Derry School Board Gets `Board of the Year` Honor Fire Union Reps

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April 23, 2015 • Volume 11 - Issue 17
Serving the Derry Area
Fire Union Reps Explain
Staffing Needs, Overtime
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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Representatives of the
Derry Firefighters’ Union,
Local said this week that
they are not trying to be
alarmist in their communication with the public, but
are instead striving to present hard facts on what
potential budget cuts could
mean to residents’ safety.
Ron Sebastian and Greg
Laro, president and vicepresident of the local chapter, said this week that a $2
cut in the tax rate, proposed
earlier this year, would
impact services.
But it stops there, Sebastian said. “We’re not telling
people, ‘If you support this
cut people’s houses will
burn, people’s babies will
die.’ We are not in the business of instilling fear,” he
said.
The fact sheet distributed at a recent budget meeting is just that, Laro said:
facts. “These are the numbers we report to the National Fire Incident Report System,” he said.
Various budget scenarios
have suggested that personnel will have to be cut to
achieve the $2 reduction
(closing one fire station and
eliminating nine jobs) or an
earlier $2.50 reduction
(closing one station plus
eliminating 22 jobs).
The latest iteration of a
budget and the one that was
scheduled to be discussed
Tuesday, April 21, after the
Nutfield News went to
press, was a $1 reduction off
the tax rate. Town Administrator Galen Stearns has said
this will not result in the closure of a station and that the
only positions cut will be
vacant positions that will be
left unfilled through attrition.
But Sebastian and Laro
warned that cuts to personnel could affect services in a
number of ways.
For one thing, Laro said,
for 57 percent of the times
when a resident calls 9-1-1
to request fire or ambulance
service, the department is
already handling at least one
continued on page 19
New Transfer Station on
Target for Early 2016 Opening
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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Derry’s new transfer station, expected to be open to
the public in early 2016,
should be both an environmental and economic benefit to the community.
Michael Fowler, Director of Public Works, gave an
update on the project at the
April 15 Planning Board
meeting.
Fowler gave a brief history of the project, noting
that the current complex was
“antiquated” and needed an
update. The Town Council
of 2012 authorized bonding
for $3 million to update the
facility. Transfer Station
Director Joanie Cornetta,
Fowler and other staff members researched their options, made field trips and
came up with a plan for
Derry.
“We determined,” Fowler said, “that the best bang
for our buck would be a new
facility 300 feet west of the
old one.”
Currently, Fowler said,
the department practices
“co-mingling,” which means
that people come in and
drop all their recyclables in
one spot. “In the new facility they will be separate,” he
explained.
Fowler said one of the
main goals, when they
pitched the new facility to
the Council, was the idea of
being able to separate the
materials.
Co-mingling brings no
revenue, he explained, while
separating out the items
allows for resale at a profit.
“This will give us more
flexibility,” Fowler said.
The 20,000-square-foot
building will have a west
side devoted to customer
drop-off, an east side devoted to operations and the
loading docks, and a south
side with an office area. The
pre-constructed steel building will be red, to match the
Department of Public Works
buildings in the complex,
and the roof will have a 1/12
pitch, with the sheet flow
going east to a detention
pond.
The new facility will
have more parking spaces
and a better layout, Fowler
said, noting that sometimes
on Saturdays it can get
“uncomfortable.” The new
arrangement will have 38
head-on parking spaces and
the traffic flow will circle
Show and Tell
Derry Village Elementary School first grader
Kiera Sweeny sat in the front row during her mom and dad’s presentation last week
to her class to teach the children about snakes and how important they are to the
ecosystem. See more photos on page 2.
Photo by Chris Paul
Derry School Board Gets
‘Board of the Year’ Honor
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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They see the results of
their labor every day, in the
multiple classrooms and
activities in Derry’s seven
public schools. Now they’ve
been recognized by their
peers.
The Derry School Board
has been named School
Board of the Year by the New
Hampshire School Boards
Association (NHSBA). Rep-
resentatives of the NHSBA
came to the April 14 meeting to present the award and
to talk about what Derry is
doing well.
Ted Comstock, executive
director of the NHSBA, said
the board will receive the
Excellence in Education or
Ed-ie award.
Comstock sketched the
process behind the award.
“We solicit nominations in
January and February,” he
said. “These can be from
principals, superintendents,
community members. There
is an application process. We
review the applicants carefully - it’s highly competitive.” The Executive Committee then names the final
honoree, he said.
Criteria for the award
include things the board has
done to serve and be a “role
model” for other boards,
Comstock said, noting, “We
want to showcase all your
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Nutfield News • April 23, 2015
Spring Brings Heightened Danger of Brush Fires
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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Derry Fire Chief Michael
Gagnon warned this past
week about the danger of
brush fires, which will be
strong until more trees “green
up” and leaf out.
Gagnon said the danger is
acute when there are fewer
leaves on the trees, as there is
nothing to keep the sun from the
potential “fuel” of dried branches, old leaves and other material
on the ground. And there are
more of those than usual due to
an unusually long, cold and
windy winter, he added.
Gagnon said the prevalence of brush fires can be
traced to two sources: careless disposal of smoking
materials, most generally
from a moving car, and unextinguished campfires.
“The surface fuels are
drier and the fires spread
more quickly,” he said. “It
has been a difficult winter
and a lot of branches are
down and drying out.”
Gagnon urged residents to
fully extinguish their controlled
brush fires or campfires.
In addition, he said, it
helps to keep dried combustible materials away from
the home.
Residents may check for
the day’s fire safety rating at
their local fire station or on
the electronic sign at the
Central Fire Station in Derry.
According to the New
Hampshire Division of
Forests and Lands, the following classifications exist:
• Class 1, Low. Fires are
not likely, it may be raining.
• Class 2, Moderate. Fires
are possible in light fuels,
day after a rain.
• Class 3, High. Fires in
open areas and sunny slopes
may spread rapidly.
• Class 4, Very High.
Fires start easily from all
causes; fires spread and
increase in intensity rapidly;
spot fires occur; fire will burn
deep, except in the spring.
• Class 5, Extreme. Fires
will spread very rapidly with
severe spotting; difficult to
extinguish, mop-up requires
a great deal of effort.
People who don’t practice fire safety are also in
danger of being fined. According to a brochure from
the Division of Forests and
Lands, it is illegal to:
• Burn brush or other
materials when the ground is
not covered by snow without
a written fire permit from
the Forest Fire Warden.
• Kindle certain categories of fires between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. except when raining. When raining, a fire permit is still required. Those
wanting to start a fire should
check with their local Forest
Fire Warden to determine
allowable burning times.
• Kindle a fire for any
purpose on land of another
without written permission
of the owner or owner’s
agent and a written permit
from the Forest Fire Warden
of the town, except in
authorized recreational areas
where suitable fireplaces are
approved by the Forest Fire
Warden
• Fail to totally extinguish
any fire before leaving it.
• Discard matches, cigarettes or other burning substances from vehicles or otherwise.
• Throw any flammable
waste material on, near, or
adjacent to a public highway
or private way in or near
woodlands.
• Fail to report a forest or
brush fire or fail to respond
to a Forest Fire Warden’s
call for assistance.
Gagnon’s words proved
prophetic, as the Derry Fire
Department responded to a
brush fire one day after his
phone interview. The fire was
called in at 11:08 a.m. Thursday, April 16, and the crews
responded, heading out to 67
Bypass 28. According to a
press release by Battalion
Chief Michael Doyle, the
companies arrived to find a
brush fire under the power
lines and extending rapidly
toward a single-family home.
A small outbuilding housing communication equipment was fully involved and
a primary power line had
fallen across the roadway,
Doyle wrote. The size of the
fire was approximately a
quarter acre, and Bypass 28
was briefly closed.
The cause of the fire is
still under investigation, but
is thought to have been started by the downed power line.
At the time of the fire
two ambulances and a fire
engine were already com-
mitted to requests for emergency services. Four fire
engines, two forestry units,
two tankers and a command
vehicle responded, including mutual aid from Londonderry and Hooksett. The
fire was brought under control at 11:57 a.m.
Station coverage was
provided by Chester, Hudson, Salem and Plaistow.
In his press release, Doyle
again asked residents to be
careful in disposing of smoking materials and to follow
outdoor fire permit requirements and regulations.
Snakes at Derry Village
Local snake owners Michele and Kevin Sweeney
brought a dozen snakes to their daughter’s Derry Village
School classroom last week to show students how valuable
they are to the environment. Sweeney displays a boa contractor at left and a leucistic ball python at right.
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Pinkerton Head of Guidance Named Counselor of Year
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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When Jan Deleault was
growing up in a family of 11
children, she often played
“school” with her younger
siblings. She parlayed that
youthful passion into a
career of caring for other
people’s children, and this
month was named Counselor of the Year by the New
Hampshire Association of
School Counselors.
Deleault, head of the
Guidance Department at
Pinkerton Academy, will be
formally honored at the
Excellence in Education
awards ceremony June 6.
“I am still in a state of
shock,” Deleault said last
week.
She’s even more shocked
because while the Ed-ie
Awards used to honor one
elementary, one middle
school and one high school
counselor, this year they designated only one across all
three levels of public education.
She was nominated by
Headmaster Griffin Morse in
December and she remembers writing back to him,
“Thank you. I’m humbled.”
The process included an
application with five essay
questions, which took her a
month to complete. “The
questions had to be backed
up with evidence,” she said.
But despite all the work,
it was a time of reflection for
Deleault. “It helped me
reflect on all we do here,”
she said, adding, “I couldn’t
do it without the staff.” She
supervises five administrative assistants and 16 counselors.
Deleault was born in
Manchester and graduated
from the former Immaculata
High School, now part of
Trinity. She attended Mount
St. Mary College in Hooksett, graduating as a Spanish
teacher. She taught for three
years at Memorial High
School in Manchester before
coming to Pinkerton in 1979.
“It’s been 32 years,” she
marveled.
Crime Brief ––––
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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Family Argument
Leads to Arrest
A Derry man was arrested April 13 and charged with
assault after an argument
with his father at their home.
James Kendall, 40, of 1L
Morningside Drive was
arrested after police were
called to his home for a
reported domestic dispute.
Derry Police Capt. Vern
Thomas said, “It is alleged
that the son pushed his father
down the basement stairs.”
Thomas said it is further
alleged that the elder Kendall
landed on his back and hit
his head on a concrete floor,
after which it is alleged that
his son continued to repeatedly punch him in the head.
Kendall was released on
$2,000 personal recognizance bail, with a court date
of April 23.
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She was drawn to guidance by her students. “Some
of them were bright, and I
was curious as to why they
were failing,” Deleault recalled. “I would seek them
out and ask, ‘What’s going
on?’”
She learned about other
issues in students’ lives.
Some were trying to keep
food on the table, a roof over
their heads, or their parents
together. “The last thing on
their minds,” Deleault said,
“was doing well in school.”
She knew they needed more
than learning how to conjugate verbs.
She studied for a Master’s in School Counseling
from the former Notre Dame
College while working and
raising her children, she said,
receiving the degree in 1990.
She moved over to the guidance department of Pinkerton and became department
head in 2006.
The world has changed
since she made the shift from
Spanish to guidance,
Deleault said. The chief shift
has been in how the world
and the economic needs have
changed.
“When I first started in
guidance, the word was ‘college, college, college,’” she
said. And that meant a fouryear college. With four-year
college becoming more
expensive, the focus has
shifted to other forms of education.
“We need to know about
two-year colleges, certificate
programs, career schools,
military options,” she said.
“While four-year is still the
best choice for some kids
and professions, it’s not the
only choice.”
She added, “Some of our
students come to us and they
say, ‘I can’t go to school yet.
I have to work.’ We give
them tools, resources.”
She and her staff present
a variety of events throughout the year in conjunction
with New Hampshire Higher
Education. There are funding seminars, Federal Financial Aid seminars, “how to
help your junior,” “how to
help your senior.”
But some students with
potential still slip away, and
that frustrates Deleault.
“There’s a population I can’t
reach,” she said. “They have
no computer access, or they
work two jobs.”
Today’s students have an
array of needs, Deleault said.
Families are facing economic hardships, with some
teens homeless, but she can’t
help because “They don’t
reach out and tell us.”
The number of students
who are “using” drugs and
alcohol has also increased,
Deleault said, and the school
has contracted with Brian
Piccolo of the Center for
Life Management as its substance abuse counselor. Piccolo is on campus three days
Jan Deleault, head of Guidance for Pinkerton
Academy, has been named Counselor of the Year by
the New Hampshire Association of School Counselors.
Photo by Kathleen D. Bailey
a week, and is helping
Pinkerton address the issues
as a body.
“We are planning something in the fall for the parents and community,” Deleault said.
With these issues, the job
of the counselor, now known
as “school counselor,” is
more complex. One of her
counselors was called in at
6:30 a.m. because an English
teacher read an essay in
which a student indicated
they might harm themselves.
So the counselor assigned to
that student had to switch
gears. “It was the first crisis
of the day,” Deleault said,
and took precedence over
meeting with juniors about
college choices or any other
planned activity.
“They are the front-line
advocates,” she said of her
staff.
Deleault will be honored
Saturday, June 6, at the Excellence in Education celebration. She will be accompanied
by her husband, Bob, and
children Nathan, Nicholas
and Andrea, she said.
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Letters
Editorial
A Habit Worth Developing
With the calendar and the weather
aligning at last, piles of snow have
become just an unpleasant memory.
But what they left behind are piles of
trash that have been buried through the
winter, as well as the latest beer cans and
fast food wrappers tossed out the windows of passing vehicles - glaring visual reminders of just how lazy our fellow
citizens can be.
One good thing about the snow – it
masked most of that mess. Now it’s out
there in all its ugliness.
April is the month for town cleanups, and we encourage our readers to
participate. There’s plenty of trash to go
around – whether it lines the border
between the street and your yard, or it’s
down the road a bit. The weekend
weather has been inviting, a good time
to spruce up your street and bring back
“curb appeal.”
What we see along our roads paints a
picture that is far from pretty. It’s disheartening to realize how many people
are throwing trash and garbage from
their cars as they drive by. It’s scary
when we realize that included in the
unsightliness – not so infrequently – are
syringes. And even sadder is the realization that much of what’s tossed could
easily have been recycled.
We can instill in every family member the reminder that trash does not get
thrown out the window. Keep a litter bag
in the car, and empty it into your garbage
or recycling when you get home. You
wouldn’t take your garbage and dump it
over the fence onto the next-door neighbor’s property, so why would you throw
it onto the road that you pay taxes to
maintain?
Londonderry has Roadside Pride and
Beautify Londonderry campaigns. Other
towns have specific spring clean-up
days. Check with your town hall for
details.
Wherever we live, we should expect
our streets and lawns to be clean, not
repositories for someone else’s garbage.
And we should do our part to make sure
they stay that way.
Whether you decide to join a formal,
town-organized clean-up or you take it
upon yourself to keep a portion of the
road where you live or the land where
you walk free of litter - or you do both we urge everyone who’s physically able
to make a commitment to keep their town
looking its best throughout the year.
Taking care of the place we call
home is not something we can do just
one day a year. It’s a habit well worth
developing.
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Thanks Knights of
Columbus
To the editor:
Even though a few
weeks have passed, I want to
express my thanks and congratulations to the Knights
of Columbus #3023 for the
great “Fish Fry” at St.
Thomas Church.
This event was a tremendous community support for
Derry, N.H. The food was
great; many waiting in line
with us commented that it
was a return visit to the
“Fish Fry” for this 2015
event. The members of K of
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one to enjoy this event and
they do take-out too, all at a
very reasonable price.
Once again, thanks to the
Knights of Columbus 3023
and St. Thomas Church for
this event that projects the
spirit of wellness and caring
in our Derry, N.H. community.
The citizens who were
perceptive enough to attend
this once-a-year event, not
only went for nourishment but
for a great feeling of humanity, as it should be always.
Thanks so much.
Janis Del Pozzo
Derry
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Town Auctions 20 Properties
More than 200 people
attended a tax-acquired
property auction April 11 at
the Derry Municipal Center,
and all 20 properties up for
auction were sold.
The auction included
single family homes, parcels
of land, condominiums,
mobile homes and commercial property.
St. Jean Auctioneers
conducted the auction, and
more than 100 people registered and took an active role
in the bidding, according to
Derry Chief Financial Officer Susan Hickey. All properties were sold within 70
minutes.
The auction returned
over $1 million of assessed
value to the Town’s tax rolls,
and approximately $565,000
in unpaid taxes - some dating to 2006 - interest, costs
and penalties will be paid to
the Town.
Proceeds from individual sales that exceed the balance due the Town will be
paid to the previous property
owner.
Derry plans to hold its
next auction this coming
fall, Hickey said.
Planning Board OKs Removing
Special Exception on Covenants
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
Serving Londonderry
C and helpers were wonderful and supportive of the
clientele who where perceptive enough to attend the
event, not only to eat but to
be nourished in a great feeling of humanity, as it should
be.
The feeling through the
whole event was inspiring in
a time when Derry, N.H.
faces so many changes.
The time and caring put
into this “Fish Fry” by the K
of C 3023 with the support
of St. Thomas Church
proves that the goodness and
caring in our town is alive
and well. I encourage every-
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The Planning Board has
unanimously approved the
removal of a condition for a
special exception for a home
business from three sections
of the Zoning Ordinance.
The condition is one of
10 listed for a special exception to the Medium High
Density Residential, Medium High Density Residential II and Medium Density
Residential districts.
Code Enforcement Officer Bob Mackey spoke to
the condition, which says
that the proposed usage
must not be contrary to any
deeds or covenants. Mackey
pointed out that this is in
conflict with New Hampshire RSA 356-B:5.
Mackey said the Zoning
Board of Adjustment had
sought a legal opinion and
the opinion was, “We shouldn’t be involved in any previous deeds or covenants.” It is
a private matter between the
parties, Mackey said.
He pointed out that some
developments are 30 years
old and it’s often tough to
know if previous covenants
are still in effect.
Mackey said the matter
had gone before a previous
Town Council and was
tabled. Recently he and
Zoning Board Chair Lynn
Perkins went before the current Council and found them
friendly to the notion of
removing the condition.
There are three sections
in the Zoning Ordinance
where the criteria are listed,
Mackey said.
A public hearing on the
change brought no comments and was closed.
“It seems fairly straightforward,” board member
Jim MacEachern said.
Mark Osborne, the Council’s representative to the
board, emphasized that the
Council that had tabled the
matter was a previous one.
“When it was brought to our
attention, we were happy to
deal with it,” he said.
The Planning Board
approved the change 7-0. It
will now go on to the Council for final approval.
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Second Hearing Planned on Downtown Zoning Amendments
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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The Planning Board will
hold a second public hearing
on proposed amendments to
the requirements for the
Central Business and Traditional Business Overlay
zones, after reviewing the
changes and making more at
its April 15 meeting.
The board reviewed
adding definitions to the permitted uses in the district,
which comprises Derry’s
downtown area, and amend-
ed other definitions. It also
amended the permitted uses,
density requirements, building height, parking and
buffer zones.
Planning Director George
Sioras said the revisions
were the work of a subcommittee that met several
times. The town’s attorney,
Brenda Keith, reviewed the
changes and made some
suggestions.
Code Enforcement Officer Bob Mackey spoke to
Keith’s suggestions, which
concerned the number of
parking spaces allowed for
multifamily housing. The
current ordinance calls for
1.25 spaces per bedroom.
With condominiums, that
calculation did not leave
enough spaces for visitors,
Mackey said.
The draft of the revisions
at first called for 2.5 spaces
per unit of multifamily
housing, but, Mackey said,
with that calculation they
could end up having fewer
spaces.
He suggested 1.5 or 1.75
spaces per bedroom.
Member Jim MacEachern said, “I’m not a fan of a
lot of extra parking spaces,
but I’m okay with 1.5.”
MacEachern recommended changing the parking calculations to 1.5 spaces per
bedroom, with a minimum of
two spaces per dwelling unit.
Keith also expressed
concern about the definition
of “office” in the ordinance.
She distinguished between
“general office” and “professional office,” and suggested the word “general”
be removed from “general
office.”
“It’s the difference between a ‘trade’ office and a
doctor’s office,” MacEachern
said, to which member
Michael Fairbanks responded,
“But we have a separate definition for ‘doctor’s office.’”
“It could mean a lawyer,” alternate member Marc
Flattes said.
“Removing ‘general’
should take care of it,” ViceChair John O’Connor said.
The board also discussed
creating parking spaces for
compact cars. MacEachern
advised against it, saying
this would create a hassle.
“Don’t force it,” Fairbanks agreed, while Chairman David Granese said,
“The site itself would determine whether they were
needed.”
The board agreed to have
anyone wanting space for
compact cars go through a
waiver process.
The board voted 7-0 to
approve the changes.
The second public hearing will be held in the May 6
meeting.
E-mails Show Robert Jean’s Interest in Board Appointment
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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Board alternate tried twice
to be reappointed to the
board, according to a series
of e-mails.
The Nutfield News submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to the
Derry administrative office
requesting copies of all emails regarding appointments to the Planning Board
after Robert Jean was denied
reappointment to the board
in the April 7 Town Council
meeting, as previously
reported by this newspaper.
Assistant Town Administrator Larry Budreau provided copies of the e-mails
between the candidates for
the boards, Planning Board
Chair David Granese, Executive Secretary Sheila Bodenrader, Planning Assistant
Elizabeth Robidoux and
Town Clerk Denise Neale.
In the FOIA request, the
Nutfield News learned that
Jean made his first attempt
to be nominated for the full-
time position being vacated
by Ann Alongi with a letter
of interest dated Feb. 3.
Alongi resigned Feb. 12 due
to a move to California. Fellow alternate Lori Davison
was appointed to Alongi’s
open slot, and Jean reapplied
for the alternate position
being vacated by Davison on
March 25.
Bodenrader responded to
Jean’s second request by
writing to Granese on March
25. Bodenrader acknowledged that Davison’s move
to the full-time slot left an
alternate opening, and she
told Granese that she would
put Jean’s nomination on the
Council agenda for April 7.
Robidoux wrote to Jean
and told him that his not
being appointed was an
oversight, and that an alternate position was still open.
She said she would send an
e-mail to Bodenrader and
Neale stating that Jean was
interested in Davison’s open
seat.
But in the April 7 Town
Council meeting, when
Jean’s name was put for-
ward, four Councilors voted
against him: Mark Osborne,
David Fischer, Al Dimmock
and Chairman Tom Cardon.
Jean wrote to Planning
Director George Sioras and
Robidoux, “Last night’s
Council meeting was interesting. I am very disappointed. I enjoyed being part of
the board.” He asked if he
should return some Planning
Board materials he had been
given in anticipation of his
reappointment.
Jean was appointed as an
alternate in January 2015
and served for three months.
He is a 15-year resident
of Derry, holds an associate’s degree in Business
Administration and a bachelor’s in Economics and
Finance, and is enrolled in a
Master’s program with a
concentration in Corporate
Finance at Southern New
Hampshire University.
Asked for copies of emails between Councilors,
Budreau said he was not
aware of any e-mails discussing this matter.
Faith Drive Fire on April 14 Determined Accidental
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
No people or pets were
harmed in a structure fire
Tuesday, April 14.
Derry Fire Battalion
Chief David Hoffman wrote
in a press release that the
Derry Fire Department was
called to 3 Faith Drive at
7:08 p.m. after multiple
E911 calls reporting a structure fire. Engines 1, 2, 3 and
Car 1 were dispatched.
Car 1 found on arrival a
two-story wood-frame home
with smoke showing from
the rear. Engine 1 personnel
searched and found the
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At the time of the fire,
Hampstead Road Engine 4
and Central Station Medic 1
were committed to other
calls.
The cause of the fire was
determined to be accidental
and Hoffman reminded citizens to use care when disposing of hot ashes.
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Kindergarten, Early Education Enrollment Climbs
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
While overall enrollment
is down in the Derry public
schools, the littlest scholars
apparently didn’t get that
memo.
At the April 14 School
Board meeting Superintendent Laura Nelson gave an
update on kindergarten
enrollment. While some
classes have a low enrollment, others are up to or
near the maximum number
recommended under the
recently-approved Class
Size policy. Also, she said,
the DEEP – Derry Early
Education Program – offering has seen an influx of students and may see more.
The Class Size Policy
reads: “The Derry Cooperative School Board recognizes that class size has an
impact on student learning
and achievement based upon
research and data provided
by the District’s administration. Therefore, the Derry
Cooperative School Board
will strive for average class
sizes not to exceed: Kindergarten, 18; Grades 1-2, 20;
Grade 3, 22; Grades 4-8, 25.
If average class sizes exceed
these goals educational consideration will be given to
regrouping, employment of
a paraprofessional, or employment of an additional
teacher. Consideration shall
also be given to state regulations, safety standards, facilities, and fiscal impact.”
The current kindergarten
class sizes are as follows:
• Derry Village, morning, 18, afternoon, 15, fullday, 18 with a wait list of 8;
• Barka, two morning
sessions, one with five stu-
dents, one with four; two
afternoon sessions, each with
four students; two full-day,
one with 13, one with 12;
• East Derry, two fullday with 16 each, one morning session, 17, and one
afternoon session, 11;
• Grinnell, one morning
session, 18, one afternoon
session, 4, one full-day, 15;
and
• South Range, one
morning session, 12, one
afternoon session, 13, one
full-day, 13.
“This will affect how we
staff the schools,” Nelson
said. “If the numbers look
like they are now, we may
need to talk about combining one of the half-day programs, and use one of the
teachers to teach a class at
Derry Village.
In the current working
budget, the numbers at
Derry Village were low, Nelson explained, and the board
and administration reduced
the full-day kindergartens to
one. They added a section of
full-day to East Derry
because the wait list had 10
to 11 students.
When DEEP opened in
September it had an enrollment of 110, and by April 1
its enrollment was 134, Nelson said, noting, “We have
had 24 students come in.”
Board member Brenda
Willis reminded the board
and audience that DEEP
enrollment is a “rolling
enrollment” and children
can enter the program any
time during the year as soon
as they turn 3.
Nelson will give a fuller
explanation of the projected
class sizes in the May 12
meeting.
Londonderry Business Gets OK to Relocate in Derry
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
A Londonderry family
will be able to relocate their
business to a Derry house
after a hearing with the
Planning Board on April 15.
Theodore and Pamela
Nusbaum, owners of Nusbaum Electric, appeared
before the board to ask for a
change of use for a house at
105 Franklin St. from residential to commercial.
Planning Director George
Sioras said the Nusbaums
were requesting a “site plan
determination,”
which
allows the board not to
require a full site plan before
granting the approval.
Sioras said the property
is located in the General
Commercial zone and that
electrical contracting is a
permitted use.
The property is Parcel ID
35007 and has a history of
commercial use, at one time
housing Derry Paving, Sioras said.
Ted Nusbaum said the
employees include his wife
and daughter in the office,
himself and four service representatives who drive vans.
“There are no deliveries
here,” he said.
The service reps arrive
between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m.
and are done by 5 p.m., Nusbaum said. “There is no
noise. We feel we will blend
in well,” he said.
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board took its turn to question Nusbaum.
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Nusbaum said the vans
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that he also had a 30-foot
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Nusbaum said that her brother, who works for them,
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husband had hopes of living
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was always to have a place
we could live in and run a
business from,” she said.
The plans will include
moving an existing shed so
that the Dumpster could
more easily be reached, the
Nusbaums said.
O’Connor asked if it was
a requirement that the
Dumpster be fenced in, and
Sioras said the applicants
could either screen it or
landscape it.
Member Jim MacEachern spoke in favor of the
application, noting that
“This is a good use of the
property and will not impact
the neighbors.”
The board worked off a
drawing by Pamela Nusbaum of the proposed layout.
Town Engineer Mark
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that the Nusbaums hire a surveyor or engineer for a more
accurate and detailed drawing of their proposal. “It will
be ‘cleaner,’” he said.
Conditions for approval
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Radar Posts to Go in on North Shore Road, Speed Unchanged
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
The Derry Highway
Safety Committee will erect
posts for the Police Department to hang radar equipment on, but will not change
the speed limit on North
Shore Road.
The Committee was
responding to the request of
more than a dozen residents
of North Shore and its feeder roads who expressed concern about safety in the area.
While the committee acknowledged residents’ concerns, a traffic study by
Operations Director Alan
Cote revealed that the
majority of drivers were
going the speed limit or
below.
The group, represented
by resident Robyn Tolman,
first requested a hearing
with the board in a letter
dated Feb. 14, in which Tolman wrote about an “existing lack of safe passage” for
those using the road, particularly bikers and walkers.
Tolman listed the following
concerns:
• Near misses, when
speeding vehicles come
within inches of a person
walking, jogging, getting the
mail or waiting for the
school bus;
• Property damage,
including downed mailboxes, marred trees and
smashed structures;
• Aggressive driver
behavior, including tailgating, blowing horns, giving
the “finger,” swearing and
speeding; and
• Speeding associated
with and leading to motor
vehicle collisions.
The group formed a
yahoo group, [email protected], and
Tolman presented a PowerPoint at the March meeting.
Tolman and others mentioned narrow roads, blind
driveways, poor sight distance and danger to Pinkerton Academy track teams.
One resident said his mailbox was knocked down so
often he put in a portable one.
Cote had done a traffic
study this past November
and after the March 19 ses-
sion with the residents, he
did a speed limit study. In
the April 16 meeting he
reported back and advised
against lowering the speed
limit.
Cote said he used a program developed by the Federal Highway Administration to guide the recommendation of speed limits and using that program,
determined that after putting
in all the data, the recommended speed limit for that
area was 35 miles per hour.
The current speed limit is 30
mph.
According to Cote, the
program takes into account
85th percentile speed, 50th
percentile speed, statutory
speed limit, average daily
traffic counts, roadway
alignment, number of lanes,
number of driveways and
roadway intersections, onstreet parking and pedestrian
and bicycle usage.
Cote said according to
the study, the 85th percentile
was 40 mph and the 50th
percentile was 28.9 mph.
“This does not support
reducing the speed limit
below 30,” he said.
Member Donald Burgess
observed that in a nowdefunct television show,
people were asked to guess
the speed of a passing vehicle. “At least 75 percent
were wrong,” he said. “They
thought it was going faster.”
Cote contributed, “We at
the Highway Department
get a lot of complaints about
our trucks driving too fast.”
He did agree to have the
Highway Department set
posts along North Shore
Road, so the Police Department will be able to hang
radar speed signs. The radar
signs also collect data, Cote
said.
Police Chief Edward
Garone said he had stationed
an officer in the area and
there were no summonses,
only a couple of warnings
issued.
The committee agreed to
have a letter written to Tolman explaining the reasoning behind the denial and the
plan to erect posts and use
radar.
Witnesses Aid in Apprehending Driver in Hit-and-Run
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
A Derry man was injured
in a hit-and-run accident
Tuesday, April 14, on Interstate 95 southbound near
Seabrook.
Thomas Winward, 59, of
Derry was driving a 2011
Hyundai Santa Fe southbound on I-95. Mark
Boisvert, 35, of Wells, Maine
was also driving southbound
in a 1999 Jeep Cherokee.
Boisvert was driving at a
high rate of speed, according
to a State Police press
release, and struck the rear of
Winward’s vehicle, causing
Winward to lose control.
Winward’s Santa Fe spun
in a clockwise direction,
striking a guardrail on the left
side of the roadway. The
vehicle came to a stop in the
high speed breakdown lane
and sustained extensive damage to the front and rear.
Boisvert is alleged to
have stopped his vehicle in
the right breakdown lane. An
independent witness pulled
over behind Boisvert’s vehicle. This witness then observed Boisvert leave the
scene and continue traveling
southbound on I-95. The witness followed the vehicle as
it took exit #60 and then
stopped at a Mobil gas station in Salisbury, Mass.
The witness informed
the New Hampshire State
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Massachusetts law enforcement agencies. However,
Boisvert left the area.
A short time later the
New Hampshire State Police
were notified that Boisvert
was now at a local auto body
repair shop in Salisbury,
Mass., after his vehicle overheated due to a loss of engine
coolant and extensive front
end damage. At the point
when his vehicle started to
become disabled, he stopped
at the auto body repair shop
and notified the police of his
location.
The Salisbury Department and New Hampshire
Troopers responded to
Boisvert’s location. Boisvert’s vehicle was observed
in the front parking lot with
extensive front end damage
and leaking engine coolant.
Boisvert provided a verbal
and written explanation of
the circumstances surrounding the collision and his decision to leave the area. However, his account was not
consistent with independent
witness statements and evidence at the scene. Troopers
were also able to locate the
front license plate of
Boisvert’s vehicle at the
scene, as it dislodged in the
collision.
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Winward was transported
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and head injuries. Boisvert
was not injured.
The high-speed lane of
Interstate 95 was closed for
approximately 45 minutes
while Troopers investigated
this collision.
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Seabrook Fire Department,
Massachusetts State Police
and New Hampshire Department of Transportation.
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Pinkerton Team Advances to Granite State Challenge Semi-Finals
In last week’s Granite
State Challenge match,
reigning champion Pinkerton Academy defeated
Nashua High School South
by a score of 355 to 275.
The lead bounced between
the two teams in the first
half, but Pinkerton racked
up points to hold the lead
throughout the second half.
The Pinkerton Astros
were represented by captain
Rebekah Terry, Joe Ronca,
Jake Hudgins, and Sara Tridenti, and were coached by
Peter Crowell and Pam Griswold.
Pinkerton now advances
to the semi-finals of Granite
State Challenge.
The quiz contest began
the season with 16 high
school teams battling toward
the SuperChallenge title.
And for a third year, there
will be a Granite State vs.
Bay State “Governor’s Cup”
match between the winners
of the Granite State SuperChallenge and the WGBH
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East Derry Students Learn About ‘Needs’ and ‘Wants’
PENNY WILLIAMS
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
Valerie Castonguay of the
New Hampshire Higher Education Assistance Foundation’s Center for College
Planning spent a recent morning with East Derry Memorial Elementary School second
graders to help them understand the difference between
“needs” and “wants.”
Her presentation was
made in conjunction with
Jump Start New Hampshire.
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good work.”
The designation carries
some responsibility, he said,
as the Board of the Year is
invited to the Delegates’
Assembly the following January to present a workshop.
Donald Austin, first
vice-president of NHSBA,
said the School Administrative Unit (SAU) 10 board
has “demonstrated unparalleled leadership.” In particular, he said, the board has
kept its policies up to date;
She led the students
through an exercise to identify whether an item she
named represented a need or
a want, and ran through a list
that included music, cell
phone, gum, candy, toothbrush, seat belts, helmets,
video games, books, vegetables and fruits.
For the most part the students didn’t have difficulty
separating needs from wants,
although some struggled
with items such as books,
which they said could be in
both categories. Castonguay
pointed out that a person
doesn’t have to own a book
because it can be borrowed
from a library.
Castonguay also took the
students through the concepts of spending, saving
and sharing. The motivation
for making choices, she
said, was to ensure living a
healthy and safe life. The
youngsters understood the
concepts largely through
familial experiences but
Castonguay gave them rea-
maintains a comprehensive
curriculum and technology
program; and instituted a
public charter school to
meet the needs of nontraditional students.
The men presented Chairman Dan McKenna with a
plaque noting the designation.
In his acceptance speech,
McKenna acknowledged
that “Last year was one of
the more ‘exciting’ years.
“Every board at some
point makes a decision that’s
controversial,” he continued.
In Derry’s case, that was the
vote last summer to relocate
make.” Willis said the
the Next Charter School.
“There was a lot of feed- board’s main focus is always
back regarding that decision the children.
Jennifer Lague, a board
and we listened,” McKenna
said, adding that the public
input resulted in a Next
study committee and the
ongoing Facilities Committee to study long-term needs.
“We try to listen to
everyone in Derry,” McKenna said.
McKenna concluded, “I
am proud of how the board
handled those decisions.”
Member Brenda Willis
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recognized for the work we
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would receive pencils to
share with a class that did
not have a Jump Start presentation. The children overwhelmingly voted to save
and earned the bear, but Castonguay gave them pencils
for their classroom as well.
The children also each
received a Moonjar moneybox to take home and put
what they learned into practice.
Moonjar moneyboxes
were created as a tool for
children and families to
incorporate financial values
and practices into their daily
lives. Each one consists of
three moneyboxes, one each
for spending, saving, and
sharing. In addition, each
youngster received a family
guide to get started and a
passbook to record deposits
and withdrawals.
The “I Can Save” initiative is designed to encourage
elementary school children
to begin a savings habit that
can be continued throughout
their lives.
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member until this past
March, was also in the audi- the Derry board and other
ence and was acknowl- Ed-ie winners will be held
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School Guidance Counselors Focus on Tolerance
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
Guidance Counselor Kelly
Herr, who also facilitates the
Girls Running Club at Grinnell Elementary School,
taught a lesson on models
and how they were Photoshopped to look good in ads.
One little girl “took it to
heart,” Herr said, and talked
about it through most of a
running practice.
“She was saying things
like, ‘Models must have
poor self-esteem. I would
never let anyone change my
picture.’ She was really fired
up,” Herr said.
Herr and Kristin Woodworth, Guidance Counselor
Team Leaders for School
Administrative Unit (SAU)
10, appeared before the
Derry School Board at its
April 14 meeting to discuss
how they teach tolerance to
children who live in an
increasingly complex world.
Their goal is to help children
accept both themselves and
others, and their tool kit
includes books, crayons and
a grinning stuffed frog.
The two educators were
the focus of Grinnell Principal Mary Hill’s annual presentation to the board. But in
choosing tolerance as her
presentation, Hill acknowledged a district-wide issue
and what’s being done about
it.
Woodworth is the counselor for South Range Elementary School, Herr for
Grinnell. They act as the
administration’s “conduit”
to the elementary and middle-school counselors and
share information and professional development.
Herr said the concept of
tolerance is taught in many
ways. Sometimes it’s a formal classroom presentation.
She and Woodworth handed
out a dozen colorful picture
books, which circulated
among the board as the
women gave their presentation.
The books are age-levelappropriate, the counselors
said, and teach the theme in
different ways.
The counselors said they
also work in small groups,
have individual conversations with students and use
props such as Woodworth’s
“Kelso,” a stuffed frog.
Kelso is a guest when she
talks to first- and secondgraders, and she has developed a Kelso logo and a wall
where “Kelso Star Citizen
Traits” are displayed. The
Star Citizens are also recognized on the morning
announcements, Woodworth
said.
At Grinnell, Herr has
“Gecko Goals” in honor of
the school’s mascot. “We
have the goal that everybody
is treated with kindness and
respect,” she said. She works
closely with Assistant Principal Caroline Sindoni to
effect these goals.
Woodworth does an
exercise where she draws a
cloud and grass on a poster
board or flip chart. She has a
box of crayons nearby and
invites children to come up
and add to the picture. But
the crayons in the box are all
the same color, she added.
After the children have
drawn a few items she asks,
“How could we make this
better?”
Children will say, “A
blue flower” or “a red
apple,” and that opens the
door for a conversation
about differences. “You
think of yourself as one of
the colors,” she explained.
For Martin Luther King
Day she brings in boiled
eggs, one white and one
brown, she said. “And I ask
them, ‘What’s the difference?’”
All their efforts are in
line with the standards of the
American School Counselors Association (ASCA),
Woodworth said.
Herr said, “We spend a
lot of time thinking, ‘Where
do I go with this?’ We try to
create a culture in the classroom.”
Board member Michelle
McKinnon asked if students
“carry” these concepts from
year to year and Herr said
they did. “They talk about
what we learned last year,”
she said.
Each counselor does
similar lessons, though they
vary according to school and
mascot, Woodworth said.
The lessons themselves are
fluid, as long as they follow
the ASCA goals. “Some
classes are more tolerant
than others,” she said.
“Some are less. If you’re
working with a small group,
you can tailor the material.”
It is working, Superintendent Laura Nelson said,
with the number of recorded
bullying incidents on the
decline. “These programs
are why we’re seeing the
decline,” she said.
“If they develop problem-solving skills, we will
eventually eliminate these
episodes,” she said.
It’s proactive education,
Woodworth said, adding,
“We don’t just tell them,
‘Stop bullying.’” The skills
they learn are skills for life,
she said.
Board member Ken
Linehan asked how much
time the counselors spend in
the classroom. Woodworth
said they give formal lessons
once a month.
But they’ll also spot a
situation in the hallway or
cafeteria and “have a conversation,” Herr said.
It’s about relationships,
Hill said, noting, “We make
it unacceptable to treat
someone that way. And they
develop relationships with
adults. They’re upset because they disappointed
you.”
The school “culture” is
good for kids, Board Chair
Dan McKenna said. He
recently met a woman who
had just moved away from
Derry. Without knowing he
was on the School Board,
she told him her daughter
“missed Derry. The interaction between her daughter
and other kids wasn’t as
good.”
The counselors contacted their counterparts at the
two middle schools and
brought back a list of tolerance and anti-bullying initiatives, including “Courage
To Care, “ “Citizenship” and
“Don’t Judge a Book By Its
Cover.”
Their goal is to create a
safe place for everyone and
that is gradually happening,
Herr said. She recalled doing an exercise called,
“Simon Says, What Makes
You Special?” She told children to raise their hands if
they “had two homes,” if they
“spoke another language,”
and other distinguishing
characteristics. When she
said, “Raise your hand if you
celebrate Hanukkah,” one
little boy’s hand went up.
“His classmates said,
‘No, you don’t’ and he said,
‘Yes, I do.’ He had never told
them before,” Herr said.
Fourth- and fifth-grade
students will be bused to
Pinkerton Academy on April
23 to view a play by Plymouth State University’s
TIGER (Theatre Integrating
Guidance, Education and
Responsibility) troupe. The
program, “I’ve Got Your
Back!” focuses on standing
up to bullying by raising
awareness and empowerment. The program is funded by the Derry Bullying
Committee
Prevention
through a grant.
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Derry Public Library Presents Author Festival May 2
“Nancy Drew.” She is the
author of the Monument 14
trilogy, which has received
critical praise from the New
York Times Book Review,
Editor’s Choice and has
been nominated by readers
to the YALSA Teens Top
Ten in 2013 and 2014.
The authors will cover a
variety of topics, from the
“ins and outs of getting published” to research techniques, Robinson said.
Panels and workshops
will feature middle grade
authors Erin E. Moulton and
Erin Dionne, Young Adult
authors Lori Goldstein, A.C.
Gaughen, Camille DeAngelis and Erin Bowman, and
picture book authors David
Elliott and Eric Pinder,
Town Historian Rick
Holmes will be on a panel of
nonfiction writers. Storyteller Simon Brooks will tell
Celtic tales and storyteller
Cora Ciampi will tell folk
tales.
Though most of the
authors focus on children
and teens, the workshops
will be centered on the writing craft, not the particulars
of those age groups, Robinson said. She recommends
the workshops for ages 12
and older, although if there
are younger writers who are
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
The Derry Public Library will present its first
Author Festival on Saturday,
May 2.
The library is hosting
authors and storytellers all
day in “Sharing Our Stories,” a celebration of the
written and spoken word.
Youth Librarian Erin
Robinson said the idea came
from Library Director Cara
Barlow by way of the Board
of Trustees. “The trustees
wanted something ‘big,’ and
Cara floated the idea of a
celebration of stories and
books,” Robinson said.
Robinson, a published
children’s author who runs
the annual Midwinter
Authors’ Day for teen
patrons, started calling other
authors. Some she knew,
some she didn’t, but she
ended up with 13 authors as
presenters. “We polled the
patrons on what they like to
read,” she said.
The keynote speaker will
be Emmy Laybourne, a novelist, screenwriter and actress. She has performed
original routines on Comedy
Central, MTV and VH1 and
acted in the movies “Superstar,” “The In-Laws” and
Author David Hyde Costello is shown with his 6-foot
giraffe puppet. Costello will be one of the presenters in
the “Sharing Our Stories” Author Festival May 2 at Derry
Courtesy photo
Public Library.
serious about their craft,
they are welcome to sit and
listen.
Laybourne will speak on
“The Premise and the
Promise,” how to pace a
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story. “That should apply to
any writer,” Robinson said.
She will also speak on “The
Shape of Your Story,” and
will be on a Young Adult
Mentor panel along with
other writers.
Popular children’s book
author and illustrator David
Hyde Costello, with the help
of a 6-foot-tall cardboard
giraffe, will be teaching kids
all about community.
Water Street Books of
Exeter will be on site for
book sales.
Robinson said while registration is not required, it is
“helpful” and can be done
through the Web site at
www.derry.lib.nh.us.
As it’s the first such
event, she has no idea how
many to expect. “I would
love it if we had a couple of
hundred,” she said.
The day kicks off with a
Mega Young Adult Writing
Panel with Emmy Laybourne, Erin Bowman, Lori
Goldstein, A.C. Gaughen
and Camille DeAngelis, for
ages 12 to adult, followed
by:
• 10:55 to 11:35 a.m., “I
Can Help!” with David
Hyde Costello. Up to age
12;
• 11:45 a.m. to 12:30
p.m., “The Premise and the
Promise” with Emmy Laybourne, ages 12 to adult;
• 12:40 to 1:25 p.m.,
“The Little Things: How
Small Details Enhance Nonfiction” with Rick Holmes,
ages 12 to adult;
• 1:35 to 2:20 p.m., “Path
to Publication: Publishing
Panel” with Erin Dionne,
David Elliott, Eric Pinder
and Erin Moulton, ages 12
to adult;
• 2:30 to 3:15 p.m., “The
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Shape of Your Story” with
Emmy Laybourne, ages 12
to adult;
• 3:15 to 4 p.m., “Reading and Signing” with
Emmy Laybourne, ages 12
to adult.
Authors will be available
for book signings after their
programs in the Children’s
Room on the following
schedule:
• 10:55 a.m., Erin Bowman, A.C. Gaughen, Lori
Goldstein, Camille DeAngelis;
• 11:45 a.m., David
Hyde Costello;
• 1:35 p.m., Rick
Holmes;
• 2:30 p.m., Eric Pinder,
Erin Dionne, David Elliott
and Erin Moulton; and
• 3:40 p.m., Emmy Laybourne.
In addition, the following programs will be held
upstairs in the Fireplace
area:
• Noon to 12:45 p.m.,
Celtic Stories with Simon
Brooks, all ages, CD sales
and signing to follow;
• 1 to 1:45 p.m., Folk
Tales with Cora Jo Ciampi,
all ages, meet and greet to
follow.
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in the Café area of the adult
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Defending D-I Astro Lady Lax Champs Aim For More
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
Coach Rob Daziel’s
Pinkerton Academy girls’
lacrosse team is the twotime defending Division I
champion, having beaten the
tough Souhegan High Lady
Sabers from Amherst by
small margins in the D-I title
matches each of the last two
springs.
Daziel and his charges
know that a three-peat will
be anything but easy this
spring. But after its first official match of the new season, the academy bunch
looks to be on the right
track.
The Lady Astros suffered significant losses to
graduation after their great
2014 campaign, but University of Delaware-bound
star senior midfielder and
tri-captain Maggie McCarthy is back this season after
netting 62 goals during the
title campaign last spring.
And she looks to be a focal
point of the PA offense.
Other returning starters
include senior attacks Amanda Szostak and Micaela
Capozzo, senior defender
Kristen Sobolewski, and
junior middie Ali Davis.
Capozzo - who is committed to attending Gannon
University in Erie, Pa. - is
also a captain along with
Szostak. Capozzo potted 15
goals last season.
Other returning letterwinners with varsity experience are seniors Colby
Millsaps (attack), Melanie
George (defense), and Morgan Hazelton (defense); jun-
iors Kyra Goucher (goalie),
Nola Wesche (attack), and
Ariel Vaillancourt (middie),
and sophomores Danielle
Thompkins (attack), Avery
Drouin (middie), and Emily
Sharretts (defense).
The defending champs’
list of newcomers includes
seniors Jacqueline Tarsook
(goalie), Kelsey Flannery
(attack), and Morgan Donahue (attack), sophomore
Megan Jarvis (middie), and
freshmen Carly Young (defense) and Britney Johnson
(middie).
“With only five returning
starters, it’s important for us
to develop as a team early in
the season,” said Daziel.
“We have different strengths
this year that we need to
develop and capitalize on
throughout the season.”
And when looking at
what Division I is shaping
up like this spring, Daziel
stated, “With the addition of
Bedford and Bishop Guertin
to D-I, that will make the
division more competitive.
Londonderry, Exeter, and
Souhegan will be tough
teams, and I expect Concord
will be stronger this year as
well.”
After having their season-opening match against
Merrimack postponed from
Monday, April 13, to Thursday, April 16, the Astros
were more than ready to get
rolling.
But first the team traveled just over the New
Hampshire border to take on
the North Andover (Mass.)
High School squad Wednesday, April 15. The result
in that official season-open-
er was an 11-7 loss to the
Bay State bunch.
The hosts led 7-3 at halftime, and both sides scored
four goals during the second
half.
Pinkerton received a
four-point effort from Capozzo (two goals, two
assists), two tallies from
Dani Tompkins, and single
markers from Davis, McCarthy, and Szostak.
But the Lady Astros got
their 2015 Division I campaign started in style against
Merrimack back in Derry
the next day, handing the
visiting Lady Tomahawks a
13-7 throttling.
The hosts hammered
their way out to a 6-0 lead
and were up by a 10-2 tally
at halftime. They were
outscored by their guests by
a 5-3 margin in the second
half, but a full-fledged
Merrimack comeback wasn’t in the offing.
McCarthy potted four
goals for the victors, Drouin
contributed three goals and
one assist, Wesche was good
for two goals and a helper,
Millsaps handed out three
assists, Capozzo scored
twice, and Szostak and
Davis each managed a goal
and a helper.
Kyra Goucher made five
saves in the PA net in the
first half and Jackie Tarsook
stopped three blasts in the
second half.
And the Pinkerton crew
had no trouble vanquishing
the visiting Nashua South
Lady Purple Panthers in
Derry the next afternoon,
pounding that opponent by a
19-1 tally.
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The defending D-I champion PA girls’
lacrosse team’s defense has been
stingy thus far this season.
The hosts potted 10 of
the 11 goals scored in the
first half, and then bagged
nine unanswered markers in
the second half.
Davis led the Pinkerton
charge by scoring four goals
and assisting on two others,
McCarthy was good for five
points on four goals and one
assist, Tompkins scored
three times, Szostak tallied
twice and assisted twice,
Millsaps scored once and
snared three assists, Capozzo and Wesche were both
good for a goal and two
helpers, and Megan Jarvis,
Vaillancourt, and Morgan
Prolific senior star Maggie McCarthy has
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Donahue each scored once.
And veteran McCarthy
led her Lady Astros to their
third win in four games in
rainy conditions at Bedford
High School on Monday,
April 20, tallying 11 points
in a 15-6 throttling of the
host Lady Bulldogs.
Pinkerton led 7-4 at halftime and then outscored its
host by an 8-2 margin in the
second half to bag the win.
McCarthy scored seven
goals and assisted on four
others, and Davis was good
for two goals and three
helpers. Drouin contributed
two goals and two assists,
Szostak notched two goals
and one helper, Tompkins
tallied twice, and Capozzo
netted one goal. Goalie
Goucher turned aside four
Bedford shots in making her
contribution to the effort .
“Maggie (McCarthy)
had two goals in the first
half, then scored the first
two of the second half, and
then assisted on the next two
goals by Davis and Drouin,”
said Daziel. “Dani Tompkins scored, and then
Maggie scored the next
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PA Baseball Finds Peaks and Valleys at Season’s Start
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
After making it to the
Division I championship
game at the end of the 2014
season, coach Steve Campo
and his Pinkerton Academy
baseball squad began the
2015 campaign with some
distinct ups and downs.
Campo’s crew kicked
things off with a pummeling
of Merrimack but then suffered consecutive losses to
Nashua South and Londonderry to slip to 1-2 after
three contests.
The Astros had every
reason to feel ecstatic about
their season-opening 8-0
hammering of the host
Pinkerton’s Matt Tritto rifles a pitch toward the plate Merrimack High Tomahduring the Astros’ slim to Londonderry Saturday. The awks at New England Delta
two teams play again on Saturday. Photo by Chris Paul Dental Stadium in Manch-
ester Wednesday, April 15.
Pitchers John Polichetti
and Matt Tritto combined on
a one-hitter, with starter
Polichetti going six innings
with 10 strikeouts and four
walks.
He was supported by an
offense that produced one
run in the second inning, one
more in the fifth, four in the
sixth, and another pair in the
seventh.
Ben Curry laced three of
the Astros’ 11 hits - including a double - and drove in
half of his team’s runs.
Polichetti helped his own
cause with two hits and a
walk in four trips to the dish,
and Tom Diskin also
smacked two safeties.
But Campo’s contingent
was then handed a reminder
of what it’s like to be on the
losing end of a blowout
when it dropped an 8-2 decision to the Nashua South
Purple Panthers in Derry last
Friday, April 17.
Then last Saturday, it
was time for the belated rematch of the 2014 Division I
championship game between the Londonderry High
Lancers and the Astros,
which was initially supposed to be the season-opening contest for both squads
the previous Monday.
The host Lancers hopped
out to a 2-0 lead in the latter
half of the first frame and
bagged an insurance run in
the bottom of the fifth in
claiming the 3-0 shutout
win.
Veteran righty pitcher
Mike Ryan put forth superb
work for LHS, going the dis-
tance in a three-hit performance. He walked two Astros
and struck out eight of them.
Londonderry finished
with six hits, and Polichetti,
Tucker Obrey, and Kyle
Albertelli accounted for the
three Pinkerton safeties.
Tritto did solid pitching
work for his side in going
the distance with two earned
runs, three strikeouts, and
four walks.
The Astro squad will
have a chance to even the
score with their rivals from
Londonderry on Saturday,
April 25, at 2:30 p.m. when
they host the second meeting with the Lancers.
Pinkerton will travel to
Hudson on Monday, April
27, to play the now 2-0
Alvirne High School Broncos.
Astro Boy Tracksters Trying to Remain on Top of D-I
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
After winning the Division I championship for
departing coach Wally Roberts during the spring of
2012, the Pinkerton Academy boys’ outdoor track
and field squad fell back into
the pack in 2013 before
returning to the top of the DI mountain with a title for
coach Carol Quarles last
spring.
So the PA coach and her
charges can tell you that the
only thing tougher than
becoming a champion is
remaining a champion. And
staying on top is precisely
what the Astros will try to do
again this spring.
Many of the outdoor
squad’s athletes won a title
for indoor coach Ian French
several months ago, so they
have already tasted success
during the present school
year, and they’d love to do
so again.
“Our keys to a successful
season are hard work, consistency, and determination
to push to a different level.
And support and teamwork
are also important,” said
Quarles.
A massive crew of battle-tested event standouts
keeps the Astro guys plenty
dangerous, and that return-
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Isaiah Backels, Owen Clark,
Erik Goulet, Ryan Lynch,
Nate Rees, Matt Robinson,
and Austin Smith, and juniors Tom Hanlon, Nick Sevilla, Noah Davis, T.J. Urbanik, and Sam Lanternier.
Other veteran returnees
include seniors Nick White,
Devin Conway, and Nick
Pietrocarlo, junior Tyler
Albano, and sophomores
Tommy Wood and Nico
Buccieri.
The defending champs’
promising newcomers include senior Josh Johnston,
juniors Colin Coutts and Jeff
Reddy, and freshmen Jadyn
Ruimwijk and Kaycee
Scheibert.
After having many of its
junior varsity-level competitors take part in a meet at
Souhegan High in Amherst
recently, the Astros dove
head-first into D-I varsity
action at home against the
Salem High Blue Devils
Tuesday, April 14. The
Astros trounced that visitor
by a 96.5-19.5 tally.
The hosts swept the 100meter dash (Buccieri the
winner), the 200 dash
(Ruimwijk won), and the
400 as well (Ryan Lynch).
T.J. Urbanik couldn’t be
bested in either the 110 high
hurdles or the long jump,
Austin Smith won the 1600meter run, Evan Rodgers
was tops in the 300 intermediate hurdles, and the academy crew also won both the
4x100 and 4x400 relays.
In the field events, the
hosts collected victories in
the high jump (Backels), the
pole vault (Colin Coutts),
the shot put (Ryan Cox), and
the discus as well (Joey
Lydick).
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Pinkerton’s Boy Spikers are Both Youthful and Hopeful
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
After posting a 14-5
record and making it to the
2014 state tournament semifinals before falling to the
title-bound Salem High
Blue Devils, the Pinkerton
Academy boys’ volleyball
squad lost a bunch of talent
to graduation.
So coach Colin Walker’s
Astros entered the 2015
campaign with less than a
handful of varsity veterans,
some talented newcomers,
and high hopes that they
could give divisional powers
like Salem and Timberlane
of Plaistow challenges when
they meet up.
The PA team’s few
returning starters include
senior middle-hitter Connor
Holland and senior outsidehitter Chris Komisarik.
Senior middle-hitter Jake
Newman and sophomore
libero Cobi Moore also have
varsity experience, but that’s
it on returnees from the
strong 2014 crew.
The promising newbies
include juniors Brad Dubisz
(setter), Hayden Pavao (defensive specialist), Shamus
Doherty (outside-hitter), and
Matt Erb (opposite).
“We are a young, inexperienced team, but we are
not without talent,” said
Walker. “Our goal is to
transform a group of athletes
into volleyball players and
to improve throughout the
season and be ready to compete for a championship by
season’s end.”
The Astros got the new
season officially started at
home against the Hollis/
Brookline Cavaliers in
Derry Tuesday, April 14, but
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helped his Astro contingent
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vault.
the final result wasn’t too
pleasing for the hosts. The
Cavs took home a 3-1 match
victory that day.
Pinkerton bagged a lopsided 25-13 win in game
one, but Hollis/Brookline
rebounded to win games two
through four by tallies of 2522, 25-15, and 25-16.
Dubisz snared 14 assists
for PA, Erb collected six
blocks, and Newman got
four kills in the match.
But the team bounced
back the next day in Keene,
blanking the host Blackbirds
by a 3-0 match count with
game wins of 25-16, 25-16,
and 25-15.
“The Keene win was a
nice response to a disappointing loss the previous
night to Hollis/Brookline,”
said Walker. “The team is
starting to come together,
but it will take some time.”
Dubisz collected 20
assists, Holland snagged
three blocks, seven kills, and
eight service points, Moore
bagged 16 digs, and
Newman contributed four
kills and 10 service points.
The Astros then took on
the biggest challenge that
their division has to offer
this spring in the form of a
home match against the
Timberlane Regional Owls
in Derry last Friday.
“Salem is the team to
beat, with 10 straight titles,
and it’s tough to say anything else. But I think
Timberlane is the most talented team in our division.
They only lost one starter to
graduation, and I expect
them to get past Salem this
season,” said Walker.
In his team’s home
match against the Owls,
Walker saw his squad fall in
three games by scores of 2523, 25-18, and 25-19 to slip
to 1-2 on the young season.
“The team played well
tonight,” Walker said. “We
still have a ways to go, but it
is evident that we are heading in the right direction. I
would not be surprised to
see Timberlane competing
for the division championship, and our inexperi-
Battle-tested Pinkerton veteran middle-hitter Jake
Newman hammers down a spike during the Astros’
Photo by Chris Paul
recent match with Timberlane.
enced Astros hung with
them but did not have the
experience needed to get
past them.”
Dubisz was good for 16
assists, Moore claimed 16
digs, Pavao notched 12 digs,
Holland tallied seven service
points and four kills,
Newman snared five kills
and two blocks, and Doherty
bagged five kills.
Lady Tracksters Slam Salem, 94-18
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
The Salem High Lady
Blue Devils were no match
for the Pinkerton Academy
girls’ outdoor track and field
squad at its own facility in
Derry Tuesday, April 14.
The Lady Astros flirted
with a 100-point day in
pummeling the Salem squad
by a 94-18 score, and they
bagged 14 first places.
Multiple event wins were
turned in by Kayla Watson in
the shot put (30 feet, 1/2
inch) and the discus (99’),
Nicole Alves in the 100meter dash (13.02 seconds)
and the 200 dash (27.26),
and Morgan Sansing in the
400 (1 minute, 6.88 seconds)
and the 800 (2:30.27).
Other victories came
from Meghan Santo in the
pole vault (7’6”), Hannah
Rogers in the triple jump
(32’3 3/4”), Brianna Warnick in the high jump (4’6”),
Maria Virga in the 100 hur-
dles (4’6”), Maison D’Amelio in the 1600 (5:42.31),
and Nora Robichaud in the
300 hurdles (54.77).
The locals also won the
4x100 relay (51.90) and the
4x400 (4:42.08).
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After a Sluggish Start, PA Softball Squad Starts Rolling
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
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The Pinkerton Academy
softball squad’s seasonopening, 2-0 loss to Londonderry was a frustrating
start. But the team’s offense
kicked into gear for new
coach Kristen Abbott in its
next two games and produced 25 runs and two wins.
The Lady Astros got
their new mentor her first
varsity victory in a 13-11
decision over Merrimack on
the road Wednesday, April
15. And the locals then collected an even more convincing, 12-5 win over the
Nashua High South Lady
Purple Panthers in the Gate
City two days later to move
Pinkerton softball pitcher Ashley Walalis and her team- their 2015 record up to 2-1.
In the besting of Merrimates rebounded well from a season-opening loss
Photo by Chris Paul mack, Pinkerton pounded its
with several victories recently.
way out to an 8-1 lead during the first two innings but
then saw its advantage trimmed down to 8-7 when the
Lady Tomahawks scored six
times in the latter half of the
third.
The Lady Astros got
their lead back up to 12-7 by
putting up a four spot in the
top of the fourth, and they
made it a 13-7 game by plating one more marker in the
top of the fifth.
Merrimack kept battling
and scored three times in the
bottom of the fifth and once
more in the bottom of the
sixth, but their comeback
effort fell just a bit short.
Pinkerton bashed out a
total of 20 hits, with Caitlin
Hogan and Lauren Phillips
each smacking four, Abby
Amato lacing three, and Jess
Nardozza, Lizzie Hayward,
and Kaylie DeCosmo each
tallying two. Kelsey Weston
contributed three runs batted
in, and Phillips drove in two
and smashed a home run.
“Our bats finally came
alive,” said Abbott. “Everything connected and today
we were able to take advantage of opportunities and get
runners in scoring position
in. Carrie St. Peter and
Lizzie Hayward stayed
strong on the mound and our
defense supported them.”
Then in Nashua two
days later, the locals nabbed
a 1-0 lead in the top of the
third, only to see South
score four times in the latter
half of that frame to bag a 41 advantage.
Pinkerton got one of
those markers back in the
top of the fourth, but the
Lady Panthers did the same
in the bottom of the frame to
make it a 5-2 contest.
However, the PA offense
then went boom and scored
three runs in the fifth, five
more in the sixth, and another pair in the seventh to win
going away.
The Astros smacked out
17 hits, with Hogan and
McKenzie Anderson each
producing three and Nicole
Gonya, Phillips, Nardozza,
and Ashley Walalis each collecting two. Phillips, Walalis, and Anderson also drove
in two runs apiece.
Anderson smacked an
inside-the-park home run,
and Walalis bagged the
pitching victory by coming
in in relief and quieting the
South offense.
Astro Laxmen Slam Salem But Get Bested by Bedford
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
boys’ lacrosse team rolled
into this week contemplating the 2-1 record it compiled during its first three
matches of the 2015 campaign, including a slamming
of Salem and a loss to
Bedford late last week.
Longtime PA coach
Brian O’Reilly saw his
Astros hand the host Salem
High Blue Devils a hum-
bling, 19-2 defeat Thursday,
April 16, netting the first 13
goals and keeping the Salem
side off the scoreboard until
the third quarter.
Pinkerton led 3-0 after
one period and 13-0 at halftime, and Salem netted both
of its tallies during quarter
number three. The Astros
were up 17-2 going into the
final stanza.
The victorious locals had
Todd Billetter (four goals,
two assists) and Mason
Barchard (one goal, five
assists) each tally six points,
while James Tulley (two
goals, three assists) and
Chris Valentine (five goals)
were both good for five
points, and Brett Dattilo
claimed three goals and one
assist for four points.
Other PA contributors
included Jack Hanaway
(two goals), John Durant
(one goal), Colin Philippon
(one goal), Sam Ward, Connor Delea, Josh McCormack, and Nick Richard
(one assist apiece).
Defensively, the Astros
received four saves from
Richard, two from Alex
Sturgess, and one from Matt
Wolenski.
But the academy contingent had things turn out far
differently last Saturday,
April 18, when it lost a 15-7
decision to the tough Bedford High Bulldogs in Derry.
The visitors sprinted out
to a 7-0 lead and kept their
hosts from scoring until a little more than five minutes
remained in the second peri-
od. And the Bedford advantage sat at 8-2 at halftime.
The Astros got to within
five goals at 9-4 during quarter number three, but they’d
get no closer.
The win made the
Bulldogs 3-0 on the young
season, while Pinkerton
moved to 2-1.
The Astros are scheduled
to travel to Manchester
Central on Thursday, April
23, to take on the Little
Green. They’ll then host the
Londonderry Lancers on
Saturday afternoon, April
25. And on Monday, April
27, Dover High will come to
Pinkerton’s home field.
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Astro Boy Racketeers Best Both Central and Dover Squads
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
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boys’ tennis team bounced
its 2015 record up to 3-1 last
week with victories over
both the Manchester Central
Little Green and the Dover
High Green Wave.
Coach Brian Hashem’s
academy guys edged the
Central crew by a 5-4 tally in
Derry Wednesday, April 15,
with the doubles tandem of
Eric Werner and Tyler Busby
providing the deciding victory
in the second doubles battle.
The 2-1 Little Green
grabbed the first two singles
contests, but the Astros
rebounded by bagging the
third through sixth singles
battles to head into doubles
play with a 4-2 advantage.
Pinkerton’s singles successes - all resounding - were
claimed by Busby (8-2),
Werner (8-4), Will McCarty
(8-4), and Jake Coivello (8-2).
The hosts then snared the
match victory, thanks to the
efforts of the doubles duo of
Werner and Busby (8-3).
Pinkerton’s third doubles
team of Coivello and Jacob
Macro played an epic match
that went on and on, with
Central finally collecting a
hard-fought 9-8, 12-11 tie-
breaker victory in the end.
But the Pinkerton side
absolutely dominated its
host when it traveled to
Dover two days later, handing the Green Wave an 8-1
humbling.
Hashem’s horde swept
singles handily, thanks to the
work of Jack Bisson (8-1),
Henry Su (8-2), Busby (8-1),
Werner (8-4), McCarty (81), and Coivello (8-1) to roll
into doubles with the match
already decided.
But the Astros kept right
on winning in doubles play,
receiving successes from the
teams of Bisson and Su (8-6)
and Coivello and Macro (8-2).
PA Lady Astros’ Tennis Team Both Falls and Wins
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
Coach Gerry Rosado’s
Pinkerton Academy girls’
tennis team saw its 2015
record advance to 2-1 last
week with a resounding loss
to the tough Manchester
Central Little Green, fol-
lowed by an impressive roll
over the Dover High Green
Wave girls.
In the 9-0 drubbing at the
hands of unbeaten Central in
Manchester Wednesday,
April 15, the Lady Astros
received a gutsy performance from top singles player
Sam Barros before she fell
in a 9-8, 7-3 tie-breaker
decision to Central stalwart
Julia Chappel. But the other
five PA singles defeats were
quite lopsided.
However, Pinkerton’s
doubles duos of Barros and
Haley Harrington, Krista
Mastrogiacomo and Samantha Donahue, and Nicole
Langlais and Sarah Burgess
all gave their opponents battles before falling.
But there was very little
falling done by Lady Astros
in their 7-2 thumping of
Dover in Derry last Friday,
April 17, as the hosts nabbed
wins in four of the six sin-
gles contests and then decided the matter in doubles
play.
Singles wins were tallied
by Barros (8-0), Mastrogiacomo (9-8, 7-3), Maddie
Olsen (8-6), and Burgess (85).
The doubles tandems of
Barros and Olsen (8-4),
Harrington and Mastrogiacomo (8-5), and Langlais
and Burgess (8-1) then
bagged a sweep to hand
their 2-1 contingent the 7-2
match victory over their 4-2
opponent.
Capozzi Qualifies for National Event
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
Big
Billetter Business Pinkerton Academy boys’
lacrosse captain and senior Todd Billetter signed his national letter of intent to
attend and play his college lax at Saint Anselm College last Friday, April 17. As he
signed the document, the Astro standout was flanked by his proud parents,
Margaret and Tom Billetter.
Courtesy pPhoto
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After completing her
high school gymnastics
career in superb fashion for
the title-winning Pinkerton
Academy girls’ squad this
past winter, senior Brittany
Capozzi covered herself in
glory yet again Friday, April
17, by excelling at the Junior
Olympic USA Gymnastics
Level 10 Regional Meet at
the Springfield (Mass.)
Civic Center.
The graduating star
earned a spot on the sevenmember, Level 10 Senior D
USA National Team with a
fine all-around score of
35.850 at the big regional
event, and she will next be
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After having participated
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under the tutelage of Jamie
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Capozzi is still in the
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4-H Fundraiser
The National 4-H Council
has launched its spring 2015 4H Paper Clover Campaign in
partnership with Tractor Supply
Company. The campaign takes
place now through Sunday,
May 3. Shoppers at the Derry,
Brentwood, and Plaistow
stores can support 4-H in
Rockingham County by purchasing paper clovers at $1 or
more at checkout. More information about 4-H in Rockingham County is available at
bit.ly/4HRockCty or 679-5616.
Art in Action
ing figures. Admission is free.
Author Fest
The “Sharing Our Stories”
Author Fest takes place from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 2 at
Derry Public Library. The
event features authors talking
about writing, as well as book
signings and children’s activities. Featured speaker is novelist Emmy Laybourne. “In
Praise of Small Stuff: The
Writing and Research of
Nonfiction” with Derry Town
Historian Richard Holmes is
set for 12:40 to 1:25 p.m.
Simon Brooks presents Celtic
stories from noon to 12:45
p.m., and Cora Jo Ciampi will
tell folk tales from 1 to 1:45
p.m. For details, visit
www.derrypl.org or call 4326140.
The annual Art in Action
show returns Saturday, May
16, and Sunday, May 17, at
Mack’s Apples Farm Market,
230 Mammoth Road, Londonderry from 10 a.m. to 4
Fish Derby
p.m. Twenty-five artists will
The Derry Lions sponsor
demonstrate painting, fiber art,
weaving, jewelry making, the annual Derry Lions Kids
woodworking and clay garden- Fish Derby at Hood Pond in
other systems, and the latest
research. She will discuss the
challenges to care and
approaches that help reduce
stress for family caregivers.
Loubier is a Certified Senior
Advisor and Certified Dementia Practitioner.
Lincoln Assassination
For the 150th anniversary
of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, Derry
Public Library hosts T.J. Cullinane of the Sons of the Union
Veterans of the Civil War on
Wednesday, May 13, at 6:30
p.m. He will discuss Granite
Staters who came in contact
with Lincoln during the last
days of his life, including
wounded New Hampshire soldiers Lincoln visited in the hospital. Two of the five men who
carried Lincoln from Ford’s
Theater to the Petersen House
were from New Hampshire,
and the 18th New Hampshire
Alzheimer’s Care
Infantry Regiment was chosen
On Monday, May 11, at to guard the co-conspirators.
6:30 p.m., Derry Public For details, call the library at
Library presents Judy Loubier 432-6140.
with a presentation for careLow-Carbon Living
givers of Alzheimer’s and/or
The Go Green Committee,
dementia patients. The program will cover the definition a sub-committee of the Derry
of Alzheimer’s and other Conservation Commission, and
dementias, an explanation of the Energy and Environmental
the changes in the brain and Advisory Committee are cosponsoring a free presentation
titled “Cooler Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon
Living” at 6 p.m. April 29 at the
Derry Public Library. The event
that knows everything about
provides residents with informilfoil and especially about
mation on how to reduce their
our special circumstances on impact on Climate Change,
Beaver Lake. She will given by John Rogers from the
answer all your questions Union of Concerned Scientists.
Derry on Saturday, May 9, for
children between 2 and 15
years old. Registration is free.
Good will offerings are accepted to defray the cost of the 400
trout stocked by the Derry
Lions. Registration begins at
7:30 a.m., with fishing from 8
a.m. to noon. Trophies will be
awarded in several fish categories, including largest and
smallest fish. Attendance ribbons will be given to each participant. Snacks, coffee, soda
and raffle tickets for fishing
gear donated by local merchants can be purchased.
Meeting May 2 on Milfoil
PENNY WILLIAMS
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
After fighting it for a
quarter century, Beaver
Lake succumbed to an initial
invasion of the invasive
aquatic plant milfoil toward
the end of the 2014 summer
season. As a result, an informational meeting about milfoil, what it is, what it does
and how it can be fought
will take place at the Marion
Gerrish Community Center
on Saturday, May 2, at 9
a.m.
On Sept. 8, 2014, Beaver
Lake’s run as being milfoil
free ended, despite the
Beaver Lake Improvement
Association’s (BLIA) Lake
Hosts, Weed Watchers and
multi faceted educational
and informational campaigns. The exotic weed was
found by lakefront homeowners and identified by the
New Hampshire Department
of Environmental Services
(DES) and subsequently
eradicated by DES divers,
who hand-pulled it.
Amy Smagula, DES
Exotic Species coordinator,
confirmed the milfoil and
had divers at the lake within
days once it was found. The
divers harvested roughly 40
gallons of the weed, knocking down the main infestation and swimming out
beyond the initial location
boundaries to check for
more. The divers revisited
the area a little while later
and said they had found a
few more plants in the original area as well as a couple
outside those boundaries.
They described the milfoil plants as low growing
and mixed with native vegetation, with the deepest milfoil found 11 feet down.
The BLIA is hosting the
milfoil presentation May 2
by Smagula.
“Everyone who enjoys
Beaver Lake should attend,”
said BLIA member Paula
Frank. “Amy is the person
about where we found milfoil in the fall and when and
where we should start looking in the spring. She can
also answer questions about
the cost and responsibility of
remediation if the milfoil
does return, including chemical treatment.”
The BLIA said milfoil is
the most critically important
issue facing Beaver Lake.
BLIA members hope that all
area residents who enjoy the
lake will take the time to
learn about the threat.
The May 2 meeting also
includes information about
the BLIA’s Weed Watcher
Lake Host programs, both of
which have played a role in
the fight against milfoil and
whose efforts must be
redoubled now that milfoil
has been found.
Beaver Lake Clean-up
The Beaver Lake Improvement Association “Spring
Around Beaver Lake Clean-up”
takes place Saturday, April 25.
Volunteers are asked to meet at
the Pond Road bridge at 9 a.m.
to get coffee, donuts, blue
clean-up bags and area assignments.
Coins Against Cancer
The Coins Against Cancer
campaign continues through
April 30 at South Range
Elementary School. Anyone in
the community can donate at
the school office, at Clam
Haven or by emailing [email protected]. Clam Haven has
joined the campaign this year
and will match 100 percent of
the contents of the collection
jar at the restaurant.
have become overgrown or
that can be dug up to plant
Derry holds its Spring something new. To arrange a
Household Hazardous Waste visit, call Wanda at 434-6681.
Day on May 2 from 9 a.m. to
Walt Whitman
noon at West Running Brook
Middle School. Residents who
The Derry Public Library
have household hazardous presents “Unlaunched Voices,
material such as pesticides or Walt Whitman Live” on
herbicides, oil-based paints, Saturday, April 25, at 1 p.m.,
paint remover or thinner, sol- thanks to a grant from the New
vents, degreasers, household Hampshire Humanities Councleaners, pool chemicals, old cil in honor of National Poetry
gasoline or anti-freeze will be Month. Stephen Collins perable to dispose of them at the forms in a one-man play by
event. For further information, Michael Keamy based on
contact Joan Cornetta, recy- Whitman’s writings. The play
cling coordinator, at the will lead the audience to think
Transfer Station at 432-4650 or about what constitutes obscenvisit: http://www.derry-nh.or- ity and authentic artistic
g/Pages/DerryNH_Transfer/tra expression. After a brief internsferdocs/HHWD.pdf.
mission with refreshments
from the Friends of Derry
Taste of the Town
Public Libraries, Denise Askin
Greater Derry London- will interview “Walt Whitman”
derry Chamber of Commerce’s to raise historical, literary,
third annual Taste of the Town philosophical and ethical quesruns from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, tions. The audience also has a
April 23, at Castleton Banquet chance to ask questions.
& Conference Center, WindGenealogy Roundtable
ham, and features the wares of
over 40 local food and beverThe monthly meeting of
age vendors. Tickets are $40 the Genealogy Roundtable will
for Chamber members, $45 for be at the Derry Public Library
non-members. VIP tickets, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday,
including a separate area with May 5, in the Meeting Room
premium food, wine, beer, and downstairs. Meetings are infor“swag” bag - cost $75. For mal and allow attendees to distickets, visit gdlchamber.org/ cuss their research. Everyone
taste or call 432-8205. Pro- is welcome, regardless of level
ceeds benefit the Chamber’s of experience.
Kyle B. Ross Memorial
Senior Art
Scholarship fund, which annually provides a $1,000 postsecArt classes for April for
ondary education scholarship to seniors at the Londonderry
a graduate of a high school in Senior Center, 535 Mammoth
the Chamber’s catchment area. Road in Londonderry, include
the following: Mondays, 12:30
First Parish Fundraiser
to 2 p.m., ceramics; Thursdays,
First Parish Congregational 10:15 to 11:15 a.m., beaded
Church, UCC of East Derry jewelry; Friday, April 24, 12:30
hosts a Noche Mexicana Fund- to 2 p.m., paint afternoon;
raiser on Sunday, April 26, Thursday, April 30, 1230 to 2
from 4 to 10 p.m. at Mar- p.m., May basket. Pre-registragarita’s Mexican Restaurant, tion is required, with payment
1037 Elm St., Manchester, with at sign-up. For details and cost,
15 percent of pre-taxed food call 432-8554 and visit:
and beverage sales from partic- www.londonderrynh.org/Pages/
ipants donated to First Parish LondonderryNH_Senior/index.
Congregational Church. Those
Taylor Library
attending should tell their server on arrival that they are part
Taylor Library is acceptof the fundraiser. Call 434- ing registrations for its next
0628 or email officemgr@fpc- eight-week session of chilucc.org for more information. dren’s programs. Story
Household Hazardous Waste
Garden Thinning
The Derry Garden Club
holds its annual Plant Sale on
Saturday, May 16. As soon as
the weather permits, the club
will be sending diggers out to
gather perennials for the sale.
Garden club members will dig
perennials free from areas that
Hours for 2- to 5-year-olds,
with stories and themebased craft, meets Wednesdays at 10 a.m. and 1
p.m. Tiny Tot Story Hour
for ages 6 months to 2 years,
with stories, rhymes, music
and puppets, meets Fridays
at 10 a.m. LEGO Club for
Month in April with pet
haikus. Patrons are invited to
post a photo of their pet
accompanied by a haiku
“written” by them on the
Derry Public Library Facebook page. They will be
shared not only on the
Facebook page but at locations throughout the library.
National Poetry Month
A haiku is a short form of
The Derry Public Library Japanese poetry. The only
celebrates National Poetry rules for a Pet Haiku are that
Group meets from 6:30 to 8
p.m. May 6 and 20 in
Meeting Room A. Between
writing prompts, workshops
and group story telling, the
club features imagination,
fun and laughter. Come
ready to read, or just stop in
to relax and listen.
Calendar
ages 5 and up meets
Tuesdays from 3:15 to 4:15
p.m., and Minecraft meets
once a month on a Thursday
from 4 to 5 p.m. Call for
details at 432-7186.
Writers Group
The Derry Public Library Teen Space Writers
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it should be three lines long.
The first line should have
five syllables, the second
seven syllables, the third
line, five syllables. For more
information, email [email protected]
and 28, in Meeting Room B.
Registration is required on
the calendar portion of the
library website at www.derrypl.org. Beginner, intermediate and experienced players
are welcome. For questions,
contact Erin Robinson at
Minecraft Club
[email protected] or 432The Derry Public Library 6140.
Teen Space offers a Minecraft
Club meeting from 3 to 4:30 Miss New Hampshire Voting
p.m. April 30; and May 14
New Hampshire residents
are invited to vote for one contestant to be included among
the 10 semi-finalists in the
2015 Miss New Hampshire
Scholarship Competition,
which takes place at the
Stockbridge Theatre at Pinkerton Academy in Derry from
April 30 to May 2. Vote on the
Miss New Hampshire Scholarship Program Facebook
page: www.facebook.com/
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other emergency. If one of
those emergencies is big, it
will necessitate mutual aid
from surrounding towns,
off-duty firefighters being
called in, or both.
With the vacancies
unfilled, the current staffing
of 15 per shift is “as low as
we can go,” Laro said. They
run with three people per
engine and two per ambulance, he said. They can’t
cut the staffing on ambulance calls, he said, because
they don’t know what’s
waiting for them at the other
end. “Will we have to carry
someone down the stairs?”
he asked.
At 15 per shift they also
do not have sufficient staff to
put their tanker on the road.
“We can’t send the tanker to
fires outside the hydrant district,” they said.
“It’s not just the station
itself,” Laro said. “The
resources are just as important.”
The $2 reduction, proposed earlier this year,
would reduce staffing to 14
per shift. “That’s one more
person per day than they
were running with in 1979,”
Laro pointed out. “The town
has doubled in size since
Station
back out Recycling Boulevard, he said.
The plans include using
the old “co-mingled” area
for brush disposal, and putting construction/demolition
debris in the old building,
according to Fowler.
In addition, Fowler said,
a “baler” will be located
inside the main building.
The building will be constructed by Hutter Construction on a design/build basis,
Fowler said.
Fowler said he is still
waiting for two permits
from the New Hampshire
Department of Environmental Services (DES), the
“alteration of terrain” permit
and the Type 3 Modification
permit.
In the question and
answer portion, Vice-Chair
John O’Connor asked
then.” The population in
1979 was 15,000, he said,
and today it is over 30,000.
In 2004 there were 19
firefighters working out of
five stations and today there
are 15 working out of four
stations, the men said.
Last year local firefighters responded to 4,376 incidents, they said.
The men and their union
are
concerned
about
response times. For ambulance, they quoted American
Heart Association figures
that a brain death can occur
within four to six minutes
after the heart stops. For fire,
Laro said the National Fire
Protection Agency has stats
pointing out that a fire doubles in size roughly every
minute that it is unattended.
“It can double as quickly
as 30 seconds,” Sebastian
said.
Another “hot topic,” and
they pardoned the pun, is
fire overtime. “We have a
large OT budget. I’m not
about to deny that,” Sebastian said. But with the
required staffing, they need
to call in off-duty people
when someone is sick or on
vacation.
“It’s not like Corporate
America - your work will
not wait to the next day,”
Sebastian pointed out. “We
have an obligation and a
duty to be fully staffed 24
hours a day. We have to fill
those positions.”
Having 16 people per
shift would cut down on
overtime because they could
dial down to 15 if they had
to, he said, but overtime is
another fact of their working
lives.
Some townspeople have
suggested going back to an
all- or partial volunteer Fire
Department. The men
doubted that would work
with the complexity of
Derry’s issues - and the
complexity of modern life.
“Could you find enough
people who work in town
and could volunteer for
4,376 incidents?” Sebastian
wondered. CERT (Community Emergency Response
Team), the department’s
civilian volunteer arm, is a
“great asset,” he said, but
even that team has trouble
retaining and recruiting
members.
The firefighters are also
concerned about suggestions that the Hampstead
Road station should be
closed. It is true that the
Hampstead Road and Central Fire Station, at the traffic
circle, are only 1.4 miles
apart. But Laro said it made
more sense to close Central
and open a new station in the
southwest corner of Derry.
This was in the plans at one
time and even went to the
point of having an architectural study done, but the
then-Council voted no, he
said. To build in that area,
perhaps at Shute’s Corner,
would lower response times
for that part of Derry, he
said.
The men also distinguished between official
correspondence from the
Fire Department and the
union’s Facebook page.
“The fire union has a Facebook page,” Sebastian said.
“It is not tied in to the Fire
Department.” The union has
had a Facebook page for
years, Sebastian said,
though he admitted, “We’re
probably more vocal now.”
The fact sheet is just that,
a list of facts and not opinions, Laro said. “On a Facebook page we’re entitled to
our opinion,” he said. But
the Facebook page also
includes “red flag” warnings
about controlled burns, fire
prevention tips, general
safety tips and more.
Though Stearns was
planning on presenting a
budget based on a $1 cut to
the tax rate, leaving only
vacant positions unfilled, the
two union reps still had con-
cerns. “It’s good that he’s
not laying people off,”
Sebastian said. “But with 15
per shift, we still can’t activate the tanker.”
Laro is also nervous
about Stearns’ proposal to
make up the gap with the
Unexpended Fund Balance.
“It will save us from making
cuts this year but will put us
in the position next year of
having to make cuts,” he
said.
“But the $1 is a good
point for the Councilors to
start from,” Sebastian said.
“The $2 and $2.50, they’re
too extreme.”
The firefighters also disputed Stearns’ and the
Council’s claim that no
unions responded to a letter
from Stearns asking them to
consider “compensation reduction” and to meet with
him on that topic. Sebastian
said his union, which has
worked without a new contract for three years, is ready
to resume negotiations and
said so in a letter to Stearns.
“In 2011 our contract
was due to expire,” he said.
“The Town Administrator at
that time asked us to make
concessions and we agreed
to extend the contract for
one year and to give up our
cost-of-living raise.” Sebastian said the union and town
Fowler about leaching.
Fowler said the building will
have floor drains, a “best
practices” feature recommended by DES. The storm
detention pond will also provide filtration, he said.
Member Jan Choiniere
wondered about the change
from co-mingling, noting
that “everybody is going single-stream today.”
Fowler said that was true
at one point, and communities favored single-stream
because it was simpler. But
when the commodities market “took a dive,” it began to
become profitable to sell
recyclables, he said.
“We could add up to
$150,000 to the town general fund by selling our recyclables,” he pointed out.
Choiniere asked how
much separation would be
required, i.e. separating
brown glass from green or
clear. Fowler said the current
plan called for separating
glass from plastic, but no
further distinction. However,
he added, it pays to be flexible. “If Joanie stumbles on
someone who’s paying well
for green glass, we’ll be
ready,” he said.
Board member Michael
Fairbanks asked whether the
revenue stream would pay
for the bond.
Fowler said it would,
noting that there is currently
a stable market for aluminum and plastic.
Fairbanks warned that
Fowler would have to educate people about the new
system and Fowler said he
planned to work with Go
Green and the Energy and
Environmental Advisory
Committee to get the word
out.
“There will be a few hiccups in the transition,” he
said.
O’Connor asked about
aluminum, and Fowler said
communities could get a
higher price for aluminum if
it were baled. “Without baling, it brings about $400 a
ton,” he said. With baling,
which the new facility will
offer, he expects it to bring
$1,200 a ton.
O’Connor also asked
about composting, and
Fowler said he and Cornetta
had talked about it. “We
could split a bunker, and
have half of it regular trash
and half of it organics,” he
said, adding that “If we do
that, we would have to move
it out of there pretty fast.”
In response to a question
from Chairman David
Granese, Fowler said he didn’t plan to offer recycling
bins at this point but would
consider it if he could get a
grant for 50 percent of the
cost.
“Our goal is to finish
construction in November
2015 and open to the public
in January 2016,” he concluded.
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resumed negotiations later
in 2011.
In September 2014, he
said, it was determined that
“both sides had worked
through a lot of stuff, and we
were ready to take a break.”
They decided to break until
Stearns came on as Town
Administrator.
Their response to
Stearns’ mid-February letter
was, “We are willing to get
back to the negotiating
table.” But they haven’t yet,
he said, because Stearns said
he had had no direction from
the Council to resume negotiations.
Sebastian recalled a recent 24-hour shift he worked. “After 1 a.m. we had four
simultaneous calls,” he said.
“It consumed all our on-duty
staff, and we requested
mutual aid from Londonderry.” In last week’s brush fire
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to request mutual aid, he
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