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Free  Our 144th Year  Issue 2  January 11, 2013
COA wants $$$
Nancy Friese, Executive Director of the
Kearsarge Council On Aging met with
the New
London
Select-
men to
update
the Board
on COA
activi-
ties and
submit
her an-
nual budget request. Since 2007, COA
income is up 70% but expenses are
Moderator Brackett Scheffy presided at Saturday's Kearsarge Regional School District Deliberative Session.
up 89%. New London contributed
$20,000 to COA in each of the last five
years, but this year Friese is asking for Kearsarge merit pay ok'd
$35,000. The Board took the request
under advisement.
New Administrator Union agrees to compensation based on performance
On January 8th the Henniker Select- A sparse crowd of only about 80 people, Principals, administrators, and an outside firm
men welcomed Thomas Yennerell as including the Moderator, School Board and will evaluate teachers to determine the teach-
Town Ad- Budget Committee members, attended the ers' raises. New London resident Renate Ken-
ministrator. Kearsarge Regional School District's Delibera- nier spoke in favor of the proposal. "We have
Yennerell tive Session on Saturday. A precedent setting teachers that go way above and beyond. They
has served article approving a new, 3-year contract work many, many hours, and if they were in the
as Town between the School District and the teacher's private sector, they would be rewarded. And it
Adminis- union received little discussion or debate. If ap- should be the same for teachers."
trator in proved by voters, the contract calls for teachers The ballot will also include requests
Mancos, to receive about a 1.3% raise in each of the next for teacher raises of $455,791 for 2013-14.
Colorado two years. In the third year, teachers would $470,755 for 2014-15 and $542,000 for 2015-
since 2007. be compensated under a performance-based 16, as well as increasing paraeducators' hourly
Prior to system, based on a prescribed set of standards. rate from $11.50 to $11.81.
that he served as Municipal Manager
in West Rutland, VT from 1992-1996. H-D teachers union files unfair labor complaint
From 1996-2001 he owned and oper-
ated an inn in Pittsfield, VT before
The union representing the teachers in the Session. In filing with the Public Employees
returning to serve as Town Manager
Hillsboro-Deering School District have filed Labor Relations Board, the complaint centers
in West Rutland, VT.
an unfair labor practices complaint against the on Board Chair Rich Pelletier, a member of
School Board, claiming it bargained in bad faith the negotiating team who would not support
during their recent contract negotiations. After the contract once negotiations ended and ap-
two postponements, negotiators reached an proved by the union. A motion to approve the
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Newport to remove 52 dead or dying trees on Corbin Road
Representatives of the NH Department others need to be removed, the state will and naturalized, King told the board. The
of Transportation's Bureau of Highway contact landowners to receive permission. project is expected to be done in March or
Maintenance met with the Newport Select- Once the job goes out for bids, it will April and the road will be closed while work
men to discuss the 52 pine trees that are take about two days to remove the 52 trees is performed during those days. The Board
dead or dying along Corbin Road. Civil En- and haul away the remains. The stumps will unanimously approved the project.
gineer Elizabeth Ashworth told the Board be ground down, and the area dressed up
that the ''trees are a hazard and could come
down at any time." All 52 of the trees, on
four different properties, have been tagged
to come down. Land owned by the Town
of Newport next to Parlin Field is included
in that group, and permission has been se-
cured from all landowners except the town.
Douglas King, Assistant District En-
gineer, said that during Hurricane Sandy
the town requested that Corbin Road be
closed to traffic because of the threat of
falling trees or branches. Ashworth assured
the board that only the tagged trees will be
coming down. If it is later determined that
New London P0lice
Dept. understaffed
The New London Police Department
is under-staffed with two vacant posi-
tions, but Police Chief David Seastrand
assured the selectmen that there are Civil Engineer Elizabeth Ashworth (l) and Assistant District Engineer Douglas King of the NH
10 people scheduled to be interviewed Department of Transportation briefed the Newport Selectmen on the plan to remove danger-
for the positions. Currently the police ous trees along Corbin Road.
department is down to six officers instead
of eight and Budget Committee Member
Hillsborough Selectmen holding the line on spending
Doug Homan suggested that if the de-
partment was functioning well, perhaps it At Tuesday night's meeting the Hillsbor- and in the Smith Mansion Improvements-
could delay filling at least one of the slots. ough Selectmen continued paring the pro- $5,000. Continuing his efforts to hold the
Board Chair Peter Bianchi reminded posed town budget in an attempt keep it flat Police Department budget to a 0 increase
Homan the Town Meeting voted to have to avoid any increase in taxes. In going over at $1.5 million, member David Fullerton
eight officers so any changes would re- the figures line by line, reductions were sug- urged a further cut of $25,000, but no deci-
quire another Town Meeting vote. gested in Legal-$10,000, Dispatch-$5,000, sion was made.
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A Full Service Family Salon
Trends Of Fashion
46 Main St., Antrim, NH
603-588-2354 ~ 603-588-2777
Come See What Antrim Has To Offer You
At Our “New ~ Modern” Salon
• Hair
• Tanning
• Waxing
• Manicures
• Shellac
• Pedicures
• Eyelash Extensions Bank of NH supports National Guard
• Massage
Bank of New Hampshire would like to thank its employ-
• Hair Extensions
ees and local businesses who donated the 167 items that were
• Bridal Packages auctioned off in this year’s Holiday Auction. The $12,000 in
proceeds from the Holiday Auction were donated to the New
Greenfi eld Meeting Place Hampshire National Guard’s Chaplain Emergency Relief Fund.
In the five years that Bank of New Hampshire has been support-
4 Slip Road, Slip Rd., Suite #7, Greenfi eld, NH
ing the NHNG-CERF through their annual auction, the bank has
603-547-CUTS (2887)
donated more than $65,000 to the fund.
Men—Women—Children
"It's a significant part of our budget," stated Chaplain Steven
(Shampoo~Cut~Style only at this location)
Veinotte, Trustee for the Chaplain Emergency Relief Fund on
Monday morning as he received a giant novelty check from Louis
H. Guevin, Jr., EVP - Commercial Services for Bank of New
Hampshire. “2012 was a very active year and 2013 looks to be
the same. This donation gives CERF the ability to help military
members and their families through economic difficulties.”
Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum meeting
Dr. Robert G. Goodby, Associate Professor of Anthropology
Serving the heating needs of Henniker at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, will share his latest re-
and the surrounding towns for over 60 years. search at the Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum’s Annual Meeting on
January 19. Dr. Goodby’s presentation is titled “Tenant Swamp:
A Late Ice Age Site in Keene, NH." The presentation will begin at
12:45 pm. It is free and open to the public. Dr. Goodby teaches
museum studies, archaeology and anthropology courses and
conducts archaeological excavations in the Monadnock Region.
He serves as a trustee at Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum and also
FUELS serves on the NH Commission on Native American Affairs. The
public is invited to arrive at noon for a potluck lunch and short
business meeting where the museum will celebrate the past year
FUEL OILS • LP GAS and honor volunteers.
Lions Club "Call Santa" successful again
24 Hour Self Service • Gasoline & Diesel Pumps
Thanks to the Hillsboro Lions Club, “Santa” spoke to 93
children during a two hour period on 18 December. Calls came
We honor Visa, MasterCard, American Express from as far away as Lincoln, Montana. They also had calls from
& Discover Cards as well as the Ayer & Goss Card. Weare, Goffstown and Nashua as well as around the Hillsboro
area. The most “wanted” item was Ipod touch. One call came in
20 Hall Ave., Henniker • Route 114, Bradford
at 5:40 and the last call at 8:30 although the ads indicated 6-8
428-3333 • 938-5335 PM. Thanks to D.J. Knapton for allowing the Lions to use his
facilities once again this year and Wendy Restuccia for her as-
sistance in putting this project on.
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Senators Ayotte & Shaheen announce academy nominees
U.S. Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) Nicholas Minnich of Goffstown High U.S. Merchant Marine Academy-Shaheen
and Jenne Shaheen (D-NH) have an- Lana Wando of Hopkinton Homeschooled Nicholas Minnich of Goffstown High
nounced the names of New Hampshire
students they have nominated to attend
one of the nation’s service academies in
2013. Area students who received nomina-
tions include:
U.S. Military Academy-Ayotte
Daniel Huot of Newport High School
Riley Keenan of Bow High School
U. S. Military Academy-Shaheen
Riley Keenan of Bow High School
Nathaniel Hunt of Hopkinton High
U.S. Naval Academy-Ayotte
Nathaniel Hunt of Hopkinton High
Ryan Shows of ConVal Regional High
Matthew Tremblay of Newport High
U.S. Naval Academy-Shaheen
Ryan Shows of Contoocook Valley Bob Bowers, Chairman of the Tracy Memorial Library Board of Trustees and Librarian San-
U.S. Air Force Academy-Ayotte dra Licks met with the New London Selectmen to review the Library's budget requests.
Leo Schuster of Hopkinton High
U.S. Air Force Academy-Shaheen New London Selectmen continue budget process
Leo Schuster of Hopkinton High
The New London Selectmen contin- Librarian Sandra Licks and Trustee
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy-Ayotte
ued their annual budgeting process at Chairman Bob Bowers reviewed the
their January 7th meeting. Jim Wheel- needs of the Tracy Memorial Library.
Newport budget timetable er, Chairman of the Budget Committee The discussion centered on the use
spoke about the 3-year projection of of the 24 computers currently at the
Newport Town Manager Paul Brown
the town's probable non-discretionary library. Selectwoman Janet Kidder
gave the Selectmen a budget timetable
unbudgeted items he had e-mailed questioned the figure of $2,000 for
concluding with the voting session of
them earlier. Wheeler expects that those sidewalk snow shoveling but Licks as-
the annual town meeting on May 14th.
non-discretionary items alone will force sured her that with multiple exits and
Brown plans to present his budget to
the town's tax rate up by 20% over the long walkways the figure was accurate.
Board on Jan. 31st, so it can be presented
next three years. COA Executive Direc- Conservation Commission Chair
to the budget advisory committee on
tor Nancy Freise outlined the needs of Bob Brown asked for a slight increase
March 4 with a public hearing scheduled
her agency (see story on page 1). from $14,580 to $14,700.
for March 18.The deliberative session will
be held on April 2.
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local non-profit agencies as well," said Dawn Ranney, executive
director of the United Way. The show is currently in production
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Antrim Capital Improvement Projects total $971,908
Ben Pratt and Ron Haggett of Antrim’s is in bad shape and needs to be fixed. for the new Police Station. Fortunately,
Capital Improvement Program commit- Town Administrator Galen Stearns has most of the “pre-bond” work that has been
tee presented their recommendations at been talking to the Highway Department paid for has been completed and he felt
the recent Selectmen’s meeting. While about what can be done as it is a safety confident that the final presentation can
the total amount of the requests came issue. be done without more input from Baybutt
to $971,908, the majority of the discus- Police Chief Scott Lester reported that and the “post-bond” work can be put out
sion centered on a valve at Gregg Lake. Baybutt Construction has laid off some to bid using the list of those who respond-
The valve has been in place for 102 years employees, including the Project Manager ed to the original RFP.
and is worn out. While no one disputed
the need to replace the valve, how and
when it could be done was the reason for
the discussion. Hopefully just the valve
can be replaced for an estimated expense
of less than $10,000. Other high prior-
ity recommendations for 2013 included
engineering studies for pipe replacements
from the Antrim pump house in Ben-
nington to Depot St and the waterlines on
Highland Ave and Lower Pleasant St that
were installed in 1938. The Committee felt
that these studies should be done now so
plans and cost estimates can be made to
assure that the construction work can be
completed in a cost-effective manner.
In other discussions, the Selectmen
listened to Shelly Nelkins’ observation that
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Zaltrap (ziv-
afl ibercept) for use in combination with a FOLFIRI (folinic acid, fl uo-
rouracil and irinotecan) chemotherapy regimen to treat adults with Assessor David Marazoff defends his property values at a meeting spon-
colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is the fourth most commonly sored by Hillsborough's Economic Development Committee.
diagnosed cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer death in
the United States. According to the National Institutes for Health,
an estimated 143,460 Americans will be diagnosed with colorectal Business owners question tax assessments
cancer and 51,690 will die from the disease in 2012.
• • • About a dozen business owners joined the Hillsborough
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Tudorza Pres- Economic Development Committtee in meeting with property
sair (aclidinium bromide) for the long-term maintenance treatment
assessor David Marazoff in a effort to understand how he came
of bronchospasm (narrowing of the airways in the lung) associated
with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including chronic up with, what many felt, were high and inconsistent values
bronchitis and emphysema. COPD is a serious lung disease that makes during his recent reassessment of the town. Marazoff explained
breathing difficult. Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of COPD, that a reassessment was required because the town's assessed
according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. COPD is
values were more than 133% higher than fair market value. Few
the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Symptoms can
seemed satisfied with his reasoning, but Chair Dennis Roberts,
include chest tightness, chronic cough, and excessive phlegm.
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With the events at Newtown, CT fresh in mind, voters at
last Saturday's Kearsarge Regional School District Deliberative
session reversed its actions of the past three years and added
$50,000 to the Municipal Budget Committee's budget to fund a
School Resource Officer at the school. Budget committee mem-
ber Richard Anderson of New London, speaking as an individual,
offered the amendment which increases the total to $37,328,
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Weare man indicted for negligent homicide
The Merrimack County Grand Jury has indicted the Weare
man who was driving when his girlfriend died in an automobile
accident in September. Robert Pitts, 18, has been charged with
negligent homicide in the September 2nd death of Paige Gar-
neau. Authorities claim Pitts was evading police when he exited
Interstate 93 in Concord, lost control of his vehicle, left the road-
way and crashed into trees. He also faces a Class A felony charge
of disobeying a police officer for failing to stop when police tried
to pull him over.
Hillsboro woman caught stealing checks
Theresa Wareing, 51, of Hillsboro has been charged with
stealing 10 checks, each valued at more than $1,500 from John
Herrick of Excalibur Shelving Systems of Contoocook and "con-
verting" them "for her own purposes." Authorities say she took
the first check in November 2011, then took another nine through
July 2012.
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Henniker Community School hosts storyteller Odds Bodkin
In their continuing effort to educate a reinforcement of the Ambassadors of Instead the stories teach by example.
students about bullying and its effects, Kindness (AOK) assemblies we’ve been Grades 6-8 will see A Mile in My
the Henniker Community School brings holding for the past eight years here at Shoes: Tales of Compassion. The stories
storyteller Odds Bodkin to the school for HCS.” in this collection include one from India
two daytime assembly performances, one The Grade 3 through Grade 5 program called “Yudisthira at the Silver Mountain,”
for the elementary school and one for the with Odds Bodkin called The Golden Rule a story of a man and his dog and loy-
middle school on Friday, January 11, 2013. will feature three age-appropriate tales alty, an old Aesop Fable titled “Boys and
Since 1982, Odds Bodkin has been with music and character voices that teach Frogs,” and a tale from Japan called “The
known as a storyteller, children’s author, how kindness works best. Bullying is Stone Cutter.” Both of the performances
and musician bringing the performance not mentioned during the performance. will be followed up with a Q&A.
art of telling stories to life with hundreds
of character voices, vocal effects, and live
music. About four years ago, he added
educator to his resume after noticing
the uptick in the news media of stories
about bullying and general unkindness in
society. Bodkin tells these stories to vari-
ous school age groups and then follows
up with brief ethical questions for the stu-
dents to answer in the assembly setting.
“In Henniker we like to take a proac-
tive approach with climate and culture
of our school environment and these
performances are just one way we try to
be ahead of any problem,” said Assistant
Principal Karen Raymond. “These assem-
blies are tailored to specific grade levels
and are about kindness and compassion, Odds Bodkin performs his magic at another school's assembly.
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Try Our ConVal petition calls for School Resource Officer
Sundayyyyy Undeterred by the ConVal School at ConVal High School." Chapman says
Board's refusal to include a School Re- that although the petition was inspired by
Breakfas t source Officer in the next budget, Peter- the school shootings in the Newtown, Ct.,
Buffet borough resident Fran Chapman has sub- Chapman he has been championing the
mitted a petitioned article that reads, "Shall proposal for several years. The petition
88:000000- the ' Contoocook Valley School District cantains 42 signatures, exceeding the 25
noon raise and appropriate the sum of $80,000 required for an article to appear on the
for the purpose of a School resource officer warrant.