Londonderry Times 03/06/2014
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Londonderry Times 03/06/2014
FREE HOMETOWN NEWS DELIVERED TO EVERY HOME IN TOWN March 6, 2014 ◆ Volume 15 – Issue 10 A FREE Weekly Publication Town Manager Orders Spending Freeze Effective on March 4 JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ own Manager Kevin Smith has ordered a spending freeze. He told the Town Council at its Monday, March 3 meeting that not much has changed with regard to the snow removal or other budgets as of Feb. 28. “We’re up higher than we should be and we’re up higher than we were in FY 13, so effective March 4, I’ve instituted a spending freeze for all non- T essential items across all departments, and we will be looking at that every month to see where we’re at,” Smith said. “If it turns out at the end of March or the end of April we’re back where we should be, then we’ll lift the freeze at that time. I think it’s the prudent thing to do right now.” Smith said that “just looking again at some of the areas where we saw the overages in the snow removal, Public Works budget, the firefighter overtime and the legal department, not much has changed.” He said some accounting adjustments were made within the Public Works department that caused a slight increase, with that budget running about 10 percent higher than in FY 13. “We’re about 68 percent right now,” he said. He said the Fire department overtime line was at $739,945, or about $15,000 over what was continued on page 27 ◆ ◆ Voters Urged to Polls for School and Town Elections March 11 JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES “Absentee ballots are ————––––––————–◆ for residents that will be he Londonderry High out of town or who are School Gymnasium traveling, residents who is the place for vot- can’t get to the polling ers to cast their ballots on place due to disability, Tuesday, March 11, from 7 residents who work out of a.m. to 8 p.m. to make town and won’t be home their choice known for until after the polls close, Governor Maggie Hassan visited the Coca-Cola of both contested and non- and for religious obserNorthern New England facility in Londonderry last week, with General Mancontested races and a vance, if the election is ager Rick Neal guiding her through the complete process at the bottling comvariety of warrant arti- being held on a day when pany. See story on page 2. Photo by Chris Paul cles. for religious reasons the Town Clerk Kathleen resident can’t come to the Donnelly said absentee polls,” Donnelly said. ballot requests can be She said residents can obtained from the town go to the Town Clerk’s web site at www.london- office and fill out the derrynh.org or at the request and vote at the JAY HOBSON the SAU’s Interim Superin- Moody said. “Mr. Corey will town offices at 268B Mam- office; the Town Clerk will LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ tendent of Schools. receive a three-year con- moth Road. hold that ballot until ElecCorey’s appointment tract with a starting salary ndrew Corey, Assistant Superintendent is effective July 1. of $130,000.” “Following weeks of of the Londonderry Moody said the SAU 41 School District, has been work by the Superinten- Governing Board was named the new Superin- dent Search Committee, Mr. impressed with Corey’s tendent of Schools of Corey was one of the final- credentials, his extensive School Administrative Unit ists forwarded to the SAU work on curriculum and (SAU) 41, the Hollis- Governing Board for initial assessment, and his See pages 21-22 Brookline school district, interview, site visit, public involvement with a comcontinued on page 5 according to John Moody, forum and final interview,” T Facility Tour Londonderry Assistant Superintendent of Schools Takes Hollis-Brookline Post A INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Sample Town Ballot For March 11 Election tion Day, when the moderator will open and tally all absentee ballots. “Or they can take the ballot home and mail it in,” Donnelly said. Donnelly said the town has 15,944 registered voters. Residents can register to vote until 10 days prior to the election. In addition, New Hampshire has same day registration, meaning residents can register to vote at the polling place on the day of the election. A photo ID, proof of citizenship, and proof of residency are continued on page 8 PRESORTED STANDARD US POSTAGE PAID LONDONDERRY, NH 03053 Permit #57 ECRWSS POSTAL PATRON LONDONDERRY, NH 03053 ◆ PAGE 2 L ONDONDERRY T IMES ◆ M ARCH 6, 2014 Governor Visits Londonderry Coca-Cola Bottling Plant JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ overnor Maggie Hassan recently visited the Coca-Cola of Northern New England (CCNNE) bottling plant just off exit 5 of Interstate 93 in support of the company’s efforts at innovation and sustainable energy use. At her Wednesday, Feb. 26 visit, Hassan said, “One of our focuses has been not only how can we G attract businesses to the state but how businesses can be innovative and responsive. There is so much innovation going on in New Hampshire, and one of the things I’m looking forward to hearing is your sustainability energy efforts because it is such a huge issue.” The Governor, a Democrat, said she was interested in “how to get more gas capacity up here, how do we diversify our ener- gy portfolio, which should help bring prices down not tomorrow, but we are working on it as hard as we can.” CCNNE Director of Capabilities Mike Elmer said the company is separate from Coca-Cola itself and employs over 525 persons in New Hampshire, with 470 full-time equivalents and the rest part time and seasonal. He said the average salary is $54,000 a year. “Our payroll is about $30 million and we have 4,800 customers such as Market Basket in seven states,” he said. When Hassan asked about whether the company has difficulty finding the skilled workers it requires, General Manager Rick Neal said, “I think our wages are in a place where they attract strong candidates.” “I was talking to the National Governors Association and a gentleman was talking about needing a talented workforce and I Coca-Cola of Northern New England Director of Capabilities Mike Elmer, right, gives Governor Maggie Hassan a presentation on the company’s operations. said, ‘guys, we settled the state out of granite, we have the most talented workforce anywhere in the country,’” Hassan joked. Sustainability Director Ray Dube said recycling is the “right thing to do. We were sustainable before people realized what sustainability was. It was just the culture of the company for us (and) started back in the ‘70s.” In a short video on recycling shown to Hassan, CCNNE president Mark Francoeur said sustainability is one of the company’s top priorities. “Ninety-two percent of everything is recycled,” Francoeur said. “It’s about saving water, saving energy. Right now we’re recycling everything from bottles to aluminum to stretch film,” Neal said. Hassan asked how recycling could be encouraged more, and Dube responded, “Education is the key.” ◆ ◆ Senior Center St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon On Sunday JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES Governor Maggie Hassan gets an extensive tour of the Coca-Cola of Northern New England facility in Londonderry last week by General Manager Rick Neal. Photos by Chris Paul 603.425.5108 603-425-5109 FREE General Gau’s Chicken with purchase of $45 or more With this coupon, not to be combined with other offers. Not Valid on Holidays. Mention this coupon when ordering. with purchase of PORK FRIED RICE $30 or more FREE With this coupon, not to be combined with other offers. Not Valid on Holidays Mention this coupn when ordering. ————––––––————–◆ own Manager Kevin Smith will be singing songs “in the best Irish brogue that I can provide” at the Londonderry Senior Center’s St. Patrick’s Day luncheon at noon Sunday at the Senior Center. Councilor Joe Green said that he had heard that Smith was “quite the singer.” T “Come Sunday and find out in person. Tickets are going fast so you can call the senior center and reserve your spot,” Smith said. Smith added that the Town Annual Report is now available for pick up at Town Hall and the Leach Library. It will also be available at the polls on Election Day, March 11. In other business at Monday’s Town Council George meeting: • The Council reappointed Sherry Farrell to the Elder Affairs Committee, with her husband, Council Chairman John Farrell, recusing himself for the vote; appointed Bonnie Ritvo to full voting member on the Elder Affairs Committee; and appointed David Paquette to the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Farrell thanked Pa- q uette for volunteering for the ZBA, which has been short staffed for quite a while. “We need two or three more like you,” Councilor Joe Green said. • The following Boy Scouts led the Pledge of Allegiance at the meeting: James Buttafuoco, Troop 521; Jack Kelly, Troop 521; Ryan Leo, Troop 521; and Matt Michaud, Troop 426. TSEKREKAS For Londonderry School Board 25 Orchard View Dr., Rte. 102, Londonderry www.superwokrestaurant.com OPEN: Mon-Thurs. 11:30 - 9:30 p.m. Fri-Sat. 11:30 - 10:30 p.m. Sun. Noon-9:30 p.m. “A fresh perspective” ◆ L ONDONDERRY T IMES ◆ M ARCH 6, 2014 PAGE 3 Airsoft ‘War’ Fundraiser Proposal Seeks Use of Musquash JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ articipants in Destination Imagination (DI), an organization that focuses on critical thinking skills, teamwork and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math), want to use the Musquash conservation area for an Airsoft “war” fundraiser, and approached the Conservation Commission with their plans. “DI taught me how to be a creative problem solver in my everyday life,” Megan Maher, 13, told the Conservation Commission at its Tuesday, Feb. 25 meeting. “DI’s main goal is to create tomorrow’s leaders and innovators.” She said her group has chosen a project called “Aiming For A Cure” to “raise money for cancer awareness.” The group wants to use the Musquash on April 12 and in- P vite people to participate in the Airsoft war. They plan to charge $5 to play and will rent eye protection and Airsoft guns. Trevor Melanson, 14, said the pellets used in the game are BB sized and are biodegradable, although he said he did not know what they are made of. He said that after the event, the group would police the area for any trash. They hope to use an area the size of the Musquash Landing. “We think 30 to 50 people will show up so we only need a small area, and the area will marked off by tape so people will know the Airsoft war is happening,” Maher said. The event is expected to last about two hours. Commissioner Paul Nickerson asked what age group would be participating and Maher said it would be open to ages 12 and up. Melanson said the area behind the schools was suggested but because the event involves air guns, he did not think school property would be an option. Commissioner Marge Badois asked long it takes for the pellets to break down. Melanson said he would research that and get back to her. Commissioner Eugene Harrington noted that there is more than one access point to the Musquash and those would have to be monitored so people wouldn’t stray into the “war” area. He suggested using the Town Forest instead, saying it is less openended than the Musquash and much easier to control. “The Town Forest is much more delineated and much easier to control where your warriors, if you want to call them that, stay within where Daniela E.Verani, M.D., P.A. Family Medicine • 182 Rockingham Road, Suite 9 Londonderry, NH 03053 • (603) 434-4363 – PROVIDER ON CALL – MOSQUITO BITES There's no doubt about it, mosquitoes and mosquito bites are annoying. What's worse, mosquito bites sometimes transmit serious diseases, such as West Nile virus, malaria and dengue fever. Although your risk of getting diseases from mosquito bites is low, your risk of being bothered by mosquito bites is high. 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And we like to do it the oldfashioned way, by listening and caring for each patient as if they were our own family.At the same time, we do not ignore the innovations that are taking place in medicine and participate in the EPIC electronic medical records in conjunction with the Elliot Hospital. you want to confine the game, so you don’t get innocent bystanders wandering in,” he said. Harrington also noted there would be more parking at the Town Forest as compared to the Musquash. Commissioner Mike Speltz asked about liability. “If somebody gets hurt, how do you avoid being liable, and if it’s on town land, how do we avoid liability? You may have to check with town staff,” Speltz said. Maher said they were planning on putting out fliers noting trip hazards in the woods. Harrington said the Town Forest was a much more logical place for the event. ◆ ◆ Police Seek Name for K9 Training Mannequin ondonderry Police K9 Officer John Perry and his dog, Mingo, have received a gift from the Crossroads Animal Hospital on Nashua Road of a mannequin that will aid officers in training on how to give first aid to Mingo, should the need arise. The training man- L nequin does not have a name, and a contest has been started, with children invited to submit what they think would be a good name for the mannequin. “Please help us give him a name so we can train our officers how to help our K9, Mingo, if he gets hurt,” Perry said. A name will be chosen from entries received by April 4. Name suggestions can be posted on the department’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.co m/pages/LondonderryPolice-Department, or by emailing them to K9 Officer John Perry and K9 Mingo at [email protected].” Celebrating 25+ Years in Londonderry Springing into Summer Fun? 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Harrington also suggested the group check with the police to let them know what was going on. ◆ PAGE 4 L ONDONDERRY T IMES ◆ M ARCH 6, 2014 Letters Editorial Make It More Than a Slogan Londonderry Supervisor of the Checklist Geraldine “Gerry” Van Grevenhof wants people to come out and vote March 11. “The elections affect everybody within the town,” Van Grevenhof said. “The money that’s being spent is their tax money and they should have a say in it.” Next door in Derry, Town Moderator Margaret Ives gives her annual plea for voter turnout. “We have the right to vote and we need to exercise it,” Ives said. “This is our town. And town elections matter.” Derry Supervisor of the Checklist Lorraine Routhier, who has been working at the polls since 1952, added, “We are fortunate to be able to vote the way we do. It is an honor.” Well, it’s not an honor or a right or a chance to have a say if you stay home and don’t exercise it. And while staying home is easy, taking the time to cast an informed vote is what a democratic country expects of its citizens. We let ourselves and everyone else down when we ignore the election, then we find ourselves taxed out of our homes and represented by people who embarrass or upset us – think the Derry Town Council - all because we didn’t make the effort to vote. People take to the streets and literally risk death to demand free elections and the right to govern in countries in Europe, Asia and South America. They look to the United States as an example of how government by the people should be. And what do we do? In a state that offers just about the best opportunity for people to participate in self-government, we see turnouts of 10 percent at town and school elections. Do you like that $3,000 tax bill twice a year? If not, why didn’t you try to amend the budget, or offer your views on long-term bond articles, or throw your hat in the ring when filing time rolled around? The mirror is a great place to look for why your taxes are so high. So what’s your excuse? Hopefully you won’t need one, and will get to the polling place or fill out an absentee ballot and vote on warrant articles and on candidates or write-ins for public office, both school and town sides. In Sandown, when enough interest was generated in the Timberlane school budget, a crowd finally came out to deliberative session. Wouldn’t it be great if that kind of attendance became the norm, and government “by the people” became more than a slogan. The Londonderry Times is a weekly publication. It is mailed to every home in Londonderry free of charge and is available at a number of drop-off locations throughout the town. Serving Derry Serving Chester, Hampstead and Sandown Nutfield Publishing, LLC 2 Litchfield Rd., Londonderry, NH 03053 tel: 603-537-2760 • fax: 603-537-2765 send e-mails to: [email protected] www.nutpub.net Editor – Leslie O’Donnell Owner/Publisher – Debra Paul Art Director – Chris Paul The Londonderry Times is published through Nutfield Publishing, LLC a privately owned company dedicated to keeping residents informed about local issues and news in the town of Londonderry. All articles submitted for placement in the Londonderry Times are welcome and subject to review/editing and/or acceptance by the publisher. Decisions of the publisher are final. Views contained within submitted and published articles do not necessarily represent the views of the publisher or Londonderry Times. No articles, photographs, or other materials in the Londonderry Times may be re-published, re-written or otherwise used without the express permission of the publisher. Gas Tax To the editor: State Rep. Lisa Whittemore, D-Londonderry is after your money at the gas pump again by asking you to support another gas tax increase. SB 367 was introduced to increase the gas tax by amending RSA 260:32. Representative Whittemore would like you to believe that this meager increase, on top of the 18 cents (per gallon) you already pay, is needed to fix our roads. She will tell you that it is only a 4-cent increase. She will tell you that the 4-cent increase pales in comparison to the increase that the oil companies have gotten in the past two weeks. She will share her story on how she was stuck in traffic due to two accidents one morning and almost missed her meeting. What she will not tell you is if this bill is passed, the calculation of this tax “shall be adjusted by multiplying the effective rate during the prior 12-month period by a fraction, the numerator being the annual average CPI (Consumer Price Index) for the year 2013 and the denominator being the annual average CPI for the year 2003.” That somehow equates to 4 cents. What she will also conveniently skip over is this calculation will be repeated every four years, thus raising your gas tax every four years! Also, what she will not tell you is this new tax, instead of being required to go 100 percent to fixing the roads, will go to the Department of Transportation and expended as they see fit. If you feel as though you can afford to give Representative Whittemore more of your money, by all means vote for her in her upcoming reelection. If not, let her know how you feel, and that is of course if she hasn’t already blocked you on her State Representative FB page because you disagree with her. Nick Amerena Londonderry –––––––––––––––––– View of America To the editor: Here is a look at where this country is headed. The President of the United States is picking and choosing which parts of the laws passed by the U.S. Congress, and signed into law by a President of the United States, he will enforce and when. The U.S. Attorney General is outright stating that he will not enforce the laws of this country that he doesn’t like and is now instructing the Attorney Generals of the individual states to follow suit. He authorized the indiscriminant selling of firearms confiscated in the U.S. to unnamed, unknown parties in Mexico. Some of those guns are now being used to commit crimes within our borders and one was used to kill a U.S. Border Patrol agent. The Secretary of State of the United States denied requests from a U.S. Ambassador for added security in the face of an ever-increasing threat. That Ambassador and three other American citizens were killed by AlQaida terrorists as a result. After it was revealed that the U.S. government lied to the world about the cause for those murders, she had the gall to ask a U.S. Senate Hearing committee, “What difference does it make?” She is the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination for the President of the United States in 2016. The Federal Communications Commission wants to place agents in every major media outlet to monitor and advise the press as to what to cover and how, because it believes that they are not doing their jobs correctly. This is a clear infringement of the freedom of the press and is unconstitutional. Currently, because of differing diagnoses between two hospitals, the State of Massachusetts removed a teenage girl from her Connecticut parents’ custody and placed her into the “care” of the same agency that lost track of hundreds of children. The father is going to court because he had the audacity to speak to the press about the case. Meanwhile, the child’s health is deteriorating, the mother is fainting from the stress and the world takes little notice because it isn’t happening to them - yet. These are just some examples of what our government is doing. Under the guise of security, by manipulation of the free market through government regulation, and through fear, intimidation and accusations of intolerance and bigotry, the citizens of the United States of America are slowly allowing our once great country, a beacon of hope and prosperity, to be turned into a socialist state where the government controls everything. Some of you may think I am paranoid but consider this – when the government finally takes total control of the medical system, and it will if something doesn’t change, what will you do when some bureaucrat tells you that you are too overweight to have a slice of pizza and a soda? If the continued on page 12 Londonderry Times welcomes letters of up to 500 words on topics of local interest, and prints as many letters as possible. Please e-mail your letters to the Londonderry Times at [email protected]. All letters must include the writer’s name, address and phone number for verification if needed; name and town of residence will be printed. Londonderry Times reserves the right to reject or edit letters for content and length, and anonymous letters will not be printed. ◆ L ONDONDERRY T IMES ◆ M ARCH 6, 2014 PAGE 5 More than $20,000 Spent in Winter Maintenance, Repairs JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ own Manager Kevin Smith outlined to the Town Council the amount of $20,419.47 taken from the Expendable Maintenance Trust Fund for several projects ranging from winter maintenance to repairs. “We have a number of projects for winter maintenance at the Town Hall, Police Department, Leach Library and the cable access building during a number of snow events that we’ve had over the past couple of months, totaling $5, 442.50,” Smith said at Monday night’s meeting. The dates include the period Dec. 17 through Feb. 10 and include labor T and materials for snow and ice treatment at the various buildings. Smith said winter maintenance at the Senior Center cost $2,570 for snow removal and parking lot/walkway ice treatment and plowing on dates from Jan. 22 through Feb. 21. The expenditures also include preventive maintenance on a mixing valve and expansion tank at the north fire station, totaling $1,296; and general maintenance and painting of the garage bay ceiling at the Department of Public Works (DPW) garage, with DPW employees supplying the labor and a total cost of $410.97. Smith said the ceiling did not supply a sufficient ◆ Corey Continued from page 1 prehensive strategic plan for the Londonderry School District. “It’s a great choice by them,” Londonderry Superintendent Nathan Greenberg said. “He is an outstanding educational leader and there is no doubt in my mind that he will be an outstanding Superintendent. Andy in his decade here has been absolutely superior. A number of years ago, when he was Middle School principal, he was Middle School Principal of the Year. He has done an absolutely fantastic job as Assistant Superintendent of Schools. Brookline is very lucky to get him. He’s just a fantastic Andy Corey educational leader.” Corey has been assistant superintendent in Londonderry since 2010. “It was a good opportunity and I was fortunate enough to be chosen and it will be interesting,” Corey said. “I’m excited by the opportunity and the challenges to move an outstanding district in amount of light, and existing fixtures were replaced for $4,610. “Currently there is no light over the main entrance door, creating a safety hazard for the employees during nighttime operations,” he said of the DPW garage. “They have mercury vapor and halogen lighting, and this request was to add an LED fixture over the main entrance door and to replace the existing floods with LED technology, which increases the illumination in the work area. The cost was $2,490.” Smith added that ice build-up on the roof was excessive at the Access Center and had to be removed before it caused interior damage. The cost was $3,600. The Council approved the expenditures unanimously. In other Council business: • Resident Kent Allen said the issue of liability regarding the clean-up of the Town Forest can be avoided if ALERT (A Londonderry Emergency Response Team) was officially “called out” and training time used to remove brush and downed trees. He claimed any injuries would be covered under workers compensation. Town Council Chairman John Farrell asked if Finance Director Sue Hickey had said ALERT was covered by insurance and Allen said she told ◆ him ALERT would be if New Hampshire forward. In my research and with talking with people in a small state, I realized it was very similar to Londonderry. The parents and the students have the same goals and aspirations as here, and when I went over to visit and to interview, it was all confirmed, so it’s a very exciting opportunity for me.” Greenberg said the search for Corey’s replacement will begin with advertising in the next week or so and the application period will be open through March. “Then we’ll conduct interviews and hopefully shortly thereafter we’ll have a successful candidate, one that will hopefully be able to fill his shoes,” Greenberg said. IS IT TIME TO DO YOUR WILL? If Something Happens To You And You Do Not Know... Who will take care of your children? Who will handle your financial affairs? Who will inherit your assets; your spouse, your children or both? Call us today to make sure you and your children are taken care of in event of an accident/emergency. Michels & Michels Attorneys • 603-434-1717 called out. Smith said he had not had an opportunity to discuss the matter with Hickey. Administrative Support Coordinator Steve Cotton said what Allen was saying was correct. Farrell said there would be some “checking into it” and asked Smith to look into it. • Smith said he understood from talking with Fire Chief Darren O’Brien that the cost figures for the Londonderry Fire Department dispatch in handling Hampstead Fire’s dispatch weren’t in yet but the necessary upgrades to Londonderry’s computer system would be paid mostly by Hampstead. Hampstead has contracted with Londonderry to provide dis- patch. Any extra cost can be absorbed by the FY 15 budget, Smith said. • Police Chief William Hart said a new truck was needed by the police department to plow the parking lot and for other uses. He said the current truck had served its life span. “We’ve been told that it won’t pass inspection and it will cost several thousand dollars to repair it,” Hart said. He is requesting a new truck at $22,773, with $13,273 coming from the Vehicle Expendable Maintenance Trust Fund and the balance of $9,500 from the Police Department Capital Lease Line. The Town Council approved the purchase unanimously. ◆ PA G E 6 L O N D O N D E R RY T I M E S ◆ M ARCH 6, 2014 Regional Public Health Training Offers Pointers KATHLEEN D. BAILEY LONDONDERRY TIMES gave them the tools to ————––––––————–◆ deal effectively with peotraining exercise ple who need extra oxyfor local public gen in an emergency. health workers Garrett Simonsen, co- A Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in Manchester students label cots during the training exercise at West Running Brook Middle School in Derry . ordinator for the Greater Derry Public Health Network, said the exercise, which took place Wednesday, Feb. 26, at West Running Brook Middle School, brought representatives of 10 area towns to Derry for a state-sponsored training. Simonsen said the exercise began in the morning, when students from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in Manchester and Saint Anselm College in Goffstown helped set up beds in a simulated emergency shelter. “We set up 37 potential patient beds for use in a pandemic,” Simonsen said. “Of those, 13 beds were designated for people who needed extra oxygen.” Respiratory therapists from Parkland Medical Center assisted in setting up the oxygen flow, he said. “The goal was to evaluate the layout we use in the gym,” Simonsen said. West Running Brook has been designated as Derry’s shelter in a large-scale emergency. –––– VOTE –––– Adriana Komst FOR Town Clerk/Tax Collector “I will resolve problems without creating new ones” Paid for by the Committee to elect Adriana Komst. Caring Dentists Does this sound like you? Your mouth is a mess. It started a long time ago, but it got that way because of a number of bad experiences; you procrastinated or put your family’s needs before your own. 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It was a true community effort, Simonsen said, with a Hampstead Boy Scout troop helping to carry the cots in the morning and a Derry Boy Scout troop helping with the breakdown. Simonsen said no dates have been set for future training. The network has met its training goal for this year, he said, and the new year will begin July 1. ◆ L O N D O N D E R RY T I M E S ◆ M ARCH 6, 2014 PA G E 7 Lawsuit Against School Staff: Police Conclude No Crime Committed JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ yle Lynch, a former student at Londonderry High School, and his father, Devin Lynch, of Winding Pond Road are suing the Londonderry School District, LHS Principal Jason Parent, School Superintendent Nathan Greenberg and teacher Greg Warren, alleging that Warren physically assaulted Lynch in the school library in 2011 because Lynch wouldn’t remove his hat. But a police report, released to the Londonderry Times under the Right to Know statute finds that the police concluded that no crime was committed by Warren and no charges would be filed. As previously reported by the Londonderry Times, according to court documents, on or about Feb. 7, 2011, Kyle Lynch was wearing a hat in the school library when Warren accosted him. The documents allege that Warren physically assaulted Lynch by physically ejecting him from his seat, propelling him from the library and hurling him into a masonry K wall, causing him to strike his head. The suit alleges Kyle Lynch sustained injuries requiring medical treatment, including a closed head injury. The Lynches are represented by attorney James Walker of Walker & Buchholz P.A. In the police report filed at the time of the incident, Juvenile Division Detective Donald Laduke concluded that: “At no point does Gregory Warren nor Daniel Alexander act without provocation. There is no evidence to suggest that neither Mr. Warren nor Mr. Alexander had any other motive to use force, other than that force which is authorized by law when such minor refuses to leave the premises or for the maintenance of discipline. It is in the contrary that Kyle Lynch was using force when grabbing Mr. Warren’s vest and tie, which is not authorized by law under NH RSA 631 :2a Simple Assault.” In his report, Laduke noted that on March 3, 2011, Kyle’s parents met with him about the incident involving Kyle, who was 16 at the time. Devin Lynch told Laduke that Kyle had been assaulted by Warren while staff member Daniel Alexander was present on Feb. 7, 2011. He noted a school district video of the incident. The report also states that Devin Lynch told Laduke “he has delayed reporting because he is not interested in making waves, or suing the School District for monetary gain. He has incurred medical bills, which has reached $1,000, for a head injury. He explained that during the incident, Kyle’s head hit the floor and since then, he has had to go to multiple medical appointments (he has had prior concussions which made him vulnerable to further injury).” Laduke states in his report that Devin Lynch said he thought Greenberg and Parent treated his complaint with concern, and noted that Greenberg cannot tell him what the consequences are for Warren because it is a personnel issue. Laduke later viewed the School District video Devin Lynch mentioned. He wrote that the video does not have audio, and shows Warren and Alexander approach Kyle in the library. “Warren pulled out his chair, and pushed Kyle to move; it is not a violent shove, but seems to be a push to move Kyle in a certain direction,” he wrote. “Kyle did not lose his balance or control over his equilibrium, nor had fallen as a result. Both staff members take his arms and walk him through the doors. No further footage follows from this vantage point. The other video of the hallway shows Kyle following behind Warren followed by Alexander. Warren suddenly turns around, and grabs Kyle while facing him, while Warren is moving Kyle backward and they go out of the camera’s vantage. “When they come back into view,” he continued in his report, “Kyle is walking without being held. Warren is walking backwards and seems to be confronting Kyle (without touching Kyle), with Mr. Alexander walking to Kyle’s left. Warren then turns to walk into the stairwell. He turns again when Kyle reaches him to confront him again (without touching Kyle) and escorts Kyle to his right while Mr. Alexander walks behind him. They descend the stairs and go out of view. End of video.” Laduke interviewed Kyle on April 13. “ I asked him why he was here to talk to me and he said he was there to talk about the incident regarding Greg Warren,” he wrote. “Kyle alleges that after Warren came into the library, he grabbed Kyle’s left arm and he was escorted to the library door and it was closed. Both Kyle’s arms were behind him and he was pushed through the doors, using his body to open the door by Warren and Alexander. They pushed him into a hallway wall and held him there, facing the wall. They let go after a minute or two. It was a concrete wall and when asked, he didn’t remember getting hurt or being injured at all. He said he punched the wall with his fist, only once.” Laduke said Kyle told him the two men held his arms behind his back and moved him to the floor, pushing Kyle’s shoulders down. Kyle said that caused him to hit the floor with his forehead and caused him to black out. Laduke said that when asked, Kyle said nothing was said to him just prior to being moved to the floor, and he was not resisting. Laduke said Kyle told him the men told him he was acting in a threatening manner. Kyle further said he was swearing at Warren “after he knocked me out.” I asked if Kyle made any threats, and he said, ‘I don’t remember.’” While Kyle claimed not to have touched the men, Warren said in a written statement to police that Kyle had grabbed his vest and shirt. In his report dated Sept. 29, 2011, Laduke found that the elements of Simple Assault had not been met by Warren, thus no crime had been committed. “This matter will be considered closed,” he wrote. 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A birth certificate or passport establishes citizenship, and a mortgage or rent receipt would prove residency if a driver’s license shows a different address, Connelly said. Supervisor of the Checklist Geraldine “Gerry” Van Grevenhof said she hopes more people will come out to vote next week. “The elections affect everybody within the town,” Van Grevenhof said. “Everybody should come out if possible to vote because the money that’s being spent is their tax money and they should have a say in it. People don’t show up at the deliberatives because they can’t vote on anything at the deliberatives, but they aren’t informed because they don’t come to the deliberatives, and so therefore they just don’t know what they are voting for.” Contested races on the ballot are: Town Council, two seats, Thomas Freda, Joseph Green, Christopher Melcher and John Robinson; Town Clerk/Tax Collector, one seat, Sherry Farrell, Adriana Komst and Deborah Shimkonis Nowicki; Trustee of the Leach Library, two seats, Raymond L O N D O N D E R RY T I M E S Brown, Melissa Coffey and Cynthia Peterson; and School Board, two seats, Nancy Hendricks, Dan Lekas and George Tsekrekas. Candidates in non-contested races are Budget Committee, three seats, Dana Coons; Town Moderator, one position, Cindi Rice Conley; Supervisor of the Checklist, six-year term, Anne Warner; and Supervisor of the Checklist, two-year term, Christine Tighe. Included among the articles on the Town Warrant are: Article 2: To change the elected position of Town Clerk/Tax Collector to two separate positions, with the Town Clerk elected for a three-year term and the Tax Collector appointed. Article 4: The operating budget of $28,054,908 and the default budget of $28,086,186. Article 6: To raise and appropriate $2,629,815 for construction, payment of the interest on any debt incurred, management, maintenance, operation and repair of newly constructed sewer systems. Article 11: To raise and appropriate $275,000 to be placed in the Town’s Roadway Maintenance Trust Fund. Article 12: A citizen’s petition to transfer all ◆ M ARCH 6, 2014 supervision and management of the Town Forest from the Conservation Commission to the Town Manager. Included among the school district warrant articles are: Article 2: To raise and appropriate $4,000,000 for renovation and construction to all buildings in the district. This is a bond and requires a 60 percent majority to pass. Article 3: To raise and appropriate an operating budget for the fiscal year 2014-2015 of $66,240,583, with a default budget of $66,545,528. Article 8: To raise and appropriate $500,000 to be placed in the School Buildings Maintenance Expendable Trust Fund. Article 9: To raise and appropriate $100,000 to be placed in the School District Equipment Capital Reserve Fund. Election results will be posted at www.nutpub.net on Wednesday morning, March 12. Because the Londonderry Times will go to press for its March 13 edition before the polls close on March 11, full election coverage will be included in the March 20 edition. OBITUARY Charles “Chip” Horwath Charles J. “Chip” Horwath, 72, of Londonderry died Saturday March 1, 2014, at Greenbriar Terrace, Nashua. He was born in Allentown, Penn., on Nov. 29, 1941, a son of the late Charles and Claire (Flammer) Horwath. He was a graduate of Liberty High School and Moravian College, both in Bethlehem, Penn. He earned his MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. He served with the U.S. Coast Guard from 1959 to 1965. He retired in 1996 from FHA/HUD, where he worked as a real estate appraiser. As a hobby, he enjoyed working on cars. He is survived by his wife, Gina M. (Gregor) Horwath of Londonderry; his son, Jesse G. Horwath of Malden, Mass.; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his brother, Jeffrey L. Horwath. Calling hours will be Monday, March 10, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Peabody Funeral Home and Crematorium, 290 Mammoth Road, Londonderry. Services will be held Tuesday, March 11, at 11 a.m. in the chapel at the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, Route 3, Boscawen. Donations in his memory may be made to the American Stroke Association Founders Affiliate, 300 Fifth Ave., Suite 6, Waltham, Mass. 02451 or to the American Kidney Fund, 11921 Rockville Pike, Suite 300, Rockville, Md. 20852. To send a condolence or for more information, visit www.peabodyfuneralhome.com. OBITUARY Persis “Mitch” Martin Persis C. “Mitch” (Hicks) Martin of Londonderry, 87, a nurse, musician, composer, dancer, and poet, died Feb. 26, 2014 in Nashua, following a brief illness. The youngest of four children born to Thomas M. B. and Mildred (Todd) Hicks, Mrs. Martin was born in Brownsville, Texas, on July 5, 1926, but spent much of her childhood in Kingston, Penn. She graduated from Kingston High School in 1944. After attending Ohio Wesleyan University, she danced professionally in New York before marrying Charles R. Scoggins Sr., a career Air Force officer. A master of several musical instruments and often self-taught, she taught ballet and tap dancing and also composed liturgical music. She produced and directed the opera “Patience” at Rikkyo University in Tokyo while living in Japan in the late 1950s, and while living in Chelmsford, Mass., during the 1960s, wrote the original songs, choreographed, produced, directed, and acted in the town variety show, “The Chelmsford Follies.” She also directed the local Miss Massachusetts Pageant during that time and was the organist and choir director at All Saints Episcopal Church in Chelmsford. After moving to California and then to Maryland in the late 1960s, she graduated with high honors from Prince George’s (Md.) Community College with a degree in nursing in 1973. She worked in the Intensive Care Unit at Prince George’s County Hospital. After moving to Hampstead in the mid-1970s, she worked at Hampstead Hospital and Parkland Medical Center in Derry before becoming director of nursing at Salem Haven in Salem, N.H., where she also played the organ at chapel services. In Hampstead she directed variety shows for the Lions Club and was a ham radio hobbyist with the call sign KA1TRP. A lung cancer survivor, she participated in the annual CROP walks. Following her retirement, she married Rev. Walter “Doc” Martin and was a member of Christ the King Lutheran Church in Nashua. She is survived by her six children, Charles R. Scoggins Jr. and his wife, Victoria, of Lowell, Mass., and St. Petersburg, Fla.; Richard T. Scoggins and his wife, Cathy, of Glendale, Calif.; Wendy E. Elliott and her husband, David, of Jaffrey; Kim C. Scoggins and his wife, Deborah, of Bluffton, S.C.; Erin M. Scoggins of Port Orange, Fla.; and Colin S. Scoggins and his wife, Helene, of Nashua; three stepchildren, Virginia Jennings and her husband, Gregory, of Acworth, Ga.; Peggy Wilkinson and her husband, Joe, of Somerset, Ohio; and David Mitchell and his wife, Tina, of Oreland, Penn,.; 16 grandchildren; 14 greatgrandchildren; many nieces and nephews; a sister, Barbara Harding of Sterling, Va.; her first husband, Lt. Col. (Ret.) Charles R. Scoggins Sr., of Edgewater, Fla., and Jaffrey; and Rev. Martin’s daughters, Judy Smith of Bridgewater and Eleanor Gilder of Port Washington, N.Y. She was preceded in death by her brothers Thomas Hicks IV and Warren Hicks, her second husband, Maj. (Ret.) Wallace Mitchell, and her stepson, John Mitchell. Calling hours are Thursday, March 6, from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 290 Mammoth Road, Londonderry. Funeral services are Friday, March 7, at 10 a.m. in Christ the King Lutheran Church, 3 Lutheran Drive, Nashua. Burial will be in the spring in Conant Cemetery, Jaffrey. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Pastoral Care at Salem Haven, 23 Geremonty Drive, Salem, NH 03079; Church World Service CROP WALK, New York Corporate Center, 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 700, New York, NY 01015; or ELCA World Hunger, 1725 I St., NW, Suite 510 Washington, D.C. 20006. To send a condolence or for more information, visit www.peabodyfuneralhome.com. ERIK E. PEABODY CRAIG B. PEABODY h Caring Since 1933 f All Locations (603) 432-2801 www.peabodyfuneralhome.com 15 Birch Street Derry, NH 03038 290 Mammoth Road Londonderry, NH 03053 ◆ L O N D O N D E R RY T I M E S ◆ M ARCH 6, 2014 PA G E 9 Verizon to Join AT&T at Kelley Road Cell Tower JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ he new cell tower on Kelley Road is well hidden, and not too many town residents can see it. “If you drive down Bartley Hill Road toward the intersection where it meets Mammoth Road, you can just see the tip of it,” Londonderry Building Inspector Richard Canuel said. Canuel said the tower currently serves AT&T. However, not all as- T pects of the tower are up and running. AT&T customers in the area have noted that they still do not have cell service, even though the tower is there. And they’re not likely to see any improvement until well into the summer. Wil Keyser, spokesman for AT&T, said AT&T is in the process of installing antennas on the tower, which is owned by ATC (American Tower Co.). “We hope to be able to provide service sometime ◆ could be in the process of an alternative location planning to use the tower having some antennas that would serve the and requested that a 500being installed on the needs of the wireless. gallon diesel tank be tower but having those They eventually granted installed for a portable antennas connected to the variance after repeat- generator. “On the original site the network and having ed continuations - it was the tower have power is opposed by an abutting plan provided by the property owner, they owner, there was not going still in process. “It’s probably going to denied his appeal, he fur- to be any fuel storage on take a little bit of time, ther appealed to court the site, in fact one of the which is why we’re fore- and eventually it was notes on the plans states that, so when Verizon had casting it for the end of built.” Canuel said. “The residents that are it on their plan to coJuly,” Keyser said. Canuel recalled that close to it can’t see it for locate, we went before the when the tower was pro- the trees, they’re too Planning Board and they posed for that location, close,” he said. “They did said that they were OK there was some contro- a good job hiding it, with it because it wasn’t a versy due to the residen- which was part of the condition of the site plan approval and it could be tial nature of the neigh- plan.” ◆ borhood. At the most recent handled administratively,” “They had to show Planning Board meeting, Canuel said. “So the tank during the variance Town Planner Cynthia and the portable generaprocess that there wasn’t May said Verizon is now tor were approved.” donate materials and/or labor, see what kind of assistance might be available at the town level, that sort of thing - for instance, clearing any brush that needs to be cleared. Would they be OW AKING RDERS able to help us with that or grading and surfacing, things like that.” The design is expected to have two areas – one for large dogs, the other for small dogs. There is no timeline for completion, as the Whole Boneless committee is just in the beginning stages of planning for the finished product. “We have to get fencper lb. ing, comfortable benches 5 lb. pac per lb. per lb. for people to sit on, signs made - there’s a lot that has to be done,” Grover A Family Owned Business For Over 100 Years! concluded. towards the end of July,” he said. “There may be some antennas on the tower but they are not fully installed and functional. There’s a multistep process in terms of how a tower can provide service. First you have to have the structure, then you have to get the antennas installed on the tower, and you also have to have power, and you have to have the tower connected to the network. Each of those steps takes its own amount of time, so we Dog Park Set For West Road Site JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ og Park Committee chairman Dottie Grover said the proposed dog park will go in on a parcel of land on West Road, next to the soccer fields. “The Town Manager checked with everybody because the Town Council put in his hands, and he informed us that it’s a go, we’ve got it,” Grover said. While the committee’s meeting Tuesday, Feb. 25, did not achieve a quorum, four members attended and discussed what comes next. “Marketing, fundraising, design of the park, those kinds of things,” Grover said. The next meeting is D March 11 at 6:30 p.m., which is Election Day. “We have our meetings at the LACTV center, which is right next to the gym where people vote, so committee members can vote and walk over to the meeting. It’s real convenient,” Grover said. 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Sat. 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. • Sun. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. ◆ PA G E 10 L O N D O N D E R RY T I M E S ◆ M ARCH 6, 2014 Airport Control Tower Overnight Hours Remain In Effect JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ he Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is looking at reducing the overnight operating hours of the air traffic control tower at the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. Most of the airport is in Londonderry. The proposal under consideration would keep the tower unmanned from midnight to 6 a.m. The New Hampshire Congressional Delegation, however, has expressed its views in a letter, saying the reduction would be harmful to the area. According to a letter sent to the FAA by the New Hampshire Congressional delegation of Senators Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, Kelly Ayotte, R-NH, Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter, D-1st District, and Annie Kuster, D-2nd District, “on Feb. 11, 2014, the New Hampshire congressional delegation was made aware of a request to the New England Regional Administrator to close the Manchester Air Traffic Control Tower (MHT ATCT) during the midnight shift between 12 a.m. and 6 a.m.” The delegation expressed its concern that this request, if approved, would T create an unnecessary safety risk for both the aircraft and airport personnel that rely upon an operational tower at the Manchester airport during this shift. “MHT has been designated as a diversion airport for New England, meaning it often receives non-scheduled operations during the midnight shift,” the letter states. “This is particularly true during times of severe weather, like those that the region has seen this winter. Additionally, (the airport) is home to the DartmouthHitchcock emergency medical helicopter. Restricting the use of this critical emergency aircraft - as this request will do - jeopardizes the safety of our constituents who may not be able to get the care they need in a timely manner.” The delegation letter also states that there appear to be procedural flaws with the request. “Section 6 of the guidance requires the FAA to ‘determine the impact a reduction or increase in operating hours would have on the local community by early informal coordination with airport users, community leaders, and airport managers.’ Though the request claims that ‘coordi- “Honesty, Integrity & Attention to Detail” nation and concurrence from all local stakeholders was completed,’ (airport) officials assert otherwise,” the letter states. “Eliminating the midnight shift at MHT is an unsafe means to achieve nominal FAA staffing benefits. For these reasons, we urge you to deny this request,” the delegation wrote. On Feb. 28, the delegation released a press statement that said the FAA informed them that the air traffic control tower at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport would remain open during the midnight shift and that any future changes to that status would not be made unilaterally and without input from stakeholders at the local, state and feder- al levels. “While the FAA has signaled that it is not set to close the air traffic control tower during the 12 to 6 a.m. shift, it has not formally denied the request to do so and the New Hampshire congressional delegation today restated its view that keeping the tower open overnight is a safety priority,” the statement said. Governor Maggie Hassan also wrote to advocate keeping the tower open through the night. When reached for comment, the FAA said, “The FAA has not decided to close Manchester Tower on the overnight shift. We are continuing to review the proposal and we will coordinate with stakeholders before ROMANO’ S PIZZA OF DERRY 434-6500 35 Manchester Road, Derry Check Us Out Online! www.romanospizzaderry.com staffing hours.” Malafronte said they have done the review many times, most recently in 2008, and every time they did the review they decided not to close the tower at night. “So basically it’s still in the internal review stage,” he said. “It’s somewhat of a formality in terms of the process of looking at the operations that we have. Because the letter from the FAA went to the people that I mentioned, we felt obligated to send out a letter that we were not supportive of any recommendation to close the tower at night. “We haven’t had any further discussions or direction regarding the potential closure from midnight to 6 a.m.,” he concluded. ◆ ◆ Zoning Board Still Seeks Members JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ t the last several meetings of the Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA), Chairman James Smith has given notice to the parties before the board that they are down to two full members and two alternates. Sometimes only three are present, and Smith tells the applicant that the vote will have to be unanimous in their favor for the request to pass, or they can return when the fourth member is in attendance. Some take Smith up on A his offer, others take their chances, but whatever the case, the ZBA is in need of volunteers to fill the board vacancies. “You don’t need to be a lawyer, you just need common sense and the ability to read and understand the ordinances,” Smith said. Smith said some new members come on as alternates and get “on-the- job training” by watching and listening to the full members as they learn the system. 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Under State enabling statutes (RSA 674:33), the ZBA has the authority to act in four separate and distinctive categories whenever a property owner seeks relief from the requirements of Londonderry’s zoning ordinance: Variances, Special Exceptions, Equitable Waivers of Dimensional Requirements, and Relief of Administrative Decision. For more information about the open positions, contact Kirby Wade at 4321100, ext. 120 or [email protected]. Farm Market OPEN ALL WINTER 9 - 5 p.m. Fresh Crisp Apples & Pears Our Own Fresh Cider We Ship Gift Packs anywhere in the U.S. Call 432-3456 for more information www.macksapples.com 230 Mammoth Rd. Londonderry 800-479-6225 or 603-434-7619 ◆ L O N D O N D E R RY T I M E S ◆ M ARCH 6, 2014 PA G E 11 Derry’s State Senator Promotes Gas Tax Increase KATHLEEN D. BAILEY LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ hile State Sen. Jim Rausch, R-Derry, has his eye on improving infrastructure for the entire state, he thinks increasing New Hampshire’s gas tax will improve life for his constituents in Derry, Hampstead and Windham in two ways: by improving roads and bridges in general, and by widening Interstate 93 from Windham to Manchester. Rausch is the main sponsor of SB 367, a bill that would increase the 18 cents-per-gallon gas tax by 4 cents, tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI). It is long overdue, Rausch said in a phone interview last week. Rausch said various methods have been proposed to fund infrastructure. His first choice would have been to expand gambling in the state and use the proceeds for infrastructure. As that won’t happen in the near future, Rausch said he is turning to the gas tax, which has not been increased since 1991. “There is no doubt,” Rausch said, “that our infrastructure is deteriorating.” He pointed to the Sarah Long Bridge in Portsmouth, which is in need of shoring up; the shortfall for expanding the I-93 project, which is unfunded at $250 million; and New Hampshire’s late winter headache of the pothole. “You can drive down any street and see where it needs improvement,” Rausch said. Chris Clement, Commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Transportation, predicted two weeks ago that he would have to lay off 700 workers if more money is not found. He told the Senate Ways and Means Committee, of which Rausch is a member, that his agency is facing a shortfall of $48 million and $105 million during the next two budget cycles. A backlog of projects includes 500 bridges, state and municipal, with serious structural problems and 1,600 miles of state roads. W A bill earlier this year to raise the gas tax by 12 cents per gallon, sponsored by Rep. David Campbell, D-Nashua, passed the House before being rejected in the Senate. Campbell, chair of the House Public Works and Highways Committee, is now a co-sponsor of Rausch’s bill. Rausch’s bill is different, raising the gas tax in alignment with the Consumer Price Index for Greater Boston (the Boston-Nashua-Brockton arc). He thinks his bill, if approved, would restore “purchasing power” to New Hampshire consumers. “This one is more reasonable, modest,” Rausch said. States linking the gas tax to inflation include Florida, Massachusetts and Maryland. Other states have variable rates according to the price of fuel. He arrived at his num- ber by looking at a 10-year snapshot of the CPI and “splitting the difference” in the CPI changes from 2003 to 2013. At this point, he is not seeking to have automatic increases tied to the CPI in future years. Will there be pain at the pump? He doesn’t think so. “If you drove 10,000 miles this year and got 25 miles to the gallon, your 4-cent increase would come out to about $16 a year,” he said. Fixing the roads should benefit New Hampshire motorists, in Rausch’s opinion. “If you go over a pothole and you need an alignment, that’s $100 at a minimum,” he pointed out. “According to AAA, the average cost per year from road damage is $300 per car.” There has been opposition, Rausch said. Some of his colleagues think that if they cut the budget enough, they won’t need to increase the gas tax. “But I challenge anyone who thinks we can go 22 years without an increase in the gas tax,” he added. “If someone has a better answer, so be it.” Rausch said that should the increase pass, he doesn’t have dedicated funds for I-93. “I don’t like to talk specifics,” he said. “We are a state.” But he thinks that should money be allotted to the widening, it will benefit his communities. The improved access would foster business growth, which would in turn increase the business profits tax, he said. The gas tax and vehicle registration fees are the principal sources of funding for the highway department. Two other legislators want to impose the surcharge on alternative sources of energy. Rep. Candace Bouchard, D-Concord, is proposing extending the tax to vehicles that use alternative fuels, specifically commercial and government vehicles; Rep. David Watters, DDover, wants to place a surcharge on electric vehicles and hybrids. Alternative vehicles that use less gasolin are responsible in part for a drop in gas tax revenue. Motorists purchased 60 million fewer gallons of gas in 2012 than they did in 2005, according to data from the Department of Safety Road Toll Bureau. This has led to an $11 million decrease in revenue. On March 4, following the Senate Ways and Means Committee’s 4-1 vote to recommend passage of SB 367 as amended, Governor Maggie Hassan said, “In order to keep New Hampshire’s economy moving forward, we must work together to address our transportation infrastructure challenges. A solid, modern transportation infrastructure is one of the essential foundations for New Hampshire’s longterm economic growth. SB 367 will help us make progress on that important effort, helping ensure we can continue to plow and repair our roads and keep our people safe. “I want to thank Senator Rausch for leading efforts to take an important step toward addressing our transportations needs, and I encourage members of both parties to support the committee’s bipartisan recommendation to strengthen our roads and bridges.” The bill now goes to a full Senate vote. ◆ PA G E 12 L O N D O N D E R RY T I M E S ◆ M ARCH 6, 2014 Londonderry High Band Plans ‘Tale Of Two Cities’ Tour From left, Erin Conti, 18, Beckie Walker, 16, Danielle Souza, 18, and Joe Conti, 18 are preparing to march in two St. Patrick’s Day parades this month in Washington, D.C., and in New York City - March 16 and 17 with the LHS Marching Band. Photo by Jay Hobson JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ he Londonderry High School Marching Band is gearing up for another trip, this time traveling in what Music Director Andy Soucy calls “A Tale of Two Cities.” The band will be performing at the Washington, D.C. St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday, March 16, and then driving to New York City to T march in its St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Making the trip will be 285 band members and staff. The timing of the two parades made the trip a practical one for the band. The band will be leaving LHS at 6 a.m. Friday, March 14, and traveling 11 hours to Washington, D.C. The next morning the band will be at Arlington National Cemetery in Vir- 2 Large Cheese Pizzas only 15 $ 99 ginia to honor the memory of 2006 LHS alumnus Peter Sohm and play “Taps” at his gravesite. Sohm was a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force and was killed on Palm Sunday, April 17, 2011, in a small airplane crash outside of San Angelo, Texas. He was 23. The band will then tour the White House before visiting the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and attending a performance of “Shear Madness” at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. After a group photo at the United States Capitol, the band will assemble at the staging area of the parade and march in the parade, then board buses and head to New York. In New York they will board a sightseeing vessel for a cruise on the Hudson River. “The kids are in for a treat by seeing New York City all lit up at night,” Soucy said. The next morning the band marches in the St. Patrick’s Day parade. 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Color Guard Captain Erin Conti, 18, a senior, said that as this is the last trip she will be making with the band, she is both excited and sad. Drum Major Danielle Souza, 18, agreed that the trip will be bittersweet, knowing it’s the last one she’ll be on. “Remember, these seniors have been to Washington and out to the ◆ Letters Continued from page 4 implications of that example don’t move you, how about when that bureaucrat tells you that you are no longer fit to care for your child? Phil Spitalere Londonderry ————————— Call GRETA SWISHER For All Your Real Estate Needs! 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You tell the kids to be at a certain place at a certain time and they’re there, all 200 of them.” At the bottom of the itinerary, in keeping with the “Tale of Two Cities” theme, are the words: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... but indeed you had a good time.” Direct: (603) 231-7275 Office: (603) 425-2400x121 [email protected] 123 Nashua Road, Unit #20 Londonderry, NH 03053 www.nh-moves.com Each Office Independently Owned and Operated ◆ L O N D O N D E R RY T I M E S ◆ M ARCH 6, 2014 PA G E 13 Talent Abounds at South School Just before leaving on winter break, about 15 fourth and fifth grade students at South Elementary School perfomed in the annual Student Council-run Talent Show. Dancing, singing, gymnastics, jump roping and musical performances captivated the entire school. In a tie for first were Gabrielle Tringali, top left, with her rendition of “Somewhere Over the Raindow,” and, second from top left, Greggory Lindquist and Ricky Nadeau, with a singing and dancing “What Does the Fox Say” routine. Riley Wolk, bottom left, was voted second place with a hula hoop routine, and Freedom James snagged third place with a drum solo. Taking fourth place was Ava Ruppel, second from right at top. Also pictured are Caroline Leone, top right; Grace Holland, second from right at bottom, and Quinn Brown, bottom right, Winners were chosen by a vote of the student body after the competition. The first-place winner will be Principal for a day, second place will be Assistant Principal, third will be Special Education Coordinator and fourth will be Custodian for a day. Photos by Chris Paul Vote Sherry Farrell TOWN CLERK “I love Londonderry” Keene State College B.S. 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Several reflect a new development – painted as larger versions of a previously painted 12x12 canvas. His work in 12x12 was included in the “Small Wonders” show at the Stove Factory Gallery in Charlestown, Mass., and for the library show, he decided to expand on the smaller pieces. “Book of Memories 2” is one such larger work on M display at the library. He used the same model featured on the smaller canvas as reference. “For this painting, I had the model reading a book and added people from my mind,” he said. “The model has a very intense look – she’s looking inward, but all the figures around her are relating to the memories going on in her head.” Another recent theme is the Teddy bear. In one of the figure painting sessions he attended, the live model held a Teddy bear as a prop. “I painted that as a 12x12 and then repainted it at 24x30,” he said. That larger painting, “Favored Bear,” is in the library show, including not one but three Teddy bears, as well as O’Neill’s two cats, along with plenty of detail ranging from an Oriental rug to the woman’s clothing to decorative accessories, and then to the woods outside. “I like to add figures in my paintings, whether I make them up or use real people,” O’Neill said. “Then it becomes a question of how they benefit the composition, how I catch and direct the viewer’s eye through the painting before they leave it.” He calls it liberating to paint from a live model. “Figure painting – painting from a model – is very important to me,” he said. “I don’t take photographs to paint from. I need to use my mind to create.” His 24x30 painting “Christmas Corner” poses his wife reading by a Christmas tree. “I wanted to paint the tree and the interplay of the snowy light from outside – white daylight – and the incandescent, yellowish light inside,” he explained. “I’m fascinated by how the two different types of light meet.” And in “Winter Vacation,” a 24x20 canvas, the model is turned into a billboard image. “I made it look like a tropical beach scene “Small Barn,” oil, Craig O’Neill on the billboard, which I put on a brick building, and down below are older people looking at her as the snow falls,” he said. O’Neill contrasted the exaggerated colors of the billboard with the drabness of the passersby. Using a billboard as part of the image is an added twist – O’Neill sells billboard advertising for a living. Locations for his landscapes range from an old favorite spot – the Codman Estate in Lincoln, Mass., to heavy machinery seen off Route 28 between Londonderry and Manchester, the site for his 36x24 painting “Genie and Cat.” Combining landscape and machinery is a favorite subject for O’Neill. “Sunflower Cluster” reprises another favorite theme. “I love painting sunflowers,” he said. This 24x30 painting was done at summer’s end, when the sunflowers were almost gone. “What interested me was that the more you look through the flowers at the ground, the more it seems like you might fall through,“ he said. “It can almost give you vertigo. One thing about most of my paintings is that there is a lot of energy and movement through them. Movement is implied in the painting, so you may not feel secure standing there and looking at it.” Another painting at the library, “Two Dorries,” is his first work done in Gloucester, Mass. And he describes “Babson Quarry,” painted in Rockport, Mass., as gritty, inspired by the style of Marsden Hartley, an American Modernist painter influenced by the writings of Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, and who focused primarily in his later years on images of Maine. Hartley’s influence on O’Neill is new this year, and seen in his most recent works. Color is always a crucial consideration in O’Neill’s paintings. While he uses some colors regularly, his palette is varied. He used a limited selection of color in “Two Dorries” and “Small Barn,” whereas “Favored Bear” and “Winter Vacation” employ a larger palette. “I try to use both warm and cool colors, as they tend to give more depth and interest to a painting,” O’Neill explained. “I know that some artists strive to have ‘a look’ that is identifiable, but I think that if you produce enough work without worrying about such continued on page 23 Re-Elect Joe Green Town Council Fighting For Our Future FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE • DELIVERS ON HIS PROMISES • LOOKS INTO THE DETAILS MAINTAINS EXCELLENT TOWN SERVICES • NOT AFRAID TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS STRICT COST MANAGEMENT WITH HIGH PRODUCTIVITY STANDARDS “Joe has selflessly given his time as a dedicated coach and has served as a role -Bruce McElrath model to our youth for many years.” “Joe is very engaged and believes firmly in the success of our town. 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Lemieux, Bean, Tyler Byrd, Ryan Cabezas, Mitch Rose, and Richard Bilodeau all qualified for the New England Championship Meet in Providence, R.I. this coming weekend by all claiming top-three finishes at the MOC. Senior stalwart Jon Young also went top-six at the Granite State event for his Lancers. V Tyler Byrd Mitch Rose “It was the kind of day we expected to have, and I’m extremely happy with our performances,” said Marron, who has let his athletes know that he is leaving his coaching post. Lemieux pushed his exceptional season record to a glittering 44-0 by defeating Timberlane’s Derek Bohle by the lopsided tally of 11-2 in the 132pound championship bout. Bohle was the same skilled opponent whom Lemieux bested in the title round at the Division I championships a week earlier in Concord. “As I went through the season I didn’t think about being undefeated. But over the last few weeks I have thought about it, and I’ve realized, ‘Hey, this is really the dream.’ And now I want to keep it going next week,” said junior Lemieux, a transfer from Pinkerton who has won MOC titles in each of his three high school wrestling campaigns. Senior co-captain Bean put together another memorable day at the MOC after winning his 160pound weight class crown at the D-I championships a week earlier. The intense veteran downed Timberlane’s Brian Lonergan in both the D-I finals and the Meet of Champs’ finals, dusting off the Owls’ grappler by a 7-3 tally in their MOC bout. In Jean-Luc Lemieux doing so, Bean pushed his 2013-14 record to a sterling 47-4. “I’m just ecstatic for Will Bean,” said Marron. “Now he gets to go to New Englands and wrestle with no pressure at all.” But the senior stalwart made it plain that while he has already achieved more than was expected of him this winter, he is intent on showing what he can do this weekend. “There’s no pressure on me at the New Englands, but I definitely want to place. I’m not just going for the ride,” he said. Youngster Byrd began the dramatic final round of grappling at the MOC’s by dropping a decision to top-ranked Tristan Stetson of Keene and placing second. Cabezas then collected a strong third place in his 113-pound weight class, and Rose dropped a 7-2 decision to Tyler Fitzpatrick in the championship match of the 120pound class. Young was victorious Will Bean in his bout for fifth place in the 152-pound class, and Bilodeau collected a great 4-0 victory over Pinkerton’s Joey Lydick in the 195-pound division’s bout for third place and qualification for the New Englands. LHS wrestling had a scare in the period prior to the MOC’s when freshman heavyweight Tim Wilson had to be hospitalized twice with MRSA, a staph infection, and he couldn’t compete. But he has recovered. Spring League Registration Under Way INFORMATIONAL MEETING & IN-PERSON REGISTRATION SATURDAY, MARCH 8th • 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. We Service all Makes and Models Londonderry High School Cafeteria Look for our booth at the “Meet the Business” chamber event. CALL TO SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT TODAY! 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Coach Nate Stanton’s Londonderry High boys’ basketball squad had dropped two consecutive games going into its Division I regular season-ending game against the pesky Nashua South High Purple Panthers in the Gate City last Friday night, Feb. 22. And though the Panthers were struggling, Stanton and his squad had every reason to expect a real battle from South. And that’s precisely what the Lancers got. T It took two overtime periods to decide the matter, with Londonderry finally escaping from the Elm Street Junior High School gymnasium with an 87-80 decision in its Londonderry forward Marc Corey gets past a Nashua South defender during the Lancers’ overtime victory. grasp after four regular quarters of play and two overtime stanzas. Overtime was required when South junior forward Mike Osgood nailed a three-point shot with just two seconds left in regulation time to knot the score at 66-66. And after one, fourminute overtime had been played, the two teams were still knotted up at 73-73. But the Lancers doubled their opponent’s scoring output (14-7) during the second OT stanza to collect the uplifting 8780 win. The victorious locals received 29 big points from freshman point guard Caleb Green, 22 from junior sharp-shooter Cody Ball, 14 from steady senior Drew Coveney, and 13 from junior big man Marc Corey in claiming the fine win, which enabled them to end the regular season with a 14-4 record. South finished up at 9-9 and as loser of five of its final six regular season contests. “I knew (South) would battle us hard. And what I liked best was that our guys just kept battling too,” said coach Stanton. “This wasn’t our best game, but we just kept battling and got the win.” The game was played in the dungeon-like Elm Street Junior High School gymnasium, whose prime had to have been in the 1960’s, because Nashua High South was hosting a robotics fair. 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The Lady Lancers thumped the 1-17 Gate City team by a 69-14 tally in their meeting at LHS last Friday night, Feb. 28, to close out their own regular season with a sterling 15-3 divisional record and T a 2-0 mark since the return of star guard Aliza Simpson from a hairline fracture of the right knee. The only team with a better record than the Lady Lancers was the Bedford Lady Bulldogs’ contingent, which closed out its regular season with an unblemished, 18-0 mark. In collecting the blowout of South, the LHS bunch assured itself of the second seed in the Division I tournament behind Bedford. Londonderry and the Lady Bulldogs met on Feb. 19 in Bedford and the hosts won 50-36. But the Lady Lancers didn’t have University of New Hampshire-bound leader Simpson, who was still relegated to the sidelines. With Simpson back in the team’s flow and serving as its catalyst once again, and the Lady Lancers knowing full well that coach John Fagula is closing out his coaching career this winter, the Londonderry crew has the incentive to shoot for the heights. And a Londonderry-Bedford rematch, with Simpson in uniform, is something a great many folks would love to witness. Open Mon.-Fri. 7am-5pm Mention This Ad to Receive Any of these Specials Oil Lube & Filter same in the firstovertime, with the Lancers missing out on a chance to snare a two-point lead with less than 20 seconds to go when Coveney’s nice drive to the hoop got him hammered from multiple directions by defenders, but no foul call was forthcoming. And it was on to a second OT with the score deadlocked at 73-73. Green and Ball were nothing less than exceptional in that decisive final period, while South suffered from cold hands where shooting was concerned. And Stanton and his charges had every reason to be pleased with and proud of themselves in getting a hard-fought win in preparation for the Division I tournament. ◆ CHRIS PANTAZIS LONDONDERRY TIMES Professional, Qualified Service in a Clean, Modern Repair Facility after one quarter, but the second period was a big one for the locals as they outscored their hosts by an 18-5 margin and carried a 35-21 lead into the second half. Play was extremely tight in the third quarter, with Londonderry lucky to exit that stanza with a five-point advantage of 5348. And the Purple Panthers exhibited tremendous intensity in the fourth quarter - working to stifle the Lancers with tactics like half-court traps - and managed to get the score knotted up at 66-66 as the buzzer sounded, ending regulation time, because Osgood sank his huge trey. 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Senior forward Mike Donlan became the Lancers’ big hero in the overtime win when - with 5:44 remaining in the eightminute extra stanza - he redirected defenseman Mark Leach’s wrist shot from the point in the Salem zone over the left shoulder of Devils’ junior I goalie Sam MacDonald. Pandemonium then ensued on the ice surface that both the Lancers and Blue Devils call their home rink at the Salem Icenter, with the “visiting” Londonderry players doing the celebrating and the “host” Salem skaters gliding about stunned. Snaring the victory enabled coach Peter Bedford’s bunch to end a brief but frustrating twogame losing skid, finish the 2013-14 regular season with a momentumgaining victory, push the locals’ Division I record to a fine 14-4, and make major news in New Hampshire high school hockey circles by bringing the talented Blue Devils’ 11game undefeated streak (10-0-1) to an abrupt and stunning end. “I don’t think the guys were playing poorly in the two losses, they just weren’t finishing or doing the little things,” said Bedford. “But tonight was a playoff game and a good momentum-builder that showed that we can win against a big opponent.” The Blue Devils appeared to have busted out to a 1-0 lead a mere 45 seconds after the opening faceoff, but their goal was disallowed by the officials, who insisted that they had blown the play dead before the puck skittered over the goal line inside the LHS net. And the first stanza wound up being scoreless despite the fact that Salem zipped 11 shots on Lancer keeper Joe McGrath and Londonderry thumped seven on MacDonald. The Lancers claimed the contest’s first official goal with just 3:46 left in the hotly-contested second period when sophomore forward Nick Donnelly made a great individual effort pay off. After taking a pass from defenseman Frank Wynters, Donnelly drove down the right wing of the Salem zone and thumped a shot that Devils’ goalie MacDonald stopped. But Donnelly kept going to the net and put home his own rebound. The Blue Devils eventually knotted the score at 1-1 with a power-play goal with 9:01 remaining in the third period, and the con◆ test ended up being forced to overtime. Salem enjoyed a 30-28 advantage in shots on net during regulation time, ◆ Young Londonderry Gymnast Excels at Winter Challenge CHRIS PANTAZIS LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ outhful Londonderry gymnast Sophia Fonseca wasn’t taking any prisoners at the recent Winter Challenge event at the Chelsea Piers Sports Complex in Stamford, Conn. The 10-year-old Level 4 standout - who attends Londonderry South Elementary and competes for Phantom Gymnastics in Hampstead - collected three first places and a Y Sophia Fonseca couple of thirds to boot at that major competition. She registered the winning all-around score of 37.825, and firsts on the balance beam (9.80) and the uneven bars as well (9.650). Fonseca’s thirds were nabbed on vault and floor, and those superb performances helped her Phantoms’ team to a first place score of 190.50 as well. “My wife, Sonya, and I are very proud of Sophia,” said her dad, Carlos. Londonderry High senior forward Mike Donlan potted the overtime goal in his hockey team’s dramatic victory over the Salem High Blue Devils last weekend. but Londonderry had a 31 advantage in OT, and the third of those LHS blasts brought an end to play on Donlan’s success- ful tip of the Leach shot. Londonderry goalie McGrath finished the big night with 30 saves and a rock-solid performance. Voted A TOP DENTIST BY NH MAGAZINE 2013 Enrolling Students Now Open for Enrollment for 6th & 7th Grades with Consideration for 8th for the Fall 2014 School Year. The Founders Academy is a public charter school encompassing grades 6 -12 that is free and open to all New Hampshire students. The Academy develops leaders who understand and apply the lessons of the past, demonstrate exceptional character and lead by example. 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The day full of competition brought forth approximately 30 schools from across the Northeast, with competitors ranging from first-timers to national champions and even Olympic hopefuls. The Londonderr y M school’s first competitors of the day were competitive newcomers Sharunas Fritschy and Matt Soucy, who engaged in action in the lightweight division for 5- and 6-year-olds. Both youngsters performed well, but Soucy was bumped out of medal contention by his teammate Fritschy. And the latter judo athlete bagged his first medal - a bronze after that. Next up for Moreau’s were 7- and 8-year-old level competitors Jack Nadeau and Anthony Picarello. “Both Anthony and Jack had a division filled with active veterans of the sport, and they had to prove their grit,” said their head coach, Tom Moreau. Picarello wound up claiming a bronze medal, while Nadeau finished just out of medal contention in fourth. Eight-year-old Sophie Rench showed her mettle by competing in a pair of divisions - the girls’ 7-8 class and the 9-10 division as well - driving her way to some flawless victories and, in the end, walking away with a bronze medallion. The final junior team competitor from the local school was Tommy Moreau, who did his work in ◆ the advanced boys’ 11-12 open weight division. And the younger Moreau battled his way to a silver medal before the day was done. “Tommy had hardfought, tactical matches on the day,” said his proud dad and coach. “His only loss was to the gold medal winner.” Chris Plourde was then the first Moreau’s adult student to compete, which he did in the men’s advanced 178-pound division. Plourde drove his way to a superb, 5-1 day in six matches, losing only to gold medalist Aaron Kumihiro. And last up for the local training center was coach Tom Moreau, who at 190 pounds found himself giving up anywhere from 20 to 70 pounds to opponents in the men’s advanced open weight category. Setting a fine example for his students, Moreau Athletes of the Week Week of Feb. 24 Casey Evans, Junior, Girls’ Basketball This talented and poised 11th grader scored in double figures in the Lady Lancers’ final regular season game against Nashua South, capping off another strong regular season for herself. ◆ LHS Hoop and Hockey Teams Get Tourney Pairings CHRIS PANTAZIS LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ ondonderry High School’s boys’ and girls’ basketball and ice hockey contingents got the news on their initial Division I tournament seedings and pairings from the New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association on March 3. And the Lancer basketball contingents already put in tourney action. First-year varsity boys’ hoop coach Nate Stanton’s fourth-seeded LHS squad was paired up with the 13th-ranked Salem High Blue Devils - Stanton’s own former high school team - in a first- L Re-Elect round contest at LHS on Tuesday, March 4, after Londonderry Times press time. The winner of that game will go on to face the winner of the Tuesday prelim between number five Bishop Guertin of Nashua and number 12 Manchester Memorial on the court of the higher seed on Friday night at 7 p.m. Retiring veteran coach John Fagula’s secondseeded Lady Lancers were lined up with the number 15 Exeter High Lady Blue Hawks at LHS on Wednesday night, March 5, in prelim play after Londonderry Times press time, with the win- ner slated to play the winner of that day’s prelim between number seven Winnacunnet of Hampton and number 10 Alvirne. That quarterfinal game will be played at the home of the higher seed this coming Saturday at 7 p.m. And after receiving a Tom Freda LONDONDERRY TOWN COUNCIL Background: Attorney and Certified Public Accountant drove through the tough ranks of competitors but in the end had to settle for the silver medal behind national champion Aaron Hardy, against whom the local training center instructor faced off several times. Will Bean, Senior, Wrestling After four years of hard work and determination on varsity, this seasoned grappler capped off his Granite State wrestling career by winning his weight class at both the D-I championships and the Meet of Champs. first-round bye, the thirdranked Londonderry High hockey squad of coach Peter Bedford will face off against the sixth-seeded Bishop Guertin Cardinals in quarterfinal play at the Salem Icenter on Saturday at 9:20 p.m. New Clients Always Welcome! 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Using his interest in fitness and his large circle of friends, Anderson rallied a small team in 2007 to support the Cape Cod Getaway, a bike ride from Quincy, Mass., to Provincetown on the Cape. Anderson named the fund- raising team “The Ring Warriors” after the business In the Ring Fitness, which he and his wife, Hollie, own in Londonderry, and where the team trains for fundraising events. Those events include the MuckFest in April, a 5K run and obstacle mud pit course held at Devens- Willard Field in Devens, Mass. New this year, a team of 25 will take on the Plane Pull, attempting to pull a 127,520-pound FedEx 757 aircraft 12 feet while tethered to a rope. The team will again bike the Cape Cod Getaway 175 miles in June, the Great Maine Getaway at 175 miles and the Seacoast Escape 60 miles in August. “I was diagnosed with MS back in 1998 just a few months after my first son was born,” Anderson said. “At the time I was 30 to 40 pounds heavier than I am now, I was a smoker, and I was really out of shape. I was having headaches often enough that they were concerned, and it turned out, believe it or not, that they thought I was allergic to cigarette smoke. So, they found the lesions on my brain and found the MS, all as a result of checking for something that had nothing to do with MS. “When they told me I had MS, my wife got behind me and said, ‘you’re going to get in shape and you’re going to make sure that if this thing does anything terrible to you, you’re going to be in the best condition you could ever be in to beat it,’” Anderson added. Anderson said that he owns a boxing gym, is a certified personal trainer, takes part in MS bike teams and works his day job as an insurance adjuster. While Anderson has From left, Eric Morrow of Windham, and Wade Anderson and Michael Marks of Londonderry are three friends hoping to bring Multiple Sclerosis awareness to people by lighting Boston landmarks and taking part in physical activities this spring. Courtesy photo worked hard to build a team and raise funding support, he has also enjoyed personal benefits through his efforts. His friendships have grown, he said, and one of those friends is Michael Marks. Marks has arranged for several public venues to light up the Multiple Sclerosis Society color of orange this spring. Boston’s Prudential Tower, the TD Garden and the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge will be among those that brighten the night in March with orange lighting to represent the Multiple Sclerosis Society’s logo color. Marks wants as many people as possible to see the orange lights and ask CONGRATULATIONS Drew Adamakos son of Thomas & Kristen of Litchfield is the Drew Adamakos January winner of the “No Cavity Club” at Calvin Dental Associates! Calvin Dental Associates 25 Buttrick Rd., Bldg. A, Unit 2, Londonderry www.calvindental.com • (603) 434-2700 why there are new colors on those very public landmarks. “Every time someone sees the orange color, I hope they’ll ask why it’s there, or be reminded of the need for MS research,” Marks said. “Every person who knows more about Multiple Sclerosis, the Multiple Sclerosis Society and the fundraising events, increases the likelihood that we’ll make an impact on this disease.” The schedule of lightings is: Monday through Sunday, March 3-9, Boston’s Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge; and same dates, Carpenter’s Union Hall in Boston will promote Bike MS on its Boston expressway billboard. On March 4 and 5, IBEW Local 103 planned to feature the Bike MS logo on its Dorchester billboard. Advertise with the Londonderry Times! 537-2760 or email us at: [email protected] ◆ L O N D O N D E R RY T I M E S ◆ M ARCH 6, 2014 PA G E 21 Celtics Performance The Londonderry High School Marching Lancer Drum Line performed at the Celtics game vs. the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday evening, Feb. 26, at the TD Garden. The drumline received a welcoming response from the crowd at the game. This is the eighth year the drummers performed at halftime for a Celtics game. Courtesy photos THESE ARE A SAMPLE OF THE BALLOTS AS YOU WILL SEE THEM AT THE MARCH 11, 2014 ELECTION ◆ PA G E 22 L O N D O N D E R RY T I M E S ◆ M ARCH 6, 2014 Transportation Service Panned at Elder Affairs Meeting JAY HOBSON LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ n October 2013, CART the Cooperative Alliance for Regional Transportation - Executive Director Annette Stoller, Rockingham Planning Commission Transportation Planner Scott Bogle and Londonderry CART board representative Bob Ramsay met with the Londonderry Elder Affairs Committee to answer questions and address concerns regarding CART service in town. And according to Bon- I nie Ritvo of the Elderly Affairs Committee, Stoller has not contacted her since that meeting, even though Stoller said she would. “She took my number and said, ‘I’m going to call you.’ Nothing. Never heard a word,” Ritvo claimed at the Tuesday, Feb. 25 meeting. “So now I book (a ride on CART) for one day to come home from the (Senior) Center. I called three days in advance and they said they’d call me back never, nothing. They never called back to tell me I have it (a ride) or I don’t have it. I don’t know what the city pays for the service but the only part of this service that is any good is the part that works through the Rockingham Nutrition because they bring them (to the meal site) and bring them home after a meal.” Ritvo said that outside of the meal site transports, she does not think the service is working. Contacted by the Londonderry Times after Ritvo’s allegations last week, Stoller said via email that she had called Ritvo after the October meeting and left a message. Stoller said she was unaware of additional complaints and would check with the dispatchers to see if there were any. “I am concerned if there was a problem in Londonderry,” she wrote. “I’ve been to the Senior Center, I went to the Elder Affairs meeting (in October) and after that meeting, the phone numbers I had of people that I could call back, I called back. Somebody contacted a member of our board and said that ‘these things need to be fixed,’ but what are they?” According to Londonderry Finance Director Susan Hickey, the town paid CART $26,397 for FY 13 and the Town Council approved another $26,397 for FY 14. Elder Affairs Committee Vice Chair Susan Haussler suggested a subcommittee be formed to look into CART. “Are you documenting the times and everything on the people, because we have to have proof when we sit down with them,” Chairman Al Baldasaro said. Ritvo said she will document dates, times and instances. “The town gives money to them and if it’s not working, maybe it would be better for the town to give money for vouchers for taxis,” Baldasaro added. The subcommittee hopes to look into how many people use the service in town. THESE ARE A SAMPLE OF THE BALLOTS AS YOU WILL SEE THEM AT THE MARCH 11, 2014 ELECTION ◆ L O N D O N D E R RY T I M E S ◆ M ARCH 6, 2014 PA G E 23 Teen Directors Guide Kids Coop’s ‘Little Mermaid Jr.’ PENNY WILLIAMS LONDONDERRY TIMES ————––––––————–◆ he upcoming Kids Coop Theatre production of “The Little Mermaid Jr.” is this year’s annual Young Directors Show. Three of the group’s older teen members have been given the opportunity to take charge of the creative process while being mentored in their director roles by professionals. “The Little Mermaid Jr.” is the story of Ariel and friends in a magical underwater world. Ariel longs to leave her ocean home and her fins to live in the world above the waves, which would involve defying her father, handling the evil sea witch Ursula, and convincing Prince Eric she’s the girl for him. The teen play director is Claire Neville, 17, of Londonderry, a senior at Holy Family Academy in Manchester. “I’ll admit, the thought of such a big responsibility - being essentially in control of a full-scale musical production - has been pretty intimidating from the start,” she said. “But T everyone involved, both the kids and adults doing backstage work, have been nothing but wonderful, and I look forward to seeing the end result of all our hard work. My main strength has been drawing on all my past experiences in acting and behind-thescenes work, as well as on my natural creativity to make this life under the sea believable to the audience. I don’t plan on pursuing acting as a career, but I would still like to continue doing it for as long as I can for enjoyment.” Sarah Rodgers, 16, of Derry is the play’s musical director. She is a sophomore at Pinkerton Academy. “My role as the music director is to teach the kids how to sing and keep in time with the music,” she said. “The harmonies in some of the songs such as ‘Kiss the Girl’ sound fantastic and I’m very proud of this cast. When I graduate, I am thinking about being more involved in the technical aspects of theater, such as costume and makeup design.” The play’s choreogra- pher is 18-year-old Pinkerton senior Brenna Morgan from Derry. “My role is to teach the cast the dances to each number,” she explained. “This involves many different styles of dances and things like rhythm and matching movement to words, staying in character and good technique. My strengths for this role are that I have taken dance for eight years and have a lot of dance knowledge and experience in performing. Along with this, I also know a lot about teaching good technique and rhythm. I can completely see myself involved in theater for years to come whether that be as an actor, choreographer or a director.” Their mentor, Jude Bascom, has more than 30 years of experience in all areas of the performing arts. Bascom provides guidance and support to the teenage directors. “All three of the young directors have a positive and enthusiastic attitude about this production and with the cast,” she said. “All three are very re- ◆ ◆ Exhibit Continued from page 14 things, you will show similarities but still have the freedom to have different works. I compare it to typecasting of actors: it may work for a while and make them more marketable, but after a time they get stuck in the same mold.” The intense colors in the flowers in the foreground and the brilliant sunlight of “Small Barn” are vibrant, drawing the viewer in immediately. “You get the interplay of the stillness in the air and the organic forms of the flowers,” he said. O’Neill, who has been painting since he was 8, will exhibit his work at three other libraries this year – in Stoneham, Mass., and in Derry and Plaistow. The paintings at the Leach Library are displayed on easels; the exhibit continues through March 31. Pictured are cast members from the upcoming Kids Coop Theatre production of “The Little Mermaid Jr.” From left are Emily Thomas of Londonderry, Emily DeWolf of Derry, Danielle Kuhl of Hampstead, and Ryan Geary of Derry. Photo by Penny Williams sponsible young women who have taken their directing roles seriously. Each of them has their very distinct strengths but are working very cooperatively as a team, and the show will benefit from their combined creativity. They are a pleasure to mentor.” The cast enjoys the play as well. Danielle Kuhl of Hampstead said, “This is my second year with Kids Coop. Even though I’ve been involved with theatre for a long time before, the experience with KCT is the best. You get to meet lots of people who love to do what you love to do, and the directors are great. Plus, it’s an excuse to wear drastic makeup, even the guys!” Local members of the cast are: Derry: Emily DeWolf, Ryan Geary, Robbie Chubbuck, Morgane Vigroux, Grace Cass, Hailey Laskiewicz, Tyler Vinson, Zoie Laskiewicz, Elora Chase, Ruthie Vinson, Sam Boyle, Madeline Chase, Rachel Wood, Alexis Webber, Madeleine Tveter, Brenna Kimball, Braeden Tremain and Alexander Tveter. Londonderry cast members are Emily Thomas, Zelda Howard-Martin, Julia Turk, Alyssa Beaulieu, Amanda Battaglia, Evie Brunette, and Maya Lincoln. From Hampstead are Danielle Kuhl and Isabella Charlebois, and from Sandown is Logan Young. Other cast members are from Windham, Litchfield, Pelham, Salem, and Groveland, Mass. The Kids Coop Theatre is a 501©3 education- al charity founded in 1997 with a mission to provide children ages 8 through 18 a fun, safe, non-competitive environment in which to develop talent, self-esteem, learn teamwork and leadership skills and make life-long friends through acting, music, and dance. The programs are open to area children. With the exception of the hired professional artistic directors everything relating to the productions is performed and handled by dedicated parent volunteers. The play takes the stage March 7 at 7 p.m., March 8 at 1 and 7 p.m., and March 9 at 1 p.m. at the Derry Opera House on West Broadway in Derry. 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Cell: 603-689-8235 –––––––––––– Office: 603-965-2992 www.johnefpanaro.com ◆ PA G E 24 L O N D O N D E R RY T I M E S ◆ M ARCH 6, 2014 AROUND TOWN New Policy for Around Town: This section is meant to be used to announce free events to the communities. If your group or non-profit is receiving money for what they are publicizing, there will be a charge of $30.00/week per paper. All Around Town/Calendar Items will be held to 100 words maximum; anything over will incur a charge of $30.00/week for up to another 50 words. All free announcements in the Around Town/Calendar section can run a maximum of 3 weeks. Deadline for submissions is Friday at 3 p.m. Additionally: We will run the full versions of any calendar items online free of charge at www.nutpub.net. Please send items to [email protected]. VA Hospital Bingo American Legion Post 27, 6 Sargent Road, runs bingo for patients at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Manchester from 7 to 8:30 p.m. March 24. Pizza and diet soda are served, and $150 in prize money is provided. Donations are appreciated or stop by and help out. EXP320 Legionnaires Sought American Legion Post 27, 6 Sargent Road, is seeking new Legionnaires who have the appropriate military service dates. The post also welcomes men whose fathers or grandfathers are eligible for membership as well as women related to qualified members. These two groups can join the Sons of the American Legion and Ladies Auxiliary, respectively. The mission is to provide assistance to veterans, children and the community. For more information about Post 27, visit ( w w w. a l p o s t 2 7 . c o m <http://www.alpost27.com or the Greeley Parmenter Harrington Facebook page. 8, 5 to 7 p.m., St. Patrick’s Day dinner at Church of the Transfiguration; March 9, noon, lunch, Seventh Day Adventist Church; March 15, 5 to 6:30 p.m., dinner, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church; March 16, noon, lunch, Seventh Day Adventist Church; March 16, 5 to 6:30 p.m., dinner, Etz Hayim Synagogue; March 20, 5 to 6:30 p.m., dinner, West Running Brook Middle School; March 23, noon, lunch, SevEXP320 enth Day Adventist Church; March 28, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Free Meals spaghetti supper, First The Community Meals Parish Church; March 30, Network offers free, family- noon, lunch, Seventh Day friendly meals at the follow- Adventist Church. ing Derry locations: March Pediatric Asthma Training Theater Enrichment Program AUDITIONS: On Sunday March 23rd the Specialized Theater Enrichment Program (STEPs), will hold auditions for "Fame Jr." which is open to actors in grades 8 through 12. Deadline to sign up is Sunday March 16th. Performances will be at the Derry Opera House on June 6th and 7th. STEPs: Founded by Nicole Aubert Murray and Yvonne Aubert Sarafinas, offers voice, dance and acting classes to students of all ability levels, to provide a well-rounded education and to help them build the confidence needed to be successful in the world of musical theater. Phone: 978-482-7733, Email: [email protected], Website: www.stepsnh.org Fuel Oil Price Go to www.FULLERS.com For the most current daily cash price 432-3345 SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT AUTOMATIC & WILL CALL DELIVERY 6 Crystal Ave. Derry 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE BUDGET PLANS AVAILABLE 889-0407 12 Tracy Lane www.fullers.com Hudson Parkland Medical Center offers a free Pediatric Asthma Training on Saturday, March 22, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Nutfield Medical Office Building, Suite 203, Entrance A, 44 Birch St., Derry. The Make a P.A.C.T (Pediatric Asthma Care and Training) class provides an opportunity to learn about children’s asthma and how to manage this chronic illness. Led by a certified asthma educator, the program discusses asthma attacks, devices to monitor asthma and administer medication, triggers, action plans, and emergencies. Question and answer time is included. Registration is required: call Consult a Nurse at 1-877642-2362 or visit www.park- landmedicalcenter.com/cal- from 8 to 10:30 a.m. as a misendar. EXP320 sion of Calvary Bible Church, 145 Hampstead Birdwatching Road, Derry, with arrival On Thursday, March 20, required by 10 a.m. Gentlyat 7 p.m., the Leach Library used clothing is given away will host master birder and free. Each household is limauthor Eric Masterson with ited to 20 of the newest “Birdwatching in New Hamp- items, plus unlimited older shire.” This audiovisual items. Enter at Calvary Bible presentation will focus on Church marquee sign; New Hampshire birding, Renew is at right. Donations with photos and anecdotes of good condition, modern taken from Masterson’s clothing may be placed in book, “Birdwatching in New the donations bin by the Hampshire.” The event is door at any time. No free and will be held in the receipts are provided. library’s lower-level meeting Search for “Renew Derry” room. Light refreshments on Facebook, email renewwill be served. EXP320 [email protected] or call the church secretary at 434Avian Adventures 1516 for details. The New Hampshire Audubon’s McLane Center Town Report will be at the Leach Library The 2013 Town of Lonon Monday, March 10, from donderry Annual Report is 4 to 5 p.m. with its Avian available for the public to Adventures program for pick up at Leach Library. children. Participants will learn about birds through Young Athletes props such as mounts, Special Olympics New wings, beaks and eggs. A Hampshire will host a winlive raptor such as a barred ter term of the Young Athowl, peregrine falcon or red- letes Program (YAP) for the tailed hawk may make an Londonderry community. appearance at the end of the YAP is a weekly sports play program. Advance registra- program for children with tion is required. To register, and without disabilities, call 432-1127 or stop by the ages 2 through 7, designed Children’s Room. EXP36 to introduce them to the foundations of sports and Crocodile Rock skills. Practice sessions are Children are invited to one hour and the program is celebrate all things crocodil- free. It takes place at the ian at the Leach Library on Matthew Thornton ElemenMonday, March 24, from 4 to tary School cafeteria Mon5 p.m. Stories of alligators days from 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. and crocodiles, and a To register, call the practice chance to learn about key coach, Lisa Gertz, at 505differences between the 6708 or email at lgertz@easttwo, will be offered, along ersealsnh.org to complete with a chance to dance to an application. EXP3-6 the “crocodile rock” and bring home a foam alligator Garden Club visor. Advance registration The March program for is required and begins at 9 the Derry Garden Club will a.m. Monday, March 17. To be “My Cutting Garden” by register, call 432-1127 or Audrey Vargish, Master Garstop by the Children’s dener and Sandown Garden Room. EXP320 Club president. She will have a PowerPoint presenRenew tation focusing on planning, Renew clothing give- planting and enjoying a cutaway is offered March 8 ting garden. The public is welcome to attend this meeting, set for March 7 at 10 a.m. at the Boys and Girls HAIR Club of Greater Derry, 40 Hampstead Road, Derry. For more information, view derrygardenclub.org or call 434-0578. The club is a member of the New Hampshire Federation of Garden Clubs (District IV) New England Region and of the National Garden Clubs, Inc. EXP3-6 Library Art Leach Library hosts a show of oil paintings by Craig O’Neill of Londonderry from March 1-31. EXP313 Purim Etz Hayim Synagogue, 1 1/2 Hood Road, Derry celebrates Purim on Saturday, March 15, at 8 p.m. Purim commemorates a time when the Jews in ancient Persia were saved from extermination, as recounted in the Biblical Book of Esther. At this carnival-like celebration, adults will dress in costumes, eat, drink, and make merry. Congregants will perform the story of Purim, and a contest for the most creative “hamantashen” (Purim pastry) is planned. The synagogue also hosts a Purim children’s carnival Sunday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to noon. For details, see www.etzhayim.org or contact Rabbi Bryna Milkow at 432-0004. EXP313 Special Ed Partnership The Londonderry Special Education Partnership holds a general meeting Tuesday, March 25, in the Moose Hill Conference Room at Town Hall at 7 p.m. Parents, guardians, advocates, teachers, school staff and administrators are invited to attend. The partnership’s mission is to provide a district-wide family-school partnership to support the special education community from preschool through high school in workshops, activities, communication, collaboration and education. For more information, visit www.LondonderrySEP.org or email [email protected]. 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Freecycle.org was created in 2003 to “keep good stuff out of landfills,” and has since R spread to over 85 countries with thousands of local groups and millions of users. The Freecycle Network claims it diverts nearly 500 tons a day out of landfills. Got some clothes your kids have outgrown? Old but serviceable school supplies? An extra mattress? Old tools from your workshop? A used VCR or DVD player? A ping pong table or exercise equipment that’s just collecting dust? The list is endless. You’ll be surprised what has value for people: trophies, kiddy swimming pools, wooden shelves, Christmas decorations, old push mowers, comic books, pieces of furniture, arts and crafts, gelatin molds, hamster supplies, crutches, laundry baskets, a pile of bricks…you never know until you ask. Freecycling even works in reverse: tell the online community what you need and chances are there’s someone out there trying to get rid of exactly what you’re looking for. Best of all, it’s all free! Perhaps your daugh- ter danced ballet last year but now she wants to try soccer; see if you can find someone to trade their cleats for her old ballet slippers. Even if you can’t barter a trade, don’t toss those old tutus. Freecycling isn’t just about getting new (old) stuff; it’s about reducing the amount of waste we burden the earth with each time we drag our trashcans to the curb. One practice that’s becoming more popular is freecycling paint. Say you have leftover paint from renovating your kitchen and you want to tackle the bedrooms next; maybe your neighbor could use your paint, or has a color you’re looking for. It’s easy to get started. Just Google “Freecycle NH” and you’ll find local groups in Derry, Manchester and many other towns that you can join instantly – no approval is needed. The only requirement is that anything you list must be legal and free. 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Place your ad in over 140 community newspapers, with circulation totaling over 10 million homes. Contact Independent Free Papers of America IFPA at [email protected] or visit our website cadnetads.com for more information. Go to your town’s page and click on the College News button. ◆ L O N D O N D E R RY T I M E S Spending Freeze Continued from page 1 budgeted for FY 14. Last year that budget stood at $613,086. “That said, the overall fire department budget is only running about 0.3 percent higher as of right now than it was in FY 13. So the chief has made adjustments in other areas to try to mitigate the overage in the overtime,” Smith said. The police department is 0.1 percent above where it was at this time last year. “Legal is running about 36 percent higher this year than it was last year we’re currently at about 150.6 percent of our budget,” Smith said. Smith said that as for the bottom line, the town should be at about 66.6 percent at this time. Last year it was running at about 64 percent. This year that figure stands at 71 percent. Smith added, “every department head knows that they need to do what needs to be done within their department to make sure they continue to mitigate the problem we have right now.” Resident Reed Clark said a lot of things needed to be done and noted that people were calling him about adding firefighters and other issues. Resident Pauline Caron said the overages in the Legal budget related to what has happened in town this year and last. “The fire department has been running overtime and as they say, replacement time, since 2008/ 2009, when they went from a 48 hour week to a 42 hour week,” she said. “On Jan. 26, the Town Manager gave an analysis of the fire department, I checked the minutes on the town web site. It refers to reports attached, which aren’t attached to the minutes, but I was watching that night.” She said that since 2008-09 the town has spent over $1 million on the fire department because of overtime. “So the overtime is broken,” she told the Council. “It has to be fixed, yet additional firefighters are not going to LNA Selections from the Londonderry Police Logs Derry Road. 2:58 p.m. Londonderry Fire called out to Raven Terrace on possible partition fire. 3:14 p.m. Caller reports hearing gunshots on Lantern Lane. 8 p.m. Jason Michael Jarvis, 38, 63 Emerald St., Keene in custody at Cheshire County House of Corrections on Londonderry warrant for Stalking. He was held on $1,000 cash bail, with Derry District Court date of March 3. Sunday, March 2 8:21 p.m. Alfred Joseph Colon, 28, Rockingham Road, Londonderry arrested for Criminal Mischief (vandalism) and Simple Assault. Bail set at $2,500 cash, with Derry Circuit Court date of March 3. Caller reported Colon, her boyfriend, threw an air conditioner unit at her and her car and smashed the window. ALL LNA to assist high school students with special needs. Hours 7 to 2:15 p.m. School year only. Please apply in person at Pinkerton Academy, 19 North Main Street, Derry, NH 03038 JAPANESE AUTO 351 MAIN ST • RT121A • SANDOWN 887-8770 • 887-8772 CARS NOW AVAILABLE TOWN OF LONDONDERRY LEGAL NOTICE The Londonderry Town Council will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on the following item: 1. Walking Trail Easement - Request to release the Town's rights to the Walking Trail Easement by Quitclaim Release Deed to The Nevins Retirement Cooperative Association. (Public Hearing tabled on October 7, 2013) The Public Hearing is scheduled for Monday, March 17, 2014 at 7:00 PM at the Londonderry Town Hall, 268B Mammoth Road, Londonderry, NH 03053. Copies of the proposed amendment for the Walking Trail Easement may be viewed at the Town Manager's office during regular business hours and online at www.londonderrynh.org. Londonderry Town Council M ARCH 6, 2014 help the situation, it’s just going to compound it and add extra overtime.” She said the Council should consider having the fire department go back to a 48-hour work week and have enough firefighters working to cover the shifts. She also said the battalions should be cut back from four members to three. Town Council Chair John Farrell said the Council was open to all ideas and that during collective bargaining, her suggestion “or something similar to it” was discussed. Councilor Tom Freda said an analysis had been done with reference to hiring additional firefighters or staying with overtime replacement costs. Pinkerton Academy Derry, NH Londonderry Police Log Monday, Feb. 24 8:59 a.m. Criminal mischief to Mountain Home Estates Clubhouse, Fieldstone Drive. Tuesday, Feb. 25 8:38 a.m. Caller reported holes drilled in gas tanks on company vehicles at Mushfield Company Inc., Rocker Avenue. Wednesday, Feb. 26 10:02 p.m. Criminal mischief to vehicle on Wyndmere Drive. Saturday, March 1 1:53 p.m. Car keyed last evening on Stonehenge Road. 2:20 p.m. Burglary to residence reported on Old ◆ 2010 DODGE AVENGER #178204 Auto, Air, Tilt, Cruise, P/W & locks C/D Player, 66k Miles $8700.00 2010 DODGE AVENGER #17864 Auto, Air, Tilt, Cruise, P/W & Locks C/D Player, 57k Miles $9500.00 2010 DODGE AVENGER #178863 Auto, Air, Tilt, Cruise, P/W & Locks C/D Player 49k Miles $9600.00 2007 HONDA CIVIC LX #503479 4 Door, Auto, Air, Tilt, Cruise, P/W, P/L, P/M, C/D Player, 86k Miles $9700.00 PA G E 27 He said that adding firefighters cost $9,000 more per firefighter due to fixed costs. Smith noted that cutting the number of firefighters per battalion is not an ideal situation, but they were trying to strike the right balance. Caron asked why she sees so many ambulances going by her house on Mammoth Road. Fire Chief Darren O’Brien responded that the department is busy answering calls and the closest ambulance to a call responds. TOWN OF LONDONDERRY LEGAL NOTICE The Zoning Board of Adjustment for the Town of Londonderry, NH will meet Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 7:00 P.M. in the Moose Hill Council Chambers, 268B Mammoth Road. Please note: The Board reserves the right to continue presentations, deliberations, and/or discussion to April 3, 2014 if the need arises. Minutes (December 18, 2013) 7:00 P.M. Case No. 3/19/2014-1 7:01 P.M. New England Industrial Properties, Inc. requests a variance to allow a subdivision to create two lots in the C-II zone without full perimeter green space as required by Section 2.4.3.2.1. 3 Garden Lane; 10-54; C-II. Case No. 3/19/2014-2 7:10 P.M. Charles Evans requests a variance to allow an existing building to remain within the front 60-foot structure setback as required by Section 2.4.3.1.1; to allow a parking area within the front 30foot green space as required by Section 2.4.3.2.1; and to allow a parking area to be unpaved as prohibited by Section 3.10.13.2.1. 199 Rockingham Road; 15-67; C-II, within the Rte. 28 Performance Overlay District. Case No. 3/19/2014-3 7:20 P.M. Ballinger Properties and Five N Associates General Partnership requests a variance to allow a subdivision to create a lot with no frontage on a Class V or better road, contrary to Section 2.7.2.2. 51 Pettengill Road; 14-45; GB. Case No. 3/19/2014-4 7:30 P.M. Team Business Development Corporation requests a variance to allow an elderly housing development on a 7.96 acre parcel where 15 acres is required by Section 3.6.4.1; and to allow an elderly housing development with 56% open space where 70% is required under Section 3.6.4.8.1. 5 Button Drive, 4 Golen Drive, 6 Golen Drive, 8 Golen Drive, 12 Golen Drive, 1 Reed Street & 3 Reed Street; 7-132-8, 9, 13, 14, 18, 19, and 20; C-I, within the Rte. 102 Performance Overlay District. Case No. 3/19/2014-5 7:30 P.M. Team Business Development Corporation requests a variance to allow an increase in the number of dwelling units in a single building of an elderly housing development to 36 units and 42 units where 16 is the maximum number of units allowed by Section 3.6.4.7; and to allow an increase in density in an elderly housing development to 15.8 units per acre where only 6 units per acre is allowed by Section 3.6.4.14.2.1. 5 Button Drive, 4 Golen Drive, 6 Golen Drive, 8 Golen Drive, 12 Golen Drive, 1 Reed Street & 3 Reed Street; 7-132-8, 9, 13, 14, 18, 19, and 20; C-I, within the Rte. 102 Performance Overlay District. Case No. 3/19/2014-6 7:30 P.M. Team Business Development Corporation requests a variance to allow an elderly housing development with separation between buildings of 20 feet where 60 feet is required by Section 3.6.4.2; and to allow an elderly housing development with a mix of 1bedroom and 2-bedroom units where the standard 2-bedroom unit is required by Section 3.6.4.7.1. 5 Button Drive, 4 Golen Drive, 6 Golen Drive, 8 Golen Drive, 12 Golen Drive, 1 Reed Street & 3 Reed Street; 7-132-8, 9, 13, 14, 18, 19, and 20; C-I, within the Rte. 102 Performance Overlay District This agenda was created with reference to the Londonderry zoning ordinance dated December, 2013 Londonderry Times Reaches every in Londonderry, every week! 537-2760 • [email protected] Belle Aimée March Madness Facial Freezers & Fillers Med Spa Prices are frozen due to the frigid temperatures of February. belleaimeenh.com • (603)329-6233 CALL FOR PRICING!! 207 Stage Road, Hampstead, NH, 03841 You asked for it! 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