Sandown Selectman Chair Shuts Down Motion

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Sandown Selectman Chair
Shuts Down Motion
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
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SANDOWN – In a move
that shocked a full audience
of residents at the board of
selectmen’s Oct. 5 meeting,
and one whose legality
many questioned, chair Jim
Devine prevented the opportunity for the seconding
of a motion made by Jon
Goldman.
After questioning the
chair’s authority to halt his
motion, Goldman motioned
to adjourn the meeting,
ending business for the
night.
The issue that the matter
revolved around is again a
school district matter:
whether the selectmen
should officially agree with
the findings of the committee tasked with looking into
the suitability and feasibility
of Sandown’s withdrawing
from the Timberlane Regional School District.
Voters put this study
into motion at the last town
meeting. Though the school
district showed hesitancy at
first to take any responsibility for the study and the
school board denied any,
they eventually set up a
committee, and that group
recently voted unanimously
that it was neither suitable
nor feasible for Sandown to
leave.
One of the two abstentions on that vote came
from Sandown selectman
Cyndi Buco, a member of
the committee who has stated that she is continuing
work on a minority report
on the same issue, despite
the selectmen’s decision last
month to disband the related town-based committee
she had been leading.
At their previous meeting Buco was successful in
getting her peers to agree
with spending $1,000 in
legal fees to inquire about
what the town should do,
should the Timberlane Feasibility Committee determine that it was a good idea
for Sandown to leave the
district. Of particular concern to Buco was the potential for the committee to
then agree that Sandown
should tuition its students
into Timberlane’s middle
and high schools.
But according to committee chair Rob Collins of
Danville, a key factor in
determining the unsuitability of the withdrawal was
continued on page 5
Detail and Fingerprinting Rates
Increase at Police Department FINAL TOUCHES
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
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CHESTER – The police
department will be raising a
couple of its fees to match
those of surrounding communities on a suggestion by
interim police chief Aaron
Berube.
Berube met with the
board of selectmen on
Thursday, Oct. 1 to alert
them and get their approval
of the changes.
Currently the fee for a
police detail is $55 an hour,
with $37 going to the officer
and the rest to administrative and cruiser costs, but
this is low in comparison to
nearby towns, said Berube.
The average of the surrounding towns is $63 total,
with $40 to the officer.
Berube noted that in
addition to that increased
cost in surrounding towns,
the costs attendant on the
New Hampshire Retirement
System have gone up and
need to be covered.
A total cost of $59 to the
vendor with $39 to the officer was suggested by the
interim chief and agreed to
unanimously by the board.
“So we’re still below the
average but we’re moving in
the right direction,” said
Berube.
Those detail funds end
up in the police detail
revolving fund and can be
used for a variety of policerelated expenses. Most recently voters agreed to pull
funds from it to cover the
cost of upgrading the department’s communications
systems. Berube noted that
the cruiser’s video systems
will need an upgrade soon,
as they are 7 years old and
starting to fail, and that
money can hopefully be
taken from the detail fund.
The other fee increase
was for fingerprinting.
Chester is way below
surrounding communities
in the cost for that work, so
much so that other towns
send their residents to
Chester for the savings.
This is not fingerprinting for crimes, but the kind
that residents, employees or
businesses need.
Currently Chester charges
$1 per card, in comparison
to $25 in nearby towns.
“This is a service that we
provide, apparently, for people who do not live in
Chester,” said Berube, joking.
He suggested keeping
the rate at $1 for residents,
employees and local businesses, but to increase it for
out of towners to $25.
The department handles
Jason and Michelle Boucher make some
minor adjustments to the scarecrows set up at their East Derry Road home on Sunday morning. Hundreds of imaginative creations are set up throughout Chester as
the Chester Historical Society’s annual fundraiser keeps adding to the already large
number of participants. See more photos on page 8.
Photo by Chris Paul
Company Chosen to Design,
Build Hampstead Cell Towers
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
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HAMPSTEAD - The
Board of Selectmen has chosen Blue Sky Tower of Norfolk and North Reading,
Mass., to design and construct two communications
towers for the Town.
Meeting in a work session Wednesday, Sept. 30,
the selectmen talked with
the three bidders they had
chosen to interview further
about their proposals to
construct communication
continued on page 15 towers in Hampstead. The
bids were in response to a
Request for Proposals (RFP)
sent out earlier this year.
Tower locations are the
Kent Farm Transfer Station
and the Hampstead Fire
Department on Little’s Lane.
In the end, James
George of Blue Sky Tower,
who has spent nearly a year
working with Hampstead
selectmen and others to
come to terms with how to
encourage and smooth the
way for communication
tower construction, was the
winning bid.
The board scheduled the
three companies for a halfhour interview each to hear
a brief review of the company proposal and for the
company representative to
respond to questions.
The other companies
were Varsity Wireless in
Portsmouth and Bay Communication of Mansfield,
Mass.
Speaking for Varsity
Wireless, Francis Parisi’s proposal didn’t include providing a generator for the Hampstead Fire Department safety
communications equipment
continued on page 3
P AG E 2
T R I -T OW N T I M E S • O C T O B E R 8, 2015
Public Hearing on Sandown Withdrawal Feasibilty Decision Oct. 13
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
–––– • ––––
SANDOWN – Though
the Timberlane Regional
School District-based Sandown Withdrawal Feasibility Committee has decided
that it is both unsuitable
and not feasible for Sandown to leave the four-town
district, the Timberlane
school board has decided
that up to $30,000 should
still be spent to determine
what the town would owe
the district should it leave.
Since Sandown voters at
town meeting in March put
into motion a study that
would investigate leaving
Timberlane, whose other
towns are Danville, Plaistow
and Atkinson, the committee
made up of school board
members, administrators and
selectmen has been looking
into the issue. But after various avenues were explored,
the group recently decided,
5-0-2, that it didn’t make
sense for Sandown to leave.
The group is to hold a
public hearing on that decision on Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. at
the Timberlane Performing
Arts Center in Plaistow. The
decision was made at the
group’s Sept. 29 meeting.
Danville school board
member Rob Collins, who
chairs the withdrawal committee, told the school
board that one of the key
factors in the determination
was the fact that there isn’t
another district that could
pull in Sandown students.
Five school districts were
investigated as to the potential to take students: Raymond, Salem, Pinkerton,
Sanborn and Timberlane.
Collins noted that all
were discussed in depth but
Raymond and Salem were
dropped because they did
not have room, Pinkerton
was dropped because committee members decided it
was unwise to have Sandown students be part of
three different districts on
the way to graduation
(Pinkerton only provides
high school, and middle
schoolers would have to
attend elsewhere) and Sanborn did not offer a middle
school either. That left only
Timberlane as an option.
But while the school
board tentatively allowed
those grades the option to
tuition back into Timberlane, given that the move
would also mean that
Sandown would lose all representation on the budget
committee and school board
with the change, it didn’t
make sense, the Feasibility
Committee agreed.
Another issue against
the withdrawal was the cost
of the buyout. This is the
sum that Sandown would
likely have to pay to remove
itself from the district to
cover the investments the
other Timberlane towns
have made on their behalf.
Sandown school board
member Kelly Ward ultimately made the motion in
the Withdrawal Committee
to deem withdrawal not feasible. “So, we’ve made our
decision,” said Collins.
He went on to ask the
board whether, given that
decision, it still wanted to
spend a previously authorized $30,000 on a study
aimed at determining the
true cost of Sandown’s buyout.
According to Collins,
the committee has determined it does not need the
number.
Though the committee
put together a preliminary
sum, going back to 1999,
the school board authorized
a third party to be hired to
investigate the sum all the
way back to the formation
of the district in 1965.
Plaistow school board
member Peter Bealo motioned to continue the buyout investigation, at least
until it was clear that a
minority report arguing that
withdrawal made sense was
not going forward.
Bealo argued that Timberlane had to play defense
in that scenario.
Though the board of
selectmen in Sandown disbanded a committee they
authorized to act in a minority fashion, selectman
Cyndi Buco, also a member
of the Timberlane committee, has spoken about continuing that work regardless.
Plaistow’s Sue Sherman
echoed Bealo’s comments to
a point, saying that she didn’t see a fault in continuing
the work, as more information was always good.
Plaistow’s Rick Blair
noted concern that while
$30,000 had been set aside,
there was no guarantee the
work could be done with
that sum. Blair said he
understood the desire to
know the amount of the
buyout number, but at the
same time there are all sorts
of interesting facts he’d like
to know, such as where
Jimmy Hoffa was buried,
but it didn’t make sense to
spend tax dollars on the
work.
Collins and Blair expressed concern with having the information available, should the minority
report be created, go to the
State Board of Education,
where it could then be
approved and be forced to
warrant article. The information was called for
because of the defense it
could provide against such
an occurrence
Sandown’s Donna Green
said the board should be
respectful of taxpayers and
call off the $30,000 investment, until it was clear it
was actually needed.
Atkinson’s Jack Sapia
charged Green with being
one of those who, when the
study was initiated through
warrant article, misinform-
ed residents by stating that
it would not cost them a
dollar.
At this point Green
raised her voice and asked
for a Point of Personal Privilege, standing when the
request was not granted.
Eventually the board went
into recess. When they came
out, all were calm again.
“I’m being insulted,”
said Green.
Sapia went on to say that
the issue would likely arise
again and it made sense to
have the buyout number in
hand, calling it prudent and
responsible.
Bealo argued that the
study was being respectful
to other district towns,
which could lose with a
withdrawal, but noted that
at about $100 an hour for
the work, he couldn’t
understand how it could
possibly take 300 hours and
cost $30,000.
Ward noted that the cost
was a small price to pay, split
among four towns, to have
the information in hand.
In the vote to continue
spending up to $30,000 on
the work, all but Green and
Blair approved.
Selectmen Seek Legal Counsel on Fleet Insurance
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
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SANDOWN - Fire department leadership has asked
the selectmen to increase the
amount of insurance coverage on their fleet.
Fire chief Bill Tapley and
fellow fire engineer Captain
Dave Cheney sought the
change at the board’s Oct. 5
meeting, and while selectmen
indicated favor for the move,
they decided to hold off on a
decision until the full cost
was known and the policy
was reviewed by legal counsel.
Tapley explained that
with a recent fire in their
ambulance and a fire on an
engine earlier in the year, it
has become apparent that the
current insurance policy isn’t
sufficient, in that it will not
cover replacement cost.
If the ambulance were
unable to be fixed, the town
under the current policy
would have been reimbursed
$60,000, but a new vehicle
costs closer to $160,000,
explained the chief.
An engine replacement
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the police department have
their vehicles covered as well.
“I hope we’ll move forward with this because I’m
not having the greatest of
luck with vehicles as they get
older,” said Tapley.
While selectman Tom
Tombarello suggested having
counsel look at the policy
before agreeing, Blaisdell cautioned the board in regard to
its cost.
The town administrator
pointed out that the overall
budget was looking thin, as
about $20,000 extra had to
be found for the police station, and the highway department’s budget was already
spent at 95 percent of its
total.
“We have a lot of things
going over this year and I just
think we need to double
check that before moving forward,” said Blaisdell.
Tapley said it was up to
the selectmen and they could
roll the dice, but he wasn’t a
gambling man.
Cheney pointed out that
the larger policy would not
cost the full $1,000 as it
would only be for a portion of
the year, from now until the
end of December.
The board agreed to wait
at least a week to find out that
cost and wait for legal review.
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The average age of the
department’s fleet is 21 years
old, said Tapley, noting, “so
we’re not going to get top dollar for anything.”
If a vehicle goes down it’s
not worth more than scrap,
said Tapley.
Sandown Town Administrator Lynne Blaisdell explained that the town currently pays $449 for each
vehicle under its policy; the
increased coverage would be
$1,000 annually. There are
eight vehicles at the fire
department.
Selectman Jon Goldman
said he was in favor of the
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Jake Hudgins Named Merit Scholarship Semifinalist
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
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HAMPSTEAD - Jake Hudgins of Hampstead said he
had friends who had earned
a Merit Scholarship and he
decided it was something he
could do if he tried hard
enough. Now Hudgins, a
Pinkerton Academy senior,
has been named a National
Merit semifinalist.
The National Merit Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recogni-
Hampstead
continued from page 1
and would only “discuss”
the second proposed communication tower at the fire
department. Varsity Wireless was not inclined to support the second location
because it would only be a
75 feet high, and the company prefers 120 feet. Parisi
said the Kent Farm Transfer
Station was an excellent
location, with ample property for a 120-foot tower.
Parisi said his company
offered $25,000 per accepted site that the Town could
use however it chose,
including to provide a generator to address the town’s
fire safety equipment. His
time frame for bringing the
tower construction to completion with at least one
communication company
signed on would be a year
to 15 months.
Jacqueline Murray of
Bay Communication also
recommended only the
Kent Farm location, saying
the residential area of Little’s Lane made that location much less desirable.
The 75-foot height of that
tower was also a deterrent
tion and scholarships. High
school students enter by taking the Preliminary SAT/
National Merit Scholarship
Qualifying Test and by meeting program entry and participation requirements. Of
the 1.5 million entrants,
about 50,000 with the highest selection index scores
(critical reading, mathematics and writing skills scores)
qualify for recognition. SemiJake Hudgins
finalists are designated on a
state-representational basis entrants in each state.
To qualify for a scholarand are the highest scoring
ship, semiinalists must
advance to Finalist standing.
In February, about 15,000
semifinalists will be notified
of that achievement. All
winners of National Merit
scholarships are chosen
from the Finalist group.
Hudgins said he has finished writing his required
essay, filled out the requisite
application to continue on
to become a finalist, and listed his chosen college as Harvard. He is captain of Pinkerton Academy ‘s Quiz Bowl
Team, and is a member of
the Select Choir and the
band. During his junior year
he was the Pinkerton student representative to the
Hampstead School Board, a
position he relinquished
reluctantly this year, saying
he needed more time for his
academic pursuits.
Asked how he felt when
he learned he’d been selected as a semifinalist, Hudgins said, “I was pretty
excited. It must have been
the right day to have taken
the test and there was a lot
of luck involved, but I was
pumped when I learned I
was chosen as a semi-finalist. Going for the Merit
Scholarship was something
I knew some of my friends
had accomplished and it
was something I wanted.”
He said he expects to hear
whether he has been named a
Finalist in February or March,
but in the mean time he plans
to keep on working hard and
enjoying his last year at
Pinkerton Academy.
only on town-owned property.
George told the board he
would not build either
tower until he had a tenant
on board but he didn’t think
that would be a problem,
with four communication
carriers - Verizon, AT&T,
Sprint and T Mobile - in the
Hampstead market. He said
it wouldn’t make sense to
say at this time whether
both towers would be built
at the same time but he said
starting with the Kent Farm
tower made the most sense.
He said both towers are
needed to adequately cover
all of Hampstead with communication strength.
“This is a two-site solution,” he said, but reiterated
that construction wouldn’t
begin until the company
had a carrier.
He said he is looking at
the Kent Farm tower in the
180-foot range and that his
company was willing to
build the 75-foot Little’s
Lane structure as a stealth
tower, providing it in a
pleasing aesthetic view for
the neighboring residential
area. This would be low as
towers go but is “doable,”
he said.
George’s time line was
considerably shorter than
his competitors. He said he
thought he would have a
tower operational within a
year and was prepared to
provide a generator for each
tower location, but wanted
to make sure that the town
generator wasn’t occupying
potential rental space.
The board discussed the
three company presentations and said George was
the only one who had
shown any interest in the
community itself. The board
members said George was
prepared to work with the
town to develop communication towers that provided
the needed communication
coverage, as well as doing it
in a way that pleased resi-
dents and took town and
individual interests, desires
and needs into the planning
process. They were also
impressed with the amount
of time he had invested in
the project over the preceding months.
Chairman Sean Murphy
made a motion to select
Blue Sky Tower to design
and construct the Hampstead communication towers
and the board unanimously
approved the choice, as did
Fire Chief Michael Carrier.
for the company, which had
no municipal references for
communication tower construction.
She said providing a
generator for the town’s
safety equipment was not
something the company
typically offered, instead
relying on the communication company’s equipment
to provide back-up power.
However, she said the company would “discuss it” further, as well as the second
tower location at Little’s
Lane.
George, who has spent
time over the last few
months helping the town
formulate the warrant articles needed to allow communications towers to be
constructed in Hampstead,
was the last to be interviewed. The warrant article
was to allow communication tower construction
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P AG E 4
Letters
Editorial
A Park or a Forest
The seemingly endless debates
about trail “clean up” at Londonderry’s
Town Forest are long overdue for resolution.
As the Conservation Commission
has repeatedly explained, currently the
Commission’s duty is to manage the
area as a town forest – as the name suggests. That means some “debris” – tree
stumps and the like – remains on the
ground to provide soil nutrients and
animal habitat.
On the other side are local volunteer Kent Allen and Conservation
member Roger Fillio, on a mission to
open up trails and increase accessibility to the public.
Both sides are well meaning and
deserving of praise for their work in
town. But a major clean-up of the
Town Forest is not part of forest management – forests are not neatly delineated areas but by their nature may
appear messy – or natural. A forest is
not a park, and a park is not a forest.
That doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be
trails and accessibility, but those trails
would not be the type to make the area
look like a manicured greenspace.
As the Commission has said on
more than one occasion, the Town
needs to decide whether the Town Forest will continue as a forest, under
Commission management as a forest,
or be transformed into a park.
Commission member Deb Lievens
finds the Town Forest trails sufficient
to use, and said she would not support
clearing the area into a park without
direction from the Town. And commission chairman Marge Badois noted the
emphasis on clearing around the trails
means “they’re not really trails in the
woods anymore.”
As Conservation member Eugene
Harrington said recently, “a natural
area is supposed to be natural.”
It doesn’t mean invasive species
should run wild. But it does mean, if
it’s a forest, that everything won’t look
perfect.
And while the residents of Londonderry voted once already to keep the
Town Forest under Conservation management, Town Manager Kevin Smith
thinks it may be time for another vote.
Of course, that means residents
should expect to fund money for
replanting and maintenance of a Town
Forest-turned-park.
Fillio wants the forest to become a
park, and favors putting the question
of changing the character of the Town
Forest on the warrant. We think that
makes sense, but in the meantime, the
Town Forest is a town forest, and is not
a park, and shouldn’t be treated as a
park. If that area is determined by residents to become a park, then it will no
longer be managed as a forest, and it
will look different than it does today.
We can’t have it both ways.
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Gearing Up for Holidays
To the editor:
Believe it or not, the
Sandown Food Pantry volunteers are beginning to
make preparations for
Thanksgiving and Christmas.
In the past, the citizens
of Sandown have been more
than generous with their
help for both holidays. We
have received monetary
donations and supermarket
gift cards as well as turkeys
etc., so that dinner fixings
can be supplied to needy
families. Last year we
helped over 65 families on
each holiday. Some of you
have also taken tags from
the giving trees to help children who might otherwise
have no Christmas gifts.
It is not too early for
you to let us know if you
would like to donate a
turkey or another dinner
item. We ask you to let us
know ahead so that we can
figure out what has to be
purchased at the last
minute. For the dinners we
will be providing a turkey
or chicken, potatoes, stuffing mix, cranberry sauce,
canned gravy, canned corn,
green beans and brownie
mix.
The giving trees will be
available just before Thanksgiving at St. Matthew’s
Church and the Sandown
Town Hall. There will be
one early Giving Tree at the
East Hampstead Union
Church Holiday Fair on
Nov. 5, 6, 7, 12, 13,14, 19,
20 and 21.
Don’t want to wait? Any
department store gift card
would be perfect.
If you decide now that
you would like to donate
something, please call Arlene at 505-1512 or 8873453. You can also email
[email protected]. Checks
and gift cards can be sent to
the Sandown Food Pantry PO Box 1756. Thank you!
The volunteers also
want to say thank you to all
of those wonderful people
who supplied the pantry
with fresh eggs and produce
all summer. What a big
help! It was so much appreciated by the volunteers and
the patrons.
Also, many thanks to
the Sandown Garden Club,
which keeps our window
boxes supplied with beautiful seasonal flowers and
decorations.
It takes many people to
run a successful food
pantry, and we appreciate
every donation.
Arlene Bassett
Sandown
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Timberlane Withdrawal
To the editor:
An Open Letter to Timberlane:
As you may be aware,
on Oct. 13 there will be a
public hearing at the PAC to
review the School Board’s
withdrawal plan and to get
community feedback regarding their thoughts on
the feasibility and suitability of Sandown leaving the
Timberlane School District.
Should the Withdrawal
Committee’s report (or a
minority report) support
Sandown’s withdrawal, the
Board of Education will
review. If the Board of Education determines Sandown’s withdrawal to be
feasible and suitable, the
decision will go to the
whole district for a final
vote.
Please be aware that
when the town of Sandown
voted for this withdrawal
feasibility study (under
Warrant Article 19) in
March, we were told repeatedly by the sponsors of the
petition to conduct the
study that it was investigation only and “just a study.”
It was discussed at length at
the deliberative session that
it would only look into the
various educational opportunities and provide increased clarity as to where
our education-based tax
dollars were going.
Recently, a few Sandown
residents realized the full
negative potential of this
“Study.” As a result of discovering the full nature of
just how dishonest the presentation of Warrant Article
19 was, we were able to get
our Board of Selectmen to
disband the “minority”
committee they had not
only supported, but voted
to create.
There are still a vocal
minority in Sandown who
would see the process
through without taking into
account the potentially devastating impact this would
have not just on Sandown,
but on the remaining towns
in the district.
If 26 percent of the student population were to disappear, it would have immediate and potentially irreversible negative consequences on the remaining
Timberlane student body.
What would Timberlane
have to cut, should a quarter of its funding disappear:
AP classes? VocTech spots?
Special Ed? Music? Theater? Sports?
Even if the remaining
district voted to increase
their taxes to overcome this
sudden 26 percent decrease
in school funding, a dubious prospect, what about
the depth of the extracurricular offerings?
The “butterfly effect” of
Sandown’s departure cannot
be overstated: from decreased home values (as Timberlane’s academic reputation
suffers at the same time the
portion of school tax increases), to the diminishment of our student athletes
to Division 2 athletics. Timberlane could file an appeal
to continue to compete in
D1 sports, though this is not
guaranteed, and the student
population would drop us
down to D2.
For these and many
other reasons we ask that
you become involved. At
the very least we ask that
you research the decisions
that will be made in the
coming month that will
affect all of us for decades to
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Sandown
just that scenario. It didn’t
make sense, he said, for
Sandown to withdraw, if it
then had to send its kids
back to Timberlane (see related story page xx).
And since the scenario
that Buco’s motion was made
on has not come to pass,
Mark Sherwood, a member
of the community group
“Citizens Against Withdrawing,” asked the board to cut
off any further legal spending and clearly state that it
will not make or endorse any
minority report. Sherwood
further noted that any work
that Buco continues to do on
the matter should be viewed
as the efforts of a citizen and
not a representative of the
board.
Letters
come.
If you’re interested in
learning more, we encourage you to visit the Citizens
Against Withdrawing from
Timberlane School District
page on Facebook. This site
contains meeting schedules
for the Withdrawal Coms r
r
[email protected]
www.AugerPropertyMaintenance.com
mittee, public hearing, as
well as contact information
for the School Board and
members of the district
towns’ selectmen.
Please help us stay one
united, ever-improving district. We are Timberlane.
Shelly Livingston
Sandown
Citizens Against Withdrawing from Timberlane
School District
for Sandown school board
representative Donna Green
to step down, saying she is
no longer representing
Sandown residents or doing
what’s best for the town, and
for Buco to redirect her
efforts.
Green took time to rebut
the letter’s contents, arguing
that the district was allowing
escalating costs while returning a mediocre education for
Sandown’s kids. She said it
was her independence that
allowed her to bring to light
important issues and that it
was only a desire for ignorance that prompted some to
call for an end to a withdrawal study. Kicking her out of
office would elect ignorance
over reality, Green asserted.
“Philosophically, I would
like to see Sandown control
its own educational destiny
with a chance to build a truly
great school district that will
serve our children well and
increase our property values.
Is it currently feasible and
suitable? Well, that I just
don’t know yet and this is
exactly why a ‘minority
report’ with a withdrawal
plan – if withdrawal is judged practical by Ms. Buco – is
something that should be
written and put before the
voters,” said Green.
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After Sherwood spoke
during the public comment
section of the meeting, Devine quickly moved into
scheduled business.
But the matter, as has
happened all year, refused to
be put to rest, and was raised
again later in the meeting.
Key to Sherwood’s argument is the idea that the state
RSA (statute) only authorizes
a minority report in the case
that dissenters of the majority opinion write their own.
But as the vote was unanimous, there is no dissenting
opinion.
Later in the meeting, an
email written by Sandown
resident Greg Kulicki was
read into the record. It simultaneously argued against further inquiry into the potential withdrawal and further
spending on it, while asking
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Buco also argued for her
efforts, defending herself and
prompting angry outbursts
from the audience.
A passionate Buco said it
was expected that the district
would not want the town to
withdraw (her motion the
previous week was done in
the case that the district
argued for the withdrawal)
and that her only aim was to
seek information and an
unbiased picture of Sandown’s options. Buco argued
that the majority committee,
of which she is a part, may be
biased.
Buco said she had been
attacked for her efforts and
expressed surprise at the
hypocrisy of those against
the study, seeking to chasten
them with assertions that
they were uninformed.
Selectman Jon Goldman,
while stating that he was
sorry for any mistreatment of
anyone involved in the
process and was seeking
decorum from all, said the
selectmen should take a
stand against any further
inquiry into the issue.
Goldman argued that the
selectmen should send a fol-
low-up up letter to the State
Board of Education, the
arbiter of any withdrawal,
alerting them to the fact that
no minority report was coming and that the town leaders
agree with the findings of the
Timberlane-based committee.
When Goldman motioned to write that letter, Devine
said he did not agree with
Goldman and that a minority
report must be created.
“I don’t agree with your
opinion…I will not entertain
a second to that motion,”
said Devine.
“Mr. Chairman, on what
authority do you have the
right to not ask for a second
on a motion I made?” asked
Goldman.
“On my authority, as
chairman,” said Devine.
“I’m not sure you can do
that,” said Goldman.
The argument went back
and forth until Goldman
called for adjournment until
legal counsel could be asked
about the authority of the
chair to stop motions with
which he disagreed.
The audience was not
pleased with Devine’s actions
PA G E 5
and some were vocal about
it.
Devine and Buco were
the sole dissenters in the
motion to disband the
minority committee last
month.
What rules the board is
operating under are unclear.
While in the past, boards
have voted to utilize Robert’s
Rules of Order, no such vote
has been made by the current
group.
But Robert’s Rules state
that, “The chairman cannot
close debate unless by order
of the assembly, which
requires a two-thirds vote;
nor can he prevent the making of legitimate motions by
hurrying through the proceedings.”
Those rules also indicate
that the chair should not take
an active part in debate, and
should not appear to be partisan.
“One who expects to take
an active part in debate
should never accept the
chair, or at least should not
resume the chair, after having made his speech, until
after the pending question is
disposed of,” it reads.
P AG E 6
Zoning Board Approves Two Requests, Continues Two Others
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
–––– • ––––
HAMPSTEAD – The Zoning Board of Adjustment
(ZBA) struggled with all of its
hearings last week and in the
end continued two of them to
its Nov. 5 meeting.
A request by Home Team
Property Group for a variance
to the Zoning Ordinance to
allow a duplex on property at
268 Central St., was continued. The property, according
to the property card, had an
approved apartment and further back had been a duplex,
both before the zoning ordinances were put in place. The
property also has a barn that
in the 1990s had an approved
apartment, but that apartment has been officially
physically removed from the
barn. The board suggested
the barn be removed as well.
The ZBA raised concerns
over the adequacy of the current septic system for a
duplex. The variance for a
duplex is being sought to
allow the property owner to
have an elderly relative occu-
py one space and when that
occupancy ends, to rent out
the space, the reason an inlaw apartment was not being
sought.
After discussion, the variance request was withdrawn
to conduct further research
on the history of the property
and the variance request. The
board approved the withdrawal and a continuance to
the November meeting.
Karen Varney in a letter to
the board requested a twomonth continuance for the
special exception hearing
requested. The original
request sought a special
exception to allow three
cargo trailers to remain for
more than three weeks or to
appeal an administrative
decision of the Building
Inspector regarding the property at 110 Eagle Road.
The board was not in
favor of granting a two-month
continuance and before ruling
on that request, made sure
that the action would not
interfere with the action being
taken by Kris Emerson, the
Code Enforcement Officer.
Emerson said regardless of
their decision the clock would
continue ticking with respect
to the action he had taken.
The board then voted unanimously to approve a onemonth continuance until the
November meeting.
The board approved the
request of Susan Sirois for a
special exception to allow
raising an existing camp at 63
Collette Drive, and adding a
foundation and a half story to
the dwelling. The property
has a new, state-approved
septic system and a stateapproved shoreline permit.
The dwelling is to remain
at two bedrooms, with a view
to future conversion to a year
round dwelling. The board
approved the request with
the conditions that the second floor meet the no more
than two-thirds the square
footage of the first floor regulation and no further deck be
added when the present deck
is enclosed.
The board also reluctantly approved the request of
Richard Jones for a variance
to allow a second accessory
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building on his property at
90 Blueberry Circle, and for
that second building to
exceed the allowed size.
Jones wants to house his
antique car collection in the
second accessory building
and because of the size of the
property and the placement
of the proposed 34-foot by
85-foot building, where it
would not be readily seen by
neighboring property owners, the board decided to
allow it.
The board tried to see if
the proposed building could
be attached to the main
dwelling but the placement
of the dwelling, septic, well
and driveway prevented this.
The board approved the
request with the conditions
there would be no residential
use of the second accessory
building and that the lot
never would be subdivided.
Annual Blessing of Animals
Benefits Manchester Shelter
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
–––– • ––––
HAMPSTEAD - St.
Christopher’s
Episcopal
Church parking lot after
Sunday service was alive
with wriggling, tail wagging, and often vocal dogs
as well as other pets, some
in cages, some in their
owner’s arms, waiting for
the Rev. Miriam Acevedo to
bless them.
After the parishioners
had been greeted, Rev.
Acevedo went outside the
church and blessed each of
the many animals that
awaited her, taking time to
speak to each owner.
She holds the annual
blessing of the animals on
the Feast of St. Francis, the
patron saint of animals.
As she did last year, she
sought voluntary contributions of Purina dog and cat
St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church Rector the
Rev. Miriam Acevedo blesses Thunder, owned
by Michele Christian. Photo by Penny Williams
food, old towels and blan- which filled one corner of
kets for the All Better Pets the church entrance area,
shelter in Manchester. She later in the day.
delivered the donations,
Selectmen Again Say No to Wifi
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
–––– • ––––
CHESTER – The board of
selectmen again decided
against installing Wifi (a
wireless computer network)
in the municipal building,
even after chair Steph Landau
noted that the cost was less
than the amount they had
initially voted against.
At their Oct. 1 meeting,
Landau noted that the cost to
install the service would be
$505 in materials and three
or four hours of labor. At
their previous meeting that
cost was higher at about
$1,000 in total.
Landau asked his peers
whether they would reconsider the installation.
Selectman Jack Cannon
stated that, as previously, he
didn’t see a need for Wifi in
the municipal building.
While selectman Dick
Trask said it could be a benefit to employees with laptops,
Cannon sought specifics as
to which employees would
need that service.
“Who? Specifically,” said
Cannon.
Trask suggested that
selectmen’s secretary Pat
Martin could use it, but Cannon noted that Martin
already has an office with a
desktop computer hooked up
to the internet.
The board made no
motion to install the service
but turned down a motion by
Cannon to remove an existing,
unsecured Wifi system.
After his motion failed to
get a second, Cannon joked,
“So we’ll keep it unsecured.
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Pinkerton Policy Regulates Video and Audio Recording
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
Tri-Town Times
–––– • ––––
Pinkerton Academy has
created a new policy to regulate video and audio recording in the classroom, after a
recently-enacted law mandates that all New Hampshire
public schools must have a
policy in place for audio and
video recording in the classroom.
Both Chester and Hampstead tuition their high
school students to Pinkerton.
A sparsely attended public hearing Thursday, Oct. 1,
proved what Academic Dean
Chris Harper meant when he
said, “It’s a non-issue. It’s
something we would have
done anyway.”
The new law requires that
all schools must have a policy
for recording in the classroom, and that no recording
can occur unless agreed on
by the students, parents and
teacher.
“We’ve created a policy,”
Harper said. “The need now
is to have a public hearing.”
Audio and video recording at Pinkerton is a powerful
tool, Harper said, and is used
in a number of situations.
Recording is helpful for students who are absent and miss
a class or for students with
IEPs (Individualized Education Program) who need to be
filmed to record their
progress. Videotaping is also
done for teacher professional
development and improvement, he said. Early in his
career, he was audiotaped as a
student teacher, he said.
Harper said the school
has not had a problem with
parents complaining about
students being taped. But just
in case, the school is sending
an opt-out form in the near
future.
Tracy Untiet, assistant
director of Career and Technical Education (CTE), said the
cameras are whirring most of
the time in her department,
from the formal Video Production program to students taping themselves to monitor the
growth of their skills. Last year
students in the Cosmetology
program competed in a
statewide event, and videotaped their work to critique
later.
Taping is used in the
American Sign Language program, Harper said. The
school has also begun videostreaming advanced math
classes to eighth-graders in
Hooksett and Auburn, two of
Pinkerton’s sending towns.
Safeguards are built into
the policy. The new policy
states that the decision
whether or not to conduct
video, digital video or audio
recording in the classroom
for educational purposes will
be made first by the classroom teacher, with the
request documented and
placed on file with Harper.
All recordings are deemed the
property of Pinkerton Academy and will not be reproduced without Pinkerton’s
permission.
Recording in the classroom for other than educational purposes will not be
permitted.
In addition, all recordings
made as part of an IEP
accommodation will be
erased at the end of the
semester or when they are no
longer needed. A classroom
teacher seeking to preserve a
recording for future instructional purposes must seek
permission from Harper first.
The parents will sign a
consent or opt-out form this
year, after which the policy
will become part of the student handbook and the parent or adult student’s written
receipt of the handbook will
be considered consent unless
they opt out.
Harper said after the public hearing, the policy will go
to the Board of Trustees, be
voted on and put into effect.
Once the policy is accepted,
the administration will further
refine it with a list of procedures, Harper said.
Harper said concerts,
sports events and other large
gatherings are already covered in the student handbook.
There were no speakers at
the public hearing.
Hazard Mitigation Planning Calls for Resident Insight
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
–––– • ––––
CHESTER - An update of
the Chester Hazard Mitigation Plan is underway and
committee members are
looking for public input to
make sure they’ve taken into
account all of the safety
issues they should.
The group is looking at
potentially hazardous situations in town, whether highway, infrastructure or first
responder related, to get
insight on their urgency and
list them in order of priority
as a tool to make sure those
areas are handled.
The committee has had
two meetings so far, and
while emergency management director Philip Gladu
noted that the department
heads involved in the work
have done good work and
made practical suggestions
for the document, he con-
cedes that they don’t know
everything in town and thus
the group needs residents
who are just as invested in
hazard mitigation to double
check their work.
“We can’t catch everything,” said Gladu, adding that
people may see issues in their
neighborhoods or commutes
that need to be addressed, and
the committee is a good platform in which to raise those
concerns.
The Hazard Mitigation
Plan, by state law, needs to be
updated every five years.
“We’re talking about a lot
of good things for the town,”
said Gladu.
For example, a big issue in
town is flooding during heavy
rain events, often because of
the combination of development and undersized culverts,
and while there are typically at
least two ways of egress for any
one subdivision, some areas
can be left stranded when
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particular issue, said Gladu, is
the culvert on Rod and Gun
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can leave the residents of Twin
Fawn stranded. While work
has been done by the highway
department in the past to mitigate the situation, more is necessary.
It’s issues like that that need
to be identified by residents
and department heads, to make
sure plans are in place to fix the
problem or to handle it in the
meantime.
The committee is also a
good place for residents to
get involved in town affairs,
even if they don’t have much
time for an ongoing commitment. All that’s needed is to
attend one meeting and air
concerns. There’s no commitment necessary, noted Gladu.
While there are many
areas of town that need attention, one of the main tasks of
the committee is to prioritize
the issues. Gladu noted that
while various factors are used
to determine this hierarchy,
such as how long it takes to
travel to a spot in town during an emergency, most of it
comes down to common
sense.
The group spends some of
its time at meetings brainstorming these issues, consulting maps and first responders’
opinions, and making decisions on those priorities.
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new plan will be used to
direct emergency resources,
grant searches and warrant
articles that will be floated at
town meeting for voter
review. While some items on
the last plan have been taken
care of, whether by highway
department efforts or town
meeting-authorized spending, some have not, and those
will be updated into the new
plan.
“It’s a continuous cycle,”
explained Gladu.
If interested in helping
out or just visiting a meeting
to air a concern and see how
the process works, keep an
eye out on the town’s website
at www.chesternh.org for the
next meeting date or email
Gladu
at
[email protected] with
questions.
“We’re just trying to get
more eyes,” said Gladu.
The next meeting is set
for Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 2
p.m. at the fire station on
Murphy Drive.
The process is planned to
be wrapped up by the start of
the new year.
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PA G E 9
Highway, Sanitation Budgets Sail Through Selectmen’s Review
MATT RITTENHOUSE
Tri-Town Times
–––– • ––––
SANDOWN – At their
Monday night meeting, the
board of selectmen reviewed
the first large department
budget proposals for the
coming year’s budget, those
under purview of Public
Works.
The only change made by
the selectmen in those proposals was an increase to the
highway’s overtime line.
All budgets will again be
reviewed by the budget committee before they go to a
town vote.
The first proposal of the
night, Highway Facilities,
was quickly approved at a
gross expense of $8,560 and
zero revenue.
Selectman Tom Tombarello pointed to the 14.8 percent budget reduction and
joked that taxpayers would
be pleased if everything came
in so low.
While most lines in the
Highway Operating Account
remain level in that proposal,
plowing was increased by
$5,000, in response to the
heavy winter last year. Genualdo noted that he would
look to offset some of that
with the annual Highway
Block Grant from the State,
but that ongoing activities
still required some of those
funds, so it was unclear how
much would be left for that
purpose come the winter.
Genualdo explained that
equipment and repair and
maintenance are overspent
this year, so that line was
increased for next year. Most
of this overage is related to
repairs to the loader, including a new transmission.
The gasoline line was
dropped down by $1,000
and most lines remain the
same, from tree removal to
supplies, vehicle maintenance, uniforms, coal mix,
and material.
Salt is up a little bit,
because of the cost of last
winter, but with a good
stockpile of sand, the sand
line will remain level funded.
The amount in the line
set aside for the purchase of
signs is up, because many
signs disappeared during the
past year.
“We have a big problem
with people taking them.
Now they’re taking the poles
as well, not just the signs,”
said Genualdo.
While overtime was
raised slightly, selectman Jon
Goldman had concerns with
the line, suspicious that with
current spending trends the
$5,000 proposal in that line
was cutting it too slim.
The sum of $8,000 is
already spent in that line but
next year’s proposal provided
just $5,000.
Though Goldman suggested that the department
could end the year with
$10,000 spent in that line,
Genualdo said he could agree
to raising that line to $8,000
but he was not comfortable
with $10,000.
Goldman made a motion,
unanimously agreed to, to
increase the overtime to
$8,000.
Highway Operating was
approved at a gross of
$572,040 and revenue of
$100. Current year gross is
$558,252.
The account for Sanitation Facilities was approved
with a gross of $8,404 and no
revenue.
Sanitation Site was approved at a $2,000 with $1 in
revenue.
The Sanitation Operating
account was approved at a
gross of $349,800 with a revenue of $25,000. Current
year spending is at $350,991.
Recycling was approved
at a gross expense of $50,975
with revenue of $25,000.
Current year spending is
$49,450.
Sweet Baby Vineyard Gets Planning Board OK
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
–––– • ––––
HAMPSTEAD – The Planning Board gave conditional
approval to the Sweet Baby
Vineyard site plan, ending a
long journey for Stacey and
Lewis Eaton, whose engineer was unfamiliar with
Hampstead zoning regulations and requirements.
The conditions imposed
by the Planning Board include requiring the Eatons to
get a new, state approved septic system design, although
it does not have to be
installed; being in receipt of
the state approved driveway
permit that Town Engineer
Nick Cricenti has received
but the board has not; and
requiring the Eatons to add
notes on all waivers granted
by the Planning Board to the
site plan. Changes to the
parking configuration were
to be added to the site plan
as well. Finally, the Eatons
will be prohibited from conducting private parties and
functions as part of their
wine tasting tours.
The Eatons will be allowed to move ahead with
fermenting on site prior to
the final approval and signing of their site plan. Only
chairman Paul Carideo voted against the conditional
approval.
At the September Planning Board meeting, a clash
occurred between the board
and the Eatons over their
plan to allow private birthday parties as part of their
wine tasting events. The
word “function” created the
problem, as a function facility would not be allowed, but
the Eatons insisted that their
birthday and anniversary
parties would be small, private and incorporated into
the standard wine tasting
and wine education tour that
they hold and would be very
small groups. Carideo said
the Town Attorney had
determined that the proposed “parties” as part of the
wine tasting component
were not allowed and that
wine tasting tours could take
place only as proposed.
Also at that September
meeting, Suzanne Zakian,
whose property is across
Stage Road (Route 121) from
the Sweet Baby Vineyard
property, told the board it
should determine whether
the business was agriculture
or manufacturing. Carideo
said he had spoken with the
Town Attorney, who determined that the law Zakian
cited claiming the Sweet
Baby Vineyard business was
manufacturing did not apply
to the Sweet Baby Vineyard
application.
At Monday night’s meeting, Zakian questioned the
Town Attorney’s decision.
She asked when there would
be grapes growing on the
property and without that,
how it could be considered
agricultural.
She also continued to
raise concerns about approving this business in a residential zone, calling it “a
slippery slope” and “not in
the best interests of Hampstead.”
In other business Monday night:
• Tropic Star Development’s bond was presented
in an unacceptable form and
Town Treasurer Harold
Williams is working with the
developer to procure the
appropriate form.
Carideo noted that Tropic Star has started working
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that is accomplished.
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catch basin that was not correctly set and in the recent
rain storm didn’t function
correctly. The developer has
been asked to correct the
problem and the board released its bond except for
$10,000 that it withheld until the catch basin has been
fixed.
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members to familiarize themselves with the bonding requirements of the Site Plan
Regulations. Going forward
the board plans to insist on
bonding for an entire site
plan, not just parts. This will
be discussed further at the
next meeting.
• Sweet Management
Inc. came in for a non-binding discussion of its plans for
property at 184 Route 111.
This will be a change of use
for the property to a storage
facility. It will be on the next
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P AG E 10
Recycling Committee Plans Hazardous Waste Day
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
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HAMPSTEAD – The
Hampstead Recycling and
Waste Disposal Committee
has everything set for the
Hazardous Waste Day collection, which takes place
Saturday, Oct. 24, from 9
a.m. to noon at the Hampstead Middle School park-
ing lot. Residents from six
area towns can bring their
hazardous waste items for
disposal at the event.
While Hampstead hosts
the event, residents of the
towns of Chester, Atkinson,
Danville, Kingston and
Plaistow can come to the
Hazardous Waste Day and
with proper identification,
dispose of their items.
Hampstead has made the
decision to have only an
autumn Waste Disposal Day
because participation at the
spring event was too small
to be cost effective.
Disposal of items is free
with proof of residency.
The cost of the event is
covered by the participating
towns on a percentage of
use basis.
Items that can be disposed of at the event
include: aerosol cans, bug
spray, floor care products,
metal and furniture polish,
disinfectants, batteries, gas
and oil mixes, old gasoline,
brake and transmission
fluid, oil-based paint, paint
thinner and stripper, varnish, antifreeze, chemical
fertilizers, fungicides, herbicides, rat poison, artist
paint, Fiberglas epoxy, gun
cleaning solvents, mothballs, pool and photograph-
ic chemicals, fluorescent
bulbs, and oven, drain, tile
and bathroom cleaners.
Items that cannot be
accepted at the Hazardous
Waste Day are: latex paint,
propane gas cylinders,
explosive materials, ammunition, radioactive material,
prescription medicines and
syringes, smoke detectors,
fire extinguishers, unknown
materials, and medical,
infectious, biological and
commercial waste.
Hampstead residents can
also take batteries, used oil,
old gas, thermostats, 20pound propane tanks and
books to the Town Garage
for disposal on the first and
third Saturdays of the
month from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For additional information, residents of Hampstead may contact Town
Hall.
Hampstead Scout Project Benefits
Pinkerton’s Cross Country Trail
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
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HAMPSTEAD - A Pinkerton Academy sophomore
from Hampstead chose to
do his Eagle Scout project at
his school, as a way to give
back to that community.
Eric Ihloff wanted to combine his love of running
with his scouting activity
and sought the advice of his
Pinkerton running coach,
Michael Clark. From there
it was just a matter of getting things lined up to
implement his project.
Ihloff described his project, saying, “I redid the mile
and kilometer markers, and
made a bulletin board and a
fitness station on the
Pinkerton Academy cross
country trail. This trail is
used by the cross-country
teams to train and have
meets but is also used by the
community of Derry for
general fitness walking and
a summer youth running
program. The markers allow
for accurate distances and
the fitness station is used by
teams during training. The
bulletin board will list the
top times for the XC course
by high school runners.
Along with my troop members, we cast the stained
concrete posts, measured
the trail and installed the
fitness station and bulletin
board.”
Clark told Ihloff the
course was last updated by
Aaron Prescott from the
Derry troop in 2001.
“The course needed to
be redone at this point, as
the original course map is
still being used,” Ihloff said.
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season.”
The project benefits the
larger community by providing a clearly mapped out
walking trail for walking
and running. Iloff said the
cost of the project is about
$1,200, including the $600
in donated material that was
used to make the fitness station. He said a total of 219
man hours were involved in
his project.
Members of Troop 33
Hampstead, cross-country
teammates Sam Lantanier
and Tom Hanlon, Ihloff’s
parents and Robinson all
helped with the project. In
addition, he said his Scoutmaster, Bill Conte, and his
project coach, Ernie Morin,
provided a lot of help with
the project.
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P A G E 11
Fire Prevention Poster Contest Opens for Grades 3, 4
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
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HAMPSTEAD - Hampstead Fire Department Captain Chris Dane visited
Hampstead Central School
and gave third and fourth
graders information on the
Fire Prevention Poster Contest his department is spon-
soring to kick off Fire Prevention Week.
The contest uses this
year’s national fire safety
week theme, “Hear The
Beep Where You Sleep.”
Dane invited all the students in grades 3 and 4 to
create a poster based on that
theme, which will be judged
by fire department and
school personnel.
On his visit last week,
Dane told the students that
posters should be made
using 12- by-18-inch paper
the students can get from
the school Guidance Office.
Students may use any kind
of media, such as crayons,
paint, pencils or collage,
and the posters should be
Budget Committee to Bring
Concerns to School Board
PENNY WILLIAMS
Tri-Town Times
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HAMPSTEAD – The Budget Committee will bring its
concerns to the School
Board on Oct. 13, early in
this year’s budget process.
Committee chairman
Jorge Mesa-Tejada has several areas of concern to
bring to the School Board’s
attention, including enrollment, building renovation
and new construction plans,
and the proposed emergency access road. He provided committee members
with supporting information on all of points he will
be making to the School
Board, and will give that
information to the board
members as well.
“I found all of this information on the school Web
site,” he said, noting he
used minutes and other
documents to support the
Budget Committee position
on the areas of concern.
While acknowledging the
Budget Committee is advisory only, he said he hopes
that by informing the
School Board up front about
concerns, the board may
consider those areas, knowing it would not have committee support at Town
Meeting.
Mesa-Tejada also encouraged the committee to
review material provided
regarding the upcoming
Hampstead Support Staff
contract. While the budget
committee will not have a
role in negotiations, he said
it is important for his committee to be abreast of what
is being sought. This will be
discussed further at the
Nov. 12 Budget Committee.
Mesa-Tejada encouraged
the committee members to
attend the Town Budget
meetings that will take
place Oct. 7 and 26, and the
final meeting of the Selectmen and the Budget Committee on Dec. 14.
Mesa-Tejada asked that
his committee members try
to attend all the School Board
budget meetings as well, set
for Oct. 13, 20 and 27; Nov.
10 and 24, and Dec. 8, with
Dec. 22 set as a possible date
for unresolved budget numbers or warrant articles.
The Town budget hearing is Wednesday, Jan. 13 at
7 p.m., and the School District budget hearing is Tuesday, Jan. 12, at 7 p.m.
The Town Deliberative
is at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, at
Hampstead Middle School,
and the School District
Deliberative is at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 2, at Hampstead Middle School.
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The deadline for turning
in completed posters is
Tuesday, Oct. 13, by the end
of the school day. The
posters should be turned in
at the Guidance Office.
A first, second and third
place award will be given at
each grade level. Each firstplace winner will be picked
up from home and brought
to school in a fire truck on a
day that is convenient for the
department, child, and parent. A parent must accompany the student. Second-place
winners will have a pizza
lunch with a firefighter in
the Guidance Office during
the school day. Dane’s
announcement that these
winners could bring one or
two friends to this lunch was
greeted with cheers.
The third-place winner
will have lunch with Principal Dillard Collins during
the school day.
Poster contest winners
will be announced during
the Fire Department’s Open
House on Saturday, Oct. 17,
Hampstead Fire Captain Chris Dane gave third and
fourth graders at Hampstead Central School information on the Fire Prevention Poster Contest his department is sponsoring to kick off Fire Prevention Week.
Photo by Penny Williams
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
Dane said. He noted the
open house will include
tours of the fire station and
emergency vehicles and
hands-on demonstrations of
fire-fighting and rescue
equipment.
“There will a smoke
house on site so visitors to
the Open House can experience what it is like to be in
a smoke-filled room and
escape through the window,” he added.
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CHESTER
Holiday Closure
The Chester Public
Library will be closed on
Monday, Oct. 12, in observance of Columbus Day.
Snap Circuits
saging on Chester Front at Hampstead CongregaPorch Facebook.
tional Church, 69 Main St.
(Route 121A), takes place
Old Man of Mountains
Saturday, Oct. 24, at 10 a.m.
On Sunday, Oct. 25, at 3 RSVP before Oct. 17 to
p.m., the Chester Historical ensure the church has
Society hosts a free New enough supplies and reHampshire Humanities pro- freshments. A $2 donation
gram titled “ Old Man of the is suggested. For more
Mountains: Substance and information, call 329-6985
Symbol.” Refreshments will or email HCC1752@gmabe served.
il.com.
Snap Circuit workshops
are held every Thursday in
October from 4 to 5 p.m. for
History Walk
ages 8 and up at the Chester
Public Library. Call the
Weather permitting, on
library at 887-3404 for more Oct. 10 at 10 a.m., Jackie
information.
Brown will lead a walk up
Chester Street that will stop
Flume Voting
at several historical homes,
Students in grades 9-12 where she will discuss the
are encouraged to come to history of Chester. Brown
the Chester Public Library and her husband conduct
to vote for their favorite this walk for fifth grade stubook from the list of nomi- dents at Chester Academy
nees for the Flume Award. and have been asked by parVoting closes Oct. 23. The ents to lead one for adults.
books are on display on the The group will meet at
center table on the main Stevens Hall.
floor.
Child Find
Teen Read Week
The Chester School DisTeen Read Week is cele- trict will hold four Child
brated Oc. 18-24 at the Find Clinics at Chester
Chester Public Library. Dis- Academy: Jan. 11, 2016,
plays of new teen books will April 4, 2016 and June 6,
be placed around the library 2016, all from 12:30 to 3
and will be available for p.m. Child Find screens the
borrowing. Teens are wel- developmental skills of chilcome to stop in and take a dren between the ages of 3 to
chance at winning an Ama- 6 (not enrolled in first grade)
zon gift card during Teen who may need special eduRead Week.
cation services. The screenings
address motor skills,
Democrats
speech and language, vision,
The Chester Democratic hearing, and pre-academics.
Committee will meet Oct. A parent who thinks their
14 at 6:30 p.m. at the child may have difficulties or
Chester Public Library.
a delay in any of these areas
may call 887-3621, ext. 146
Hoedown
for a free appointment.
The Chester Historical Results are confidential.
Society presents an oldStorytimes
fashioned “Hoedown” Friday, Oct. 23, at Stevens
Storytimes are held evMemorial Hall, 1 Chester ery Tuesday at 11:15 a.m.
St., from 7 to 9 p.m., an all and Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.
ages event with a fiddler at the Chester Public Liband Ricky Holt as caller of rary. Join Miss Diane for stoold-fashioned barn dances. ries, crafts and snack. No
Tickets are $5 per person to registration is required.
cover the entertainment.
Donuts and cider will be
HAMPSTEAD
available at an additional
Pumpkin Decorating
cost. Tickets may be purchased by calling Jackie
The second annual
Brown at 887-3842 or mes- Pumpkin Decorating event
Office Closure
The Hampstead Town
Clerk-Tax Collector’s Office
and the Hampstead Building Department will close at
4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12.
Hazardous Waste Day
A Hazardous Waste Collection for residents from
Hampstead, Chester, Atkinson, Danville, Kingston and
Plaistow takes place at the
Hampstead Middle School
parking lot Saturday, Oct.
24, from 9 a.m. until noon.
Residential identification is
required. Contact Town
Hall for items that can be
brought for disposal.
Becoming Catholic
Downsizing
The Rite of Christian
Initiation of Adults (RCIA)
is the process by which people enter the Catholic faith.
RCIA is designed to provide
a place for adults who were
never baptized and wish to
explore becoming Catholic,
were baptized in another
faith and are interested in
the Catholic tradition, or
were baptized Catholic, but
have not received the sacraments of Eucharist and
Confirmation. People may
begin at any time. An Open
House about the RCIA
process will be held Wednesday, Oct. 21, from 6 to 8
p.m. at St. Anne Parish. For
information, contact Deacon Bill at 329-5886 or
[email protected].
The Hampstead Seniors
will host guest speaker
Frank Colizzi from RE/MAX
at the Hampstead Public
Library on Thursday Oct.
15, at 9 a.m. to discuss the
needs of seniors considering
downsizing from a large
home to a smaller residence.
He’ll address options, when
it is a good time to downsize, and tips on getting prepared. The Hampstead Seniors meet every Thursday
morning at the Library. The
program is free and open to
the public. Refreshments
will be served.
Republicans
Classic Movie Matinees
The Hampstead Public
Library is starting a free
monthly Classic Movie
Matinee on the third
Wednesday of the month.
The series begins Oct. 21 at
1:30 p.m. with a film starring Katherine Hepburn,
Cary Grant, and Jimmy
Stewart. Refreshments and
snacks will be served. Call
329-6411 for more information.
On Thursday, Oct 15,
the Hampstead Republican
Committee will meet at
Bean Towne Coffee, 201
Route 111 at 6:30 p.m.
Local veterans and their
families are invited to
attend and get more active
Read for the Record
within Republican politics.
“Not Norman: A GoldFor more information, write
fish
Story” by Kelly Bennett
to: hampsteadGOP@gmwill
be read at the Hampail.com
stead Public Library on
Author Reschedules
Thursday, Oct. 22 at 1:30
The appearance of Grant p.m. People around the
Welker, co-author of “We world will be participating
Are Market Basket,” has in the Read for the Record
been postponed to Wednes- challenge sponsored by the
day, Oct. 28, at the Hamp- literacy organization Jumpstead Public Library. Copies start. At this family event,
of the book will be avail- songs, activities, and crafts
able. Email jarden@hamp- will go along with the book.
steadlibrary.org or call the
Beginner Crochet
library at 329-6411 for more
Students in grade 5 or
information.
above who would like to
learn how to crochet are
invited to the Hampstead
Public Library on Saturday,
Oct. 24, at 11 a.m. for a free
class. Basic crochet stitches
to make a scarf will be
taught. Those attending
should bring a crochet hook
(Size F, G, or H) and a skein
of worsted weight yarn. For
questions, call the library at
329-6411 or email [email protected].
Paranormal 101
Library presents Bob McDermott and his team of
paranormal investigators on
Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m.
for “Paranormal 101.” The
investigators will introduce
the tools used to investigate
paranormal events and talk
about happenings in Hampstead, Sandown and other
areas in New Hampshire,
with time for questions. The
program is free. Call 3296411 or email [email protected] for more
information.
Library offers a free Tech
Tutoring group session on
Wednesday, Oct. 14, from 4
to 5:30 p.m. Bring a device
(eReader, smart phone,
tablet, laptop), passwords,
and questions.
Matinee Movie
Family Matinee Movies
are back at the Hampstead
Public Library. On Saturday,
Oct. 17, at noon, see Disney’s
2015 take on “Cinderella.”
Bring a lunch or snack, and
wear costumes if you want.
The movie is free and is
shown in the second floor
meeting room. Call 3296411 for more information.
Thursday Book Group
The Third Thursday
Book Group at the Hampstead Public Library is reading “Loving Frank” by
Nancy Horan and will discuss it Oct. 15 at 1 p.m.
Copies of the book are
available to borrow. Newcomers are welcome to the
discussion.
Columbus Day Closure
Play for the Cure
Library is closed on Monday, Oct. 12, in observance
of Columbus Day. It is open
normal hours, 9 a.m. to 2
p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 10.
The Hampstead Middle
School Athletic Club will
hold its fourth annual Play
for the Cure on Oct. 8 at 3
p.m. at Hampstead Middle
School. Stop by to watch
soccer, field hockey and
cross country events played
with the goal of increasing
breast cancer awareness.
Those attending are invited
to wear pink.
Fire Open House
The Hampstead Fire
Department holds an Open
House Saturday, Oct. 17,
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the
fire station on Little’s Lane.
Tours of the fire station and
emergency vehicles, handson demonstrations of firefighting techniques and
vehicle extrication rescue
equipment, and a smoke
house are planned.
Bring Fears to Church
The Hampstead Congregational Church, 61 Main
St. (Route 121A), will
reflect on the fear of rejection, abandonment, and
loneliness at its 10 a.m.
worship service Sunday,
Oct. 11. A member congregation of the United Church
of Christ, the church strives
to be an inclusive community of faith. For more information, visit www.hampsteaducc.org, e-mail [email protected], or call
329-6985.
Tech Tutoring
Bridge Club
Library Bridge Club meets
Mondays from 1 to 4 p.m.
Hampstead residency is not
required.
Art Exhibit
Hampstead artist Christine Casarano is exhibiting
her paintings in the Hampstead Public Library’s second floor meeting room
now through Oct. 30. She
works primarily in acrylic
paints, and finds inspiration
from the old masters’ chiaroscuro style. She paints
still life, nature scenes, and
people.
SANDOWN
Grandparents Guild
The Sandown Public
Library now offers The
Grandparents Guild. The
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Happenings
library invites grandparents
to half an hour of songs,
rhymes and shared reading
with their grandchildren.
The program begins Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 11 a.m., and
will follow on each subsequent Tuesday. For more
information, call 887-3428
or visit the library’s web site
at: http://sandownlibrary.us. loween special will be
shown Thursday, Oct. 22, at
Library Movies
5:30 p.m.
Sandown Public Library
Cribbage
will present a family matiSandown Public Library
nee on Saturday, Oct. 17, at
12:30 p.m. On Monday, Oct. hosts cribbage on the first
19, the movie “Five Flights and third Tuesday of the
Up” will be shown at 1 and month at 6 p.m.
5:30 p.m. “Back to the
Knitting
Future” will be shown Oct.
Sandown Public Library
12 at 5:30 p.m., and a
Throwback Thursday Hal- hosts knitting on the second
p.m. All materials will be
provided. Those attending
Sandown Public Lib- should bring a bow.
rary’s Preschool Story Hour
Youth Craft
meets Wednesdays and
Thursdays at 10 a.m.
A drop-in craft for youth
is
offered
Tuesday, Oct. 13,
Wreath-Making
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The Sandown Public Sandown Public Library.
Library offers a craft to
Luminaria
make a fall door wreath
using decorated clothespins
Punches and power
on Thursday, Oct. 8, at 6:30
continued on page 15
and fourth Wednesdays of
the month at 6:30 p.m.
Preschool Story Hour
Chess
The Sandown Library
Chess Club meets the third
Thursday of the month at
6:30 p.m.
Tales for Tots
Sandown Public Library’s Tales for Tots meets
Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
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P A G E 15
Happenings
tools will be available on
Saturday, Oct. 10, from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. at the
Sandown Public Library to
make pumpkin luminaria.
Learning Labs
The Sandown Public
Library offers Learning Library Labs at 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 14.
Safe Sitters
Registration is open for
the Oct. 24 Safe Sitter
course sponsored by Sandown Recreation through
Parkland Medical Center in
Derry. Open to ages 11-13,
the course teaches how to
keep both the sitter and
those in their care safe. Topics include starting a
babysitting business, child
development and behaviors,
first aid and CPR. Cost is
$65 and includes a handbook, backpack and completion card. Register
through the recreation
department at 887-1872.
Forms and all information
are at www.sandown.us on
the recreation page. Registreation deadline is
Wednesday, Oct. 14.
REGIONAL
Caregivers’ Bake Sale
Community Caregivers
of Greater Derry holds a
benefit bake sale at Mack’s
Apples, 230 Mammoth
Road in Londonderry on
Sunday, Oct. 18, from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. The bake sale features homemade treats, and
people are invited to provide their favorite baked
goods. Those who donate
are asked to have their items
individually wrapped and
dropped off Saturday,
Oct.17, from 1 to 4 p.m. at
the Episcopal Church of St.
Peter, 3 Peabody Row, Londonderry or brought to
Mack’s on the day of the
sale. Call 432-0877 for more
information or to advise
items to expect.
Harvest Supper
For more information, visit people, whether physical or
www.etzhayim.org or call emotional. Future services
432-0004.
will be on the second Thursdays of the month - Nov. 12
Model Railroading
and Dec. 10. For more inforSeacoast Division of the mation, call 642-6700.
National Model Railroad
Renew
Association presents its
Derry Fun Night program
On Saturday, Oct. 10,
the second Friday of each from 8 to 10:30 a.m., free
month from 7 to 9 p.m. at winter coats will be available
the Marion Gerrish Com- at Renew, a used clothing
munity Center, 39 West ministry at Calvary Bible
Broadway, Derry. Seacoast Church, 145 Hampstead
Division members will offer Road, Derry. Two coats per
their expertise and experi- household are allowed.
ence in model railroading. Arrival by 10 a.m. is requestThe Oct. 9 meeting will be ed. Derry residency is not
“So….you want to build required. Enter at church
some trackside signals.” marquee sign; Renew is at
The presentation will follow right. Each household is
how the Valley Junction limited to 20 of the newest
Rail Road has built and items, plus a reasonable
installed signals to add number of older clothes. For
some animation to the details, visit “Renew Derry”
scene and control train on Facebook, email renewmovement on the model [email protected] , or
railroad. For details, visit: call the church secretary at
seacoastnmra.org/calendar. 434-1516.
The First Parish Congregational Church, UCC Harvest Supper, dating back
over 75 years, is Saturday,
Oct. 24, from 5 to 7 p.m. at
the church, 47 East Derry
Road, East Derry. The meal
features turkey, squash, vegetables, stuffing and homemade gravy, with 150 people seated at a time. The
money raised goes toward
supporting ministries of
First Parish, as well as
upkeep of the building and
kitchen. Supper tickets are
Healing Service
Free Meals
$10 for adults, $8 for senTrinity Church and New
iors and $7 for children, and
The Derry Free Meals
are available the night of the Creation Healing Center Network offers the followmeal or by calling the sponsor a service of Christ- ing free meals to the comchurch office at 434-0628. ian healing on Thursday, munity in Derry. Derry resiOct. 8, from 12:15 to 1 p.m. dence is not required. Oct.
Introduction to Judaism
at The Meeting House, 80 11, dinner, 5 to 6:30 p.m.,
Rabbi Peter Levy of Etz Route 125, Kingston. The Church of the TransfiguraHayim Synagogue, 1-1/2 service is a service of wor- tion; Oct. 15, dinner, 5 to
Hood Road, Derry is teach- ship with an emphasis on 6:30 p.m., West Running
ing “Introduction to Jud- personal prayer for healing Brook Middle School; Oct.
aism” on Tuesdays at 7:15 of whatever is troubling 17, dinner, 5 to 6:30 p.m. St.
p.m., now until June. The
class is free to members of
Etz Hayim and the Church
of the Transfiguration, and
th
$36 for others. Students
must buy one book and
should bring a Bible. The
course will touch on history,
HAMPTON INN 59 PORTSMOUTH
theology, practice and
AVE.,EXETER, NH
Hebrew; Jews, non-Jews,
and all seekers are welcome. DOOR PRIZES • FREE PARKING
Visit www.lovinglifeexpo.com
for details & to purchase tickets.
TOWN OF CHESTER
PUBLIC HEARING
The Chester Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at 7:45 P.M. in
the Meeting Room at the Municipal Office Building,
84 Chester Street to act on the following:
1. Accept the application by C&D Realty Trust (Map
10, Lot 7) and Robert Ciarlo & Stephanie Levy
(Map 10, Lot 16) for a 1-Lot Subdivision and LotLine Adjustment.
These documents can be viewed during regular business hours in the Town Clerk's Office, Board of Selectmen's Office and the Planning Board Office at the
Municipal Office Building. Questions and/or comments
should be directed to the Planning Board Office.
Brian Sullivan
Chairman
Sunday Psychic Fair
Sunday October 18
9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Luke’s United Methodist
Church; Oct. 18, dinner, 5
to 6:15 p.m., Etz Hayim
Synagogue; Oct. 25, breakfast, 9 to 10 a.m., Church of
the Transfiguration; Oct. 30,
dinner, 5 to 6:30 p.m., First
Parish Church.
HU Chant
A Community HU
Chant takes place Sunday,
Oct. 11, at 9:40 a.m. and at
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
15, both at the Holiday Inn,
Chester
approximately four of these
requests a week, and 50
percent are for non-residents.
Berube said the idea to
increase the rate was
spurred by two recent
employees from United Airlines sent from Manchester
to Chester’s department.
While Selectman chair
Steph Landau made a comment about how fingerprinting is a useful skill for
officers, Berube noted that
he’s always the one handling the service and indicated at this point he doesn’t need more practice in
that regard.
The board unanimously
2280 Brown Ave., Manchester.
Eckankar Worship
An ECK (Eckankar)
worship service, with a discussion of the current
theme and a short HU
chant, takes place Sunday,
Oct. 11, at 10:30 a.m. at the
Holiday Inn, 2280 Brown
Ave., Manchester. Spiritual
experiences and questions
are welcomed. This month’s
topic is “Letting Go and Letting God.”
agreed to the rate increase
for non-residents.
In other business:
• The board closed the
meeting following two nonpublic sessions related to
employees and reputation.
Public boards are allowed to
enter into non-public sessions under six justifications, including employee
matters (the dismissal, promotion, or compensation of
any public employee or the
disciplining of such employee, or the investigation
of any charges against him
or her), the hiring of an
employee, matters that would
adversely affect the reputation of an individual, acquisition or sale of land, litigation matters and emergency
functions.
Warde
Rehabilitation &
Nursing Center
Mission Driven
Recognized for Excellence in care
Warm happy environment for all’
New wage & salary structure
Wouldn’t You Really Rather Work Here?
• LNAs!
• RN/LPNs!
• Culinary Services!
Please call, find out why
Warde is more than a job!
Warde Rehabilitation & Nursing Center
21 Searles Rd., Windham, NH
Lorraine Ortiz - HR Director
• [email protected]
Susan Denopoulos - Administrator
• [email protected]
Tel#: 603-890-1290

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