work from
Cummings (20 digs, eight
service points), Mathieu (16
digs), Hicks (12 digs), and
Langlais (11 digs).
However, the Lady Astros then faced a colossal
challenge to start this week
when they traveled to the
seacoast to take on the undefeated Dover High Green
Wave.
And the hosts proved to
be every bit as tough as
their 15-0 record would
lead one to believe, defeat-
ing Royce’s crew by a 3-0
match tally, thanks to set
victories of 25-12, 25-13,
and 25-23.
Verreault was good for
16 digs, Taylor Ferdinando
notched 12 service points,
Langlais collected eight
digs, and Courtney Collins
bagged five kills in their seacoast loss.
The Pinkerton contingent is now 10-6 .
Turkey Trot Number 40 is Slated for Thanksgiving Morning
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
year-olds won the male and
female championships.
Joe Jourdain was the first
of the 1,338 finishers across
the finish line, and he performed that feat in 15 minutes and 29 seconds. Fellow
Derry resident Eimear Black
was the first female across
the finish line, completing
the race in 18:10 in finishing
16th overall.
The GDTC is offering
while-it-lasts, free earlybird, on-line registration for
kids, and no paper applications will be accepted for
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One of the most beloved
holiday road races in
Southern New Hampshire
hits a big anniversary this
year, as the 40th annual
Greater Derry Track Club
(GDTC) Turkey Trot 5K
Road Race will be run on
Thanksgiving
morning,
Nov. 28, at 9 a.m.
The race begins and ends
at Gallien’s Beach on
Beaver Lake in Derry, and
runners from all over regularly show up to run the race
before joining their families
and friends later in the day
to enjoy turkey and pies and
all of the other gastronomic
treats of the day.
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The 2012 Turkey Trot
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Pinkerton Academy has
Roberta Giberti of Derry runs with the race mascot some from folks from outannounced
that it will be
during last year’s Greater Derry Track Club’s Turkey side the United States as
Photo by Chris Paul well. A pair of Derry 20- recognizing all veterans of
Trot around Beaver Lake.
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will close out at noon
Wednesday, Nov. 27. Registrations will then be
accepted at the race venue
from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday
Nov. 27, and from 7 to 8:30
a.m on Thanksgiving morning.
The GDTC is also
requesting that all registrants
bring a non-perishable canned or dry food item to help
the local club replenish area
food banks during the holiday season.
Adults (13 and older)
have a pre-registration fee of
$17, and race-day registration fees will be $20 for
adults and $10 for kids.
Awards will go to the top
three overall male and
female finishers of the race,
and the first male and female
finishers from Derry and
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Local Youngsters Take the Stage in Kids Coop’s ‘Annie’
PENNY WILLIAMS
NUTFIELD NEWS
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The next production for
the Kids Coop Theatre is the
family-friendly musical
“Annie,” which takes the
stage at the Derry Opera
House on Friday, Nov. 8,
and Saturday, Nov. 9.
The cast includes 45
youngsters, ages 8 to 18,
from Derry, Londonderry,
Hampstead, Hudson, Manchester, Atkinson, Bow,
Windham, Pelham, and
Dracut, Mass.
Kids Coop Theatre is
thrilled to have a real dog and former orphan herself in the role of Sandy.
MiniMe, a 2-year-old poodle-mix adopted from the
Nevins Farm Massachusetts
Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals by Bob
and Kathleen Sachs of
Georgetown, Mass., is a sea-
Town Manager
• $4,133.50 in unused
personal time;
• $95.10 in “good will”
and
• $3,364.65 in ICMA
employer contribution.
The total of Anderson’s
“settlement” with the town
is $45,000.
The agreement states
that all subsequent inquiries
regarding Anderson will be
referred to the Human
Resources Director, who
will state only as follows:
“The Town has decided to
honor the agreement with
Town Administrator Anderson and terminate his
employment without cause.”
The agreement calls for
the parties to keep the
employment agreement con-
soned actor and model. This
is her third time playing the
role of Sandy.
MiniMe is also a Good
Canine Citizen, a certified
therapy dog, and a hospice
volunteer. During the performances, Kids Coop
Theatre will be raising
money to donate to the
Nevins Farm on MiniMe’s
behalf.
The lead, Annie, is
played by Londonderry resident Emily Thomas, 10,
who said, “I love the movie
‘Annie’ and am excited to
have my big chance to play
the lead. My favorite part is
working with a real dog. I
have to learn a lot of lines
and that is sometimes hard,
but I am learning more
about acting and I love to
sing. I like everyone in the
cast; we’re all friends. Kids
Coop Theatre is fun because
it’s not competitive; if you
fidential as to the provisions
of RSA 91-A.
Another Council resolution places Anderson on
paid administrative leave
from Oct. 14 to the day of
his termination. His status
had been changed to “unpaid administrative leave”
following a Town Council
non-public meeting Aug. 22.
After the meeting, Budreau declined comment on
the resolutions. He said the
Council will take up the
matter of a new administrator in November.
Budreau said Anderson
was not present at either
meeting.
Anderson, 50, is facing
charges of two counts of
indecent exposure following
allegations that on July 11,
he exposed himself to a
door-to-door salesman of
The stars of “Annie,” the upcoming Kids Coop Theatre production, are Annie, played
by Emily Thomas of Londonderry; Ms. Hannigan, played by Derry resident
Mackenzie Ozaroff; and Lily, portrayed by Hampstead’s Danielle Kuhl.
Courtesy photo
audition, you’re in the
show.”
Kids Coop Theatre welcomes back David DuchDirecTV services. He was
placed on paid administrative leave July 12 and
Budreau, Human Resources
Director and assistant Town
Administrator, was appointed Acting Town Administrator at that time.
Anderson is free on
$2,000 personal recognizance. He was scheduled for
arraignment Oct. 11 but
waived arraignment and
entered a plea of “not
guilty.” No date has been set
for his trial.
He is being charged with
two counts of indecent
exposure and lewdness, a
misdemeanor under New
Hampshire RSA 645:1. If
found guilty, he faces a
$1,000 fine and a maximum
sentence of 12 months in the
Rockingham County House
of Correction, Brentwood.
arme as director for this production. Ducharme has been
directing children for 16
years and is also a performer
with groups such as the
Milford Area Players,
Bedford Off Broadway and
The Actorsingers.
Mackenzie Ozaroff, 14,
who plays Ms. Hannigan, is
from Derry. “I love playing
Ms. Hannigan because she’s
a comical character that
does a lot of slapstick and
joking around,” she said.
“I’ve wanted to play this part
since I was little. Annie is a
great show because it has a
message of hope, love and
family. This is my fifth show
with Kids Coop Theatre and
I love it because you make a
lot of friends and it’s like a
family.”
Donna Tongue of Londonderry is the Music Director. She received the
Achievement Award for
Music Direction at the New
Hampshire Community Theatre Competition in 2002, and
received a New Hampshire
Theatre Award for Best
Music Director, Community
Theatre, in 2012. She has
previously worked with
Kids Coop and is glad to be
back supporting its goal of
helping children “soar by
giving them the opportunity
to spread their wings.”
From Hampstead, 15year old Danielle Kuhl, who
plays Lily, said, “This is my
first show with Kids Coop
and my first lead role. I am
learning a lot about acting
from some of the more
experienced kids. Lily is fun
to play because she has a
New Jersey accent but when
she pretends to be Mrs.
Mudge, I have to use a
southern accent.”
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Making her Kids Coop
debut as choreographer is
Megan Reid, a 17-year old
junior at Londonderry High
School. Megan has been part
of Kids Coop Theatre productions over the past seven
years, acting in 12 shows
and working as stage crew in
several others. She said she
is excited about choreographing the production.
Reid has also performed
in Londonderry High
School productions, and will
perform in its upcoming
“Grease.”
Cast members from
Londonderry include: Emily
Thomas, Daniel Cain,
Sammy Honeywell, Michael
DeRosa, Simone Labell,
Grace Chicko, Evelyn
Burkette, Sarah Martin,
Maya Lincoln, Tyler and
Connor Dupuis, Haley
Lafond, Eric Bourque, Ian
Davis, Douglas Jones, Lena
Cook, Samantha Williams,
Sarah Tsetsilas, Zelda
Howard-Martin, and Emily
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Derry cast members are:
Mackenzie Ozaroff, Zoie
and Hailey Laskiewicz,
Morgane Vigroux, Ryan
Geary, Sam Boyle, Brenna
Morgan, Ruthie Vinson,
Samantha Murray, Jadyn
Smith, Madeleine Tveter,
and Olivia Mason.
Hampstead cast members are: Danielle Kuhl,
Elizabeth and Julia Herron
and Noelle Goyette.
All tickets are $12 and
are available at www.kidscoop-theatre.org. For more
information, contact Pam
Rodgers at [email protected].
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
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Garden Club
The Derry Garden Club’s
November
program
is
”Houseplants,” presented by
the Lake Street Garden Center
in Salem, NH, at 10 a.m. Nov.
1 at the Boys and Girls Club of
Greater Derry, 40 Hampstead
Road, Derry. A silent auction
and a Ways and Means Table
are also featured. For more
information, visit derrygardenclub.org or call 434-0578. The
Club is a member of the New
Hampshire Federation of
Garden Clubs (District IV)
New England Region and the
National Garden Clubs, Inc.
EXP1031
Substance Misuse
“Substance Misuse in Our
Communities: What Do You
Know?” will be presented by
the Greater Derry Public
Health Network and community partners on Tuesday, Nov. 5,
from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the
Stockbridge Theatre at Pinkerton academy. The forum will
include state officials, health
professionals, law enforcement, mental health professionals and representatives
from diversion programs and
community organizations. It
will be an interactive program
for parents, students, staff and
the community, and will provide an opportunity for questions. For more information,
contact Pam Santa Fe, the
Greater Derry Public Health
Network Regional Prevention
Coordinator, at [email protected], or 819-8476.
EXP1031
Genealogy Roundtable
The monthly meeting of
the Genealogy Roundtable will
be at the Derry Public Library
downstairs meeting room on
Tuesday, Nov. 5, from 1 to 2:30
p.m. Meetings are informal and
allow discussion of research.
Everyone is welcome, regardless of experience. EXP1031
Derry Community Fund
The Derry Community
Fund’s Thanksgiving Food
Pick-Up and Holiday Shopping
for families in need has begun.
Applications, due by Nov. 8,
are available at the Human
Services Department in the
Derry Municipal Center and at
www.dnhcf.org.
The
Thanksgiving Food Pick-up is
Friday, Nov. 22, from 4 to 7
p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 23,
from 10 a.m. to noon at the
questions asked. Unused prescription drugs are subject to
misuse and abuse. In addition,
flushing them down the toilet
or throwing them in the trash
both pose potential safety and
health hazards. Drug Take
Back offers a safe way to dispose of the drugs. For more
information, contact Officer
Dan Komenda at 432-6111.
Marion Gerrish Community
Center. Holiday shopping is EXP1024
Friday, Dec. 13, from 9 a.m. to
Taylor Story Hour
noon and 4 to 7 p.m., and
Story Hour registration for
Saturday, Dec. 14, from 9 a.m.
to noon. Donate food at Marion Taylor Library takes place at
Gerrish in November, toys 10 a.m. Oct. 23, by phone at
432-7186 or in person. The
starting Dec. 1. EXP117
library offers story hours for
Scouting for Food
ages 6 months to 5 years. Tiny
The Boy Scouts of Tots, for 6 months to 2 years
America will conduct its annu- old, takes place Mondays and
al food drive on the first two Fridays at 10 a.m., and Story
Saturdays in November to ben- Hour with crafts for ages 2-5 is
efit local food pantries and set for Wednesdays at 10 a.m.
soup kitchens. On Saturday, and 1 p.m. For further inforNov. 2, Scouts and their lead- mation about registration, call
ers, as well as the Girl Scouts, the library at the above numwill deliver Scouting for Food ber. EXP1024.
door hangers throughout Derry.
Technology Thursdays
On Saturday, Nov. 9, the
The Derry Public Library
Scouts will return to collect the
offers
classes and drop-in times
donated non-perishable food
for
computer
help. An ongoing
items left outside, and bring
series
of
Technology
Thursthem to the Central Fire
days
is
offered,
ranging
from
Station, where the food will be
basic
computer
classes,
to
help
sorted and packed by Scouts,
with
writing
a
resume,
to
a
and picked up that day by the
out
various
to
try
chance
local food pantries and
devices. There are also drop-in
kitchens. EXP117
times where library staff can
Veterans’ Breakfast
provide individual instruction.
Birch Heights Independent The library provides the comLiving Community, 7 Kendall puters, or patrons can bring in a
Pond Road, honors veterans device. Scheduled are: “Device
through a “Veterans Ap- Petting Zoo: Try an iPad,
preciation Breakfast” on Kindle, and Nook” Oct. 24 from
Saturday, Nov. 9, from 8 to 9 6:30 to 8 p.m. For details, call
a.m. at Birch Heights. The free the Derry Public Library at 432breakfast buffet includes 6140. EXP1024
scrambled eggs, bacon, homeTrick or Treat
made muffins, juice, and cofDerry’s Town-Wide Trickfee. To RSVP, veterans can call
Or-Treat
will be held Thursday,
425-7755. EXP117
Oct. 31, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Drug Take Back
EXP1031
The Derry Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
will take back unwanted prescription drugs on Saturday,
Oct. 26, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at the Derry Police parking lot
on Municipal Drive. The service is free and anonymous, no
Trunk or Treat
On Thursday, Oct. 31, from
6 to 8 p.m., Trinity Assembly
of God, 53 North Main St.,
hosts its annual Trunk or Treat
Festival, a family-oriented environment in which children
and their families can attend in
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costume, play games, go on a
hay ride, make and eat s’mores
at the fire pit, eat hotdogs, win
prizes for costumes, and at the
end of the evening, go from
trunk to trunk for candy.
Everything is free. Families
from town may attend with a
decorated trunk with candy, but
must register their car. For
more information, contact the
church at 434-0408. EXP1031
Senior Activities
The nonprofit Marion
Gerrish Community Center
hosts free activities for seniors
that include bridge (Mondays
and Fridays from 1 to 3 p.m.);
Uno (Wednesdays from 9:30 to
11:30 a.m.); Bingo (Thursdays
from 1 to 3 p.m. with the Derry
Parks & Recreation Department); Cribbage (Fridays from
9 to 11 a.m.); and Forty Fives
(Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m.). For
more information, call 4348866. EXP1024
Downtown Trick-or-Treat
Derry Recreation’s annual
Downtown Trick-or-Treat is
Saturday, Oct. 26. Participating
businesses along West and East
Broadway, Crystal Avenue, and
Hood Commons are identified
by a large orange jack-olantern poster in their window.
Veterans Hall, 31 West
Broadway, opens at 11 a.m.,
with a costume parade and contest at 11:30 a.m. Trick-or-treat
on Broadway is noon to 1 p.m.,
on Crystal is 1 to 2 p.m. and at
Hood Commons is 2 to 3 p.m.
Get trick-or-treat bags now at
the Recreation Office in
Veterans Hall or the Derry
Public Library, or the day of
the event. For details, call 4326136. EXP1024
Recreation Office at 31 West
Broadway. Tickets are limited.
This event is open to any person aged 50 years or older. For
more information, call 4326136 or visit: www.derrynh.org/. EXP1024
Trip Information
Following the Senior
Spooktacular (see entry this
page), Derry Parks and Recreation holds an information
session about upcoming trips.
This takes place Thursday, Oct.
31, at 2:30 p.m. at AlexanderCarr Park. Trips to be discussed include the Canyon
Country Tour, the Italia
Classica Trip, and the Northern
National Parks Trip. A representative from the Recreation
Department as well as from
Collette Tours will be available
to answer questions. Registration forms will be available. Preregistration for this
event is requested but not
required at 432-6136. EXP1031
Free Meals
The Community Meals
Network offers free meals to
everyone at the following
Derry locations: Oct. 25,
spaghetti supper, 5 to 6:30
p.m., First Parish Church; and
Oct. 27, lunch, noon to 1 p.m.,
Seventh Day Adventist Church.
EXP1031
Energy Savings
The Derry Energy and
Environmental Advisory Committee presents a free seminar
titled “Energy Savings for the
Home” on Oct. 26 from 10 am
to noon at the Derry Public
Library, 64 East Broadway.
The seminar includes simple
things to do to save energy and
Senior Citizen Spooktacular money this winter by reducing
heat loss due to air infiltration,
Derry Parks and Rec- inefficient windows, and poor
reation hosts a free Senior attic insulation. EXP1024
Citizen Spooktacular HalloSenior Dinner
ween Luncheon at AlexanderCarr Park on Thursday, Oct.
The Halcyon Club in Derry
31. The Department will pro- will hold its annual senior citivide treats and a ghoulish zen dinner on Sunday, Nov. 10.
atmosphere. Each participant is Doors will open at 11 a.m. and
asked to bring a dish to share. dinner will be served at 1 p.m.
While not required, costumes until the food is gone.
are encouraged. For a free tickChildren’s Halloween Party
et to the event, stop by the
The Veterans of Foreign
Wars of Derry on Railroad
Avenue will hold its annual
Children’s Halloween Party on
Saturday, Oct. 26, at 1 p.m., in
conjunction with the Downtown Trick-or-Treat events (see
or email us at:
entry this page). More [email protected]
tion is available at 432-9702.
CALL
537-2760
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Beaver Lake Volunteers Take Part in Annual Fall Clean-Up
PENNY WILLIAMS
NUTFIELD NEWS
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The Beaver Lake Improvement Association (BLIA)
saw eight veteran volunteers
ready to do their part in keeping the lake as pollution free
as possible last weekend.
They grabbed blue bags
Saturday morning for the
fall clean-up of the lake, and
armed with pointed sticks to
facilitate picking up trash,
headed out. The volunteers
spread out around the lake,
sometimes in teams of two,
sometimes individually, and
circle the lake along Coles
Grove Road, Beaver Lake
Avenue, North Shore Road and if there are sufficient
numbers - Route 102.
Volunteers commit to covering a specific portion of the
lake roadways.
By late afternoon Saturday, the lake roads were
dotted with blue trash bags
filled to bursting with items
the volunteers picked up.
In the fall and the spring,
BLIA volunteers gather at
the Pond Road Bridge and
fan out to pick up roadside
and lakeside trash. The more
trash the volunteers can pick
up and dispose of properly,
the less that gets into the
lake and adds pollution.
The Beaver Lake Improvement Association is a
non-profit organization of
volunteers made up mainly of
residents who live on or near
the lake. Members are committed to improving the condition of the lake and its sur-
roundings. They distribute
educational materials on
what lakeshore and near the
lake residents can do to mitigate the negative impact from
run-off and pollution from
yard fertilizers and roads, and
the association has partnered
with Go Green Derry, The
Stream Team, Pinkerton
Academy and the state to
work on watershed run–off
and other pollution issues.
For more information,
visit: http://www.beaverlake.org/news/.
Beaver Lake Improvement Association volunteers who conducted the fall Beaver Lake clean-up paused for a group photo
before heading out on Saturday morning, Oct. 19. Pictured
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Crime Briefs ––––––––––––
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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Teen Charged
with Assault
A Derry woman was
arrested this week and
charged with two counts of
simple assault after a domestic dispute with a parent.
Gianna D’Allesandro,
18, of 11B Richardson Drive
was arrested Oct. 15 after an
argument at her home, Derry
Police Capt. Vern Thomas
said. Thomas said, “At some
point during the argument
between parent and child,
Ms. D’Allesandro’s siblings
attempted to intercede to
calm things down. She
allegedly threatened to
punch two of them, and it is
alleged that at one point, she
pushed one of them into a
wall.”
D’Allesandro was taken
to the Rockingham County
House of Correction with
bail set at $3,000 cash. She
was arraigned Oct. 17.
Domestic Dispute Leads
to Charge
A Derry man was arrested Oct. 16 and charged with
simple assault after a
domestic dispute.
David Sheridan, 55, of
107 Franklin St. Ext. #10,
was arrested after police
were called to his residence
about 7:10 p.m., according
to Derry Police Capt. Vern
Thomas.
“It was reported that
there was an unwanted subject in the home,” Thomas
said. “A woman alleges that
her boyfriend, Mr. Sheridan,
punched her four times in
the back in the kitchen during an argument. We spoke
to him, and at the conclusion
of the investigation he was
arrested.”
Sheridan was taken to
the Rockingham County
House of Correction. Bail
was set at $3,000 cash, with
a court date of Nov. 21.
Teen Arrested in
Family Dispute
A Derry man was arrested Oct. 16 and charged with
criminal mischief/vandalism
after an incident at his home.
Derek M. Zeiba, 17, was
arrested after an argument
with his mother, according
Thomas. “At some point in
the argument, Mr. Zeiba
went to the garage, picked
up a golf club and held it
against the car window,
threatening to break it,”
Thomas said. “At some
point, he did break it.”
Zeiba was released on a
summons, with a court date
of Nov. 7.
Label Switch Leads to
Arrest
A Derry man was arrested on a warrant this past
week after an incident Sept.
3.
Cyrus L. Hafford, 23, of
504 Chase’s Grove Road #1,
was observed by store security at about 5:24 p.m. Sept.
3, according to Derry Police
Capt. Vern Thomas.
“He was observed picking up a $1 item from a bin
at the front of the store and
doing something to it,”
Arson at Park
Thomas said. “He was also
observed going to the toy
section and picking up a
‘Leapster’ child’s electronic
toy, priced at $60, and taking
it to the register, where it
was scanned as a $1 item.”
Hafford allegedly left the
store, came back in and
returned the Leapster for
$60, Thomas said.
“It is believed he
switched the UPC labels on
the $1 item and the $60
item,” Thomas said.
Bail was set at $2,000
personal recognizance, with
a court date of Nov. 7.
Woman Faces Child
Endangerment Charge
A Derry woman was
arrested this week on a warrant for charges stemming
from an incident Sept. 6.
Julie Riley, 29, of 87B
Scobie Pond Road was
charged with endangering
the welfare of a child.
According to Derry Police
Capt. Vern Thomas, Riley
called the police on Sept. 6
at about 3:36 p.m. to report
her child missing. “She
alleged that the child was in
its crib and Ms. Riley took a
nap,” Thomas said. “When
she woke, the child was
gone.”
Derry Police, Londonderry Police and a canine
unit searched the area and
interviewed family members, Thomas said. It was
later learned that another
family member had come to
the home and taken the
child. “Upon further investigation,” Thomas said, “it
was determined that Ms.
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Derry Police are looking
for suspects in an arson case
at Don Ball Park. According
Thomas, police were called
to the park off Humphrey
Road at 9:32 p.m. Friday on a
report that a children’s slide
was on fire in the playground
area. Thomas said that when
police arrived, the slide was
still smoldering. The fire was
extinguished by the Derry
Fire Department. Police
reviewed video from the park
surveillance cameras and
found that the fire was started
intentionally by at least one
person about 8:30 p.m. That
person and two others left in
a vehicle. Thomas said police
are working on enhancing the
security video to see if they
can identify a suspect.
Anyone with information is
asked to call the Derry Police
Department at 432-6111.
Photo by Chris Paul
Jean M. Anderson, 48, of
5B Susan Drive was arrested
on charges stemming from
an incident Aug. 29.
According to Derry Police
Capt. Vern Thomas, “Ms.
Anderson was in a dispute
with a 17-year-old juvenile.
The juvenile alleges that Ms.
Anderson picked up a knife
from the kitchen table,
Criminal Threatening
pointed at the juvenile and
Charged
A Derry woman was screamed for the juvenile to
arrested this week on a warrant and charged with criminal threatening and obstructing the report of a crime or
injury.
Riley was impaired by alcohol and passed out, and that
the family member took the
child to ensure the child’s
safety.”
Bail for Riley was set at
$1,500 personal recognizance, with a court date of
Nov. 7.
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get out of the house.” The
juvenile alleges that Anderson held the knife 4 inches from their throat, and further alleges that when the
juvenile tried to call for help,
Anderson grabbed the
phone, threw it and smashed
it.
Anderson’s bail was set
at $10,000 personal recognizance, with a court date of
Nov. 21.
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