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F 200S' ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF RYE NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 2005 — I -r CEDARSWAMPRUN From the 1600's to the present, Cedar Swamp Run has figured prominentlyasavital waterresource intheTownofRye. Lessfamiliarto residentsthanthe Berry Brook watershedand misnamedon State mapping as Bailey's Brook, Cedar Swamp Run is watershed for the southern portion ofourtown. It rises in the areanorth ofthejunction ofWest and SouthRoadsandgraduallymakesitswaytotheseaviaEel Pond. In our early history, four mills were sited along the course ofCedar Swamp Run. According to Parson's History of Rye, in 1695 Francis Jenness built the first sawmill in Rye, including a dam, on Cedar Swamp RuninthevicinityofBurke'sPond. Agristmill (forthegrindingofgrain) was located "30 rods" below the first mill. A gristmill was also built about halfa mile further up stream at Brown's Pond in Love Lane and a fourthmillanotherhalfmileabovethat. Damming not only secured a constant source of waterpower for the millsbutalsoprovided refrigerationforthewarmermonths. Asrecentlyas the early 1940s, Brown's Pond was harvested each winter once the ice reached a depth of20 inches or so. Large saws were used to cut the ice by hand into hugeblocksthatwerethen dragged up aramp onto aloading platform, loaded onto a wagon and moved to a bam like structure at Burke's Pond where they were tightly packed and insulated from heat by straw. Ice blocks were delivered duringthewarmermonths to homes and farms, latertoboardinghousesandhotels. Today, Cedar Swamp Run is a gift of nature that keeps on giving. The Rye Water District has three wells situated on the Run just off Garland Road and a stand ofrare Atlantic White Cedar still grows along its course. At its terminus is Eel Pond, an anomaly inthat it is an unusual mix ofsalt andfreshwaterthatprovideshabitat forawidearrayofanimal and plant life. Cedar Swamp Run is aprecious resource that will confinue torequireourprotection. CEDARSWAMPRUN COVER 2005: From the terminus of Cedar Swamp Run at Red Mill Lane, Rye's White, Star, Seavey's and Lunging Islands at the Isles ofShoals are discemable to the eastbeyondEel Pond, Ocean BoulevardandSawyer'sBeach. COVERDESIGN/EDITOR: PriscillaV.Jenness ***-k-k-k**-k-k-k*-k-k*-ki:-k-k-kJ!-icik*******i!*i!i!*-k*-k-k***-k*-k**-k****** To the inhabitants of the Town of Rye, in the County of Rockingham and in said State, qualified tovote inTown affairs: You are hereby notified to meetatthe Rye Elementary Schoolin said RyeonTuesday,the 14"* ofMarch, next at eight o'clock in the forenoon until seven o'clockin theeveningforvotingby officialballotonallissues beforetheTownofRyeunderRSA40:13. J:A:fcTfcA:fc*:fcATfcilfJcA*ifcJr***;fcAifc!fcAAit:fc:fcJ::fcA:fcJf:fc:feAJf:fc*;fc*:fcifc***A*J:ife'rfr^*Jc As required under Senate Bill 2, the Deliberative Session was held on Saturday, February4, 2006 at 9:00AMattheRyeJuniorHightoreviewandamendthe2006TownWarrant. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Boston Library Consortium IVIember Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/annualreportofto2005ryen THE 2005 ANNUAL REPORT IS DEDICATED TO ANDREW DOHERTY F. "DREW" The 2005 Annual Report ofthe Townof Rye is dedicated to Andrew Doherty. Andrew, known to most as Drew, is the originator and director of the Town's official web site: www.town.rve.nh.us . The idea of creating a web site for the Town ofRye occurred to Drew more than five years ago atatime whentherewasno clamorin Rye for this type ofcommunication with regard tomunicipalaffairs. Fortunately for us. Drew had the foresight and technical ability to design a web siteandinitiate itsoperation. Asthecommunity became increasingly aware ofthe site, more and more Town boards, commissions and committees found it a new, inexpensive and convenient way to deliver advance notice of meetingsandevents,agendas,minutesandother information. In addition, not for profit clubs and organizations within our community began submittingtheirmeetingandeventnotices. As the amount ofinformation to be delivered to web site users increased. Drew periodicallyreorganizedandredesignedthesite formattoaccommodatethat growth. Our site menutodayhas numerous options to allowefficient access to specific topics oflocal interest. Also, through use ofthe web site, many on business trips, spending the winter months in Florida or on vacation elsewhere remain current regarding hometown issues while they are away. Others living out ofthe area, including some seeking their roots, have made contact by this means. Just since February of 2003, over 103,000 Internet usershavevisitedourRyesite. Duringthepastyear, withinputandassistancefromDrew,aRyeWebSitePolicy was developed and approved by the Board of Selectmen. The Board also officially appointedAndrewDohertyasRyeWebSiteDirector. Information approved for the web site will automatically be eligible for communication via Comcast cable public television (Channel 22) and/or e-mail if Articlesonthe2006TownWarrantpertainingtothemarepassedonMarch 14th. Faithfully, since its inception. Drew has devoted Saturday morning ofeach and every week to updating our web site. As Web Site Director, he is the site's gatekeeper, using the Web Site Policy as a guide to insure that display ofmaterial aired inthe name oftheTownofRyeisappropriate. Over the years, it has often been noted that our numerous volunteers, giving generously oftheir time and wide array oftalents, serve to make Rye the special place that it is. Drew Doherty occupies a unique place among them and. on behalf of the Tovm,wetakethisopportunitytothankhimforhiscontinuinganddedicatedservice. ^Barbara 3f jFlpnn ©ap STune 4, 2005 proclamation W^tXtta iBarbara 5. JfIpnn was first appointed to the position ofTreasurer of theTown ofRye,New HampshireonAugust 10, 1982anb W})ttteii ^Barbara has been duly elected and reelected to continue in thatcapacity from that day until she announced her retirement to become effective on May 15, 2005anb ^Ijcreasf IBarbara'sf length of service to the Town of Rye represents a span of twentythreeyearsantr W\)tXtSlii, throughout her twenty three years of service to the Town, iSarbara'fiE bookswerekeptwith meticulousprecisionanb l^})tttasi iSarbata consistently saved Town finances through wise investment and guidanceoftimelyexpendituresanb W^tXtai Barbara's!finalauditdeclaredherbookstobeingoodorder, Wt, tbe ^oaxti ofSelectmen oftbc Coton of3R.pc, lUeto llampsfbircbo Ijerebp bcclarc 3func 4, 2005 to be ^Barbara f. Jflpnn 5Bap tijrousbottttbe Cotain. (gibcnnnber our Ijanbanb«eal3Fanc4, 2005 PriscillaV.Jenness,Chairman JosephG.Mills,Jr.,ViceChairman DeltonRecord,Jr.Selectman III 3fnMemotiam NormanL. Jenness January1920-November2005 Bom on January 6, 1920. Norman Jenness was the son of Irving and lona (Walker) Jenness. For many years, until it was closed in 1964, he helped run the family business, Jenness Store, a fixture in Rye Center that followed a rural tradition that combined grocery store and post office. He was also postmaster ofthe RyePostOffice from 1969until hisretirementin 1986. The Town ofRye was central toNorman's life. He served as selectman from 1952 - 1954 and as tax collector from 1952 through 1964. Inaddition.Norm wasalsoaspecial policeofficer,amember ofthe Volunteer Fire Department and a founding memberofthe RyeAmbulanceCorps. He was predeceased by his wife, Patricia (Dickey) Jenness and his siblings Irving "Flash" Jenness, William "Bill" Jenness and DorisJenness Bates. Survivors include daughters Deborah Jenness Ackman and Karen Jenness Smith, and sisters Florence Jenness Gruber and NancyJennessGoodsell. '!: * ..i