Londonderry Times 12/11/2014

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Proposed Gas Pipeline Would Pass Near
Elwood Orchards, West Road Fields
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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pponents to a proposed 36-inch natural gas pipeline
that would cross through
more than a dozen New
Hampshire communities
will hold an informational
meeting this month.
“This meeting on Dec.
13 has been organized because a lot of people
haven’t begun to realize
what is going on,” said
Douglas Whitbeck, a longtime volunteer with New
Hampshire 350, a nonprofit dedicated to raising
awareness for Global Warming. “Kinder Morgan, the
third largest energy company in North America, is
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purposefully vague. They
don’t like to give you a lot
of advance notice of what
their plans are. We aren’t
working against the same
deadlines Massachusetts
was working on when the
initial pipeline route was
proposed. They were notified last spring and had
enough time to organize
and hold a relay march
across the state. They
presented 11,000 signatures opposing the pipeline to the governor. We
need to move quicker.”
But Allen Fore of
Kinder Morgan said the
company is just beginning
the pre-filing process and
wouldn’t even begin applying for permits for sev-
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eral months.
“Based on our construction schedule, we’re
talking about being in
service in 2018 with construction beginning in
2017,” he said. “Pre-filing
is a time to review the
scope of the project and
have public meetings and
open houses. We have a
yearlong process ahead
of us to do exactly that hear people’s concerns
and have a good dialogue.
We won’t even apply for
any permits until the fall
2015. There’s a lengthy
period for review.”
Londonderry Town Manager Kevin Smith said
although he first learned
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State Firming Up Plans for
I-93 Construction Projects
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
Checkin’ it Twice
South School second grader Sam
Stansfield goes over his wish list for Christmas during the school’s annual Breakfast with Santa on Saturday morning, the day all the town’s elementary schools
had their annual breakfasts. See photos pages 6 and 7.
Photo by Chris Paul
Town Manager Plans to Meet
with Mack on Ice Skating Pond
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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fter learning that
Moose Hill Orchards owner Andy
Mack is offering the use of
the pond behind his farm
stand for winter ice skating, Town Manager Kevin
Smith said he took interest and would like to have
a meeting with him to talk
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more about his proposal.
“There has been lots
of interest in having a
pond or ice skating rink
centrally located in the
town for people to use. To
that extent, I think it’s a
great idea,” he said.
“It would be so remarkably easy to do,” Mack
said. “Someone would
just have to be there as
they would with any skating pond as an overseer
to take care of cleaning
the pond and safety features.”
Ice covers the pond
nicely after a couple of
cold days, and a shed in
close proximity would
offer storage space for
shovels and machines
continued on page 8
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representative from
the New Hampshire Department
of Transportation (DOT)
gave the Planning Board
an update on improvements along the Interstate
93 corridor and the proposed Exit 4-A.
Two projects are to be
completed in Londonderry that are anticipated to
cost $100 million and take
four years to complete,
according to DOT Project
Manager Peter Stamnas.
The DOT plans to
advertise the first two of
four remaining construction projects along the
corridor in the fall of 2015
and the second two projects in the fall of 2016,
with construction to
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begin in the spring of
2016. The entire I-93 corridor improvements project is expected to be complete in 2020.
“We have quite a bit of
work to do all along the
remaining 12-mile stretch
and the projects will all be
active at the same time,”
Stamnas said at the Planning Board’s Wednesday,
Dec. 3 meeting, noting the
project is now fully funded. “We are going to maintain existing lanes on the
main line from a traffic
control standpoint. That
is a requirement.”
Additionally, Stamnas
said the State is advancing 24 right-of-way acquisitions in Londonderry
that must be completed
to begin construction.
Improvements includ-
ed in the two projects
within the Town are the
widening of four miles on
I-93 from Kendall Pond
Road to just south of Exit
5; replacement of the
bridge over Beaver Brook
and the replacement of
culverts there; rehabilitation of the bridges over
Kendall Pond Road and
Stonehenge Road; and
construction of a New
Hampshire 102 bridge and
Ash Street Bridge over the
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Elder Affairs Subcommittee Works to Solve Transit Problems
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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n Elder Affairs Subcommittee has met
with representatives from CART - Cooperative Alliance for Regional
Transportation - and is
working to resolve ongoing issues with transportation for seniors in
town.
Elder Affairs Committee Chairman Al Baldasaro said just recently
CART arrived to pick up a
senior 45 minutes late,
requiring Senior Affairs
Director Cathy Blash to
stay late with the senior.
“That’s just one example of many problems that
have been coming to our
attention in the last year,”
subcommittee member
Dolores Stoklosa said.
“Right now we’re looking
to address the issues with
CART, specifically related
to the senior center.”
CART Executive Director Annette Stoller said
there’s a lot of misinfor-
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mation about CART, for
example, people think the
transportation service is
of a medical nature,
which it’s not.
Of the four complaints
CART has received and
looked into, Stoller said
one was found to be valid.
“The rest were expectations of CART operating
in a way that it doesn’t,
such as the bus running
at times people wanted it
to, not at time it was running,” she said. “That’s
what the meeting was
about - somehow adjusting the schedule to better
accommodate people.”
Additionally, Stoller
said it’s a misconception
that the towns fund CART.
“The funding the towns
provide enables us to go
to the federal government
for funding,” said Stoller,
who said she is running
CART with limited staff.
Through their meetings with CART, the subcommittee has learned
there are two separate
services offered, one
through Rockingham Nutrition that offers shuttles
on a set schedule that
have been taking seniors
to the senior center for
the senior meals and
other programs; and the
service by which patrons
can schedule transportation, called Demand Response.
“Through Demand Response, the bus will come
to your curbside and take
you where you need to go.
We do a lot of that in Londonderry,” Stoller said.
“And two days a week, as
available, we take people
as needed to hospitals
where they may have
appointments, even as far
as Manchester. But only
on certain days.”
The shuttle program
has limited hours and
sometimes runs into traffic, inclement weather
and problems with vehicles that interfere with
operations.
In considering alterna-
tives to the shuttle for
seniors in need of transportation to and from the
Senior Center, the subcommittee is considering
supplemental programs
CART offers through
Green Cab, a transportation company based in
Londonderry.
“The biggest issue
with Green Cab is the
price,” Stoklosa said. “It
can be pretty hefty
depending on where you
live in town - up to $25
one-way.
That’s
not
affordable.”
The highest rate listed
on CART’s website for a
ride to “out-of-reach” destinations, including Manchester, Plaistow and
Windham, is $5 round-trip
“What we’re caught in
is as close to a rural area
as you can get with no
real public transportation
here for people,” Stoller
said. “We’re starting to
see inklings of that, but to
get that we need funding.
You have to pay the driver, buy fuel, buy vehicles -
24.hr..service
that might cost hundreds
of thousands of dollars
each. My really big approach for next year will
be to seek funding from
other sources, such as
foundations and corporations.”
In talks addressing
issues of seniors being
stranded without a ride,
Stoklosa said the subcommittee discussed with
CART the need to improve
communication between
drivers and patrons.
“In working to resolve
the communication issue,
it became clear CART
really needs to work on
getting their message out
and communicating more
with clients and the public at-large,” she said.
In addition to considering alternative transportation options for seniors in town, the subcommittee is also looking at
demand.
“We’ve had many complaints about various
issues, like people not
being picked up for doc-
maintenance
tor appointments,” Stoklosa said. “We’re looking
at whether or not there is
just a small number of
people falling through
gaps rather than a large
number of people without
transportation. I think
there are just a small
number of people falling
through gaps.”
“It hurts any time I
have to say no to someone who calls for a ride.
That’s a hard thing,” said
Stoller, who is hoping
through fundraising and
working with the Town
that she can adjust the
schedule and possibly
expand services to better
serve residents in need of
transportation.
Recently, Stoller received a $50 check from a
woman whose brother
died and had been using
CART to get to appointments for dialysis. “I
know we’re making a
mark on people and I really care about seeing what
needs can be met,” she
said.
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Police Chief Honors Officers for Distinguished Service
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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he Police Department recognized the
accomplishments
and distinguished service
of Londonderry officers in
an award ceremony at the
Police Station Monday
night.
Among those recognized during the Dec. 8
ceremony was retired
Capt. Bob Michaud, to
whom Chief William Hart
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presented the department’s first ever Chief’s
Achievement Award.
“This award may be
given for a person’s body
of work throughout their
career or a specific incident,” Hart said. “Bob
Michaud served 18 years
with us and rose to the
level of Captain. That’s no
small feat. He has been a
mentor to me, a governor
when I wanted to say
things best left unsaid,
Police Chief William Hart, right, recognizes Capt.
Gerard Dussault, who was named Deputy Chief.
Dussault is to serve as the Acting Police Chief in
times of Hart's absence.
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and an advisor when there
were challenging and difficult decisions to make
regarding our agency. He
has been a stalwart, loyal,
caring policeman.”
Hart additionally spoke
out against criticism of
police officers in the
media and said men and
women who serve the
community as police officers go out into the street
and help.
“We go into the homes
of the community and save
people’s lives so they can
get through a difficult
time,” he said. “And no one
was ever better at it than
my friend Bob Michaud.”
Christopher Gandia
was promoted to Captain
to take over for Michaud in
the Services Division.
Hart also recognized
Operations Commander
Capt. Gerard Dussault,
who he said is the only officer to have served as commander of all three divisions in the Department.
And the Department
welcomed two additional
patrol officers joining the
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Gonzalez
and
Jason
Tefeul, who previously
worked for the Londonderry Police Department,
then spent time as an officer with the San Diego
Police Department before
returning to the Town.
Tefeul was presented
with the Life Saving Medal
of Valor for his response to
a suicidal caller on Hall
Road.
Sgt. Sean Doyle was recognized for achieving top
honors, ranking in the top
three of one of the largest
Police Academy classes in
the State’s history.
Building Supervisor
Michael Simpson was recognized for exceptional
service maintaining the
station, and Patrol Officer
Matthew Morin was presented with his third commendation for meritorious
service for his response to
a call on a despondent
woman in Manchester, to
whom he provided life-saving services after she took
measures to end her life.
Tim Moran, who Dus-
Police Chief William Hart presents retired Capt.
Bob Michaud with the department's first ever
Chief’s Achievement Award for his 18 years of
service. Photos by Kaitlyn G. Woods
sault said came to the
Department a few years
ago and immediately distinguished himself, was
recognized as Officer of
the Year.
“He is dedicated and
has drive unlike what I have
seen in most people,” Dussault said. He autographs
his work with excellence.
Everything he does is done
very, very well.”
In addition to recognizing officer awards and
achievements in the last
year, the department celebrated officers who have
served Londonderry for
more than 10 years, as
well as officers who were
promoted.
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D ECEMBER 11, 2014
Letters
Editorial
Budget With Care, Not Punishment
The Derry Town Council asked
town officials to come up with a
budget that would cut $2.50 per
$1,000 off its tax rate.
The Timberlane Regional School
District Budget Committee, which
includes the town of Sandown,
reminded the superintendent it had
asked for a flat budget, not the 2.75
percent increased budget he submitted. And it sent him back to come up
with what it asked for.
Almost immediately after the
Town Council meeting in Derry, we
received a letter saying the cuts
would mean drastic layoffs among
fire and police, closure of the Recreation Department, and other scenarios of disaster. The Town Councilor
whose name appeared on the email,
however, knew nothing about the letter and did not write it.
It’s sad that valid questions about
what a $2.50 per $1,000 tax cut
would entail are tainted by an email
using a false name and address. You
won’t see the email because we have
no idea who wrote it. We publish letters from people willing to stand up
for their views, not from cowards.
The question raised, however,
needs to be answered. Derry’s budget schedule offers plenty of time for
those discussions to be aired publicly.
In Timberlane, where budget and
school board meetings have been
both acrimonious and childish for
months,
the
superintendent’s
response to the budget committee
request was to immediately suggest
closing Sandown Central School.
Several years ago, voters turned
down a warrant article that would
have shuttered that school. Now,
without plans for what to do with the
fourth and fifth graders in Sandown,
such a response is curious. It almost
looks like a “take that” to Arthur and
Donna Green, a Sandown couple who
sit on the budget committee and
school board respectively, and who
usually cast the only no votes on
budget and school board motions.
Closing a school is a drastic
measure that we would expect to
take months if not years of planning.
And in a four-town district, the burden of the budget cut would be
placed solely on the children of
Sandown.
It’s far from unreasonable to ask
towns and school districts to look at
budgets differently and to make
major cuts, rather than further burdening taxpayers. The response
should be neither defensive nor
punitive. The budget does not
belong to those who craft it, but to
the residents as a whole.
Starting with a flat budget is a
valid way to do things. Reacting with
scare tactics is not the response we
expect from adults.
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Remembering Craig
To the editor:
The reason I felt the
need to write this letter
was because I have an
amazing story to share.
It’s not just my story; it
belongs, also, to many of
my
classmates
and
friends, and to a family
here in Londonderry.
Many people know it, but
I would love to tell what I
know from the story of
my friend Craig.
I met Craig Fairweather in seventh grade, right
in the middle of my very
rough middle school years,
and the rest of our time as
friends just seemed to fall
into place. He was the
type of person who would
absentmindedly draw
hearts on my papers or
grab my hand while we
were walking. We never
had many classes together, but somehow that
never inhibited us from
being friends.
We could laugh just
looking at each other, and
I will never forget that
laugh. He was the friend
who would text me back
right away and would hug
me at every opportunity.
He was kind to everyone,
and most of the time, he
was just looking for a way
to make someone’s day
better.
In August of this year,
Craig called me to let me
know he’d just been hired
at Shaw’s - a few days
after I was. Having Craig
as a coworker provided
some of the best times
ever. He could be at a register on the other side of
the checkout, and we’d
still grin at each other
without saying so much
as a word. He was so
funny.
Just a few weeks ago,
at the beginning of
November, Craig came to
my house unannounced
just to say hello. That was
something he did for a lot
of people, just to make
sure no one around him
was sad or upset. He
couldn’t stand that.
Always an animal lover, Craig was excited to
pay a visit to my two
dogs. Before leaving, he
would always say “I love
you so much” to just
about anyone, and I was
no exception.
Remembering these
little things about Craig
make me so thankful for
getting the opportunity to
know him. He truly was
one in a million. Along
with so many other students whose lives he was
a part of at LHS, I continue to pray for him and his
family. His story will stay
with me for a long time - it
is a great one.
Libby Keller
LHS junior
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No to Pipeline
To the editor:
This letter concerns
your Nov. 27, 2014 article
titled “Londonderry Among Towns Set for Proposed Gas Pipeline.” It
discusses Kinder Morgan’s proposal to construct a 36-inch natural
gas pipeline from New
York to eastern Massachusetts, which will pass
through Londonderry.
The initial route had
the pipeline running
south of New Hampshire.
However, due to strong
local opposition from various Massachusetts towns,
Kinder Morgan modified
the route to have it run
though various southern
New Hampshire starting
in Winchester.
Hollis voters objected
to the pipeline running
through their town, and
so Kinder Morgan again
modified the route so that
the 36-inch natural gas
pipeline no longer runs
though Hollis. Instead, it
now runs through Londonderry. This rerouting
was apparently done
without the knowledge of
Londonderry officials or
residents.
Maybe this is how
things are done in Texas,
where Kinder Morgan is
based, but this is not
Texas and things are not
done that way in New
Hampshire. There is no
apparent benefit by having a pipeline that begins
near Albany, N.Y., and
ends in eastern Massachusetts passing through
Londonderry. It has many
adverse consequences,
including a negative effect
on nearby property values. It also raises many
serious safety issues.
There is nothing “Kind”
about Kinder Morgan’s proposed routing its pipeline though Londonderry.
While it may solve a Kinder
Morgan problem, it is done
at the expense of Londonderry and various other
New Hampshire towns.
I urge Londonderry
officials and residents to
mount strong opposition
to the Kinder Morgan 36inch natural gas pipeline
similar to that done by
towns in northern Massachusetts and Hollis. Next
thing you know TransCanada will want the Keystone XL Pipeline routed
though Londonderry.
Bruce Fink
Londonderry
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Thanksgiving Thanks
To the editor:
Well, Mother Nature
decided to hit southern
New England with a winter blast a bit early. This
Thanksgiving Eve and
into Thanksgiving Day
storm caused widespread
trees and branches down,
and with those came
down the power lines. At
one point two-thirds of
Londonderry residents
were without power.
A special thanks to the
members of the Londoncontinued on page 5
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Hickey Resigns and Settles with Londonderry, Hired by Derry
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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ormer Finance Director Sue Hickey has
settled with the Town
and is moving on to serve
as Derry’s Chief Financial
Officer.
Town Manager Kevin
Smith confirmed Monday
that he placed Hickey on
administrative leave and
advised her he was terminating her employment.
After exercising her
right to a public hearing
before the Town Council
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Continued from page 4
derry Highway Department, Londonderry Police
Department and Londonderry Fire Rescue. You all
do a wonderful job keeping the roads clear, protecting the citizens and
visitors of Londonderry
and respond when called,
no matter the weather.
I would also like to
send out a very special
Thank You to the members of the ALERT, or A
Londonderry Emergency
Response Team. These
volunteers are available
year round and never
turn down a call for help.
These members, under
the guidance of their
leader, Rich Semanski,
were called out on
Thanksgiving Day to set
up an Emergency Shelter
and Warming Center to be
used by residents of not
only Londonderry, but
surrounding towns. With
assistance from the fine
folks at the School District, these ALERT volunteers were up and running
in no time. These volunteers staffed the shelter
until noon on Saturday,
and then had the task of
breaking the shelter
down. I had the pleasure
of meeting with the volunteers and they all had
smiles on their faces…
were welcoming visitors
in like it was their own
home…what a dedicated
crew of volunteers! We are
lucky to have them as a
resource in Londonderry.
Vinny Curro
Londonderry
last week, however, Hickey withdrew her request
Dec. 1, the day the hearing
was scheduled, having
reached an agreement
with the Town regarding
her separation from
employment. The Town
agreed that Hickey could
resign effective Dec. 1,
Smith said in an email.
“Because of her age, by
law, there is a seven-day
period in which Ms. Hickey
can revoke the agreement,”
Smith wrote in an email.
“Once the seven days pass,
on Dec. 12, the Town will
make a copy of the agreement available to the public. Until then, the Town
cannot make a statement
because the matter remains a personnel matter.”
On Dec. 2, the Derry
Town Council confirmed
Hickey as the Town’s new
Chief Financial Officer, and
she signed a written agreement with the Town of Londonderry on Dec. 4.
Hickey earned a Bachelor of Science degree in
Accounting and a Master’s
of Business Administration
degree from Southern New
Hampshire University. She
began her finance career as
the Senior Accountant/
Auditor for Melanson
Heath & Company, which
is both Derry and Londonderry’s audit partner; and
was subsequently hired as
Goffstown’s Finance Director. In 2001, Hickey was
hired to lead the Town’s
Finance Department, most
recently as Director of
Finance and Administration.
Hickey served as Londonderry’s Finance Director starting Jan. 8, 2001.
Her annual base salary as
of July 1, 2014 was
$116,194.
A paycheck issued from
the Town of Londonderry
to Hickey on the week of
Nov. 26 showed a net
amount of $280.24.
Hickey will begin work
in Derry on Dec. 15 with a
salary of $106,000, according to Derry Human
Resources Director Larry
Budreau.
Derry Town Administrator Galen Stearns said
he was aware of the issues
between Hickey and her
former employer, but he
could not see them having
any bearing on her hiring
or her performance in
Derry.
“Her explanation to me
was satisfactory,” he told
the Nutfield News, the Londonderry Timess’ sister
paper.
Calls to Hickey for comment were not returned.
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Pipeline Meeting Planned
public
meeting
about a proposed
natural gas pipeline is Saturday, Dec. 13,
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
Mason Elementary School,
13 Darling Hill Road
(Route 123), Mason.
A proposed 36-inchdiameter pipeline would
cross Winchester, Fitzwilliam, Rindge, New
Ipswich, Greenville, and
A
Mason; touch Wilton,
Brookline, and Amherst;
then continue across the
Merrimack River into
Litchfield, Londonderry,
Windham, and Pelham.
Presentations will describe the pipeline, route
and approval process.
Speakers include representatives of New Hampshire Pipeline Awareness
and the Community Envi-
ronmental Legal Defense
Fund. A 20-minute film
will show what it’s like to
have a compressor station as a neighbor.
The meeting is sponsored by 350 New Hampshire and concerned citizens.
To attend, reply to
nhpipeline@gmail.com to
ensure seating.
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L O N D O N D E R RY T I M E S
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D ECEMBER 11, 2014
A Santa in Every School
Londonderry elementary
schools held Breafasts with
Santa on Saturday. Bottom row,
from near left, North Schoolers
Jiselle Silvestro and Leah Griffin enjoy their meal, Andrew
Zavorotny of South School digs
in, and Matthew Thornton students Emily and Nathan Ouellette have breakfast. Above far
left, chatting with Santa are
Shani Qualter at North, Rachel
Bailey of South, and Hailey
Chagnon of Matthew Thornton.
Photos by Chris Paul
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During Saturday’s pancake Breakfasts
with Santa, each elementary school
added a unique feature to the morning
activities. At North, each class prepared
holiday gift baskets to be raffled. South
held a Candy Cane Walk, giving kids a
chance to win a variety of cakes.
Matthew Thornton had a shopping area
for students. From near left clockwise,
Paige Boyon and Meghan Jackes wrap
gifts at Matthew Thornton; Monica
McLinn and Leeanne Casarano greet people at North; Tatyana Solvan chats with
South Principal Linda Boyd; Alyssa Parsons, Marlie Fitzgerald and Olivia
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D ECEMBER 11, 2014
Planning Board Recommends Zone Change for Mammoth Road Parcel
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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he Planning Board
agreed unanimously
to recommend the
Town Council re-zone
from Commercial-I to
Commercial-II a 1.5-acre
parcel at 484 Mammoth
Road.
The intent of the rezoning is to consolidate
the parcel with two abutting lots zoned C-II to create a single 5.7-acre parcel
of commercial land for
the development of a selfstorage facility, according
to Steven Keach of KeachNordstrom Associates Inc.,
T
an engineering services
company in Bedford.
Conceptual plans for
the storage facility, which
the board considered at
its Sept. 10 meeting, feature four free-standing,
single-story, self-storage
buildings.
The total space those
buildings would occupy is
approximately
58,900
square feet.
A conservation overlay easement on the property would remain undisturbed.
Each building would
feature unheated and climate controlled storage
units, with nothing to be
stored outside the storage units on the property.
The units would not be
used to store cars, boats,
trailers or campers.
An approximately 750square-foot space in one
of the storage buildings
would be reserved for an
office with a bathroom.
Patrons would have
gate access to the facility
between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m.
When asked if they
had spoken to any of the
property’s abutters, Keach
and RCA Development
owner Gordon Welch,
who plans to purchase
the lots and develop the
self-storage facility, said
he stopped at abutters’
homes on several occasions, but ultimately was
only able to contact
Michelle Carusone of 487
Mammoth Road. Welch
told the board Carusone
said she was fine with the
development.
Town Planner Cynthia
May said Town staff recommends rezoning the
parcel as it’s consistent
with the intent of zoning
in that area and would
allow the development of
three lots intended for
commercial use.
“Rezoning the lot as
requested would also create a more regularly
shaped zoning district,”
she said.
Member Lynn Wiles
expressed some concern
with rezoning the parcel,
which he said he views as
a transitional property
between Commercial and
Residential.
Additionally, Wiles said
although he does think
the storage facility is an
appropriate development
on the property, he’s concerned with some of the
permitted used for Commercial-II, with auto re-
pair being one of the
heaviest.
“I consider that area a
buffer for the residential
area next door as well,”
member Ann Chiampa
said. “But the use of the
property as proposed is
transitional itself.”
Keach said they hope
to advance the merger of
the lots by Jan. 1, but
consolidation would not
occur unless plans for
the storage facility are
approved and Welch purchases the three properties from JJJM Enterprises.
“We keep the lot
plowed,” Mack said. “And
when we signed over
development rights, we
gave the Town the right to
do extra things in the area
around the pond to facilitate use of the pond by
the public - they could
build a public toilet, a
changing room, or add
sand on the beach. That’s
written into the Development Rights Agreement.
They could improve the
road that goes in. It
wouldn’t be difficult to
add 10 to 12 parking
spaces.”
Mack said they could
even get power to the
pond if someone wants to
make hot chocolate.
In addition to offering
the pond to the Town,
Mack is advocating for
improvements to local
trails, as well as developing the Town Forest into a
natural schoolroom.
“A carefully designed
wooded park would serve
everyone,” he said.
Additionally,
Mack
calls for attention to what
he calls the east/west
trails. “We don’t need to
pave these trails, but they
do need a layer of stone
dust,” he said.
The East Trail begins
at the intersection of King
Phillip and King Charles
drives, running up to the
recreation ball fields and
eventually to Town Hall.
“The West Trail comes
up behind the middle
school, where we need to
bridge a wet area on that
trail, which would make it
all the more beautiful.
Those trails are really nobrainers in my mind,”
Mack said, adding he
would like to see a bridge
across Black Brook to
improve the walkways
that run between the four
schools in the center of
town.
“(Andy Mack) expressed to me his wanting to
see those trails upgraded
in the future so they can
connect centrally the
eastern and western
neighborhoods,” Smith
said.
When asked if he
thinks the improvements
could be funded in the
near future, Smith said,
“Until I see some actual
conceptual design, it’s
hard to say what the cost
would be of doing something like that.”
But moving forward,
Smith did say he would
like to discuss Mack’s
thoughts on improving
the center of town further.
“This wouldn’t make a
dent in the budget,” Mack
said, adding if there’s ever
a time to get kids on bikes
and foot, it’s now. “Let’s
create things that will put
people together.”
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Another attractive feature of the 7- to 8-footdeep pond, which Mack
said is approximately 100
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PA G E 9
Carson Takes on President Pro Tem Role in State Senate
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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epublican State Senator Sharon Carson
of Londonderry was
appointed to Senate President Chuck Morse’s leadership team.
As President Pro Tem,
Carson will preside over
the Senate Chamber in
R
Morse’s absence.
Carson will also chair
the Judiciary and the
Executive Departments
and Administration Committees.
“We were done in less
than an hour, then went
on to take our Oath of
Office,” Carson said of the
Senate on Organization
Day last week.
By comparison, it took
the House all day and
three separate votes to
elect Rep. Shawn Jasper,
R-Hudson as Speaker on
Dec. 3.
Republican Rep. Daniel Tamburello said former speaker Bill O’Brien
was the party’s nominee
and he was frustrated by
a coordinated effort to get
Jasper elected.
“Now we have a moderate who ran to the other
party to get the votes to
get himself elected,” he
said. “He has no credibility. How is he going to
lead?”
All seven of London-
derry’s State Representatives are Republican.
Carson said moving
forward in her position as
President Pro Tem, her
goal is to continue to
serve the people of District 14 to the best of her
ability.
“When we get elected,
our constituents expect
us to work,” she said. “We
do have an existing budget deficit and that’s something that needs to be
addressed right away. We
will be working very hard
to craft a budget where
we live within our means
and that will not raise
taxes.”
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Community Caregivers to Move from Derry to Londonderry
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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ommunity
Caregivers of Greater
Derry, a non-profit
that provides support
and assistance to the elderly, disabled, and temporarily or chronically ill,
is moving its operation
from downtown Derry to
Londonderry.
Located directly behind the Londonderry
Commons Plaza, the new
headquarters will offer
Community Caregivers
and the Loaner’s Closet
for Durable Medical
Equipment plenty of
space to grow and a convenient location accessible from both Route 102
and Gilcreast Road North.
“We will sorely miss
being in the heart of
downtown Derry, but we
have reached our capacity here and it is time to
grow,” Executive Director
Cindee Alice Tanuma
said.
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manages 450 volunteers
who serve about 350 residents in Greater Derry.
And the Loaner’s Closet,
which operates from the
third-floor of the Masonic
Temple, owns over 5,000
pieces of equipment.
“We do about 1,300
loans each year and have
somewhere around 500
pieces of equipment onsite at any given time,”
Tanuma said, noting that
in addition to being handicapped accessible, the
new space, which is on
one level and has two
entrances, will make it
easier for those who rent
medical equipment to
load it into and out of
their vehicles in the parking lot.
The new location will
also provide space for
staff and office volunteers
to have their own work
stations.
“My transportation
coordinator can only
work when the Loaner’s
Closet coordinator is not
because they share a
workspace,”
Tanuma
said. “Both programs are
booming, but they are
dependent on the other to
vacate that desk. And we
also have office volunteers, but we can only
have them work when
someone isn’t here. We’re
hoping to have a dedicated volunteer work station
at the new location.”
has five employees who
work in the office: an
office manager, grant
writer, transportation coordinator, and the Loaner’s Closet coordinator, as
well as Tanuma.
Tanuma said the Community Caregivers Board
of Directors charged staff
with beginning the process of looking for a new
location about two years
ago, but it wasn’t until the
spring that the board provided them with a budget
and the search made
progress.
“The Masons have
been extremely generous
and we will definitely miss
the large function hall,”
Tanuma said. “But we’re
very excited to be moving
into our own space.”
will close its office at the
Masonic Temple in Derry
on Dec. 24 and reopen on
Jan. 2 at 1 B Commons
Drive, Unit 10 in Londonderry. Hours of operation
will remain 9 a.m. until 3
p.m. Mondays through
Fridays.
“As you can imagine,
this will be a huge endeavor and will require both
volunteer help and inkind donations to make it
happen,” Tanuma said.
“We might have a rental
budget to move, but we
don’t have a lot of money
to buy all the things we
need. At the Masonic
Temple there are so many
things we’ve had access
to. The furniture we use in
the office isn’t even ours.
We’re basically starting
from scratch.”
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need to purchase desks,
chairs, paint, additional
telephones, and a freezer.
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D ECEMBER 11, 2014
Douglas Gets Recreation Commission Endorsement
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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he Recreation Commission reached unanimous consensus
that Glenn Douglas, president of the Blue Lions
cheer organization, is its
choice to serve as a member on the Commission.
“I look at the list and
think all the candidates
are good people who will
do a good job, but I’m an
old linebacker and we
always believed that you
pay your dues. Glenn has
attended and added valuable discussion to the
meetings,” member Ron
T
Campo said Monday night.
“Glenn knows all the
rules and how everything
works,” agreed member
Kevin Foley.
“Of all the names, he’s
the only one I actually
know. He’s been here for a
few years and been to all
the meetings, even sending
someone in his place when
he went to China and
couldn’t make a meeting,”
said Alternate Member
Gary Fisher.
“I have the same feeling.
Glenn has shown a great
deal of interest and participation. I’m in favor of Glenn
myself. It’s nice that there’s
a consensus,” Chairman
William Manning said.
Douglas was one of
seven applicants for the
open seat - other applicants
were Kevin Derhak, youth
lacrosse president; Ryan
Fragala, who has coached
various sports; Rick Morgan, Londonderry Youth
Soccer Association (LYSA)
trainer; Ryan Oulette, Londonderry Wildcats president; Kerrie Stanley, LYSA
board member; and Jim
Loiselle, Wildcats board
member.
The Town Council interviewed all the applicants during their public
meetings and continued a
vote to appoint the applicant of their choice so that
the Commission could
weigh in.
Recreation Director Art
Psaledas said with consensus from the Commission,
he will go to the Town
Council with the recommendation.
When asked if he would
like to serve as a full member of the Commission,
Fisher said he would like to
remain an alternate.
Psaledas said he will
extend the offer to Alternate Ben Parker. If Parker
would also prefer to remain
an alternate, Psaledas will
recommend the Council
appoint Douglas as a full
member to the Commission.
“In the past people have
just moved up and the new
person on the Commission
gets to be an alternate
member, but the Town
Council said that has to get
approved. If Ben wants to
be a full member, I think he
should. He has put in the
time,” Psaledas said.
With the large pool of
applicants interested in
serving on the Commission, member Patti McCabe
asked if the Commission
should consider expanding.
“We’ve talked about it
several times in the past,
but the number of members is written in the Town
Charter,” Psaledas said.
Although the Commission could raise the issue
the next time the Town reconsiders the Charter,
Psaledas said his experience has been “the more
people you put in a group,
the longer it takes to get
things done.”
The Council’s next
meeting is scheduled for
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Londonderry School District Hosts Annual Warm Homes Fundraiser
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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ondonderry schools
are holding a Districtwide fundraiser for
Warm Homes, a fuel assistance program that is now
operating under new leadership.
Now through Jan. 9 stu-
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dents in Londonderry
schools are being asked to
contribute $1 to help Londonderry families in crisis.
Because the $1 is likely
to come from parents of
students participating in
the younger grades, high
school students are asked
to give up a “luxury item,”
such as a coffee, an energy
drink, or a pack of gum,
and donate the money they
save to Warm Homes, according to Karen Robinson,
the TV Production and
Radio Broadcasting teacher at the high school.
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because like her organization, CHS connects the people served with a wide
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PA G E 11
LHS Senior Project Features Pantene Hair Donations
KAITLYN G. WOODS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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“It’s so short!” exclaimed Tiffany Costa,
after her friend cut an 8inch ponytail from her hair
to donate to Pantene
Beautiful Lengths.
Costa is one of about a
dozen donors who visited
Bamboo Natural Beauty
Salon last week to participate in a special event her
Whippersnappers co-worker Kelsee Jacobs, a volunteer for Londonderry High
School’s Pantene Beautiful
Lengths “Day of Giving”
celebration, organized as
her Senior Project.
“A lot of the girls I work
with who have long hair
wanted to participate, but
couldn’t make it to the
event during the day at the
high school because of
work,” said Jacobs, who is
studying cosmetology and
wanted to offer an alternate opportunity where
her friends and members
of the community could
participate in the Beautiful
Lengths campaign.
Like Samantha Furta-
do, also a co-worker of
Jacobs and Costa, who
donated 8 inches of her
hair, leaving her hair the
shortest it has ever been.
“I feel good. I’m going
to go shorter,” she said
after Costa cut two ponytails of her hair. “I was
nervous because I’ve only
trimmed my hair my
whole life. But it feels awesome and we’re doing it
for a good reason.”
Also participating in
the Giving Back celebration was Kiara Quitayen, a
Londonderry High School
freshman who donated
over 8 inches and hasn’t
sported a short haircut
since fourth grade.
“My sisters and friends
did it, so I was always
open to the opportunity,”
she said, after leafing
through a book of hairstyles with a team of
friends who showed up to
support her and the other
donors. “I think it’s awesome to know my hair is
being made into a wig for
someone.”
Jacobs, an aspiring
Caring Dentists
hairdresser, said she
understands the importance of a woman’s hair
and, having donated her
own locks in years past, is
considering cutting her
hair again this year.
So far, 130 students
have signed up to donate
during the Londonderry
High School Day of Giving,
according to English teacher Steven Juster, who
coordinates the event.
Juster said if there’s
enough interest, it’s possible Jacobs’ senior project,
which he described as a
student’s opportunity to
“leave their mark” at the
high school and fill a need,
could potentially become
a part of their tradition.
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LHS Wrestling Has A New Leader and Strong Talent Mix
CHRIS PANTAZIS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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new era begins in
Londonderry High
School wrestling
this winter, and there are
reasons to believe that
year one of the Jason
Cucolo era will be noteworthy.
Former Connecticut
wrestling standout and
first-time head coach Cucolo takes over a Lancer
team that got plenty done
for veteran coach Jim
Marron during the final
year of his tenure at his
post last winter, finishing
second at the Division I
championships and the
Meet of Champions.
There’s plenty of returning talent - including
senior star Jean-Luc Lemieux - and some promising
freshmen who found success at the middle school
level and are aiming to
A
have it carry over to high
school.
Cucolo is familiar with
his Lancers after having
served as an assistant
coach at Salem High each
of the last two years.
Prior to that he was an
assistant for five years at
Fairfield Warde High
School in Fairfield, Conn.,
and before that Cucolo
was an assistant for the
wrestling contingent at
his alma mater - Sacred
Heart University - in Fairfield for four years.
The Darien, Conn.,
native found success as a
wrestler in high school,
college, and even after
college. He was an AllAmerican in high school,
compiling a career record
of 142-20 with 98 pins, and
then an All-American at
Sacred Heart and an AllAmerican in Greco-Roman
wrestling after college.
Cucolo was a team
captain in high school
and college, showing his
leadership skills that led
him straight to coaching
once his own grappling
career was done. And he
wasn’t a slouch in the
classroom, claiming academic honors as well.
Upon finding out that
the LHS head coaching
job was available, Cucolo
jumped at the opportunity to claim it.
“I felt it was a great
place to continue to build
a wrestling program and I
was very excited for the
opportunity,” he said.
When asked about his
personal coaching philosophy, Cucolo responded,
“To teach wrestlers the
understanding of wrestling
through hard work, dedication, and commitment.
To have wrestlers show
sportsmanship whether
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To be physical and aggressive within the rules of
wrestling. (To teach) that
winning isn’t the only
thing, but learning and
continuing to improve is
the most important thing.
Londonderry wrestling will
be known as a tough, physical team that does so
within the confines of the
rules.”
And the new Lancer
mentor takes a long, wide
view of success with his
athletes and team, aiming
to “develop each person
to become the best student and wrestler that
they can be, and win New
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able to compete year after
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D ECEMBER 11, 2014
Lancer Fairweather Wins 2014-15 Gatorade Grid Honors
CHRIS PANTAZIS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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he candidates were
many and impressive, but in the end
Londonderry High School
star senior quarterback
Eric Fairweather was
recently named the 201415 New Hampshire Gatorade Football Player of the
Year.
Fairweather’s superb
work at quarterback as
well as defensive back sat
at the center of the
Lancers’ great 2014 season - their first under new
coach Jimmy Lauzon which didn’t come to an
end until the LHS gridders
had given the arch-rival
Pinkerton Academy Astros a heated battle in the
South Conference championship game but fell to
the eventual state champions.
During his exceptional
2014 campaign, Fairweather became the first
Lancer quarterback to
both rush and throw for
1,000 yards, tallying 1,253
running yards and 19
rushing touchdowns. He
threw the ball for 1,219
yards and 11 more scores,
and the LHS star accounted for 114 total points for
T
his 8-2 contingent.
The versatile Fairweather also caught one
pass for 24 yards, and
defensively he collected
four pass interceptions
and tallied 22 solo tackles
while also being a part of
six assisted tackles.
The Lancer standout
ended up becoming Londonderry’s number six
all-time passer with his
1,219 yards, and he now
stands tied for seventh
all-time among LHS pointgetters with 138 points.
The Gatorade Player
of the Year Award was
established in 1985 to recognize the nation’s most
outstanding high school
talents for their athletic
achievements, academic
excellence, and exemplary character. Now in its
third decade, the Gatorade Player of the Year
Award has become one of
the most prestigious
accolades in all of high
school sports.
“It couldn’t have happened to a better kid,”
said Lauzon. “People toss
around the term ‘hardworking’ very loosely
these days, but I’m telling
you right now this kid put
in the time, the sweat, and
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days after the star quar- from colleges and univerterback and his family sities that would love to
held the funeral for his 16- see him in their football
year-old brother Craig, uniform next fall. Possible
who was killed in a car landing spots for the LHS
accident. The response senior are Holy Cross,
and support of the Lon- Bentley University, Saint
donderry High communi- Anselm College, Stonehill,
ty to the tragedy was Merrimack College, Asnothing short of massive, sumption, RPI, Williams,
and the arrival of the Bowdoin, Bates, WPI,
good news of Eric Fair- Tufts, and Springfield.
weather winning the ma“So far Eric is taking in
jor award was more than the recruiting process the
welcome.
correct way,” said coach
“Obviously given the Lauzon. “He is talking to a
current times for our couple Division I schools
school and town, but and a good amount of
especially Eric and his Division II schools about
family, this award means playing defensive back.
so much,” said Lauzon. “It However, he has attracted
seemed to lift the spirits a lot of interest from Diviaround the school today sion III schools as a dualin my opinion. I am threat quarterback. Fortuextremely proud of him nately for Eric, all doors
Londonderry High School football star Eric Fairand have been very fortu- are open for him because
weather learned last week that he'd been selected nate to be able to work he has such good grades.
as the 2014 New Hampshire Gatorade Player of the with him every day and He has a good head on his
Year. Photo by Chris Paul
build such a great rela- shoulders and great partionship with him.”
ents behind him to help
Fairweather,
who
is
him make the right deciwent through the pain. going to win any games. I
also
a
fine
student,
is
sion.”
Eric didn’t take days off hope the message is sent
drawing
plenty
of
interest
or complain about the to the players in our proweather, he just wanted gram now that saw Eric
to get better every day. work this summer, that if
We never talked about the you want something you
possibilities of winning need to work for it.”
News of Fairweather
any awards like this during the summer, we didn’t winning the award hit LHS
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PA G E 15
NEGTC Gymnasts Excel At Big Bay State Invitational
CHRIS PANTAZIS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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he New England
Gymnastics Training Center (NEGTC)
brought a big, competitive crew to the Pilgrim
Harvest Invitational in the
Worcester, Mass. area just
before Thanksgiving. And
the local school had a
bunch of girls from Londonderry put forth notable performances.
The NEGTC crew consisted of youngsters from
levels three through 10,
and the Pilgrim event
took place at venues in
both Leicester and Holden, Mass., between Nov.
21 and 23.
The major Massachusetts competition was
attended by teams from
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, and Maine.
“The NEGTC girls knew
that the competition
would be much stiffer and
worked very hard to
return home with some
hardware,” said training
center media liaison Nora
Colliton.
The local center’s
Level 3 girls’ children’s
division contingent took
first place as a group,
with Londonderry kids
Faith Carrier and Sophia
Magee both making significant contributions to the
team success.
T
Magee placed fifth in
the all-around with a
score of 34.30. She
received an 8.80 on vault,
an 8.20 on the uneven
bars, an 8.80 on the balance beam, and an 8.50 in
the floor exercise.
Carrier wound up
ninth with an all-around
score of 32.20, receiving
an 8.90 on vault, an 8.40
on bars, a 7.10 on beam,
and a 7.80 on floor.
In the senior age division, Lilly Maher placed
first in the all-around with
a score of 37.85. She
snagged firsts on beam
(9.45) and floor (9.50) and
second places on vault
(9.50) and bars (9.40).
Ella Houghton placed
third with an all-around
score of 36.85, taking a
9.30 on floor, a 9.20 on
bars, a 9.0 on beam, and a
9.35 on vault.
Olivia Colliton scored
a 34.15 in the all-around,
receiving a 9.30 on vault,
an 8.30 on bars, an 8.15 on
beam, and an 8.30 on
floor.
And Alyssa Parsons
scored a 35.75 in the allaround, receiving a 9.25
on vault, an 8.80 on bars,
a 9.05 on beam, and an
8.65 on floor.
The NEGTC Level 4
girls’ crew took home the
second-place trophy.
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floor.
In the intermediate
age division, Lillian MacDonald brought home the
all-around silver medal
with a score of 33.35. She
received a 7.70 on vault, a
9.0 on bars, an 8.40 on
floor.
Also in that age group,
Alexis Small placed fifth
overall, receiving an allaround score of 31.25. She
received a 7.0 on vault, an
8.675 on bars, a 7.15 on
floor.
Her teammate Rachel
Carrier placed 10th in the
junior age division, receiving an all-around
score of 30.90. She tallied
a 7.05 in vaulting, an 8.75
on bars, a 7.55 on beam,
and a 7.55 on floor.
Chloe Catino represented the NEGTC Level
5, senior age division
group, placing eighth with
an all-around score of
34.60. She received an
8.725 on vault, an 8.50 on
bars, an 8.825 on balance
floor.
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McIntire took eighth in
the all-around with a
score of 22.40, taking second place in the vaulting
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received a 5.35 on bars
and an 8.30 on floor.
Lamont placed ninth
overall with an all-around
score of 21.15. She notched a 7.65 on vault, a
6.75 on beam, and a 6.74
on floor.
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D E C E M B E R 11, 2014
Ex-Lancer Griffin Helping Houston Texans With Transition
CHRIS PANTAZIS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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obody who has
paid any attention
to the National
Football League would
argue that the Houston
Texans have made some
great strides under the
leadership of first-year
coach - and former New
England Patriots’ offensive coordinator - Bill
O’Brien during the current 2014 campaign.
And Londonderry High
School graduate and former multi-sport standout
Ryan Griffin has been
right there for the Texans’
wild ride during the last
two NFL seasons.
The 6-foot-6-inch, 254-
N
pound tight end - who
spent part of his youth living in the home that now
houses the Londonderry
Times - hasn’t had the
football thrown to him as
many times this season as
he did during his rookie
campaign of 2013. But he
played in every one of the
6-6 Texans’ first dozen
games of 2014 as they
have made strides back
up from the NFL basement to respectability.
The University of Connecticut graduate, who
was selected by the Texans with the 201st overall
pick and the 33rd pick in
the sixth round of the
2013 NFL Draft on April
27, 2013, snagged 19
receptions for 244 yards
and one touchdown during his rookie campaign of
2013, during which the
Houston contingent struggled to a 2-14 record.
The former LHS Lancer played in 15 of the
Texans’ games, starting
eight. The one game he
missed was due to a concussion suffered in a
game against the Oakland
Raiders in week 11.
The LHS grad recorded a career and team-high
six receptions for 62
yards at Indianapolis on
Dec. 15 in week 15, and he
caught five passes and set
a new career high with 66
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This season, the Texas
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team’s first 12 contests.
The ex-Londonderry
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Texans to wins in three of
their first four games of
the 2014 campaign.
At U-Conn, Griffin was
a two-time, Second-Team
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he ranked second among
tight ends in the Connecticut record books
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receptions.
During a stellar senior
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Wrestling
have a competitive team
year in and year out.”
Cucolo’s assistant
coaches will include
Cody Byrd - a former LHS
star who has two younger
brothers wrestling for the
team again this winter Mark Williams, and Travis
Murphey.
Along with 138-pound
class champion Lemieux -
who enjoyed a stellar,
undefeated season last
winter - the Lancers have
key returnees in his fellow
seniors Jake Barr (at 152
pounds), Jake Thorpe
(152 pounds), Kyle Byrd
(160), Sebastian Roszczenko (182), and Richard
Bilodeau (195); juniors
Caleb Moscoso (120 or
126), Andrew Chase (120
or 126), Ryan Cabezas
(126), Kam Lynch (132),
and Mahdi Achab (170),
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(120 or 126), and Colin
Reardon (145).
When asked to point
out the freshmen who
could make some waves,
Cucolo responded with
the names Tyler Leblanc
(106 pounds), Kevin Robischeau (106), Craig Santos (113), Alex Boucher
(145), and William Luzanari (220).
Cucolo’s crew had a
tune-up scrimmage last
Saturday, Dec. 6, which
saw it face off against
teams from Marshwood,
Maine., and White Mountain Regional in Whitefield,
in hopes of being ready for
the start of the 2014-15
campaign this week.
The locals were slated
to get started Wednesday,
Dec. 10, at Manchester
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PA G E 17
LHS Girl Cagers And New Coach Aiming To Defend D-I Title
CHRIS PANTAZIS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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fter being hammered hard by player departures and
the retirement of coach
John Fagula following its
championship victory earlier this year, the Londonderry High girls’ basketball team looks to repeat
as Division I champion
with new leaders on the
floor and on the sidelines.
Veteran junior varsity
head coach and varsity
assistant coach Nick
Theos - who is himself a
former LHS hoopster and
graduate of the school
and whose dad, Tony, is a
former LHS hoop coach steps up into Fagula’s
shoes for the 2014-15
campaign, which the Lady
A
Lancers will begin this Friday night, Dec. 12, on the
road at Alvirne High in
Hudson.
And gone from the
Londonderry fold are allworld point guard Aliza
Simpson - who was named
the state’s Gatorade Player of the Year following
the championship season
and is now playing college
hoops at the University of
New Hampshire - and
hard-nosed and talented
forward Casey Evans,
who has moved on to a
private school in Rhode
Island for her senior year
of high school.
Now, without its top
two players, the Theosled Lady Lancer lineup
steps into a new campaign with three returning
starters back in uniform.
They are senior guard/forward Brittany Roche, who
hit huge baskets in the
team’s semifinal and finalround wins last winter;
junior point guard Jackie
Luckhardt; and sophomore guard Kelsey Coffey.
Other returning varsity players are seniors
Tara Burke (a forward),
Jenna Conroy (guard),
and Noelle Lambert
(guard), versatile junior
Katie Balcom, and her fellow 11th grader Ashley
Berube (center).
After having coached
under Fagula for so long,
new head man Theos is
plenty familiar with his
players and what the
strengths and weaknesses
of his crew are. And he
knows what his Lady
Lancers will need to do to
remain an upper-echelon
squad in tough D-I.
“It’s a very balanced
division this season, wide
open for any number of
teams to step into the top
spots. I just hope we are
playing our best down the
stretch and, if so, we
should be able to play
with anyone,” said Theos.
“We need to continue to
build off last year’s success, along with introducing my own philosophies.
And building a strong
defense from the inside
out using our size and
strength is important. We
will have to make good
decisions in the break and Longtime Londonderry High girls’ sub-varsity baspressing aspects of the ketball coach Nick Theos steps up into the shoes of
game.”
John Fagula this winter. Photo by Chris Pantazis
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LHS Will Host A Big Charity Hoop Jamboree This Week
CHRIS PANTAZIS
LONDONDERRY TIMES
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he
competition
should be plenty
intense and the
cause is a great one, giving local basketball fans
aching for the start of the
high school hoop campaign ample reasons to
head out to the second
annual Coaches For A
Cause Boys’ Basketball
Jamboree at Londonderry
High School this week.
New Hampshire boys’
high school hoop squads
from multiple divisions
will face off, with three
games slated for Friday,
Dec. 12, and five more
scheduled for the next
day.
The admission fee will
T
be $5 per day, and the
proceeds will go to New
Horizons for New Hampshire, an emergency shelter, food pantry, and soup
kitchen in Manchester.
Londonderry High
School graduate and former basketball standout
Kevin Bonney (Class of
1984) - who went on to
play college hoop and
later coach boys’ basketball at Alvirne High in
Hudson - is one of the
organizers of the 2014
jamboree.
“As an alum of Londonderry High School,
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The Friday games
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Alvirne Broncos facing off
against the Blue Knights
of Manchester West High.
At 6:30 p.m., the Goffstown Grizzlies and Sunapee Lakers will tip off, and
then at 8 p.m. local folks
will be able to get their
first looks at 2013-2014
Division I Coach of the
Year Nate Stanton’s Londonderry High Lancers as
they face off against the
Coe-Brown Northwood
cagers.
The host team is coming off a 14-4 season, at
the end of which the
Lancers advanced as far
as the Division I tournament quarterfinals.
The next day’s action
begins at noon with the
Trinity Pioneers of Manchester tipping off against
Pelham High’s Pythons.
Then at 1:30 p.m. it’ll be
the Bishop Guertin Cardinals of Nashua battling
the Berlin Mountaineers,
and at 3 p.m. Manchester
Memorial’s Crusaders will
face Lebanon.
At 4:30 p.m., Pembroke
Academy will run the
court with Conant, and
the jamboree comes to a
close following the 6 p.m.
match-up between the
defending Division I champions from Manchester
Central - led by the colorful coach “Doc” Wheeler and perennial Division II
power Portsmouth.
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Wellness Auction Raises Spirits
The annual Londonderry Middle School Wellness Fair took place
Wednesday, Dec. 5, with more than 100 items to bid on at the silent auction, and 27 raffle baskets to purchase for the holidays. Refreshments
were served,
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Chippin’ In
Local scouts helped
out during fundraisers at
the Londonderry Grange
Hall on Saturday and Sunday by selling wreaths and
a variety of Christmas
items. The wreath sale
raised money for general
maintenance at the Grange
Hall, while the Christmas
goods were a fundraiser
for an Eagle Scout project
for Zach Herrera, back
row center, who is refurbishing the closets at the
Grange Hall.
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Matthew Thornton Collects Gifts for Adopt-a-Family Program
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LONDONDERRY TIMES
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atthew Thornton
Elementary
School collected
hundreds of holiday gifts
for local families participating in the Adopt-aFamily program and for
families in the school.
“It’s a nice thing for
the kids to participate in,”
said Anna Cook, school
nurse and a member of
the Parent Teacher Association.
In an effort to increase
student involvement this
year, students were asked
to decorate tags for the
gifts and helped carry them
into St. Mark the Evangelist
Church on Dec. 6.
“We even had some
alumni come back to help
out again this year,” Cook
said.
It’s Matthew Thornton’s
M
Students hauled out boxes of gifts to load into vehicles on Saturday afternoon to deliver to St. Mark’s.
Matthew Thornton School students past and present came together to collect
gifts to be delivered to area families in need this holiday season.
eighth year participating in shopped for all the needs dents who attend the
the program. This year, vol- of 10 local families, as well school as part of their inunteers at the school as the wish lists of stu- house Giving Tree project.
Cook said the school
collected 300 gifts total to
be distributed to their 10
adopted families, as well
as to Matthew Thornton
students.
Wish lists included
clothing items, winter
coats, toys and games,
Hannah and Willow Newand gifts for the parents.
man-Williams of Londonder“Whenever you’re able
ry helped out selecting the
to help, that will have a
perfect Christmas tree on
positive effect,” Cook
Sunday afternoon at the
said. “We enjoy doing this
Lions Hall on Mammoth
as a community and as a
Road. The Lions purchase
school, and we’re trying
the trees and sell them
to get the kids more
every year to raise money
involved.”
for local charities.
Matthew Thornton adPhoto by Chris Paul
opted families with elementary-school aged children, while the high school
Tough
Choices
adopted older families.
“It’s such a town-wide
effort,” Adopt-a-Family
volunteer Karen Brouillette said. “All the schools
participate, the neighborhoods, the Rotary Club,
the Lions Club, the Boys
and Girl Scouts - the local
supermarkets also chip
in. Everyone is chipping
in to make sure everyone
has something on Christmas. It’s fabulous.”
Brouillette said the
program has been run-
ning through St. Mark’s
for about 10 years but
noted that Kaye Doyle of
St. Jude’s Food Pantry has
been doing it for over 30
years.
The reaction from
adopted families when
they receive their gifts?
“Very often tears,”
Brouillette said. “They
just can’t believe it, and
they’re often overwhelmed with the spirit of
Christmas.”
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AROUND TOWN
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$30.00/week per paper. All Around Town/Calendar Items will be held to 100 words maximum; anything over
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Santa Live
Santa and Mrs. Claus are
coming to the Londonderry
Access Center, 281 Mammoth Road on Saturday,
Dec. 13, from 1 to 3 p.m. At
this free event, children can
visit with Santa live on TV.
Gifts and refreshments are
planned, and parents can
take pictures free. For more
information, call Erin at 4231147.
Twirl Fundraiser
Miss Londonderry, Jaycie Greenberg, hosts a twirl
session for ages 5 to 12 to
benefit the Children’s Miracle Network on Saturday,
Dec. 20, from 1 to 3 p.m. at
the Windham High School
gym, 64 London Bridge
Road in Windham. Attendees should wear sneakers.
The hands-on workshop will
teach baton skills and
tricks. Greenberg currently
is the Feature Twirler at
Windham High and an
instructor for the Red Star
Twirlers of Derry. For
details, email jgreenberg15@
windhamsd.org, or call 3200941. Cost is $10 in advance,
$15 at the door, with taxdeductible checks payable
to Children’s Miracle Network.
Musquash Task Force
Volunteers are sought to
serve on the Town’s
Musquash Task Force, which
will meet monthly. Londonderry residency is required.
Application deadline is
Thursday, Dec. 18. The application seeks answers to nine
questions; they should be
submitted to Kirby Wade at
kwade@londonderrynh.org
or dropped off at Town Hall
during regular business
hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mondays through Fridays.
For details and the list of
questions, contact Kirby
Wade at 431-1100, ext. 120 or
the above email.
VA Hospital Bingo
On Dec. 22 from 7 to 8:30
p.m., American Legion Post
27 will run bingo at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Manchester. Donations are appreciated, or
stop by and help out. The
Legion will serve pizza and
diet soda as well as providing $150 in prize money. For
more information about the
happenings at Post 27, visit
www.alpost27.com or the
Greeley Parmenter Harrington Facebook page.
Elephant Tales
The Leach Library presents a visit from Sookie, star
of the Little Golden Book
“The Saggy Baggy Elephant”
on Monday, Dec. 15, from 4
to 5 p.m. Children will hear
Sookie’s story as well as
other pachyderm tales. Participants will learn elephant
facts and end the program
with dancing Sookie’s special dance. Londonderry
resident and author Janice Spina will read her picture book, “Louey the Lazy
Elephant.” Pictures can be
taken with Sookie. Advance
registration is required. To
register, call 432-1127 or
stop by the Children’s
Room.
Holiday Closures
The Leach Library will
close at 1 p.m. Wednesday,
Dec. 24, and re-open at 10
a.m. Friday, Dec. 26. The
library will also close at 1
p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31,
and re-open at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 2, 2015.
Christmas Eve Services
First Parish Congregational, UCC, 47 East Derry
Road in East Derry holds two
Christmas Eve services
Wednesday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m.
and at 10 p.m. The 7 p.m.
service will be a traditional
service with the church’s full
choir. The second service
will feature special music.
For more information, call
434-0628 or email officemgr@fpc-ucc.org.
Free Dinners
Elijah’s Table, a joint
project of the Episcopal
Church of the Transfiguration and Etz Hayim Synagogue, will host two free
meals this month, Dec. 14 at
the Church of the Transfiguration, 1 Hood Road, Derry
and Dec. 21 at Etz Hayim
Synagogue, 1-1/2 Hood
Road, Derry, both from 5 to
6:30 p.m. At the Dec. 21
meal, Rev. Ray Bonin of
Transfiguration and Rabbi
Queen Victoria
On Thursday, Dec. 11, at Peter Levy of Etz Hayim will
7 p.m., the Leach Library play guitar. Everyone is welwill host “A Visit with Queen come.
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OBITUARY
Dennis Donnelly
Dennis P. Donnelly, 53, of Londonderry died
Dec. 8, 2014 at the Community Hospice House,
Merrimack, surrounded by his family.
He was born on Aug. 9, 1961 in New York, N.Y.,
a son of Gerald Donnelly and Helen (Mausolf)
Donnelly.
He served his country in the U.S. Navy for four
years with the USS Sampston (DDG-10) and USS
Elmer Montgomery (FF-1082). He continued his
service to his country with the U.S. Coast Guard,
retiring in 2002 after having served with USCGC
Gallatin (WHEC-721), C3I East, USCGC Chase
(WHEC-718), VTS-NY, USCGC Dallas (WHEC-716),
ISC-Boston, and Activities NY- VTS.
He had a passion for coaching Londonderry
Youth Football for 17 years. He was an avid sports
fan. He enjoyed golfing and playing on sports
teams.
He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Luanna
(Patten) Donnelly of Londonderry; his two sons,
Dennis P. Donnelly and his wife, Sara, of Greenland and Sean Donnelly of Londonderry and his
girlfriend, Jillian Dejadon; his father, Gerald Donnelly of Pompano Beach, Fla.; his mother, Helen
Donnelly of Long Beach, N.Y.; four siblings, Kevin
Donnelly of Ellenwood, Ga., James Donnelly of
Jacksonville Beach, Fla., Edward Donnelly and his
wife, Gerri, of Long Beach, N.Y., and Jeanne Marie
Donnelly of Long Beach, N.Y.; and many nieces
and nephews.
Calling hours will be held Thursday, Dec. 11,
from 4 to 8 p.m. in the Peabody Funeral Homes
and Crematorium, 290 Mammoth Road, Londonderry. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Friday, Dec. 12, at 10 a.m. in St. Pius X
Church, Manchester. Burial will follow at 12:30
p.m. in the New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, Boscawen. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Jimmy V Foundation via www.gofundme.com/ik9sas. To send a
condolence or for more information, visit
www.peabodyfuneralhome.com.
HU Chant takes place Thursday, Dec. 18, at 7:30 p.m. and
continuing on the third
Thursday of each month at
the Holiday Inn, 2280 Brown
Ave., Manchester. This free
event is sponsored by Eckankar, Religion of the Light
& Sound of God. For more
information, call 800-713HU Chant
An Eckankar Community 8944 or visit www.eckankarnh.org.
Eckankar Worship
An Eckankar Worship
Service will be offered Sunday, Dec. 14. and continuing
the second Sunday of each
month from 10:30 to 11:30
a.m. at the Holiday Inn, 2280
Brown Ave., Manchester.
For more information, call
800-713-8944
or
visit
www.eckankar-nh.org.
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3:23 p.m. Caller reporting
that between noon and 3
p.m., vehicle was broken
into – smashed passenger
Selections from the Londonderry Police Logs
window – and purse
stolen from car at Dunkin’
Wiggins, 21, Nashua Road, fire.
Tuesday, Dec. 2
6:29 p.m. Caller on Raven Londonderry arrested for 6:24 p.m. Londonderry Donuts/Baskin Robbins
Terrace reported some- Criminal Trespass and Fire sending Windham, on Nashua Road.
one opened caller’s mail three counts of Simple Derry and Hudson units
Friday, Dec. 5
Assault. Bail set at $1,000 for possible building fire.
and removed money.
Caller reports
3:27
p.m.
11:07 p.m. Sergeant re- personal recognizance,
four
hunters
with shotThursday. Dec. 4
quests Town Highway De- with Derry Circuit Court
guns
in
area
of
Vista
Ridge
10:55 a.m. Caller on Wyndpartment be called out to date of Jan. 6, 2015.
Drive.
4:49 p.m. Londonderry mere Drive reported
sand slick roads.
Fire reports juveniles set- someone went through 4:33 p.m. Caller reports
kids in swamp on Otterting fire in woods on car and took coins.
Wednesday, Dec. 3
3:20 p.m. Caller on Char- son Road.
2:37 p.m. Caller reports Winding Pond Road.
gunshots in area of power 6:18 p.m. Londonderry marand Row reports
Saturday, Dec. 6
lines on High Range Road. Fire responding to Red neighbor’s geese in her
2:27
p.m. Caller from
4:17 p.m. Erika Lauren Fern Circle for building yard again.
Londonderry Police Log
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Workplace Systems, Inc.,
Mammoth Road reported
sick-looking coyote running in area.
10:40 p.m. Caller reporting loud music again on
Woodbine Drive.
11:12 p.m. Caller on
Woodbine Drive reporting
music is still loud. Officer
said earlier it was at an
appropriate level but he
would check it again.
Street, Manchester arrested by Stumble Inn, Rockingham Road for Criminal
Threatening (intimidation, etc.) and Driving
Under the Influence of
Drugs or Liquor. Bail set
at $750 personal recognizance, with Derry Circuit
Court date of Jan. 26,
2015.
Tuesday, Dec. 9
4:59 a.m. Sergeant reMonday, Dec. 8
quests Town Highway be
12:45 p.m. Unlocked vehi- called out due to roads
cle on Sandybrook Lane starting to ice up, specifigone through last night.
cally South and High
9:12 p.m. Jonathan J. Range roads.
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I-93
interstate, with two lanes
of traffic to be added to
the New Hampshire 102
bridge.
Also to be completed
as part of the improvements project is reconstruction of northbound
on- and off-ramps at Exit
4.
Member Ann Chiampa
asked if infrastructure
was being placed for a
mass transit line to
Boston.
“There’s potential for
mass transit along the
corridor and we left room
to accommodate it, but
nothing is there now,”
Stamnas said.
Stamnas told the
Board there will be some
construction impacts to
town roads as part of the
projects.
“There will be times
when we’re having signalized control in one lane
crossing Ash Street in
order to complete construction on that bridge,”
he said.
Chairman Arthur Rugg
asked what the State
plans to do with the old
cross bridge located
there.
“We’re looking to have
an adaptive reuse. The
bridge has been documented from a historical
standpoint,” he said.
“We’re working on trying
to provide a resting place
for portions of the bridge
and possibly provide
some sort of a plaque for
the bridge itself.”
In addition to the road
and bridge improvements, Stamnas reported
a total of 7,400 linear-feet
of sound wall will be
installed along Trolley
Car Lane and Seasons
Lane, and 10 open water
quality basins will be
installed along the corridor to treat rainfall and
runoff from paved surfaces.
Member Chris Davies
expressed concern for the
impact that corridor
improvements will have
on homes along Stonehenge Road and asked
about sound walls to
buffer those areas.
“A sound investigation
all along the corridor was
completed, and those
that meet the policy for
installation of sound walls
will get sound walls,”
Stamnas said. “I’m not
suggesting it isn’t noisy,
there’s just a policy in
place. An area has to meet
a value criteria of cost to
construct, and a lot of
areas are not dense
enough.”
Exit 4-A Update
In his update on the
status of Exit 4-A improve-
◆
D ECEMBER 11, 2014
ments, Stamnas said the
DOT will take responsibility for final design and
construction of the project.
The preferred alternative locates the new exit
approximately one-half
mile north of the Ash
Street overpass, approximately 1.3 miles north of
Exit 4, according to Stamnas. The proposed road
alignment from the exit
merges with Folsom Road,
then follows Tsienetto
Road.
Additional improvements to the east are also
proposed.
Londonderry and Derry
are responsible for all
costs to complete Environmental Impact Studies
(EIS) for the project, with
a maximum contribution
of $5 million each, including expenditures to date.
The DOT is in the
process of drafting a
three-party agreement
detailing those responsibilities for both towns
and the DOT to sign,
according to Stamnas.
“We’re moving forward with an assessment
of the existing information in the EIS and looking
to see if the information in
it is current and accurate.
Then, once that assessment is complete, we’ll
look to determine next
steps from there,” he said.
“We hope to keep both
towns engaged in the
process so we can take
this to the finish line and
move on with it.”
Member Scott Benson
asked if the DOT has a
timeline for when to
expect Exit 4-A construction to begin.
“It depends on the
EIS,” Stamnas said. “We
need to look at the information from the study
completed in 2007 and
PA G E 23
determine how much
needs to be updated. If
there isn’t a need for
much updating, it could
be six to 12 months. But if
it’s in need of a lot of
information it could take
longer.”
As the DOT shifts
focus north to the remaining $250 million in
improvements along the
corridor past Londonderry up to Manchester,
Stamnas said he encourages residents to check
for corridor news online
at rebuildingI93.com and
to sign up for construction notifications available by email and through
social networking service
Twitter, which provide
advance notification of
traffic-related impacts,
when lanes will be impacted, and when there
could be a delay in commutes when using the
main lines.
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Pipeline
of the pipeline by reading
about it in the newspaper,
he was contacted soon
after by Kinder Morgan
representatives to set up
a meeting, which they had
on Dec. 4.
At their last meeting,
members of the Conservation Commission expressed concern the route may
pass through their easement at Sunnycrest Farm.
Smith, who had an
opportunity to review
detailed maps of Kinder
Morgan's preferred route
at his meeting with representatives from the company, said it doesn’t appear
to go through Sunnycrest.
“But it does go right
next to the Elwood Orchards. It’s not a very
long stretch that goes
through Londonderry. It
runs between the West
Road Fields and Elwood
Orchards. Most of it goes
along the current PSNH
power line right-of-way,”
he said, noting part of the
PSNH right-of-way runs by
Elwood Orchards.
Smith said Kinder Morgan representatives hope
to go before the Town
Council for a public dis-
◆
cussion at their Jan. 5
meeting.
The meeting sponsored by 350 New Hampshire and concerned citizens will be held at the
Mason Elementary School,
13 Darling Hill Road
(Route 123) in Mason from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 13.
Presentations will describe the pipeline and
the proposed route, talk
about the approval process, and explain what
residents may do if they
are opposed to the project.
Speakers will include
representatives of New
Hampshire Pipeline Awareness and the Community Environmental Legal
Defense Fund; and a 20minute film will show
what it's like to have a
compressor station as a
neighbor.
Both the compressor
station and meter station
will be sited in Hillsborough County, according
to information provided
by Kinder Morgan.
Residents of any
affected town are invited.
Those who wish to attend
are asked to respond to
nhpipeline@gmail.com to
ensure adequate seating.
The 17 New Hampshire communities that
may be affected by the
project are Winchester,
Richmond, Troy, Fitzwilliam, Rindge, New Ipswich, Greenville, Mason,
Milford, Brookline, Amherst, Merrimack, Litchfield, Londonderry, Hudson, Windham, and Pelham.
In October, Hollis residents passed several warrant articles opposing a
proposed route for the
pipeline that would pass
through the town. As a
result, the energy company designed an alternate
route in which the
pipeline avoids Hollis and
passes through Londonderry.
Richard Wheatley of
Kinder Morgan said that
alternate route was to be
filed with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC) on Dec. 8,
which begins a year-long
review process.
According to the proposal for the project, the
pipeline would follow a
route of existing power
lines in New Hampshire to
minimize impacts to the
environment and landowners. The power line
route would be approximately 70 miles of mainline routed through Southern New Hampshire, with
approximately 64 miles
being co-located with an
existing 345 kV power line
corridor.
Proponents of the pipeline argue that it’s critical
to bringing down high
energy prices in the
region.
“New England gas
prices in the winter of
2014 were the highest in
the nation, a direct result
of natural gas transportation constraints caused
by insufficient pipeline
infrastructure in New England, resulting in consumers in the region
spending at least $3 billion per year for electricity. This annual cost paid
by New England consumers for electricity
would pay for the additional pipeline infrastructure needed in just one
year and would meet the
energy needs of the
region for years to come,”
according to Kinder Morgan.
Estimated property
taxes in the first year after
the project goes into service include $11.1 million
in taxes to be paid to the
towns and $5.7 million in
taxes to be paid to the
State for local school
taxes. The total estimated
taxes to be paid statewide
amount to $16.8 million.
“The argument in favor of the pipeline is
based on this cry that we
don’t have enough natural gas at peak demand,”
Whitbeck said. “This is a
massive overbuild. They
based their claim of need
on peak demand, which
isn’t functioning all the
time. The capacity of
these
pipelines
far
exceeds the state’s energy needs. The purpose is
to get gas to the world
market. If the idea is to
get a pipeline funded
through a tariff on our
electric bill to provide a
private corporation a
working pipeline for global export - that is a worthy
discussion.”
Whitbeck said every
town along the route
needs to get involved.
“We stand a much better chance of beating this
by making one united,
loud noise,” he said.
But Fore said the constraint on the state’s gas
supply is a real challenge
that has caused New
Hampshire to have some
of the highest gas prices
in the region.
“Getting more gas to
the region is a serious
concern, particularly for
low income folks struggling to pay the bills,” he
said. “These types of projects are necessary to
address those needs and
concerns.”
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