Londonderry Times 05/21/2015

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Residents Express Concern Over
Enforcement of Workforce Amendment
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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n analysis of data
from Town Assessing records reveals
there are no income restricted affordable rental
units in Londonderry;
however, almost 200 units
of affordable housing are
under construction or
have been approved, and
all rental units in the
Town are priced at or
below what is considered
affordable.
Rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Londonderry ranges from
$760 to $1,150 per month,
well below the $1,440
affordable rate.
“It’s a good thing such
a large percentage of our
housing stock is afford-
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able. But as time goes by
and new housing gets
built, the proportion
available to the current
broad economic spectrum of residents will continue to diminish,” Town
Planner Cynthia May told
the Planning Board at
their May 13 meeting.
The Town must provide reasonable and realistic opportunities for the
development of workforce housing, and workforce housing of some
type must be allowed in a
majority of land areas
where residential uses are
permitted. It’s the responsibility of the Town to
demonstrate its compliance with the law, GIS
(Geographic Information
Systems) Manager John
Vogl said.
Planning staff has recommended a zoning amendment to address the
requirements of the State
statute in a way that accommodates housing affordability by promoting
choice and diversity for residents, offering new opportunities for existing properties and fostering traditional community design.
Proposed changes to
Inclusionary Zoning include removing limitations on the phasing of
workforce housing developments, the number of
units per building and the
minimum 20-acre limit, as
well as limiting multi-family structures to three stories and lowering the mincontinued on page 9
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Disability Reimbursements to be
Credited to Town Departments
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
Young Artists
Reid Norris, 5, back, and Shelby Johnson, 3, put
on smocks and tried their hands at creating a mural during last weekend’s
Art in Action at Mack’s Apples, an annual event presented by the Londonderry Arts Council. See more photos on page 6.
Photo by Chris Paul
Londonderry Firefighters Train
in Simulated Car Extrication
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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ondonderry firefighters completed lifesaving car extrication training last week,
working under the conditions they would face in
real-life emergency events.
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Battalion Chief Jim
Roger said S & S Metals
Recycling of Londonderry
donated two cars for the
May 15 exercises, which
the company delivered
and put into position.
“There was a call we
had on the highway a few
years ago where a man
was ejected from his car
and the car came down
on top of him. We set up a
real-life accident modeled
off that incident,” he said.
Using the tools they
would in an actual emercontinued on page 7
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n an effort to provide
relief for overtime expenditures due to longterm disability payments,
particularly to the Fire
Department, Chief Financial Officer Doug Smith
said the Town plans to
begin crediting departments for insurance reimbursements.
“Due to long-term disability activity, we were
getting reimbursed, but
the departments weren’t
able to have relief based
on that reimbursement
because it was going
somewhere else in that
accounting structure,” he
said, noting staff researched ways to better
account for health insur-
I
ance payments, rather
than accounting for them
as revenue.
Smith said it makes
sense to run disability
payments through payroll
to account for taxes and
retirement contributions.
Starting in FY15, the
Town will continue to
budget estimated insurance payments as estimated revenue; however,
as payments come in, the
Town will record them in
the accounting system as
a credit toward appropriations for salaries.
“This should provide
some relief to each
department,” he said.
“I think that was the
intent of our request,”
Councilor Tom Dolan
said. “We were getting
reimbursed and weren’t
able to account for reimbursements in the budget; so it looked like
departments were running higher and higher
overtime, where the net
was much lower than
that, but we weren’t able
to take credit for the reimbursements.”
Councilor Joe Green
suggested adding a budget line item under payroll
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M AY 21, 2015
Hillside Parcel Recommended for Rezoning for Affordable Housing
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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he Planning Board
voted unanimously
to recommend the
Town Council re-zone the
property at 105 Hillside
Ave., from AgriculturalResidential (AR-I) to
Multi-family Residential
(R-III) for a an affordable
senior and family housing
development.
The re-zoning is contingent on the housing
density of the project
being no more than 57
units, with no more than
six units attached in a row
house-style configuration.
Town Planner Cynthia
May said the re-zoning
would not hold if the Plan-
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ning Board does not
approve the site plan for
the project.
Developer Joe Caldarola told the Board he
hopes to offer seniorfriendly units, as well as
units for families, but at a
lower density than what
is permitted under the
Town’s workforce housing ordinance.
The re-zoning will
allow Caldarola to offer a
housing type that’s more
affordable than the typical single family homes in
Londonderry, according
to May.
“This will fill a big
hole, where there’s no
new construction at that
$300,000 price range,”
Caldarola said, noting his
units will be priced well
under the maximum
affordable housing.
“The proposed rezoning would provide the
Town with a greater variety in its housing stock,
something called for in
the 2013 Master Plan and
reflected in current discussions with the Board
regarding zoning ordinance amendments. It
would also provide a reasonable transition between the Commercial-II
uses to the west and the
AR-I uses to the north and
east,” May told the Board,
explaining staff’s reasons
for recommending the
rezoning.
Caldarola’s original
plan for the site was to
construct higher density
senior housing, but he
then shifted plans to
develop the parcel into
higher density workforce
housing.
After the Town posted
notice of the zoning ordinance re-write, Caldarola
said he and investors in
the project decided to
reconsider building workforce housing due to constraints of the parcel,
such as its grading and
the amount of buildable
land.
“(Caldarola) did make
a drastic change and I do
like the smaller number of
units,” Robert Holden of 6
Holmes St., said. “But it
worries me that, who’s to
say this map doesn’t get
thrown on the floor, and
we’re stuck with multiple
units right on top of each
other?”
May said there will be
an additional review
process for accepting the
developer’s site plan for
the property, and zoning
of the parcel will remain
AR-I if the plan is not
accepted.
Robert Ross of 2
Holmes St., said his conversations with Caldarola
have been limited, but his
primary concern is a tree
line that would buffer his
home from the new townhouses.
“Once the leaves are
gone I’m going to be looking at roofs, right up
against the back of my
property,” he said, requesting assurances the
trees won't be removed.
The plan also features
a fenced fire entrance on
Beacon Street.
Neighbors expressed
concern that the only proposed entrance to the
property is located at the
narrowest portion of Hillside Avenue, near the
Derry town line and Moonlight Meadery winery.
Ross said the street is
frequently overwhelmed
by large snow drifts in the
winter, and suffers from
traffic that results from
people attending classes
at Dance Progressions
and parking vehicles
along the side of the
street.
May assured neighbors of the proposed
development they will
have multiple opportunities to share their concerns before the Planning
Board decides whether or
not to accept the site plan
for the property.
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Eagle Scout Installs Storybook Pathway at His Former School
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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ondonderry Scout
Alex
Swan
has
installed an outdoor
storybook trail at Moose
Hill School as his Eagle
Scout project.
To earn the rank of
Eagle, Swan raised $700
through a car wash to
cover the cost of
installing laminated storybook pages on posts that
lead students from the
library to the playground.
The project cost $600 to
complete, and the remaining $100 was donated to
Moose Hill.
Swan purchased several books, including
books from the “Cat in the
L
Hat” series, a book about
the seasons, and his
favorite, “Go Dog, Go.”
The books can be
swapped out - the school
plans to change out the
books displayed every
two weeks.
“The idea for the project came from one of the
school librarians. She had
seen the idea at a conference,” Swan said. “The
inspiration for doing the
project came from years
of being a student at the Alex Swan recently completed his Eagle Scout projschool.”
ect, a storybook trail at Moose Hill Kindergarten.
Having overcome sigPhoto by Chris Paul
nificant speech difficulties in his childhood, with said he wanted to focus ple of years and they
the help of the London- his service project on giv- worked their magic. They
give so much there - all the
derry Early Education ing back to the school.
“I
was
there
for
a
couteachers and staff give so
Program (LEEP), Swan
much. This was a chance
to give back in a small way
to them,” said Swan, who
is now a thriving sophomore at the high school.
In addition to promoting literacy, Swan’s project was intended to get
kids outside and enjoying
physical
activity
in
nature.
“That was a big goal
for the teachers, and a big
goal for us. Reading and
going outdoors these
days are becoming rarer
and rarer,” he said. “To
blend the two is even
more rewarding. The kids
have said they’re really
enjoying it.”
At a ribbon-cutting
event for his project last
month, as reported in
the Londonderry Times,
Swan’s former teachers
had students make him
cards and brought him
balloons.
“They even sang songs
to me. It was incredible,”
he said.
Asked what advice he
would give students who
are struggling in school,
Swan said, “they have
some amazing resources.
“The people, the
school, the programs
available to them are not
available to many kids
like them,” he said. “The
best thing they can do is
take advantage of the programs and ask when they
need help.”
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Police Warn Hands Free Driving Law Takes Effect July 1
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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ondonderry police
are reminding residents
the
New
Hampshire Hands Free
Law will take effect on
July 1.
Gov. Maggie Hassan
signed the “Hands Free”
bill into law in July of 2014,
prohibiting the use of any
handheld electronic device
capable of providing voice
or data communication
while driving or temporarily halted in traffic for a stop
sign, traffic signal or other
momentary delay.
“The use of cell
phones while driving is
cause for such a significant number of accidents,” Londonderry Det.
Chris Olson said.
During the past four
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years, 116 fatal crashes in
New Hampshire were
caused by distraction,
according to the New
Hampshire Driving Toward Zero Coalition.
A driver is 23 times
more likely to crash while
texting, and a driver is
distracted for almost five
seconds while sending or
receiving a text - time
enough to travel the
length of a football field
when driving at a speed of
50 miles per hour.
Under the new law,
drivers in New Hampshire
will need to pull over to
answer calls or use handheld electronic devices cell phones, GPS, tablets,
iPads or other devices
that require data entry.
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Olson said the new law
will make it easier for
police to enforce New
Hampshire law banning
texting while operating a
motor vehicle.
“It’s difficult to tell the
difference between someone texting, or playing
music or dialing a phone
number. This makes it
easier for us,” he said. “It
will take some getting
used to for the public.”
In an effort to prepare
New Hampshire drivers
for the change, the State
posted notices on electronic highway signs
warning about distracted
driving and reminding
motorists the new law will
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The new law will affect
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The new law will even
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“We use cell phones a
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the Department is busy.
Like all motorists in
New Hampshire, officers
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answer the calls from dispatch when the new law
goes into effect.
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Marie's Corner
I am going to let you in on a secret place where librarians go to find
great websites for kids of all ages.
http://gws.ala.org (Great Websites for Kids sponsored by a division
of the American Library Association or the ALA) From the home
page you will find links to interactive websites on a variety of subjects: math, computer technology, history, science, etc.
Under the Science link you will find access to these great websites
and others:
• Kids Astronomy
• Hubble Site (follow the Hubble telescope's images)
• Galileo: Journey to Jupiter (follow the space probe's journey to
Jupiter and it's exploration of the planet)
• NASA Kids Club
These are examples of recommended sites under the Math/Computer Technology link:
• App Inventor (learn to build your own android app)
• America's CryptoKids (create codes and ciphers)
• EngineerGirl
Summer break is quickly approaching. Perhaps you'll visit the
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during a lazy, rainy, summer afternoon.
Remember, learning can be fun!
Be talking to you soon,
Marie
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Letters
Editorial
Raise Raises Concern
Sandown has both a majority and
a minority committee considering
whether to withdraw from the Timberlane Regional School District.
Hampstead will be discussing
whether the school district should
pull out of the Hampstead/Timberlane School Administrative Unit
(SAU). Both communities have
expressed concern with Hampstead/Timberlane superintendent
Earl Metzler, his committees that
operate outside Right to Know protections, the tone of school board
meetings, and the relationship
between school board and town.
On the same Tri-Town Times page
1 where the Hampstead dissatisfaction
is aired, we have another story that
reports the SAU board gave Metzler a
large raise last week, making him one
of the highest paid superintendents in
the state. His ratings by the board in
non-public session, which he released
last week, show him near perfect in
just about every category.
Has the school board been asleep
whenever residents of its towns have
complained? Do school officials think
that if Sandown board member Donna
Green raises a question, it automatically should be discounted as frivolous or aggressive or just plain wrong?
When the chairman of the board
of selectmen in Hampstead tells his
local school board he’d like it to consider leaving SAU 55 because it “no
longer has the interests of the Hampstead School District as a priority,”
that’s not justification for a raise.
When a Hampstead School Board
member is concerned that Hampstead is negatively associated with
Timberlane, that’s not cause for a
raise either.
When
“superintendent-established” committees don’t keep public
minutes, operating outside of the
state’s Right to Know law, where is
the touted transparency?
Metzler’s raise is, of course, not
his own doing. To his credit, he has
made sure to promote student
achievement, and we don’t doubt that
he has the best interest of students at
heart. But it’s hard to get over his
negative repartees with Green. While
we won’t know what the board discussed, if its actions in public session
are a clue, the board could have disregarded Metzler’s choice of sarcasm.
We find it hard to imagine what
Metzler could propose that his board
would turn down. But we wonder why
that board isn’t listening as well to
the ever-increasing rumblings of discontent in their communities.
If residents of the SAU towns are
concerned with the board’s decision
to grant such a dramatically large
raise, they can respond at election
time. But right now it would be
refreshing to see the board take serious notice of the discontent in its
towns, and try to resolve the underlying issues. And a superintendent
whose leadership and personal and
professional qualities are as highly
rated as Metzler’s should be leading
the way.
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March Against Monsanto
To the editor:
On Saturday, May 23,
individuals will gather
across the globe as part
of a world-wide March
Against Monsanto (MAM).
Thirty-eight countries,
spanning six continents
and 428 cities, are expected to participate in this
event.
In New Hampshire,
MAM will take place in
four locations: in Concord
at the State House at 11
a.m.; in Rochester at Parson Main Statue in the
center of town at 2 p.m.;
in Littleton in front of the
Court House at 12:30 p.m.;
and in Portsmouth from
Farmers Market to Market
Square at noon. For details,
visit http://bit.ly/NHRTKMAM2015.
The purpose of these
peaceful events is to raise
public awareness and to
encourage citizens everywhere to get involved in
the political process and
bring pressure on our
elected officials to do
something about Monsanto’s practices. We also
march to fight for the
labeling of foods that contain genetically modified
organisms (GMOs).
In 64 countries around
the globe, GMOs are
either labeled or are
banned, yet the United
States still has no national
labeling law.
There are two federal
bills, called the “Genetically Engineered Food
Right-to-Know Act,” which
would require the mandatory labeling of GMOs.
The House version, H.R.
913, is co-sponsored by
our own Representative,
Anne Kuster D-2nd Dist.
NH, while S.511 is cosponsored by U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, DNH.
Another bill, H.R. 1599,
would pre-empt state
labeling laws and make a
federal labeling bill difficult. This bill would undo
the laws that have been
passed in Connecticut,
Maine and Vermont.
Please contact your
legislators about these
bills, and join us for MAM.
Together we can make a
difference!
Bonnie Wright,
founder
New Hampshire Right
to Know GMO
Salem
Michelle Lecuyer
Hampstead
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Disability
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for the credits to ensure
each department sees the
money they were charged
come back in.
Town Manager Kevin
Smith said the credits will
be returned to the bottom
line salary budgets for
each department - and
those departments will see
relief for the amounts they
paid for employees receiving disability benefits.
In other business at
Monday night’s Town
Council meeting:
• Lt. Michael Roberts
will assume the position
of Londonderry Firefighter’s Union President, taking over for Bo Butler.
Roberts told the Council he has lived in town
since 1988 and his children all went through
Londonderry schools. He
has held several positions
with Local 3160.
“I have enjoyed my
tenure here in Londonder-
ry and I look forward to
working with each of
you,” he said.
• Kevin Smith reported he is working with
Kinder Morgan to set a
date for a public question
and answer session about
the
proposed
gas
pipeline, which the Town
Council would moderate.
“We are looking at the
first or second week of
June. As soon as I have
firm date, we will publicize the event,” he said.
• The Council voted 50 to accept a $380 expenditure from the Maintenance Trust Funds for
plumbing work at the
Town Hall and repairs at
the Senior Center.
• The Council voted 50 to authorize a master
lease-purchase agreement
with First Niagara Leasing, Inc. The Town would
use First Niagara, the lowest cost lease-purchase
financing
proposal
received after the service
was put out to bid, to
acquire miscellaneous
equipment during FY 2015
to 2019 in an aggregate
principal amount of up to
$3.4 million.
• The Council waived
the first reading of an
amendment to rezone the
lot at 105 Hillside Ave., for
the construction of more
affordable housing for
seniors and families at a
lower density than is permitted under the Town’s
Workforce Housing Ordinance (see related story
page xx). The Planning
Board recommended at
its May 13 meeting that
the Council approve the
rezoning request.
The Council will hold a
public hearing to consider the amendment at its
June 15 meeting.
• The Council also
waived a first reading for
an amendment related to
individual sewage disposal systems.
A public hearing for
the proposed amendment
was also scheduled for
the Council’s June 15
meeting.
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As Incidents of Lyme Disease Increase, Cautions Urged
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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isa McNerney did not
expect her mother to
die of complications
from Lyme disease.
McNerney, Interim Infection Prevention Specialist for Parkland Medical Center, said her mother died this past February
at the age of 94. At 93 last
October, she was diagnosed with Lyme disease
after a tick bite and a
swollen knee.
The older woman was
“always outside, always
gardening, always digging
things up,” her daughter
said. And while her mother was officially diagnosed
in October, McNerney
speculated that “she may
have had it for some time.
“She was one of the
statistics for that year,”
McNerney said.
But a person doesn’t
have to be an active senior, or even an active junior, to get bitten by a tick.
“A tick can find a person
sitting on the porch of a
nursing home,” McNerney
warned.
The New Hampshire
Department of Health and
Human Services (DHHS)
has released a checklist
on how to prevent Lyme
disease. The Tickborne
Disease Prevention Plan
includes preventive measures and actions recommended by DHHS to keep
ticks off Granite Staters.
Dr. Benjamin Chan,
state epidemiologist, wrote
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in a press release that
Lyme disease is a major
public health issue in New
Hampshire. According to
Chan, the so-called “blacklegged tick” carries the
bacteria that causes Lyme
disease and also other
infections.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC),
there were more than
36,000 cases of Lyme disease in the United States
in 2013, the most recent
year for which national
data is available. In 2013
New Hampshire had the
second highest rate of
Lyme disease in the country. In 2014, there were an
estimated 1,415 cases of
Lyme disease in New
Hampshire.
Lyme disease is caused
by the bacterium Borrelia
burgdoferi and is transmitted to people by the bite of
an infected blacklegged
tick (also known as the
deer tick). The greatest
risk for Lyme disease is
between the months of
May and August, when the
blacklegged tick is in the
nymphal
stage.
The
nymph is about the size of
a poppy seed and very difficult to see, so individuals
may be unaware they have
been bitten.
Ticks that transmit
Lyme disease can also
transmit other diseases,
such as anaplasmosis,
babesiosis, and Powassan
virus. Although not as
common as Lyme disease,
these have been documented in New Hampshire.
Symptoms of Lyme disease in the early stages
can include fever, headache, fatigue, and most
often a red skin rash that
is round and may look like
a bull’s-eye. Lyme disease
is treatable with antibiotics, but if left untreated
can lead to complications
of meningitis (inflammation of the lining around
the spinal cord), pain and
swelling in large joints,
and heart complications.
Dr. Edward Yourtee,
chief medical officer for
Parkland Medical Center
and an infectious disease
specialist, said through a
spokesperson that cases of
Lyme at Parkland have
doubled in 2013 and 2014.
While it’s too early to tell
for 2015, he and other Parkland physicians
have
begun to see some patients
with tick bites, he said.
Yourtee listed several
misconceptions about Lyme disease. One is that it’s
a recurring disease. Yourtee said that a patient can
be susceptible for a later
bout with Lyme if treated
early on for the rash that
comes with the disease but if they’re tested after
an established case, they
build up immunity.
Yourtee also said
there’s no scientific basis
for the belief that the
organism “hides” in the
body, to reemerge at a
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Beth Daly, chief of
Infectious Disease Surveillance for DHHS, said Lyme
is on the increase in New
Hampshire. It’s more trackable now because more
people are reporting it,
Daly said, and the increase
in New Hampshire began
in the 1990s. In the ‘90s the
state saw 50 to 100 cases a
year; by 2000, it was a dramatic increase to a few
hundred a year; and this
year the state is tracking
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Daly lists several reasons for the increase in
the disease. First, the tick
population has expanded,
she said, from the Southeast to the West to the
North Country, bringing
the bacteria with it. Also,
she said, the tick population thrives after a wet
winter.
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dry conditions,” Daly said.
“But with this past winter,
it was favorable - it
allowed them to survive
under all the snow.”
The changing landscape of New Hampshire
has contributed to the
growth in the tick population and, subsequently,
Lyme disease, Daly said.
New Hampshire is more
forested now, with cities
and towns being developed to include green
areas or “edge habitats.” If
you see a deer in your
yard it could be a carrier,
she warned.
DHHS has the following “tool kit” to protect
residents against Lyme
disease:
• Avoid tick-infested
areas such as overgrown
grass, brush, and leaf litter.
• Use insect repellent
labeled as effective against ticks.
• Wear protective clothing (long pants and long
sleeves to keep ticks off).
• Do daily tick checks
on yourself, family members, and pets, especially
after being outdoors.
• Consult with your
veterinarian about tick
prevention for pets.
• Shower soon after
returning indoors to wash
or rinse off any unattached ticks.
• Reduce ticks around
your home by keeping
grass short, removing leaf
litter, and minimizing
habitat or food sources
for deer and rodents,
• Speak with your
healthcare provider if you
are bitten by a tick or if
you notice a large round
rash anywhere on you.
For more information,
visit the DHHS Web site at
http://www.dhhs.nh.gov/d
phs/cdcs/lyme/documents/tbdpreventionplan.pdf or the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Web site at
www.cdc.gov/ticks/index.
html. Yourtee also recommends www.aldf.com, the
Lyme Disease Foundation
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“The training worked
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"We did probably six revolutions of all vehicle extrication scenarios. We
respond to a lot of calls
for this - we have 15 miles
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town. The back roads
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This training is pretty
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In addition to providing
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“These skills are perishable,” Roger said, explaining one of the most
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“That means all the
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“Loyalists” and “Patriots” throw their hats in their air in celebration at the conclusion of South School’s fifth grade Great Debate. Photos by Chris Paul
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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outh School fifth
graders learned an
important life lesson
through their “Great Debates” last week - there
are two sides to every
story.
Students donned Colonial period garb and
argued from the perspectives of the Loyalists and
Patriots to either declare
war against Britain for
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“It makes history
come alive for them,” fifth
grade teacher Debbie
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she has organized for
over 15 years of classes.
“It opens up their minds
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most of her students want
to play the part of a Patriot; however, several students who were disappointed to learn they
were assigned the role of
a Loyalist were pleasantly
surprised to find they
enjoyed arguing from a
perspective they hadn’t
before considered.
“I learned smuggled
tea cost more than British
tea with the added cost. I
didn’t want to be a Loyalist, but I’m happy I was. I
didn’t even know the
Caroline Leone as Patriot, Patrick
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story of a Loyalist. In our
history book, there was
only one side,” Kayla
Maclaren said.
“In our book, it didn’t
say much about the Loyalists. I learned there are
always two sides to every
story,” Brooke Silvia said.
In addition to “debater,” student roles included “moderator,” “bailiff” and “interviewer,” and
students were tasked with
spreading word of the
debate, inviting schoolmates and teachers to
attend.
“We could pick the top
three jobs we wanted,”
said Aidan Washington.
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decision to secede from
Britain and rehearsed
lines for the presentation,
which was attended by
parents and school staff.
“They did a really
good job preparing for
this - interviewing people,
getting students excited
about the debate and
rehearsing their lines.
They were ready, they
just took on this challenge and they were fabulous,” Gomez said.
After the debate was
over, students had an
opportunity to vote on
which side presented
their argument best - the
Patriots or the Loyalists.
“I would have a hard
time deciding which way
to go,” Gomez said after
her final class concluded
their debate on May 14.
“Did the Patriots make
the best case to go to war,
overthrow the government and get rid of the
King, or did the Loyalists
make the case for staying
loyal to the King and the
country, and staying at
peace? It’s your job to listen to both sides and
make an informed decision - really think about
the points they made and
forget about history.”
“Any time the Loyalists come close, it is for
them because they have
the hardest position, “
Gomez said.
Although the class
voted in favor of the
Patriots, it was a tight
race, which Gomez called
a victory for the Loyalists.
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Eighth Graders Study Marine Science in Floating Lab
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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o prepare eighth
grade science students for their “floating lab,” which Londonderry Middle School science teacher Cyndi Hursh
said many describe as “the
best day of eighth grade,”
the University of New
Hampshire School of
Marine Sciences and
Ocean Engineering visited
the school for a presentation on plankton.
“We’re trying to form
more partnerships with
colleges. We want the students to see themselves as
college-bound,” Hursh said.
In addition to providing an advanced learning
opportunity and chance to
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work with microscopes
and other equipment not
available at the middle
school, UNH’s visit also
taught students how to
identify plankton in preparation for their May 19
boat trip from Newburyport, Mass., to the Isles of
Shoals. During the field
trip, students were to
complete several labs
using samples collected
from the ocean.
For example, one station of the floating lab
requires students to use a
piece of equipment called
a “Bottom Grab” to collect
and study under a microscope a sample of sediment.
During UNH’s presentation, images of plankton
were displayed on a projector to help students
understand what they
would be looking for.
“It’s a more advanced
“small workforce housing
developments,” “Dwelling, Multi-family Workforce,” affordable elderly
housing, and “Live-Work”
units; and removing a section limiting uses to single
family homes and prohibiting accessory dwellings.
Live-work units, for
example, which would be
permitted with a conditional use permit in commercial and industrial districts, would encourage
entrepreneurial, small
business or artists/craftsmen and potentially in-fill
smaller industrial sites,
according to Vogl.
Accessory dwellings
would maintain the character of the Town, while
providing opportunities
for workforce, in-law,
multi-generational or income units in existing
neighborhoods.
“The Millennial cohort, people who are out
of college, with good jobs
and who don’t necessarily
want to buy a house, are
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artments that are going
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can find that,” May said.
“The State is finding one
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a bonus space is the most
sought after situation
these days.”
“The plan overall put
out by (May) and her
team is fabulous, and
very much in keeping
with most livable communities throughout the
country, including ‘LiveWork,’” Richard Flier of 9
Isabella Drive said. “Going
forward, this will put the
Town in a great position
to keep the charm, character and way of life, and
balance the economics
that are needed to do
that.”
But other members of
the community expressed
level of study,” Hursh said.
“We want to get students
out of their comfort zone.
We do this lab at the end
of the year in hopes stu-
dents have reached a level
of maturity where they are
ready to consider different
careers.”
Hursh said the lab can
be a little overwhelming,
but it’s also really exciting
for students. "We want the
kids to have a strong connection with the ocean,"
she said.
Hursh noted she also
likes to show students
they don’t have to go to
Hawaii or Florida to pursue a career in Marine
Biology - there’s plenty to
study in New Hampshire.
Eric Schroeder of the
UNH Marine Docent Program Services said it’s
important youth are sensitized to the fact the ocean
is a fragile environment,
particularly in New Hampshire.
“What we do on land
has a big impact on the
ocean,” he said.
Eighth graders Hannah
Brown and Alex Schickler
said they were looking forward to the floating lab,
and that the information
they were learning in the
class with Schroeder
would help them identify
plankton on their trip.
Schroeder, who has
worked in public and private education for 40
years, said the students
are participating in a “very
sophisticated program.
“This was not something I was seeing when I
was in junior high school,”
he said.
concern over whether or
not the amendments
would be enforced moving forward.
Deb Paul of 118 Hardy
Road, publisher of the
Londonderry Times, argued that the Town
adopted amendments five
to six years ago to limit
big, multi-family housing
projects, but the ordinance wasn’t defended
when developers challenged it.
“The attorneys we
paid said it was defensible,” she said. “It’s like
we’re chasing our tails.
We rewrite and in a couple years we’ll end up
rewriting it again because
a developer doesn’t like
it. I feel really frustrated. I
feel like you really dropped the ball on the residents of this Town.”
“I see deja vu here. We
went through this a few
years ago, moving the
line. I fear we’ll move the
line again down the road,”
Martin Srugis of 17 Wimbledon Drive said. “We
felt the amendment then
was defensible, that’s
what the lawyers told us
then. Now, they’re telling
us this amendment is
defensible. I don’t know if
I believe it. I don’t think
it’s going to hold.”
“I think this is a good
step, but I believe there’s
some sort of disconnect,”
Paul said. “Somebody
comes here with a conceptual design, then it
goes to the Zoning Board
and Zoning had no clue
you were looking at the
ordinances. I’m fearful the
right hand doesn’t know
what the left hand is
doing.”
“I have zero confidence in the Planning and
Zoning Board to enforce
the rules,” David Nease of
11 Faye Lane said. “All the
workforce housing projects that have come forward have not followed
the rules and gotten variances for the projects.”
During any challenge,
the Courts will look at the
totality of the Town’s zoning amendments, according to Vogl, who thinks
the proposed amendment
is less reactive than some
of the amendments the
Town has passed in the
past.
“This is more forward
thinking,” he said.
The Board voted to
continue the public hearing on the amendment to
its June 10 meeting.
Londonderry Middle School teacher Cyndi Hursh’s
science students look at plankton with UNH Marine
Docent Eric Schroeder. Photo by Chris Paul
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imum share of workforce
units from 75 percent to
33 percent.
Pauline Caron of 369
Mammoth Road expressed concern with the proposal to reduce the minimum workforce housing
share to 33 percent, noting recent workforce
housing projects were
granted variances down
to 50 percent and developers are making money
off the projects.
“Why reduce the share
just because other communities are lower?” she
asked.
The Board agreed and
changed the proposed
workforce housing share
to 50 percent.
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multi-family dwellings in
commercial districts with
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Local Sea Cadets Train in Marksmanship, Small Arms
KAITLYN G. WOODS
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ea Cadets from Londonderry, Derry and
beyond shut down
the Nashua Fish and
Game Club last weekend
for a three-day marksmanship and small arms training opportunity, hosted
by the Harlan R. Dickson
Division of Londonderry.
A total of 74 cadets
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Civil Air Patrol units in
New Hampshire and Massachusetts participated in
classes and training exercises on marksmanship
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Petty Officer Daniel
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said while he enjoyed
sharpening his shooting
skills, he most appreciated the opportunity to
take on a leadership position - serving as a Leading
Petty Officer for the weekend.
“The leadership opportunity was most valuable for me,” said Browne,
whose brother and parents are also involved
with the Division - his
brother as a cadet and his
parents as instructors. “It
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Cadet Joseph Aiello,
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and Game Club, who
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helped me to work on
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“I love shooting,” said
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Browne said the weekend training sessions at
the Fish and Game Club
complemented a trip he
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month for a week-and-ahalf of marksmanship
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M AY 21, 2015
PA G E 11
Ayotte Visits North School for Student Interview
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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ondonderry fifth
grader Spencer McIntyre interviewed
U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, RNH at North School last
week for his newscast
project, asking her what
she does as a senator and
what she likes best about
the job.
“It’s really an interesting job and I work on a
number of different topics, whether things for
military or environment
or education,” Ayotte told
McIntyre, whose mother,
Londonderry fifth grader Spencer McIntyre interviews U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R- Lara, works as her staff
NH at North School for his newscast project. Photo by Chris Paul
assistant.
During the May 15
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interview, which Superintendent Nate Greenberg
and School Board member Leitha Reilly attended, Ayotte said she most
enjoys the opportunity to
KAITLYN G. WOODS
make a difference and
said
member
Evan
Plevinthe
first
show
for
his
senLONDONDERRY TIMES
————––––––————–◆ ior project. The Drama sky, a junior.
ondonderr y High Club enjoyed performing
“It’s so fun to watch
School’s Drama Club Lucier’s skits so much, and see what can turn a
will host its annual members decided to make skit into something differImprov Night on May 28 in Improv Night an annual ent and make you laugh so
the high school cafeteria. event.
much you cry,” said memThis year’s event will
To prepare for the per- ber Mackenzie Kewley, a
feature new elements, formances, members of senior producing the
including “two wildcard” the Drama Club have been show. “It’s just a fun night,
actors who can jump into practicing skits to im- with no pressure. And we
any skit and change it prove their improvisation- really make people laugh.”
from a comedy to a al skills.
Improv Night will begin
tragedy, according to
“The skits we practice at 7 p.m., with admission
member Julia Fitzgibbons, in the room are harder $5 at the door. Money cola sophomore.
than the ones we perform lected from Improv Night
Improv Night was cre- for Improv Night so we can helps to fund the Drama
ated last year by graduate bring everything to the Club’s larger productions.
Mark Lucier, who wrote table and do our best,”
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Drama Club to Host Improv
Night at LHS May 28
help people.
When asked how she
balances her responsibilities in Washington, D.C.,
with her family life,
Ayotte said she has a lot
of help.
“My husband helps a
lot - we’re a team,” she
said. “My family helps and
sometimes I bring my kids
to Washington and they
visit me. In the summer
they’re coming down for a
few weeks. Balance is
finding time for both and
having a lot of people who
help.”
McIntyre also asked
Ayotte what her favorite
accomplishment is as senator, to which she cited a
bill she and Sen. Jeanne
Shaheen, D-NH successfully co-sponsored that
will ensure that benefits
paid to families of police
and fire officials won’t be
taxed.
When asked for her
advice to children who
are interested in becoming a senator, Ayotte told
McIntyre, “anyone who
puts their mind to it can
do it.”
After Ayotte left, McIntyre said he had been a little nervous about conducting his first big interview with the senator, but
following through with
the experience gave him
confidence. He said he
wrote his questions to
shed light on Ayotte’s
duties as an elected official because “most kids
don’t know what a senator does.”
Ayotte said McIntyre’s
questions were fantastic,
and that it is great the students had the opportunity to learn how to ask
questions through the
project.
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M AY 21, 2015
LMS Clef Singers Represent Londonderry at District Festival
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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embers of Londonderry Middle
School’s Clef Singers represented the School
District at the New Hampshire Middle School District Festival, a choral
opportunity for students
to learn new skills and to
sing with a large group.
Students prepared four
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pieces of music in advance of the event, held
May 9, then spent a day
rehearsing the songs for
the festival.
“All the students who
participated had different
skills - some sing high,
some sing low. We were
all assigned different
parts,” said seventh grader Brendon Ramos, noting
their music teacher, Moni-
ca Keshigian, worked with
them to prepare for the
festival.
The pieces the students prepared were traditional, and most had
historical significance they
learned and used to inform their performances.
“After we know the
history of every piece, we
were able to sing them
with more emotion,” said
Kiki Bagley, an eighth
grader.
“One of the songs was
about the Underground
Railroad, so we sang it
quieter,” Ramos said.
The students also
learned a song with parts
in Latin, as well as a folksong they described as
“gibberish.”
“It showed us how
much you can do with a
song, and how you can do
different variations,” said
eighth grader Abby Palmer, who was impressed
with how well all the voices that came together for
the festival sounded
together after their “diligent rehearsing.”
“All we needed was
one day,” eighth grader
Anna Hutchinson said.
Teachers chose the
eight students from the
middle school, all of
whom are members of the
Clef Singers, to represent
the District at the festival.
Other students who
attended were Jacob Chulada, eighth grade; Lilly
Grodt, eighth grade; and
Emily Powers, seventh
grade.
“We learned a lot of
new techniques for singing,” said Powers, who
like her classmates, looks
forward to singing as part
of the music department
at the high school.
LMS Brings Spring Concerts
Members of Londonderry Middle School’s Clef Singers Lilly Grodt, Jacob
Chulada, Abby Palmer, Kiki Bagley, Emily Powers, Brandon Ramos and Anna
Hutchinson represented the District at the New Hampshire Middle School
District Festival. Photo by Kaitlyn G. Woods
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The Londonderry Middle
School Spring Concerts feattured the eighth grade chorus, eighth grade band, sixth
and seventh combined chorus, and seventh grade band
on Saturday morning at the
middle school gym. At left,
Donna Salviati directs the
sixth and seventh grade
combined chorus; above, the
seventh grade band, under
the direction of Brad Houston, performs for the audiPhotos by Chris Paul
ence.
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M AY 21, 2015
PA G E 13
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LONDONDERRY SPORTS
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Lancer Hardball Falls Hard, Then Rebounds Beautifully
CHRIS PANTAZIS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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ne day after getting
beat by a Massachusetts opponent by
nine runs last week, the
Londonderry High baseball team rebounded nicely with an important victory over a streaking squad
with which it was neck and
neck in the congested Division I standings.
The LHS contingent
had to look hard to glean
something positive from
their 10-1 home loss to
the visiting Andover High
School squad Wednesday,
May 13.
“The pitching wasn’t
able to get things going
today as Andover rolled
to a 7-0 lead in the first
two innings,” lamented
coach Brent Demas. “Af-
O
ter that, the team gave
itself opportunties to get
back in the game, but just
couldn’t come up with the
clutch hit. Many things to
work on to get ready for
the playoffs, and the boys
will bounce back hard
tomorrow at practice.”
The Lancers’ practice
session that following day
must have been a good
one as an entirely different LHS crew showed up
for last Friday’s home
contest against the Alvirne High Broncos.
Londonderry tallied a
pleasing 4-2 win over the
Hudson-based bunch, which
entered the afternoon
with three consecutive
wins and successes in five
of its last six games.
The Broncos grasped
an 8-4 record going into
that contest, while Londonderry sat at 8-6, so
positioning in D-I was
potentially at stake.
The hosts snared a 2-0
lead in the bottom of the
first inning and made it a
3-0 game in the latter half
of the third.
Alvirne got one marker
back in the top of the
fourth, but the Lancers
responded immediately
with a run of their own in
the bottom of the fourth.
The Hudson side scored one more time in the
top of the fifth to make
the score 4-2, but that was
it on the scoring.
LHS hurler Mike Ryan
gave his crew six strong
innings in bagging his
fourth win of the spring,
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“Mike had all three
pitches working and did
an excellent job of keeping us competitive. The
team responded with a
good defensive effort,”
said Demas.
Offensively, Colby Joncas continued to revive
his season by thumping
two hits and tallying two
runs batted in. Jimmy
Zimolka also bashed two
hits for the victors, and
Geoff Kayo contributed
three hits and two RBI to
increase his team-leading
runs batted in total to 18.
“Still a few questions
to answer, but things are
starting to settle in,” said
Demas
And the Lancers
snared a second straight
win this past Monday in
the form of a 15-1 walloping of the Manchester
Central Little Green in the
Queen City.
Londonderry led 3-0
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M AY 21, 2015
Lady Lancers’ Lax Squad Splits with Two Opponents
CHRIS PANTAZIS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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tight and tough
loss to the topranked Souhegan
High Lady Sabers followed by an absolute walloping of the Concord
High Crimson Tide last
week left the Londonderry High girls’ lacrosse
A
squad stepping into this
week with an 8-4 record.
In the 10-9 loss to the
tough Souhegan squad in
Amherst Tuesday, May 12,
coach Bob Slater’s Lady
Lancers put forth a strong
effort but couldn’t manage to get past the host
team, which has been the
Division I runner-up to
Pinkerton each of the last
two springs.
The locals trailed by
three goals at halftime,
but came back over the
first 12 minutes of the second half to snag an 8-7
lead. The Lady Sabers
then tied the score at 8-8,
but Londonderry had a
slip in discipline that
proved costly.
“With about four minutes left in the game we
received a yellow card,
which put us a man down
for two minutes. And the
Sabers scored two goals
during this time,” lament-
ed Slater.
But the LHS leader still
wound up with plenty
with which to be pleased.
“The girls played a
great game from the start.
We have worked as a
team getting better one
day at a time and understanding the game. They
all have worked hard at
being game-ready,” he
said. “It was a great game
for our program, as we
had played them two
weeks earlier and lost by
10. We now know we can
play with any team in the
league and compete. This
has been our plan from
the start of the season, to
improve in time for the
playoffs. I am very proud
of all of our girls.”
Londonderry got three
goals from Chelsea Lewis,
two from Breda Holland,
two goals and two assists
from the prolific Noelle
Lambert, a goal and a
helper from Sarah Bell,
and one goal from Gabby
Morris.
But the local girls simply overpowered the visiting Concord crew (4-7
record) at LHS last Friday,
May 15, outscoring that
opponent by a 13-1 tally in
the first half en route to a
20-5 blowout.
Morris had a six-point
game with four goals and
two assists, Lambert potted five goals, Lewis tallied three more times,
Bell, Dominique Breault,
and Erika Tsetsilas each
snared a goal and a
helper, June Cranmer
dealt out two assists, and
single goals were received
from Breda Holland, Emily
Davidson, Jill McIntyre,
Emily Holland, and Catie
Derhak.
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Boy Racketeers Keep Right on Competing
CHRIS PANTAZIS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
————––––––————–◆
here’s nothing easy
about putting in
hard work in a sport
and not getting the positive reinforcement you’re
seeking in the form of victories. But the Londonderry High boys’ tennis
team is still right in there
swinging in every single
match.
The Lancers made the
lengthy bus ride to Hanover Tuesday, May 12 and
wound up playing an indoor match at The Boss
Center there.
The match timed out
with the host Marauders
grasping a 5-2 lead, so
that’s where the score
wound up.
Winless Londonderry
received an impressive, 84 singles victory from
Cam Letalien and an 8-4
singles win from Cody
Woods as well.
But things didn’t go as
well against the tough, 7-3
Keene High Blackbirds
back in Londonderry the
T
Londonderry High lacrosse player Sami Lecaroz
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working in earnest during their recent matches.
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Lancers shut out by their
guests despite some strong
work from Ryan Leo in
singles (5-8) and the doubles tandem of Dan Pleva
and Sean Enright (5-8).
“Nice, competitive play
but no points today,” said
LHS coach Janice Norwesh. “Extremely windy
conditions, tough even
for the seasoned players.”
The Lancer males then
took another 9-0 shutout
loss on the chin at Manchester Memorial High
Thursday, May 14.
“We lost 0-9, but I think
the boys are competing
well,” said Norwesh.
And the Lancers’ hunt
for their first match victory rolled on following a 90 loss to the Nashua
North Titans in the Gate
City this past Monday.
“Missing two of my six
(players) always makes it
tough,” said Norwesh.
“But we had a lot of fun
and we’re looking forward
to our last two home
matches.”
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M AY 21, 2015
PA G E 15
Sprague Sets Strikeout Mark in Pacing LHS Softball
CHRIS PANTAZIS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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enior pitcher Melissa
Sprague continued
her exceptional recent performances - setting a new program record for strikeouts - last
Friday, May 15, by leading
her Londonderry High
softball team to a 2-1,
extra-inning edging of the
host Alvirne High Lady
Broncos in Hudson.
Sprague struck out a
record 20 Alvirne batters
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Athletes of the Week
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Cam Letalien, Senior,
Boys' Tennis
After having played
tennis for only one year,
this skilled senior has
been able to take on the
task of top singles and
doubles positions for his
Lancers. And he excelled
against Hanover recently.
Sarah Depasquale,
Sophomore, Girls' Tennis
This Lady Lancers'
second singles seed
was victorious against
opponents from Dover,
Keene, and Manchester
Memorial to help her
team improve its record
to 5-6. She and doubles
partner Sarah Court
also enjoyed success.
enth and eighth innings to
claim the win.
The standout pitcher
also drove in the eventual
winning run in the top
half of the eighth frame
when she laced a single
which plated teammate
Andi Nelson.
Trailing 1-0 going into
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Lady Lancers had Lizzie
Niven stroke a double and
then score on a Lauren
Misiaszek fielders’ choice
to knot the score at 1-1.
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some slouch of a squad in
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son team rolled into its
home game having lost
just one game all spring,
and the 11-2 Lady Broncos
had a nine-game winning
streak bounding along as
well.
The 10-4 Londonderry
side rapped out a total of
six hits in the notable victory, with senior outfielder Summer Vose collecting two of them.
And Sprague put forth
more masterful pitching
work this past Monday in
a 9-1 trouncing of the
Manchester Central Little
Green.
The star hurler saw
her squad sprint out to an
8-0 lead by the end of the
third inning, and she
wound up allowing Central just one hit while
striking out 10 of its batters.
The winners got three
hits from Niven and two
apiece from Justine McElman, Sprague, Katrina
Rivard, Maryellen Leach,
and Andi Nelson.
The impressive victory put the Lady Lancers’
crew at an excellent 11-4
and in fourth place in the
Division I standings with
four contests left in the
regular season.
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Lancer Laxmen Overpower North 25-12
CHRIS PANTAZIS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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ne of the best ways
for an athletic team
to continue a winning streak is to take
advantage of a struggling
opponent it is expected to
defeat.
And that’s precisely
what the Londonderry
High boys’ lacrosse squad
did for coach Sean LeBlanc on its home field
last Saturday, May 16, in
bagging its sixth consecutive win in a 25-12 pummeling of the Nashua High
North Titans (3-10 record).
The Lancers made
their Division I record a
strong 10-4 with the lopsided win, which was
claimed thanks to superb
performances from a host
of LHS laxmen.
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The hosts held a 6-4
lead after one quarter,
grasped a six-goal advantage of 13-7 at halftime,
and saw the scoreboard
showing a 22-10 lead in
their favor at the close of
three quarters.
LeBlanc’s laxmen received seven-point performances from three
players, with senior attack Devin Brunet potting
six goals and dishing out
one assist, and senior
midfielder Lewis Carroll
and junior middie Dave
Wiedenfeld both scoring
four times and assisting
three times.
The winning side also
had senior midfielder
Shayne Holland score
three goals, his fellow
senior middie John Derhak bag two goals and set
up one, sophomore middie Merrill Neiman tally
twice, senior midfielder
Andrew Mitchell register
one goal and two assists,
sophomore
midfielder
Pete Navarro contribute a
goal and a helper, and junior middie John Galluzzo
score once.
The Londonderry High
contingent was slated to
play the winless Manchester Memorial High Crusaders in the Queen City
this past Monday, May 18,
but that contest had to be
rescheduled because the
host contingent couldn’t
suit up enough players to
play the match.
The game was then
rescheduled for Wednesday, May 20, at the same
location, after Londonderry Times press time.
Rolling into that midweek battle with the
struggling opponent, the
Lancers found themselves neck-and-neck with
the Souhegan High Sabers
of Amherst for a top-five
spot in D-I. The locals
had three regular season
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M AY 21, 2015
LHS Boys Third, Girls Fourth at Merrimack Invitational
CHRIS PANTAZIS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
————––––––————–◆
oach Matt Smith
saw his Londonderry High boys’ track
and field crew finish third
and coach Sue Johnson
watched her LHS girl
tracksters end up fourth
at the annual Merrimack
Invitational at Merrimack
C
High Thursday, May 14.
The Pinkerton Academy Astro males won the
boys’ title with a score of
89, with Nashua North
second (85) and Londonderry (71) third. There
were 14 total boys’ teams
at the event.
On the girls’ side of
things, Coe-Brown North-
wood rolled to the crown
(106.5), with North second (66), Merrimack a
close third (65), and Londonderry a close fourth
(63). Thirteen girls’ teams
competed that day.
BOYS
The Lancers claimed
five event wins, with senior star Starlin Ortiz win-
ning the triple jump (41
feet, 10 inches) and the
high jump (6’2”), Eric Fairweather taking the 110meter hurdles (15.96 seconds), Trevor Guay proving unbeatable in the 300
hurdles (40.72), and the
4x400 relay quartet of
Derek Davies, Keith Perry,
Lukas Charbonneau, and
Guay taking the top spot
(3 minutes, 27.25 seconds).
In addition to his two
wins, Ortiz nabbed a second in the long jump.
GIRLS
The Lady Lancers got
wins from Jordan Dufresne in the pole vault
(10 feet), Yorgelis Ortiz in
the 200 dash (26.05), and
Natalie Howes in the
javelin (124’4”). Howes
also claimed third place
in the pole vault, two
spots behind her victorious teammate Dufresne.
The LHS boys’ and
girls’ squads are both
rolling toward the big D-I
state meet on May 29.
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Lady Lancers’ Tennis Reels Off Fine Winning Streak
CHRIS PANTAZIS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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fter posting a 1-7
record in its first
eight matches of
the 2015 campaign, the
Londonderry High girls’
tennis team went on a
nice run last week by vanquishing three consecutive opponents.
A
Coach Tom Meighan’s
Lady Lancers defeated
the Dover High Green
Wave Monday, May 11,
and followed up that bit
of work with bestings of
the Keene High Lady Blackbirds and then the Manchester Memorial Lady
Crusaders later in the
week.
The locals bumped
their Division I record up
to 3-6 with an 8-1 demolition of Keene on that
opponent’s home courts
Wednesday, May 13.
Londonderry swept
singles, thanks to the
impressive efforts of
Marissa Beaton (8-6
score), Sarah DePasquale
(9-7), Maggie Phillips (84), Liz Mak (8-1), Sarah
Court (8-5), and Samantha
Board (8-5).
The Lady Lancers also
claimed doubles victories, thanks to the performances of the tandems
of DePasquale and Court
(8-2) and Phillips and
Board (8-1).
And consecutive victory number three came
Thursday, May 14, with a
shutout of Memorial in
Londonderry.
All of the Lady Lancers’ victories were decisive, including the singles
successes of Beaton (8-1),
DePasquale (8-0), Phillips
(8-0), Mak (8-5), Kathryn
Dwyer (8-1), and Court (81). Doubles wins were
snared by the duos of
Beaton and Mak (8-2),
DePasquale and Court (82), and Phillips and Board
(8-3).
The Lady Lancers then
fell 6-3 to Nashua North’s
Lady Titans in Londonderry this past Monday.
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Ex-Lancer Bolduc, SNHU Softball Finished in Super-Regionals
CHRIS PANTAZIS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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hen all is said
and done, former
Londonderry High
School multi-sport standout Lindsey Bolduc will
be able to say she helped
the Southern New Hamp-
W
shire University women’s
softball squad make history during the spring of
2015.
Junior Bolduc was the
starting second baseman
on the SNHU softball
squad that went a program record-setting 35-9
before having its hunt for
a national championship
end in the NCAA SuperRegional Tournament on
its home field in Manchester last weekend.
The Penwomen fell to
the Adelphi University
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week later.
Bolduc and her teammates lost a 15-inning
decision by a 5-3 tally in
game one last Friday, May
15, and were eliminated
by Adelphi with a 4-2
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Lancer Spikers Split Matches, Move Their Mark to 4-7
CHRIS PANTAZIS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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he Londonderry High
boys’ volleyball squad
saw its season record move to 4-7 last
week with a loss to the
Goffstown High Grizzlies
followed by a decisive
defeat of the Dover High
Green Wave.
The Lancers dropped
a hard-fought, 3-1 deci-
T
sion to the Goffstown
squad at LHS Tuesday,
May 12, starting things
out by winning game one
by a 25-21 score but then
dropping the next three
by tallies of 25-22, 25-23,
and 25-23.
The hosts received 11
kills and four blocks from
Marc Corey, 14 digs from
Aidan McCaffrey, and 26
assists from Spenser
Flood.
But the next evening,
back on its own court, the
Londonderry crew claimed a 3-1 victory over the
struggling Dover contingent (1-9 record).
The locals won games
one (25-12) and two (2522), dropped game three
(25-17), but ended the
match by bagging a decisive 25-11 victory in game
four.
Corey had a huge night
for the Lancers, totaling
15 kills and four blocks.
Ryan Crowley played libero for the first time this
season and had 17 digs.
Jeff Baroody scored
the first nine points from
the service line and ended
up with 18 of them.
“The squad is learning
every day in practice, and
it’s showing with their
shot selection and willingness to try new play-sets,”
said coach John Vaughn.
“Spenser Flood is setting
very well, and his set distribution is keeping all the
hitters on their toes and
ready to attack. Aidan
McCaffrey is our mainstay
on the back line, and his
enthusiasm has sparked
many rallies and scram-
ble points.”
And when he assesses
the development of his
Lancers, Vaughn is quite
pleased with what he’s
seeing.
“We have come light
years from our first days
in practice, and we’ll be
peaking when it matters
most, in June. Stay tuned.
Our best volleyball is yet
to come,” said the coach.
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Enrollment Open for School District’s Summer Enrichment Classes
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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he School District’s
Summer Enrichment
Program will feature
a variety of new programs.
The Summer Enrichment Program, which has
been offered in the District
for several years, provides
students with an opportunity to stay connected in
the summer, according to
Assistant Superintendent
Scott Laliberte.
The classes also allow
students and teachers to
explore topics they may
not have time to cover
during the school year,
with classes offered changing from year to year.
This year, popular
courses “Fun with Pinkalicious,” inspired by the
popular children’s book
series, and “Fun with
Fairies” feature a variety of
activities.
In “Fun with Pinkalicious,” students will read
and listen to stories from
Victoria Kann’s popular
children’s books, as well
T
as do activities where they
experiment with color, create a lemonade stand and
explore friendship building.
“There may be high
interest areas that appeal
to kids that do have some
sort of peripheral connection. ‘Pinkalicious’ is an
example; we might not
have time to dive into that
book series as an academic piece, but it’s a great
way to keep kids reading,”
Laliberte said.
“Fun with Pinkalicious”
has generated such overwhelming interest that
teacher Colleen Kennedy
will offer a morning class
from 9 until noon, and
potentially an afternoon
class from 12:30 to 2:30
p.m. July 7 through 9.
Also new in this year’s
program,
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there’s a waiting list.
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the “Fun with Fairies” program, based on enrollment
numbers.
During the three-day
class for first through
third graders, students
will read stories about
fairies and build a fairy
garden with fairy houses.
They will also explore
nature, plant flowers and
use nature to create special spaces for fairies to
visit.
“Teachers offer their
own classes, we don’t
develop the programs,”
Laliberte said. “If they
have a connection to
learning and they’re
appropriate, we’ll include
them.”
In “Tunnel Through,” a
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
focused class that Laliberte said has also generated a great deal of interest,
students in grades six
through eight will develop
a model mountain tunnel
through a clay mountain,
working within design constraints and testing for
success. The activity is
expected to stimulate the
principles behind real-life
engineering design.
The class, an introductory activity for middle
school students who are
inclined to science and
engineering, complements
the District’s efforts to
begin integrating STEM
into the curriculum.
Other classes offered
this summer include a
writing program for students in grades one
through three, a three-day
camp for incoming kindergarten students to
Moose Hill School, and
“Summer Study Skills,” a
three-hour course for students entering grades nine
and 10 on time management, organizational skills,
goal setting, study skills
and identifying different
learning styles.
The course was creat-
ed with input from four
high school honors graduates, who shared skills
they consider critical to
their academic success.
Parents who wish to
enroll their students in
any of the summer classes
must register by June 5.
The cost of each class
varies, depending on final
enrollment.
Online registration forms
are available through the
District’s website at
www.londonderry.org.
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Band. The event gave the younger children an opportunity to see how
instruments are used, to conduct musicians, and to march around the gym.
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Local Youth Take the Stage in ‘Willy Wonka’ Production
PENNY WILLIAMS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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he spring offering
from Kids Coop
Theatre is a production of Roald Dahl’s “Willy
Wonka,” on stage at the
Derry Opera House May
22 and 23.
The 40-member cast
features local youngsters
ages 8 to 18.
Many of the cast members have seen the play or
the movie of the same
name and find that enhances their enjoyment of
being in the production.
Charlie Bucket is played by a relative newcomer
to the theater group,
Logan Young of Sandown.
Logan, 9, said he is having
the time of his life, and his
enthusiasm shows.
“The hardest part of
being Charlie in this show
is to be the main character,” he admitted with a
shy grin. “I am in almost all
the scenes and I don’t get
a break for a long time. But
it is fun. I saw the movie
and liked it.”
Evie Brunette of Londonderry plays the part of
Violate Beauregarde. This
quiet, unassuming young
lady is having a fun time
with the production, al-
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though she admits the
part she plays is very different from who she is.
“Probably the hardest
part of playing this role is
getting right how she acts,
such as having to pretend
to chew gum and to be
really sassy,” she said.
“That isn’t how I am, but I
have seen the play and the
movie and that has
enabled me to see how
others did the role and
that has made it easier for
me to play the role. I have
been in nine previous productions so this isn’t a new
experience, but it is fun.”
Another veteran actress in “Willy Wonka” is
Zoie Laskiewicz, 14, of
Derry, an eighth grader
who is the featured Oompa
Loompa in the play. Zoie
said she had seen both the
play and movie, which
made it all the more fun to
be in the play.
“I think the dances are
the most fun for me in this
production,” she said.
“The best part of being in
the Kids Coop Theatre
plays is having the opportunity to get to know a
bunch of new people and
being able to be on stage a
lot, which is really awesome.”
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The production is
directed by John Rodgers
III, a Derry resident and
Pinkerton Academy and
Kids Coop graduate. This
is Rodgers’ third Kids
Coop production; his previous plays were “Shrek
the Musical” in 2014 and
“Thoroughly Modern Millie Jr.” in 2012, which he
directed again this year at
Gilbert H. Hood Middle
School. He has acted in
many plays in a variety of
roles and is an experienced stage manager and
sound and lighting designer and technician as well.
He is a Dean’s List student pursuing a degree in
Music Education and
hopes to teach music and
drama at the middle
school level.
Music director is Amanda Morgan, a University
of New Hampshire Music
Education graduate. She
has worked on several
previous Kids Coop productions and is the music
teacher and band and chorus director at South Elementary School in Londonderry.
Brenna Morgan is choreographer. She is a Kids
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Kids Coop Theatre cast members rehearse the song “I’ve Got a Golden Ticket”
at Upper Village Hall in Derry. Photo by Chris Paul
tions over the last few
years. She choreographed
the “Little Mermaid Jr.”
production for Kids Coop
in 2014 as part of the
Young Directors program
and is currently also
choreographing ‘The Jungle Book” and a Gala
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Londonderry cast members are Amanda Battaglia, Alyssa Beaulieu, Eric
Bourque, Evelyn Brunette, Michael DeRosa,
Bianca Fonesca, Hunter
Holcombe, Samantha Honeywell, Zelda HowardMartin, Douglas Jones, Simone Labell, Haley Lafond,
Maya Lincoln, Adriana
Nadeau, Alexandria Nadeau, Melanie Nadeau, and
Frank
Thomas.“Willy
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the Derry Opera House on
Friday, May 22, at 7 p.m.
and on Saturday, May 23,
at 1 p.m. and at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $12 each. They
can be purchased online
by going to www.kidscoop-theatre.org.
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by Mixabeat, a musical
troupe performing live music
and open mike Karaoke,
from 7 to 11 p.m. Saturday,
June 6, at the Lions Hall on
Mammoth Road (Route
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three-hour monthly respite
Rotary Car Show
Call for Art
The Rotary Club of Londonderry holds its 24th
annual Memorial Day Car
Show Sunday, May 24, at
Clock Tower Office Condominiums at Route 102 and
Gilcreast Road. All money
raised supports local charities. Before May 24, auto
registration is $10. On May
24, auto registration begins
at 9 a.m. at $15 per auto. The
show runs from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. Admission is $3 per
adult, $7 per family. Trophies
will be awarded at 2 p.m.
Rotary will have information
explaining its mission and
highlights of local donations.
For details, contact George
Brooks at 661-0028 or [email protected].
The Aviation Museum of
New Hampshire seeks
entries for a juried exhibition, open to all New Hampshire artists. Submissions
are due at the museum, 27
Navigator Road, Londonderry from 10 a .m. to 3 p.m.
Aug.3-8, and will be juried
by painter Bruce McColl,
director of the Currier
Museum Art Center. The
exhibit theme is “Celebrating Flight.” Paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture,
mixed media, photography,
and digital media will be
accepted. Entry forms will
be on the museum’s website
and at the museum during
delivery. A $10 fee is
charged per entry. For
details, call 669-4820 or visit
[email protected].
Writers Group
The Rockingham Writers
Group is seeking additional
members. Persons with an
interest in writing a novel,
short story, memoir, magazine articles or a self-help
book are invited to contact
[email protected]
This is not a writing course,
and writers should have a
rudimentary grasp of writing fundamentals. The
group’s objective is to assist
one another to improve
writing skills and to become
published writers. Three
members are published
writers and one is a published novelist. The group
meets the second Tuesday
of each month from 10 a.m.
to noon at the Kelly Library
in Salem, NH.
elect and appoint the High
Sheriff for Rockingham
County, to fill a vacancy created by the death of High
Sheriff Michael Downing on
April 17. To file a Declaration of Candidacy, contact
Cheryl Hurley, delegation
coordinator, in the Rockingham County Delegation
office at 679-9369 from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays,
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Fridays. Filing period closes
May 22.
Book Bingo
Children are invited to
play a fun picture version of
Ocean Friends Book Bingo
at the Leach Library on
Monday, June 15, from 4 to 5
p.m. All participants will win
and have a chance to select
books from the library’s
special selection tables.
Advance registration is
Garden Club
required and begins MonThe Derry Garden Club day, June 8, at 9 a.m. To regmeets June 5 at 10 a.m. at ister, call 432-1127 or come
the Cutting Edge Hosta by the Children’s Room.
Farm, 97 Sky View Drive, Pelham. Carpooling is encour- Birdhouse Building
aged and members should
Children are invited to
bring a bag lunch. The com- come to the Leach Library
mittee will provide drinks on Thursday, June 18, from
and desserts. The program 4 to 5 p.m. to create a birdis a presentation on “Hostas house. Using markers, parand Designing with Foliage,” ticipants will decorate the
presented by Carolyn and sides and roof, then assemRodney Thompson, owners ble the house. Advance regof the farm. The club is a istration is required and
member of the New Hamp- begins at 9 a.m. Monday,
shire Federation of Garden June 8. To register, call 432Clubs and the National Gar- 1127 or come by the Childen Clubs.
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program for parents of children with special needs,
takes place the second Friday of every month at Londonderry United Methodist
Church from 6 to 9 p.m. The
children and their siblings
are welcomed for a pizza
dinner, crafts, games, and
activities. Parents are encouraged to enjoy a few
hours away, but are welcome to stay. For more
information, contact Pauline
and Patrick McKivergan at
437-5114 or [email protected] .
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The Robert Frost Farm’s
2015 Hyla Brook Reading
Series season opens Thursday, May 21, from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. in the Frost Farm barn,
122 Rockingham Road (Route
28) Derry with poet Jacquelyn
Pope of Chicago. Hyla Brook
Poet Kyle Potvin will also read
at the free event. An Open Mic
follows the readings; all audience members are invited to
share their work. For further
information, email Robert
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Hyla Brook Poets
The Hyla Brook Poets’
monthly writing workshop
meets on the third Saturday
of the month at 10 a.m. at
the Robert Frost Farm, 122
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as supplies are usually low grandfathered in from the
following the winter. To save current Londonderry Men’s
time, pre-register online at Recreational Softball League.
redcrossblood.org, or by The league will start with
calling 1-800-RED-CROSS. pick-up games at the LonWalk-ins are always wel- donderry Nelson Road softcome. For more informa- ball field June 2 and 9. If
tion, contact Brian Warner there is enough interest,
at [email protected] or teams will be established
and an eight- to 10-game reg434-4043.
ular season will be held
Tuesday nights, with a playSenior Center Art
Art classes are sched- off ending July 28. If interestuled at the Londonderry ed, attend June 2 or 9, or
Senior Center, 535 Mam- contact Jim Edwards at
moth Road in Londonderry. [email protected]
Pre-registration is required, or 432-5720.
with payment at sign-up.
Classes include: ceramics Synagogue Film
Etz Hayim Synagogue , 1Mondays, 12:30 to 2 p.m.;
jewelry making Thursdays, 1/2 Hood Road, Derry pro10:15 to 11:15 a.m.; nature vides the community with a
crafts Thursday, May 28, series of presentations on
12:30 to 2 p.m.; and “Build contemporary Jewish isYour Own Plant Press” Fri- sues. As the final session of
day, May 29, 12:30 to 2 p.m. the Key Issues in ContempoFor most classes, no experi- rary Judaism Series, the docence is required. For details, umentary film “Body and
call 432-8554 or visit Soul The State of the Jewish
www.londonderrynh.org/Pa Nation” will be shown
ges/LondonderryNH_Senior Thursday, May 28, at 7 p.m.
Following the viewing, Glo/index.
ria Z. Greenfield, the film’s
producer and director, will
Swan Trivia
The Leach Library Chil- lead a discussion on the film,
dren’s Room will host a which examines the connecswan trivia contest through- tions between the Jewish
out the month of May. Par- people and Israel. For more
ticipants are welcome to information, email Steve Sorstop by and try their hand eff at soreffs15@aol. com or
at answering a question visit www.etzhayim.org.
about swans. All the correct
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Londonderry Police Log
Selections from the Londonderry Police Logs
Monday, May 11
6:21 a.m. Mailbox taken
out during the night on
Sanborn Road.
9:48 a.m. Alex DiazBerrio, 33, Spruce Street,
Manchester arrested for
Resisting Arrest or Detention and traffic control
devices. Bail set at $4,000
cash with Derry Circuit
Court date of June 9.
10 a.m. Criminal mischief
on May 8 to vehicle at
Workout Club and Wellness Center, Orchard
View Drive.
Friday, May 15
12:22 p.m. Auto theft
reported on Litchfield
Road.
1:04 p.m. Thomas V.
Bourque, 32, 968 Haywood, Apt. #2, Manchester arrested on warrant
for Criminal Trespass. He
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was released on $3,000
personal recognizance
bail, with June 23 Derry
District Court date.
Saturday, May 16
3:12 p.m. Derry Police
reporting possible impaired driver on Rockingham Road northbound
from Derry town line.
Vehicle located behind
Whippersnapper’s. Officer advised subject had
been pepper sprayed and
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struck two police vehicles. Stephen J. Carter,
Frost Road, Derry arrested for Aggravated Driving
While Intoxicated, Driving
While Intoxicated (second offense), Resisting
Arrest, Conduct After an
Accident, two counts of
Open Container of Alcohol, and two counts of
Disobeying an Officer.
Subject held on $10,000
cash bail, with May 18
arraignment at Derry District Court.
Sunday, May 17
1:49 p.m. Caller reports
gunshots behind building
on Midridge Circle.
10:19 p.m. Stacey Gillespie, 44, Middle Street,
Amherst arrested on warrant for False Report on
Accident. Bail set at
$1,500 with Derry Circuit
Court date of June 23.
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Ribbon Cutting May 27 for New Section of Paved Rail Trail
he
Londonderry
Rail Trail grew
three-quarters of a
mile longer this spring,
with the new section of
paved trail running from
the Park and Ride at Exit
5, beneath Interstate 93,
and continuing past the
Verani Realty office complex, ending behind the
Irving gas station at the
intersection of Independence and Liberty Drives.
The extension con-
T
nects to the one-mile section of paved Rail Trail
that begins at North Elementary School and continues to the Park and
Ride.
Londonderry
Trailways will hold a ribboncutting ceremony, open to
the public, on the new
section of trail at One
Verani Way on Wednesday, May 27, at 3 p.m. The
ribbon will be cut by the
three major donors for
the Phase 2 extension:
Jeanette Fitzgibbons in
memory of James Edward
“Jim” Fitzgibbons, Dr.
John P. Daley for Derry
Medical Center, and Giovanni Verani for Hathaway Berkshire Home Services/Verani Realty.
At the ceremony Londonderry Trailways will
acknowledge town employees who assisted in
the planning and construction of the trail:
Janusz Czyzowski, director of the Department of
Public Works and Engineering, and Assistant
Director John Trottier;
Environmental Engineer
Robert Kerry, and Planning and Economic Development Department staff
Cynthia A. May, John Vogl,
and Jaye Trottier.
Speaking on behalf of
the Town will be Town
Manager Kevin Smith.
Also being acknowl-
edged for in-kind contributions will be Severino
Trucking Co. Inc. of Candia and Continental Paving Inc. of Londonderry.
Severino was the general
contractor for I-93 construction at Exit 5. The
service road Severino
constructed for its vehicles during highway construction has now been
incorporated into the
recreational trail. Continental Paving helped pro-
vide paving materials.
A $24,000 grant from
the Recreational Trails
Program, which is administered by the State of
New Hampshire Department of Resources and
Economic Development,
Division of Parks and
Recreation, Bureau of
Trails helped fund the
Phase 2 extension. Total
construction cost for the
extension was $95,000.
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Leach Library Presents Summer Reading Programs for All Ages
The Leach Library will
offer Summer Reading
Programs for children,
young adults, and adults
to encourage a summer
full of reading.
Children’s Summer
Reading
The 2015 theme is
“Every Hero Has a Story!”
All participants will work
on one team to try to read
enough books to leap to
the top of Angel Falls,
Venezuela, the highest
waterfall in the world and
one of the seven wonders
of the natural world, with
a total goal of 38,760 inches. Each book read will
equal one inch.
Registration begins
June 1 in the Children’s
Room. The program is
open to all children from
birth through grade 6.
Upon registration, participants will receive a packet containing calendars
with the dates and times
of all programs.
The library will start
the Summer Reading Program with a visit with
Ladybug Girl, star of the
“Ladybug Girl” series by
Jackie Davis and David
Soman. Participants are
invited to the library on
Tuesday, June 23; Wednesday, June 24; or Thursday, June 25 from 11 a.m.
to noon to hear the story
of Ladybug Girl and her
Bug Squad, as well as stories of other heroes.
Those who wish may
come dressed as their
favorite hero. There will
be time for a picture with
Ladybug Girl at the end of
the program. Each participant will also be entered
into a raffle for a chance
to win a prize bag. Registration is required and
begins at 9 a.m. Thursday,
June 18. To register, call
432-1127 or come by the
Children’s Room.
activities
Weekly
include Guess It and Trivia Contests, Craft Time
Thursdays, and a Saturday Scavenger Hunt. A
variety of special programs are planned, all
requiring registration the
week before the event.
Linda Peck will finish
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!
Townhomes at Whittemore Place
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(1/4 mile South of Litchfield Road)
Beautiful new two and three bedroom
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Affordable rents of $975 to $1125 include
Heat & Hot Water. Income Limits Apply.
Must pass criminal, landlord and credit
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For more information, please contact:
Stewart Property Management, Inc.
426 Somerville Street, Manchester, NH
(603) 644-8447 (TDD Access)
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the program on Thursday,
Aug. 13, with Just Like
Mary. Registration is
required and begins
Thursday, Aug. 6. at 9 a.m.
Those who haven’t yet
reached their goal are still
invited to attend and can
pick up their prize bag
from the Children’s Room
when they reach their
goal any time until closing
on Saturday, Sept. 5.
More information can
be found at www.londonderrynh.org select Library under Departments,
and choose Children’s
Services, or call the Children’s Room at 432-1127.
Young Adult Summer
Reading
The theme his year is
“Unmask.” Participants
entering grades 6-12 in
September may sign up
from June 1 through Aug.
10 at the Leach Library
main desk. The program
runs from June 1 – Aug.
13, with a wrap-up Pizza
Party and raffle Thursday,
Aug. 13.
Those who sign up by
June 15 and read the most
books by that date in
accordance with the
guidelines will be eligible
to win a mystery gift basket that includes a Barnes
& Noble gift certificate. If
there is a tie, a tie-breaker
test may be administered,
or a winner may be
picked by random drawing.
Participants can read
any age-appropriate book
with a minimum of 80
pages and fill out and
return raffle slips weekly
for every book read by 8
p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, to
be entered into the prize
drawing. Those who read
12 books by closing Sept.
5 will earn a certificate to
give to their English teacher for either an extra
credit or a homework
pass (Grades 6 and 7, Londonderry Middle School
only).
The program includes
evening meetings at the
library from 6 to 7 p.m.,
except for movie night,
which runs from 5 to 7:15
p.m., with snacks and
door prizes.
Adult Summer Reading
The sixth annual Adult
Summer Reading Program
begins June 1 and runs
through Aug. 31. This
year’s theme is “Escape
the Ordinary.” Participants may register at any
time at the Reference
Desk, where they will
receive an information
sheet about the program
and a Tic-Tac-Toe card to
be completed during the
summer. This sheet can
be turned in when three
blocks are completed for
a chance to win a prize.
The first participants to
register will also receive a
sign-up incentive, a small
green fabric wallet. Quantities of the sign-up incentive are limited and are
available first come, first
serve.
For every book read
after registering, participants will receive one raffle ticket. Weekly raffle
drawings are held, with
prizes including gift certificates to local restaurants. The participant
who reads the most
books over the summer
will receive a Grand Prize
gift basket.
A quiz can be completed each month and
returned to the Reference
Desk. Every completed
quiz that answers all
questions correctly will
be entered into a monthly
prize drawing.
For more information,
call the library at 4321132.
TOWN OF LONDONDERRY
PLANNING BOARD
The Londonderry Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the Moose Hill Council Chambers, 268B Mammoth Road, Londonderry, NH to consider the following:
NEW PLANS
A. Stage Crossing, LLC (Owner and Applicant), Tax Map 12 Lot
137 - Application Acceptance and Public Hearing for formal
review of a two-lot subdivision (“Stage Crossing Subdivision”) at 122 Hovey Road, Zoned AR-I.
B. Eversource Energy and National Grid (Owners and Applicants) - Review of a Conditional Use Permit Application to
allow temporary impacts to the Conservation Overlay District (COD) wetland buffer of 33,616 square feet and temporary impacts to the Conservation Overlay District (COD)
stream buffer of 7,213 sf associated with geotechnical testing required to complete the engineering phase for the
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