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Derry Council Authorizes
Net Zero Task Force
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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The Derry Town Council
has authorized a trial run of
the proposed Net Zero Task
Force.
The Council voted unanimously to approve the creation of the advisory committee after a presentation
by Councilor Joshua Bourdon at the Feb. 2 Council
meeting.
Bourdon presented his
original proposal at the Jan.
26 meeting. At that time he
explained Net Zero as “The
total amount of energy used
is roughly equal to the
amount of energy created.”
Bourdon explained, “We
would measure our current
efficiency, assessing the
energy use of public and
non-public buildings, how
we can improve our energy
consumption, reduce the
cost of energy, and reduce
our carbon footprint.”
He was asked to come
back with more details, and
presented them at the Feb. 2
meeting.
“We have come up with
a boilerplate for membership, policies and procedures,” Bourdon said.
The committee would
have 11 members, including
a Town Council liaison, a
Derry Cooperative School
District liaison, a Pinkerton
Academy liaison, a representative from the Energy/
Environmental Advisory
Committee, a Public Works
employee, a representative
from the Greater Derry Londonderry Chamber of Com-
merce, a representative from
the Conservation Commission, a delegate from the
Southern New Hampshire
Planning Commission, a
representative from Parkland Medical Center, and
two members of the public.
“These would represent
all our key stakeholders,”
Bourdon said of the committee makeup. “We want buyin from everyone.”
In addition to making
Derry a greener community
and reducing the carbon
footprint, Bourdon listed
other advantages of the Task
Force, including sharing of
knowledge, improved communication, and new revenues from alternative energy and recycling, which
would lead to savings and a
continued on page 13
Planning Board OKs Assisted
Living at Beaver Lake
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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The site of a former
mental health treatment
facility will gain new life as
an assisted living home after
the
Planning
Board
approved the concept.
At its Feb. 3 meeting, the
board heard a presentation
from Doug McGuire, an
engineer with The Dubay
Group, representing the
Mental Health Center of
Southern New Hampshire,
owners of the property at 38
North Shore Road. The
property was formerly
owned by the Center for
Life Management.
The parcel is PID 09090.
Planning
Director
George Sioras said the original building will be demol-
ished and replaced with a
16-bed assisted living facility.
McGuire told the board
the building is planned for
12,000 square feet. It is
within the Shoreland Protection Zone and the owners
intend to maintain the 250foot buffer, he said.
McGuire said the owners
plan to keep the existing
driveway but would add a
turn-around for emergency
vehicles, which was not possible with the prior layout.
The landscape plan will
include plantings around the
new facility and a buffer by
the abutting property, McGuire said. In addition, he
said the developers plan to
keep existing vegetation.
“The design will maintain the existing topogra-
phy,” he said.
McGuire said plans call
for a swale at the top side of
the parking lot to collect
run-off, which would then
be directed to an infiltration
basin.
Thomas Murray, the
contractor, said the building
would be gray with vinyl
siding.
Chairman David Granese asked the size of the proposed facility in comparison
to the old building and
McGuire said the old building was 15,000 square feet
with 22 residential units,
compared to the proposed
12,000 square feet and 16
units.
Member Lori Davison
asked if there would be a
wing for residents with
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Snow Much Fun
Jennifer Woodbury enjoyed a day of
sledding with her sons Logan and Aron on Sunday after Friday’s snowstorm salvaged
what has been a fairly mild winter.
Photo by Chris Paul
Derry Deeded Conservation
Acreage Near Town Forest
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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Derry’s conservation program is starting 2016 on a
high note with the gift of
contiguous land from a local
developer.
At the Feb. 2 Town
Council meeting the Council
heard a presentation from
Planning Director George
Sioras on the deeding of
37.56 acres to the town for
conservation purposes.
The parcel is PID 07058
and is being donated by
Derry Senior Development
LLC. Tim Powers, principal
in Derry Senior Development LLC, was present at
the meeting.
Sioras said the parcel on
Drew Road has a “long history” with the town, with 50
house lots approved in the
1980s. The houses were
never built and the property
changed hands a couple of
times before Powers pur-
chased it, he said.
The current plan is for
five house lots of three acres
each, with the remainder of
the property, the sixth lot,
donated to the town for conservation. The Planning
Board approved the six-lot
subdivision this past September and Attorney Brenda
Keith has reviewed the proposal, Sioras told the Council.
Sioras said the rear of the
property abuts the Town
continued on page 5
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Nutfield News • February 11, 2016
Pinkerton Event Filled With Future Business Leaders
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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Tyler Smith is one of the
hardest-working club advisers at Pinkerton Academy,
according to two of his protégés in the Future Business
Leaders of America (FBLA).
“Mr. Smith is here at
5:45 in the morning to work
on FBLA stuff,” Public
Relations Coordinator Paige
Johnston of Chester said.
Smith’s and his students’
devotion have paid off, with
the Pinkerton FBLA the
largest club on campus, at
170 members, and the
largest FBLA chapter in the
state. His students celebrated their club and recruited
new members recently as
part of the nationwide
FBLA Promotions Week.
Johnston and Julia
Decloux, a junior from
Chester and this year’s Promotions Officer, said a full
week of activities was
planned beginning with a
guest speaker Monday from
Southern New Hampshire
University. The professor is
adviser to the Student Business Leaders of America,
the college equivalent to
FBLA, and was scheduled
to talk about issues including how FBLA helps in
one’s career and what business programs the college
offers.
Monday also marked a
week-long promotion in two
local businesses, Johnston
said. The Coffee Factory has
a window display and
Orange Leaf has a banner
saluting the group.
Tuesday is Partnership
With Business Day and the
schedule is packed, Decloux
said. During the first two
periods, local business representatives will visit the school
offering everything from
marketing advice to customer
service tips. In the afternoon
will be a Movie Social for all
170 members, with free
pizza. On Tuesday some
members will travel to Timberlane Regional High
School In Plaistow to help
that school revive its inactive
FBLA chapter, and also on
Monday, the club officers will
make a presentation to the
Career and Technical Education (CTE) teaching staff.
On Thursday the group
will honor the CTE business
teachers with cards and
goodie bags. It’s also Adviser Appreciation Day, with a
recognition planned for
Smith. And it’s “Dress For
Success” day, with FBLA
members attending classes
in business casual attire.
Friday caps the week
with FBLA Day, and the
members will wear T-shirts
they acquired from various
FBLA competitions.
Johnston has been in
FBLA since her freshman
year, and became interested
in more as a junior. “Some
of my friends were officers
and I saw how much it benefit them,” she said. “It
made them more confident.
They learned skills such as
how to get in touch with
people.” She joined the officers’ team this year.
Decloux has a family
history of FBLA, with older
siblings as members, so she
too joined as a freshman. “I
saw how it benefited them,”
she said. It also helped her
get “grounded” at Pinkerton, after coming from a
Chester graduating class of
75 students.
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“It helped me make a
place here,” she said.
She enjoys being an officer, she said, because she
can interact with students
from every grade.
Why is the club growing? The two girls had a
couple of theories. “Business is one of the more popular fields to go into,”
Decloux observed, adding
that there are many facets of
the business world to explore. The state competitions have events ranging
from public service announcements to marketing
to information technology,
she said.
The club is active in the
Pinkerton community, sponsoring the annual Talent
Show and the Breast Cancer
Walk. They are also active
outside Pinkerton, with three
or four service events a
month, Decloux said. Their
main focus is on the Boys
and Girls Club of Greater
Derry and the Sonshine
Soup Kitchen, she said.
Currently the students
are preparing for the state
FBLA competition in March,
with 43 students planning to
compete in Manchester.
Johnston will compete in the
Annual Chapter Report cate-
From left, Julia Decloux and Paige Johnston, both officers in the Future Business Leaders of America, go
over last-minute plans for FBLA Week.
Photo by Kathleen D. Bailey
gory, and also, with Decloux
and another girl, in Social
Media. Decloux plans to
compete in that category and
as a solo in the Partnership
with Business event.
Last year was a banner
year, Johnston said, with
more than half of Derry’s
competitors placing first in
their events. She gave the
rationale of “We come in
more prepared.”
And the girls pointed
again to Smith, who invests
time in matching the students and their skills to the
right competition. “He helps
us all pick events we will
succeed in,” Decloux said.
Madison St. Onge is
president of the group.
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Carpentry Business Operated From Home Gets OK
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
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A local contractor will be
able to operate his business
out of his home after being
granted a Special Exception
by the Zoning Board of
Adjustment (ZBA).
Jesse Aseltine appeared
before the board at its Feb. 4
meeting to request the special exception to operate his
carpentry and remodeling
business from his home at
21 Chester Road (Route
102). After input from abutters, the board approved the
special exception with several conditions.
The property is PID
43020 and is zoned MDR
(medium density residential).
Aseltine read the criteria
for a special exception,
including:
• The property is his residence. He has lived there
since 2010, he said.
• The proposed use will
not be “injurious, noxious or
offensive” and will not produce “odor, fumes, dust,
smoke, vibrations or noise.”
Aseltine said he does all his
work at the job site. In addition, he said, he has spent
700 hours working on his
own house.
not exceed 25 percent of the
living space. Aseltine said
the extra bedroom he has
designated as his office is
144 square feet, or 8 percent
of the house. However, he
said, he does much of his
work on a laptop from his
living room.
not change the character of
the neighborhood.
• There will be no more
than one sign, 3 square feet
in diameter. Aseltine said he
has no plans for a sign.
• There will be no more
than one non-resident
employee. Aseltine said he
works alone except for subcontractors, who usually
meet him at the site.
• There will be sufficient
off-street parking. Aseltine
said he does not have clients
meet him at the house.
• There will not be more
than one home business.
Aseltine, the father of
four, said, “We love Derry.
It’s a great town. We love the
school district.”
He also said he cares
about the quality of his work
and has no plans to expand
the business.
Vice-chair Allan Virr
asked how long the
Aseltines had been in Derry
and Aseltine said they
bought the house in 2010,
but lived in town for one
year before that.
“How many vehicles do
you have?” Virr asked.
Aseltine said he owns
one Toyota Tundra pickup
truck and has two trailers,
one for utilities and one for
hauling debris. They all fit in
the driveway along with his
wife’s mini-van, he said.
The utility trailer is 10 feet
long and the dump trailer is
8 feet long, he said.
Board member Teresa
Hampton observed that the
town and applicants have
faced problems in the past
regarding safety on Chester
Road. “There are issues of
trucks blocking people’s
point of view,” she said.
Aseltine agreed, saying
he sometimes has to wait to
back the trailers in. But he
has a wide shoulder and usually is able to park until the
traffic clears, he said.
Member Heather Evans
asked if Aseltine kept any
demolition material at the
house and Aseltine said,
“Very little. Most of what’s
there is from working on my
house.”
Delayed reaction
In the board’s initial
interview with Aseltine,
Hampton asked him where
he was conducting his business, pending the special
exception, and Aseltine said,
“From the house.”
But in the public hearing
part of the meeting, Roberta
Robie, also a resident of
Chester Road, quoted letters
from Code Enforcement
Officer Bob Mackey asking
him to “cease and desist”
operating a home business
until the special exception
was obtained. The first letter
was dated April 21, 2015,
and the second Dec. 30,
2015. The second letter stated Mackey would take
enforcement action unless
compliance was achieved.
Hampton said to Aseltine, “You have been sent
two notices, and that is a
concern for me. If the town
sent me a notice, I would
immediately ask why and
would try to rectify it. Why
did you disregard it for such
a long time?”
Aseltine said he and his
wife were considering moving. “We were pursuing that,
and finding it difficult to
find something we liked in
the area,” he said.
Debris
Some of Robie’s concern centered on construction debris. There is a “large
amount” in the driveway and
larger amounts at the side
and back, she said. “He does
burn them, but when one is
burned, another appears,”
she said. She expressed concern that she doesn’t know
what’s being burned, and
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doesn’t know if it’s hazardous.
Aseltine said he has consulted with Fire Chief
Michael Gagnon. While his
family likes to have bonfires, he said he and Gagnon
had come to an agreement
that he would only have
them at night when Robie
was indoors.
“The homes here are
extremely close to one
another, and one fire could
wipe us all out,” Robie
observed. She challenged
Aseltine’s claim that
approval would not change
the residential character of
the neighborhood.
“If the board approves
this, I would request that no
construction debris be stored
and no construction debris
be burned,” she said.
While Mackey said the
use was allowable under the
Tradesman category for special exceptions, he too
expressed concern about the
debris, the subject of his
original letter to Aseltine.
“There seems to be a lot of
debris,” Mackey observed.
“If the board were to grant
this, it would be helpful to
have a restriction on how
much he can store.”
Aseltine said 90 percent
of the construction debris is
from working on his own
home, including a current
stack of pavers he’s saving
for a patio.
Danger
Robie also expressed
concern about hazardous
driving on 102, a state road
known for curves, commuters and cut-throughs. A
nursing home is across the
street with frequent visitors
along with ambulances and
fire trucks, she said. A transportation company a few
doors up deploys school
buses, and the drivers park
their personal vehicles on
the side of the road.
“I cannot see oncoming
traffic to exit my driveway in
a safe manner,” she said.
Art Learnard, a direct
abutter to the Aseltines,
agreed there was a problem
on that stretch of 102, but
said it came from the nursing home. “A lot of my family is lucky to be alive,”
Learnard said. “When I go
to get the mail, it’s a life-ordeath situation.”
Virr agreed, saying when
he exits East Derry Road to
the circle, “The cars don’t
stop even though I have the
right of way.
“But I don’t think you’re
the cause of it,” he told Aseltine.
Learnard, who is also a
construction and remodeling
specialist, admitted he had a
“bias” toward Aseltine, but
he also said of five families
in 40 years, the Aseltines are
the best neighbors he’s had
on that property.
“My only issue is his
three rambunctious boys,
but I understand he’s building a fence,” Learnard said
jokingly, to which Chairman
Lynn Perkins quipped back,
“Who’s paying for it?”
Deliberative
In the board’s deliberative session, Virr observed
that it’s not the board’s
purview to tell Aseltine not
to burn. “Anyone has the
right to burn material with a
permit,” he said.
The board imposed the
following conditions: the
approval is subject to all
state and local permits,
including burning permits;
no construction debris may
be stored except from work
on his own residence; hours
of operation are Mondays
through Saturdays, 7:30
a.m. to 6 p.m.; and no onstreet parking.
The board voted 5-0 to
grant the special exception.
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Editorial
Winter At Last
Winter was treating us so well this
year, as the weather warmed and the
days felt and looked almost like spring.
Then, being it’s New England, things
changed.
Just in time for the first-in-the-nation
Presidential Primary, we were treated to
10 inches of snow, followed by even
more snow leading up to Primary Day.
It’s almost as if in one week we found
ourselves in a game of catch-up.
Time to make snowmen, to try not to
slide off the road, to get out the snowshoes and the cross-country skis, and to
deal with plowing mud in the driveway.
And an added oddity – local sugar
producers were out tapping trees in the
warm daytime temperatures at the end of
January and start of February, and managed to boil some maple syrup before
having to call a hiatus when the colder
temperatures returned.
Adventure is what winter is all
about, and events coming up invite us to
venture outdoors to enjoy what the season can offer.
Londonderry hosts its annual
Musquash Conservation Area Field Day
on Feb. 13. Attend this free event to
learn about the outdoors in winter –
information about local wildlife and
winter botany will be offered – as well
as to enjoy the conservation area with its
opportunities for cross-country skiing
and snowshoeing.
And the day includes one of the
highlights of winter festivals – refreshments around an open fire.
Don’t stop there: conservation areas
in all of our towns are equally fine settings for winter snowshoe and crosscountry visits.
Derry’s annual Frost Festival, which
was questionable a week ago because of
the lack of snow, is on schedule for the
weekend of Feb. 12-14 with a wealth of
outdoor events. Whether your taste runs
to sledding or snowshoeing, Frost Festival offers plenty of free fun.
There’s a theme here. We live in an
area replete with opportunities for winter
fun – and you don’t have to spend your
money on ski passes to enjoy it. Plenty of
outdoor activities can be had for little to
no expense right in our own backyard –
and you get the benefit of enjoying the
stark but striking winter landscape and
getting exercise at the same time. Just
bundle up and be careful.
And if you like looking ahead, check
your mailbox - you just might find seed
catalogues among the political ads. If
staying warm indoors is your activity of
choice, now is the time to think about a
garden. After all, spring is right around
the corner.
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Man Arrested for Sexual Assault
KAITLYN G. WOODS
NUTFIELD NEWS
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Derry and Londonderry
Police have charged a Derry
man with rape.
Derry Police charged
Murray Huber Jr., 67, of
40L Berry Road with five
counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault and five
counts of incest related to an
ongoing series of incidents
that are alleged to have
occurred over a period of
years starting in 2007,
Planning
continued from page 1
“memory impairment,” and
Murray said no. The facility
will be for seniors who need
help with some daily needs,
he said. It is not a nursing
facility, though nursing care
will be on call and a staff
person will be present 24-7.
In a public hearing on
the proposal, abutter David
Rivard asked how close the
building would come to his
property and if it would
affect his well. McGuire
said the closest point to
Rivard’s property line was
31.4 feet. That is one of the
areas they are planning to
buffer, with a double row of
evergreen trees, McGuire
said.
Rivard also noted that a
dumping ground is at the
rear of the property, with 4
to 7 feet of discards from the
1950s and ‘60s. “Since
you’re having heavy equip-
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ment in there, could you get
rid of that?” he asked
McGuire.
It is a reasonable request,
McGuire responded, noting
that the Conservation Commission had asked the developers to remove invasive
plants, and the trash dump
could be dealt with at the
same time.
Abutter Robin Thurgood
asked how the proposal
would affect the waterfront.
“It is a significant piece of
shoreline,” he said.
But McGuire said the
developers are not proposing
any work to be done within
the 250-foot buffer.
In the board’s debate,
town engineer Mark L’Heureux noted that the KeachNordstrom engineering report mentioned a need to
trim the trees around existing power lines. “Other than
that, we have no issues,”
L’Heureux said.
The developers applied
for three waivers, including
one from the requirement
for underground utilities.
McGuire said the developers
are proposing maintaining
the run of power up to the
last utility pole, but from
that point on, installing
underground wiring. “We
are proposing a full-capacity
generator for this site,” he
said. “If there is a power
loss, there will be full operational capacity at the facility.”
McGuire explained that
maintaining the existing line
would be preferable to digging up the ground in the
shoreland protection area.
The board gave conditional approval of the application with the following
conditions: trimming the
trees around the power lines,
board review and approval
of buffer plantings, and
removal of the debris pile.
approve the application.
Council Approves Grant for Employee Wellness
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
Serving Londonderry
$30,000 cash bail, and released out of Rockingham
County Jail on Jan. 14.
On Feb. 3, Derry Police
arrested Huber at his home
on Londonderry’s warrant.
Londonderry Police charged Huber with two counts of
felonious sexual assault
fondling, five counts aggravated felonious sexual assault forcible rape and six
Murray Huber Jr.
counts of incest.
The victim reported the
according to Derry Police
incidents to the appropriate
Capt. Vern Thomas.
Huber was held on agencies in 2015.
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The Derry Town Council
has approved the application
for and acceptance of a grant
from HealthTrust to continue the employee wellness
programs.
Interim Town Administrator Susan Hickey presented the grant at the Feb. 2
Town Council meeting on
behalf of Wellness Coordi-
nator Elizabeth Robidoux.
The grant would be for
$500 and would be used to
implement a health and
safety day or other components of a wellness program,
according to Hickey.
Initiatives funded by the
last grant were a Wall Squat
Challenge with 15 employee
participants; a Reiki Challenge with nine participants;
a Stair Climb Challenge
with 33 participants; a
Planking Challenge with 12
participants and Fresh Fruit
Fridays.
Hickey wrote in a
memo, “The Town of Derry
is committed to continuing
to raise awareness of the
importance of employees’
(and their families’) physical activity and health.”
The Council voted unanimously to approve the
receipt and expenditure of
the grant.
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Frost Festival Gets Help From Recent Snowstorms
PENNY WILLIAMS
NUTFIELD NEWS
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Begun almost two decades ago, the Derry Frost
Festival provides residents
with winter fun, and runs
Friday, Feb. 12 through Sunday, Feb. 14 this year.
Friday features a free
Spaghetti Supper sponsored
by the Derry Village Rotary
Club held at 5 p.m. at the
Gilbert H. Hood Middle
School cafeteria.
Saturday begins with a
5K snowshoe event hosted
by the Granite State Future
Farmers of America Association at J & F Farms on
Route 102, with money
Conservation
Forest and has some wetlands. “Mr. Powers decided
to donate the land,” he said,
explaining that with the wetlands, it is not suitable for
further development.
raised to benefit agriculture
students statewide. The 2K
and 5K races start at 11 a.m.,
with registration at 9:30 a.m.
Weather and snow cover
will determine whether the
races will be snowshoe or on
foot, but given recent snowstorms, it appears snowshoe
races will be available.
From noon to 2 p.m. at
Veterans Hall, Derry Parks &
Recreation hosts a family
showcase featuring the premier of the Derry Public
Library’s latest puppet show,
“The Amazing Bone,” based
on William Steig’s picture
book. During intermission, a
game of Twister will be sponsored by The Upper Room.
The afternoon concludes with
Wildlife Encounters.
New this year are children’s games inside Orange
Leaf at Hood Commons
between 1 and 3 p.m. Saturday. Crafts and board games
with prizes are featured.
Culinary Playground sponsors cookie decorating at the
same time and place.
And in front of Benson’s
Ski Shop on Saturday between noon and 3 p.m. will
be an opportunity to try Fat
Bikes and snowshoes.
Teen Night runs 4 to 6
p.m., sponsored by the Community Alliance for Teen
Safety (CATS) at Church of
the Transfiguration, 1 Hood
Sioras said the rear of the
property abuts Jackman Road,
a discontinued road subject to
gates and bars; on the other
side of Jackman Road is the
Weber Town Forest.
Councilor Richard Tripp
said, “Having been an alternate member on the Conser-
vation Commission, I am
well aware that one of their
goals is to create contiguous
conservation areas. I am
very much in favor of
accepting this property.”
The Council voted 7-0 to
accept the deed to the property.
Road. Games, crafts and a
dance, along with pizza and
other refreshments, will be
provided. The day concludes
with the showing of “The
Princess Bride,” sponsored
by This is My Derry at 7:30
p.m. at the Derry Opera
House. Admission is free
with purchase receipts from
any sponsoring small business obtained from Feb. 713. Participants are encouraged to wear period costume.
Several Sunday events
have been cancelled, including all activities at Hoodkroft
Golf Course and hockey,
skating, ice fishing and
snowmobile rides at Beaver
Lake.
The Chili Contest sponsored by the Beaver Lake
Improvement Association
runs Sunday from noon to 3
p.m. at Alexander-Carr
Playground. Alexander-Carr
offers sledding from 10 a.m.
until 5 p.m. and ice sculptures between 11 a.m. and 4
p.m. with a Star Wars theme;
Saturday’s Frost Festival activities begin with a 5K snowshoe event hosted by the Granite State Future Farmers of
America Association at J & F Farms. Photo by Chris Paul
the annual bonfire starts at
noon.
Also at Alexander-Carr
on Sunday, between 1 and 3
p.m., Goddard School sponsors arts and crafts, Derry
Parks & Recreation spon-
sors face painting, and
between 2 and 3 p.m. the
Frost Festival King and
Queen contest will take
place, sponsored by Miss
Greater Derry.
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Frost Road Subdivision Gets Planning Board Approval
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
The Derry Planning
Board has given its approval
to a lot line adjustment and
three-lot subdivision on
Frost Road.
Engineer Eric Mitchell
appeared at the Feb. 3 Planning Board meeting on
behalf of Richard and Sandra Salvo, owners of two
lots on Frost Road.
The two lots are PID
03104-005 and 03104-005001 and are 4.26 and 5.36
acres respectively. Mitchell
said the Salvos want to
move the lot line, placing the
existing home on 2.1 acres,
and sell the other parcel to
Jim Taylor of New England
Land Acquisitions LLC,
who intends to develop the
remaining eight acres into
three 2-acre house lots.
The area is zoned Low to
Medium Density Residential. Mitchell said each of
the proposed lots has 150
feet of frontage and individual wells and septic.
Planning Vice-Chair John
O’Connor said the proposal
had been discussed in the
Technical Review Committee (TRC) and Deputy
Director of Public Works
Tom Carrier raised the question of MTBE in the area.
In 2014, Derry was one
of four New Hampshire
towns deemed at risk for
MTBE contamination, and
free water testing was offered to owners of 478 properties in parts of Windham,
Pelham, Derry and Londonderry.
MTBE, or methyl tertiary butyl ether, is a gasoline
additive classified as carcinogenic. It contaminates
groundwater supplies as a
result of fuel spills or leaks.
Mitchell said the applicant has spoken to the New
Hampshire Department of
Environmental Services and
was told that it was unlikely
this site was contaminated.
“Others in the neighborhood
have been tested and the levels are diminishing,” Mitchell said, adding that Code
Enforcement Director Bob
Mackey told the applicant
that no building permit
would be issued until testing
had been done.
“The applicant is well
aware of the issue,” Mitchell
said.
Board member Jim
MacEachern pressed, “But
is there an issue now? What
is the current situation at that
home? If they divide these
two lots into four lots, it
could multiply a problem.”
In the public hearing
Danielle Allen, a resident of
South Range Road and for-
Council Dissolves Two Obsolete Capital Reserve Funds
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
The Derry Town Council has approved the dissolution of two obsolete Capital
Reserve Funds.
The Council heard a
presentation on the two
funds by Controller Janice
Mobsby at the Feb. 2 Council meeting, after which
Councilors voted unanimously to discontinue the
accounts.
Mobsby told the Countil
that the Fire Apparatus Capital Reserve Fund was
established in May 1994. It
has carried a zero balance
since its reserves were
depleted in 2011, she said.
Mobsby reminded the
Council of a 2013 decision
on fund balance policy that
transfers general fund surplus of above 13 percent of
appropriations in the Unassigned Fund Balance to the
Capital Reserve Fund. As a
result, she wrote in a memo,
“the Fire Apparatus Capital
Reserve Fund has become
obsolete, and closure would
simplify the tracking of
funds for ease of management.”
There were no speakers
in a public hearing, and the
Council voted unanimously
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to close the account.
A similar account was
established for Police Vehicle
Replacement in May of
2003, according to Mobsby.
This account has carried a
balance of less than $800
since 2005. Again, she referenced the 2013 decision to
place general fund surplus in
the Capital Reserve Fund for
Fire, Police, Public Works
and Information Technology.
However, the Police
Vehicle fund still had
$723.31 in it and Mobsby
reminded the Council of
RSA 35:16-A, which states,
“Any town, school district,
village district or county
which has established a capital reserve fund pursuant to
the provisions of this chapter may, as provided by RSA
35:3, vote to discontinue
said capital reserve fund. If
such fund is discontinued,
the trustees of the trust fund
holding the account for said
fund shall pay all the monies
in such fund to the town,
district or county treasury as
applicable.”
Mobsby said that under
state law, she can’t just
transfer the $723.31 to the
Capital Reserve Fund. “It
has to go through the general fund first,” she said. A
subsequent request will
transfer the money to the
Capital Reserve Fund, she
said.
There were no speakers
in a public hearing, and the
Council voted 7-0 to transfer the money to the general
fund.
merly of Frost Road, said
that her property had been
tested for MTBE. “It’s a few
parts per billion,” she said.
“It’s less than it could be but
more than I’d like.”
Allen asked about access
to the new lots from South
Range Road and Mitchell
said all the driveways were
on Frost Road. “The main
access is off Frost Road,” he
said. While he couldn’t rule
out situations where residents would access their
properties from the rear,
with a pickup truck or other
sturdy vehicle, he said that
would not be the norm.
Mitchell reiterated that
the Salvos are planning to
keep their home and lot and
sell the rest of the property
to Taylor.
“Will it be tax positive?”
Allen asked.
MacEachern said there
was no way of telling at this
point. “It depends on the
size of the houses and how
many kids the families
have,” he said.
approve the plan.
OBITUARY
William Ellis Sr.
William Francis Ellis Sr., 77, of Derry died Feb. 2,
2016 at Concord Hospital, surrounded by his family,
after a battle with cancer.
He was born Feb. 19, 1938 in Lawrence, Mass., a
son of the late Charles and Martha (Cote) Ellis.
Mr. Ellis was raised and educated in Lawrence,
Mass., and graduated from the Essex Agriculture/Technical School.
He had been a resident of Derry for several years.
Mr. Ellis served as a member of the U.S. Navy from
1955 to 1959 on the carrier USS Randolph.
He was a truck driver by trade and spent many years
as an owner/operator and hauled for many companies,
including Beacon Van Lines.
He enjoyed fishing and was an avid Red Sox fan.
Mr. Ellis formerly ran the “Road Back Club” and
was a volunteer counselor with the Friendship Center of
Derry.
Survivors include his wife, Linda (Waterman) Ellis;
a daughter, Sheri Ellis; a son and his wife, Paul and
Cynthia Ellis; a son, William F. Ellis Jr. and his wife,
Jean; a daughter, Elizabeth Ellis, and a son, David
McCormack; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and his brother Robert Ellis and his wife, Denise.
He was predeceased by his brother Frank Ellis.
Calling hours were Feb. 5 at the Peabody Funeral
Homes and Crematorium, Derry, followed by a funeral
service that day at the funeral home. To send a condolence, visit www.peabodyfuneralhome.com.
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Resident Questions Vote Change on Citizens United
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
Several Republican state
representatives say they
changed their votes on a proposed constitutional amendment to overturn the Citizens United decision, but
were neither coerced nor
pressured to vote a certain
way.
Resident Corinne Dodge, a proponent of campaign
finance reform, raised the
question of coercion after
some of the representatives
changed their votes in a
lengthy session on SB 136,
which would have made
New Hampshire the 17th
state to request that the Federal government re-establish
campaign finance reform.
The New Hampshire Senate
voted unanimously to support SB 136, but the House
rejected it.
Derry was one of 69
New Hampshire municipalities calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn the 2010 U.S. Supreme
Court ruling, Citizens United vs. the Federal Election
Commission, which critics
say undid the work of the
McCain-Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
of 2002.
In that case the conservative group Citizens United
wanted to air a film critical
of Hillary Rodham Clinton
and to advertise the film during television broadcasts.
The move was in apparent
violation of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act
or BCRA, commonly known
as McCain-Feingold, which
in its Section 203 defined an
“electioneering communication” as a broadcast, cable,
or satellite communication
that mentioned a candidate
within 60 days of a general
election or 30 days of a primary, and prohibited such
expenditures by corporations
and unions. The U.S. District
Court for the District of
Columbia held that Sec. 203
of BCRA applied and prohibited Citizens United from
advertising “Hillary: The
Movie” in broadcasts or paying to have it shown on television within 30 days of the
2008 Democratic primary
elections.
The Supreme Court
reversed this decision, striking down those provisions of
BCRA that prohibited corporations - including nonprofit corporations - and
unions from making independent expenditures and
“electioneering communications.”
On Jan. 29, 2015, the
Derry Town Council voted
unanimously to support
sending a resolution to Congress asking it to overturn
the Citizens United decision. But less than a year
later, the New Hampshire
House voted against the resolution on Jan. 7 of this year.
The Washington-based
group Public Citizen, which
is advocating for reform, has
stated that in the New
Hampshire 2012 gubernatorial race that followed the
ruling, outside groups spent
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The Web site for the
New Hampshire Rebellion,
a campaign finance reform
group, states, “Five years
after Citizens United, private interests on both the left
and right have invested billions of dollars to shape the
national debate and influence who gets elected.
Politicians spend the bulk of
their time raising money
from a wealthy few rather
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Meanwhile, the majority of
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supporters to sign a pledge,
query Presidential candidates on their stance on
campaign finance reform,
and walk for the cause in the
manner of Doris “Granny
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attention to the cause with a
transcontinental walk.
In a phone interview,
Dodge said she contacted
several of the 10 Republican
representatives from Derry
and asked them to support
the amendment.
Dodge said the bill was
passed by the Senate and
then stayed in the house for
eight months before finally
going to a vote on Jan. 7.
The original vote was 156152 in favor of the amendment. Then came a vote to
reconsider, as well as five
other votes and a breakdown
of the voting machines
before the final vote of 144159, in which the House
voted not to support the
amendment.
Dodge said she thinks
some of the representatives
changed their votes under
coercion or pressure from
Republican House leadership.
Rep. Phyllis Katsakiores, R-Derry said she
changed her vote. “There
were six votes taken,” Katsakiores said. “It was very
confusing. The ‘whips’ were
running around trying to get
everyone in order.”
She supported Dodge’s
request on the first five
votes, but on the sixth
changed to be more in harmony with Republican
House leadership, she said.
Katsakiores said she did
not feel coerced.
Rep. Bob Fesh, R-Derry
also changed his vote after
the Republican leadership
went into a caucus and came
out with a negative vote. “I
voted against it with our
leadership,” he said.
Rep. Katherine Prudhomme-O’Brien, R-Derry
said she had discussed the
issue with Dodge but hadn’t
promised to vote for it, and
she voted against it. “I believe in free speech,” Prudhomme-O’Brien explained.
“It’s the same free speech
corporations and unions get
- but what’s the alternative? I
support anybody saying
what they want.”
Rep Thomas Cardon, RDerry, however, confirmed
that he did not change his
vote. “Why would I?” he
asked. “I support this. It’s
time to get big money out of
politics.”
Both Cardon and Katsakiores also serve on the
Derry Town Council.
Page 8
Pinkerton Student Wins Regional Idol Scholarship
these to showcase my performing skills and my voice,” Morgane said. “Choosing the right
songs for a competition is the
most difficult thing, but the
most fun was being able to
work with a live band. I had an
awesome sax player for one
song who made it so much
fun.”
The win came with a
PENNY WILLIAMS
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
Morgane Grace Vigroux
of Derry is the winner of the
fifth annual Regional Idol
Scholarship Competition,
held in January at Saint
Anselm College’s Dana Center Theatre.
Vigroux, 14 and a freshman at Pinkerton Academy, is
passionate about theater and
is presently acting in two
local shows, Pinkerton Academy Players’ “Beauty and the
Beast,” in which she is cast as
Belle, and the Kids Coop
Theatre presentation of “Alice
in Wonderland,” in which she
is cast as the Queen of Hearts.
The Idol scholarship program for New Hampshire
high school students is sponsored by the Bedford Rotary
Club. Vigroux has also competed in the Seacoast Idol,
Hampton Beach Idol and
Derry’s Got Talent competitions.
She started out as a Red
Star Twirler and then was cast
in “Annie,” where her love of
$1,000 scholarship. She said
she wants to use it to attend
another summer training program in New York to get closer
to Broadway and theater people.
“My goal is to get to be in
a Broadway show eight times a
week,” she said. “I am happiest
when I am on stage and have
the lights shining on me. I just
love being on stage.”
The process of participating in the fifth annual Idol
Scholarship Competition took
three months of rehearsals with
the program directors, Ed and
Jan Bordeleau of Bordeleau
Keyboard Studios in Bedford.
She is currently a contestant in this week’s Miss New
Hampshire Outstanding Teen.
Recent Storms Not Much Bother
KATHLEEN D. BAILEY
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
It was a long time comMorgane Vigroux of Derry is the winner of the fifth
ing, but Derry saw its first
annual Regional Idol Scholarship Competition.
major snowstorm of the
being on stage was kindled. way musical “Jekyll & 2016-17 season this past FriShe said Red Star Twirler Hyde.” Three judges decided day, after a relatively uncoach Gina Hutchinson the semi-final round and snowy and even warm
remains a big supporter of her advanced four contestants to December and January.
but recognized her passion the finals, including Vigroux. Closed schools made for
She sang “Wherever He lightened traffic, though politwas theater. “She still has me
sing at some of her Twirler Ain’t” from the Broadway ical junkies out for a last look
competitions,” Vigroux said. musical “Mack and Mabel” to at candidates took the place of
In her semi-final round at win the audience vote and moms and dads in carpools.
the Regional Idol Scholarship first place.
Director of Public Works
“I don’t usually sing con- Michael Fowler admitted that
Competition, she sang “A
New Life” from the Broad- temporary songs but chose even he was surprised at the
volume of snow. “I knew we
were to expect between four
and six inches,” Fowler said in
a phone interview Monday.
“But the rate of the fall was
intense from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
at some points one to two
inches per hour.”
Fowler’s snow removal
plan proceeded on schedule,
though the snow was heavy
and wet. The evening commute was problematical, but
his crews kept at it, and by Friday night all they had left were
sidewalks. They did a couple
of runs on Saturday, removing
melted snow pack from a few
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of the roads, and one run on
Sunday to clean up.
“For our first major storm
we did well,” Fowler said,
adding that starting off with no
snow made it easier to remove
the snow they got. Last year, he
said, it just kept coming and
they ran out of places to put the
cleared snow. This year, so far,
they don’t have that problem.
“It is winter,” Fowler said,
and “we’re prepared for anything.”
Derry Police Capt. Vern
Thomas said Monday that the
department saw no major accidents on Friday. Fender-benders or people going off the
road were another matter, with
49 incidents between 7 a.m.
and 3 p.m.
“At one point in time the
snow got ahead of us, and we
had several vehicles off the
road at the same time,”
Thomas said. But Public
Works “caught up” to the fastfalling snow, and the volume
of accidents slowed.
The local schools had cancelled classes the night before,
which gave police, fire and
Public Works fewer cars to
deal with, Thomas said. People
did venture out to see the many
political candidates stumping
before Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, but he said, “The
other traffic was not out there.”
“Having school cancelled
was a huge advantage,” Fowler
agreed.
Derry Police Lt. Eric
Kester characterized the two
storms, Friday and Monday, as
“night versus day.”
“Friday, the 5th, was a
complete disaster,” Kester said
in a phone interview Tuesday.
“We had 24 accidents and 19
cars off the road between 8
a.m. and 3 p.m.” In addition,
Kester said, Friday saw several cases of downed wires.
In contrast, Derry police
responded to only two incidents on Monday between 11
a.m. and 9 p.m., and both were
single cars off the road, Kester
said.
“The conditions were different,” Kester said. “The
snow Friday was heavy and
wet and it was difficult to
remove.”
In contrast, he said, the
snow Monday was light and
fluffy. “You couldn’t even
make a snowball with it,”
Kester said.
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Astro Boy Cagers Best Londonderry’s Lancers Again
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
The Pinkerton Academy
boys’ basketball squad’s 23point thumping of the
Londonderry High Lancers
on Monday, Feb. 1 in Derry
in a rematch of the 2014-15
Division I title game attracted attention in the division.
But could the streaking Astros best the stumbling Lancers again on Londonderry’s
home floor days later?
The answer to that question wound up being a
resounding yes for the academy cagers, who tallied their
eighth straight win in advancing to 10-1 in the division. But the 68-62 road victory on Saturday, Feb. 6 certainly wasn’t anywhere near
as easy as the earlier one had
been.
The two teams battled to
a 16-16 tie in the first quarter, but LHS - coming into
the game having gone 1-5 in
its last six games and grasping a sub-par, 4-6 record outscored Pinkerton in the
second quarter on the way to
a 38-26 halftime lead.
The Lancers’ junior
standout Jake Coleman who had been held to 13
points in the earlier meeting
- already had 14 of them by
the mid-way point of the
second quarter on the way to
helping his side to outscore
the Astros by 22-10.
Astros’ senior standout
and top scorer Brennan
Morris, who had missed the
first meeting with Lon-
donderry due to a case of
food poisoning, returned for
the rematch but didn’t have
a great first half and seemed
to be forcing his offense.
But Morris would play a big
part in Pinkerton’s second
half, when the visitors outscored their hosts 42-24 in
collecting the victory.
After scoring just six
points in the first half,
Morris netted 15 more in the
second and helped his
Astros to virtually nullify
the efforts of Lancer stalwart Coleman. Coleman
would only tally three more
points in half number two.
The game was tied at 4848 at the end of three periods after PA outscored its
host by a 22-10 margin in
the third, and Pinkerton then
Ball Trophy Battle Continues
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
It’s conceivable that the
annual Ball Family Trophy
games between the Londonderry High School and
Pinkerton Academy winter
varsity sports teams could
come down to the state spirit championships for the second consecutive year.
Coming into this week,
the PA varsity squads had
won head-to-head battles
with LHS teams in wrestling, girls’ gymnastics, boys’
swimming, boys’ track and
field, and boys’ basketball
for a total of five wins.
LHS squads had won ice
hockey, girls’ swimming,
girls’ track, unified basketball, and girls’ hoop contests
to also tally five Ball Trophy
victories.
The PA and LHS ski
squads are meeting this
week, after Nutfield Publishing press time.
If the rivals should each
have one ski squad place
higher, that would leave the
Ball competition knotted up
at 6-6 and force the spirit tiebreaker in mid-March.
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netted the first 11 points of
the fourth quarter in collecting a 59-48 lead.
Cam McDonald sank a
three-pointer with 4:55 left
in the game for the Lancers’
first points of the fourth, and
he and his teammates were
able to fight their way back
to within three points (6562) with a little less than a
minute to play. But the hosts
would get no closer to victory than that.
Morris’ 21 points led all
scorers while Matt Rizzo
contributed 15, Ben Olson
notched 14, and Tommy
Romick snared 12.
Londonderry got 20
points from Matt Corey, 17
from Coleman, and eight
from Cole Britting in suffering its sixth loss in seven
games.
PA coach Peter Rosinski
said that his team’s biggest
short-coming in the first half
was the fact that it didn’t
“value” the ball as much as
it should have, perhaps taking for granted that it had
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Lady Astro Hoopsters Fall to Londonderry by 11 Points
Saturday, Feb. 6 was a
much-anticipated one locally. And the folks who attended that battle - won by
Londonderry by a 39-28
score - saw some impressive
round-ball, with team defense at the forefront.
The Lady Lancers stepped into play with a 10-2
record, losing only to
Bedford and Winnacunnet,
who recently ended the LHS
crew’s eight-game winning
streak.
The visiting Lady Astros
also had a rather uncomfortable week off after seeing
their perfect 10-0 record
blemished by a loss to
Nashua North.
The meeting between
Londonderry and Pinkerton
last weekend featured some
impressive defensive work
from both sides, but particularly from the host Lancers in
their 11-point win, which
made them 11-2 on the D-I
campaign and left PA at 10-2.
Pinkerton freshman forward Brooke Kane tries the old
The Astro bunch was
under-and-up shot during her team’s loss to also left frustrated by its
time defending Division I
champion Londonderry High
——◆—–––
girls’ basketball squad and
The Ball Family Trophy the rival Pinkerton Academy
contest between the two- Lady Astros at LHS on
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
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Photo by Chris Paul
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inability to hit many shots,
with a stinging 0-for-15 skid
through most of the third
quarter and into the fourth
hampering the academy side
in its hopes of posting a victory in enemy territory.
After the contest, LHS
coach Nick Theos hinted to
members of the press that
his skilled cagers definitely
deserve credit for minimizing PA’s scoring chances in
the double-digit victory.
“I keep telling the kids
that if we keep top-five
teams under 30 points, there
are going to be nights where
it’s not going to be because
of a bad shooting night for
the other team,” said the
coach. “Today we gave a
maximum effort, as usual.”
Neither team shot well in
the first period, but Londonderry had a 9-4 advantage
after that stanza after hitting
four of its 17 shot attempts
from the floor. Pinkerton
sank just two of its 11
attempts from the floor.
The Astros had those
same shooting numbers from
the floor in quarter two
while their hosts sank just
one of their 13 attempts
from the field during those
eight minutes, and at the
halftime break the Lady
Lancers grasped a modest
15-10 advantage.
But after sinking its first
shot from the floor in the
third quarter - on a successful Courtney Velho attempt to trim its deficit down to
three points at 15-12,
Pinkerton missed 15 consecutive shots from the floor in
falling behind by 10 points
(24-14) at the end of three
quarters and trailing by 14
(30-16) midway through the
fourth quarter before Sara
McLeman finally ended the
shooting skid.
The academy side didn’t
get its deficit much below
double digits for long during
the final period as the Lady
Bowlers Challenged in Queen City
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
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bowling squad didn’t enjoy
the greatest day in a fourteam match on the Spare
Time lanes in Manchester
on Saturday, Feb. 6.
Competing against the
host Goffstown Grizzlies,
Laconia Sachems, and
Spaulding High Red Raiders
from Rochester, the Astros
took the third seed in standard-round competition and
then split with two opponents in Baker level action.
In Baker play, the Astros
first faced second-seeded
Spaulding and lost two out
of three games.
They won the first by a
170-158 tally, but then lost
the next two by scores of
168-167 and 179-121.
The locals then disposed
of Laconia in two games by
scores of 171-105 and 17299. Hence, the Astros took
one team point for the day.
In the two standardround games, Pinkerton
rolled games of 769 and 796
for a total of 1,565.
For PA, Tyler Gendron
scored games of 100 and
108, Austin Caux had a 147
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Lancers raced to the finish
line powered by star senior
guard Jackie Luckhardt,
who wound up leading all
scorers with a dozen points.
The hosts’ win was also
helped along by seven points
from Kate Balcom and six
apiece from Ashley Evans
and Kat Wells. Pinkerton now dealing with a miniature two-game losing streak
after starting out 10-0 - got
11 points from standout veteran guard Marissa Stacy,
eight from Velho, and six
from Amanda Lemire.
“We’re going to have
nights where our shots don’t
fall, that’s inevitable. But
our offense has to work
harder on execution. Right
now, we’re a one-and-done
team,” lamented PA coach
Lani Buskey, referring to her
team’s trouble with getting
more than one shot opportunity on each trip down the
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and a 176, Whitney Leyland
rolled a 141 and a 126,
Keenan Nash bagged consistent games of 179 and
178, and David Pierson had
consistent performances of
202 and 210. Their fellow
roster members contributing
included Mike Faragi (116,
153), Matt Fujaros-Anthony
(117, 78), and Mike Nall
(97, 137).
Also bowling in the
standard-round competition
were Pinkerton contributors
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Lauren Sylvain (99 and
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PA Boy Tracksters Roll to Another Crown, Girls Fourth
from Bedford High (90), the
runner-up Bishop Guertin
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crew from Nashua (53), and
The Pinkerton Academy Londonderry (50).
BOYS
boys’ indoor track and field
The
now
five-time state
team powered its way past
the competition again on the champs won a total of three
way to its fifth consecutive events, thanks to the perDivision I state champion- formances of Jadyn Ruimship at Dartmouth College wijk in the 300-meter dash
on Sunday. And the Lady (36.36 seconds), Nick SevAstros were no slouches illa in the 3,000-meter run (8
either, finishing fourth out of minutes, 47.80 seconds),
14 teams in their title meet. and the 4x200 relay quartet
The Astro guys collected of Nico Buccieri, Evan
a stunning 108 points to Rodgers, Ruimwijk, and
dominate the 16-team meet, Kaycee Scheibert (1:33.92).
But those were far from
with Nashua North finishing
a distant second with 46 being the only point-scoring
events for the champs, who
points.
The Lady Astros tallied a snared a whole bunch of
total of 46 points to finish top-six finishes.
“The team had points
behind only the D-I champs
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
Athletes of the Week
Week of Jan. 31
Morgan Sansing, Senior,
Girls' Indoor Track
This battle-tested standout ran her best time of the
season at the D-I title meet,
placing second in the 3,000
with a time of 10:41.83.
That finish helped her team
end up fourth overall.
Jadyn Ruimwijk,
Sophomore, Boys'
Indoor Track
A superb young athlete,
this 10th grader helped the
PA boys to their fifth straight
state title with outstanding
efforts in the 300 and as a
member of the Astros' 4x200
and 4x400 relays.
come from many different
events in what was an allaround team effort,” said
coach Ian French. “It was an
incredible team effort that,
as a coach, you hope to see
every year. Some of the runners will now look ahead to
New Englands in a few
weeks, where they get a
chance to run against the
best of the Northeast.”
The Astros got second
places from Scheibert in the
55-meter dash (6.71), Sam
Lanternier in the 600-meter
run (1:25.64), Tom Hanlon in the 1,000 (2:36.09),
Jeff Reddy in the 1,500
(4:05.46), Ben Curry in the
high jump (6 feet), and the
4x400 quartet (3:36.14).
A third place was also
snagged by Reddy in the
3,000 (9:04.13).
Pinkerton Academy boys’ track and field squad snagged its fifth consecutive
Division I crown at Dartmouth College this past Sunday. And the locals did so by
Courtesy photo
simply dominating the competition.
GIRLS
The Lady Astros got
impressive efforts from
standout Britney Johnson,
who took a second on her
own in the 1,000 (3:04),
helped the 4x800 relay team
to a second along with teammates Annie Sullivan, Ariel
Vaillancourt, and Veronica
Sullivan (9:53.10), and tallied a third on her own in the
1,500 (4:57.67).
Morgan Sansing con-
tributed a second in the
3,000 (10:41.83), and other
third places came from
Jordan Vaillancourt in the
1,000 (3:05.40) and Maison
D’Amelio in the 3,000
(10:42.81).
PA Wrestlers Win Two Out of Three
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
wrestling squad overpowered two opponents and lost
to one in a pair of noteworthy matches last week.
The Astros throttled the
Nashua North Titans in
Derry Wednesday, Feb. 3,
besting that opponent by a
lopsided 33-15 tally after
collecting the first 33 points
of the evening.
Astro victories were taken by Kyle Setzer on a quick
pin at 160 pounds (33 seconds in), Christian Sullivan
via pin at 170 pounds (1:37
in), Cam Macro by forfeit at
182, Devon Morris on a forfeit at 195, Dylan Barreiro
via fast pin at 220 (56 seconds in), and Rob Fahey by
a 6-0 decision at 285.
Then in the state capital
at Concord High School last
Saturday, Feb. 6, the academy grapplers thumped the
Bishop Guertin Cardinals
from Nashua by a 53-3 tally
but dropped a 47-18 decision to the host Concord
High Crimson Tide.
In the win over BG, the
Astros accepted seven forfeits and received pin wins
from Nathan Barnhart at 145
pounds, Gil Culbertson in
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152-pound action, Setzer,
Sullivan, and Macro. Walker
Stinson also collected a
technical fall at 106 pounds.
In the loss to Concord,
Shayne McCann won on a
pin at 132 pounds, Derek
Low had an overtime win at
145 pounds, Dylan Barreiro
had a pin win at 195, and
Deene Hill tallied a 3-1
decision win at 285 pounds.
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Pinkerton Icemen Get Bested by Bedford and Memorial
CHRIS PANTAZIS
NUTFIELD NEWS
——◆—–––
The struggles of the
Pinkerton Academy hockey
team continued last week
with losses to Bedford and
Manchester Memorial.
The Academy icemen
entered this week with a 4-8
record in Division I, with
losses in five of their last six
contests.
Pinkerton put forth a
pretty decent performance -
paced by a superb, 44-save
effort from senior goalie
Jordan Puzzo - against a
streaking Bedford High
Bulldogs’ bunch at Saint
Anselm College Tuesday,
Feb. 2. But the locals ended
up suffering a 7-1 defeat to
that hot opponent in the end
as the 9-1 Bulldogs bagged
their fifth straight victory.
The Astros drove out to a
1-0 lead nine minutes after
the opening face-off when
Pat Hare was set up by Nick
Trask on a tally.
But the Bulldogs controlled the rest of the stanza
and potted three shots to
grasp a 3-1 lead going into
the second.
The middle period went
scoreless until the last second of play, and Bedford
bagged its fourth goal.
The Bulldogs then tallied three unanswered goals
in the final period to collect
the lopsided win. The locals
only managed to put a hand-
ful of shots on the Bedford
cage in the defeat.
“We put up a strong
effort against Bedford, however the Bulldogs were just
too much to handle by the
time the night ended,” lamented PA coach Ryan
Piper.
Now having a 4-7 record
in Division I, the Astros
returned to home ice on
Saturday, Feb. 6 to play a 75 Manchester Memorial contingent that has also gone
through ups and downs this
winter. And the locals were
able to overcome an early
deficit and eventually force
overtime.
The now 8-5 Crusaders
potted the only two goals
tallied in the first period, but
the Astros regrouped and
came out hard in the second,
with Nick Trask scoring on a
feed from Eddie Welch and
then Chris Gile potting a
short-handed goal to knot
the score up at 2-2.
“The teams exchanged
eight shots apiece in the
third, but the game stayed
scoreless and went to OT,
where Memorial ended it
1:33 into the extra session,”
said coach Piper.
Lucas Masciarelli tallied
an assist on the Gile marker,
and battle-tested Pinkerton
goal-tender Puzzo contributed another superb, 44-save
performance in trying to
help his academy side end
its rough skid.
Lady Astro Gymnasts Finish The Regular Season Unbeaten
its third consecutive state
championship and sixth in
NUTFIELD NEWS
the last seven years this past
——◆—–––
The Pinkerton Academy Sunday, Feb. 7 by closing
gymnastics squad took out its 2015-16 regular seaanother sizable step toward son undefeated by winning a
CHRIS PANTAZIS
four-team home meet.
The Lady Astros finished out their perfect regular campaign (16-0) and celebrated Senior Day by tallying a team score of 135 to
outdistance Londonderry
(129.050), Keene (117.3),
and Spaulding of Rochester
(102.1) in Pinkerton’s Hackler Gymnasium.
Coach Chelsie Burland’s
academy bunch now looks
forward to this coming
Saturday and the state championship meet at Londonderry High, where the
LHS Lady Lancers are
expected to supply the Lady
Astros with their toughest
competition in the race for
the state crown.
“We’re gearing up for
the state meet, where it’s
guaranteed to be a tight battle for the title between us
and Londonderry, with
Londonderry hosting. The
title could be anyone’s, and
will come down to who is
the most consistent,” said
Burland.
In Sunday’s competition,
Pinkerton received event
wins from Michelle George
and Ashlee Loeffler on the
vault (tied at 9.1) and
Julianna Corsetto on the balance beam (9.050).
Second places were
delivered by Corsetto on
vault (8.7) and in the allaround (34.1), Emily Connors on the balance beam
(tied at 8.6), and Elizabeth
Bilideau on the uneven bars
(7.9).
Thirds were snared by
Connors on bars (tied at
7.85) and in the all-around
(33.25), and Loeffler on
beam (8.5).
Task Force
lower tax rate.
“We have tried things in
the past that haven’t worked
and it ended up costing us
millions,” Bourdon said.
“This costs us zero.”
One of the most important components, according
to Bourdon, is the “working
together” piece. “This would
end the finger-pointing, the
divisiveness and the namecalling,” he said.
In discussion on the
topic Councilor Richard
Tripp asked, “Would this be
a special committee or a
standing committee?”
Chairman Tom Cardon,
who helped develop the proposal, said it would be a special committee and report
back to the Council in four
months.
“It is an advisory committee,” Bourdon said. “If
it’s not going anywhere by
that time, we can dissolve it.”
But Councilor Mark
Osborne said, “Four months
goes by quickly. Is that
enough time for this?”
“I thought four months
would be good. It would get
people moving,” Cardon
said, adding that he used last
year’s establishment of the
Economic Development
Committee as a measuring
stick.
“I can live with four
months, but I’d like to see a
longer time frame,” Bourdon said.,
Within four months, he
said, the group is tasked
with finding the stakeholders, creating bylaws, finding
a meeting time, and identifying projects.
Councilor Al Dimmock
expressed doubt that the
group could accomplish that
much in four months, which
is basically four meetings,
he pointed out, adding, “You
need a little time to get
things going.”
Dimmock also objected
to the one-year appointment
term for committee members. He said all the members’ terms would be up at
the same time, and he recommended staggering them.
“This is a special committee,” Cardon responded.
“If it becomes a permanent
standing committee, yes, we
will stagger them.”
“This is holding your
feet to the fire,” Dimmock
told Bourdon. “I would like
to see you have more time.”
Bourdon said he would
like to see a six-month time
frame, because many of the
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and serve on other committees.
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Bourdon
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we are now, and moving forward.”
“Nothing
here
is
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think we should approve
this, and see what they can
do.”
The formation of the
committee was approved,
with a six-month time frame
to report back to the Coun-
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25 after an incident at the
Walmart Supercenter.
Ryan Cullen, 27, no
known address, was arrested
and charged with theft and
falsifying evidence. Justin
Sherman, 29, of 75 Mansion
Road, Dunbarton, was
arrested and charged with
willful concealment, falsifying evidence, simple assault,
resisting arrest and possession of a controlled drug.
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Derry Police Capt. Vern
Thomas said police received
a call from the Walmart
Asset Protection team regarding a pair of shoplifters.
Thomas said, “We tried to
make contact with one, but
he fled. The officer gave
chase and attempted to
detain him. It is alleged that
Mr. Sherman pushed aside
an elderly woman, who sustained an injury to her arm
and hip.”
Sherman allegedly stole
several DVDs, Thomas said,
and as he ran, he discarded
the DVDs he had stuck in
the front of his pants. “The
officer saw him try to discard something else,” he
said. “It was a bag with
syringes and a spoon containing a residue.”
In a subsequent search,
Thomas said, the officer
found a small plastic bag
with a powder consistent
with the odor and appearance of Fenatyl.
The Asset Protection
team also observed Cullen
selecting DVDs from a rack
and handing them to Sherman, Thomas said. He was
also concealing the DVDs
about his person, Thomas
said.
The value of the DVDs
was estimated at $194.
Both men were taken to
the Rockingham County
House of Correction, from
which they were arraigned
the next day.
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Vacation Storytimes
During Winter Vacation
Week, Feb. 22-26, the Derry
Public Library offers the following Storytimes in the
Children’s Room: Preschool
Storytime Monday, Feb. 22 at
10 a.m.; Afternoon Stories
Monday, Feb. 22 at 1 p.m.;
Step into Music on Tuesday,
Feb. 23 at 10 a.m.; Bedtime
Storytime on Tuesday, Feb. 23
at 6:30 p.m.; Baby Lapsit
Storytime on Wednesday, Feb.
24 at 10 a.m.; and Mother
Goose on the Loose on
Thursday, Feb. 25 at 10 a.m.
Vacation Activities
During Winter Vacation
Week, Feb. 22-26, the
Children’s Room at the Derry
Public Library offers Play-Doh
Playtime on Tuesday, Feb. 23
at 1 p.m. for ages 2 and above;
Bingo for Books for ages 3 and
above on Wednesday, Feb. 24
at 1 p.m., with books as prizes.
No registration is required for
either program. Cupcake Wars,
a Children to Teen Bridge
Program, takes place Thursday,
Feb. 25 for ages 10 and above.
Registration is required at the
library.
Miss New Hampshire
Outstanding Teen
The 12th annual Miss New
Hampshire’s Outstanding Teen
Competition is Saturday, Feb.
13, at Pinkerton Academy’s
Stockbridge Theatre in Derry,
with preliminary competition
at 1 p.m. and finals at 8 p.m.
Twenty-eight contestants vie
for scholarships and the right to
compete at Miss America’s
Outstanding Teen competition
in August in Orlando, Fla.
Local contestants are Gianna
Mickela, Teghan Gregson and
Morgane Vigroux, all of Derry,
and Kenzie Goode of Londonderry. Tickets are available
at the door at $32.50 for adults,
$17.50 for under 18 or over 62.
The ticket allows entrance to
both the preliminary and finals.
‘Princess Bride’
Fuel Assistance
Fuel assistance is available
from Southern New Hampshire
Services, which is taking applications through April 30 to
help renters and homeowners
in Rockingham County pay
past or future energy bills. Fuel
assistance pays for oil, propane, wood, pellets, kerosene,
natural gas or electric heat
costs, with payments going
toward a past due balance or
credit for future use. To qualify,
one person can earn up to
$1,935/month, with a family of
four earning up to $3,986/
month. Fuel assistance may
also be applied to rent if heat is
included in rent. To make an
appointment, call the Derry
office at 965-3029.
The “This is My Derry”
screening of “The Princess
Bride” takes place at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 13, at the Derry
Opera House. Admission to the
film is a receipt from one of the
sponsoring businesses from a
purchase the week before the
screening, Feb. 6 through 13;
each receipt equals one admission. Prizes for best costume
will be awarded. The event features free popcorn; candy, local
beer and wine will be available
CSI at Library
for purchase. For details, visit
Professor Mike Cross presThis Is My Derry Facebook
page, thisismyderry.com or ents a program titled “CSI: Fact
and Fiction” at the Derry Public
visit a sponsoring business.
Library on Feb. 17 at 6:30 p.m.
T-Ball
with “CSI: Fact and Fiction.”
The Derry Recreation Cross is an Assistant Professor of
Department is now accepting Chemistry at Northern Essex
registrations for Derry resi- Community College, and will
dents and will accept registra- discuss whether popular crime
tions starting Monday, Feb. 22 shows on television accurately
for non-residents for the Spring depict the role of forensic sciT-Ball Program. Registration ence in solving crimes, as well as
closes Friday, March 18 or the myths and realities of crime
when divisions are full. Any scene investigations. Attendees
child ages 4 through 7 is eligi- can test their skills at crime solvble and will be placed based ing. For more information, call
on the participant’s age as of the library at 432-6140.
May 1, 2016. Register at the
Free Clothing
Recreation Office Mondays
Renew free clothing distrithrough Fridays from 8 a.m. to
4 p.m. or by mail. For more bution is Saturday, Feb. 13, from
information on how to regis- 8 to 10:30 a.m.; arrive by 10
ter, call the Recreation of- a.m. A maximum of two winter
fice at 432-6136 or visit: coats per household is allowed.
www.derry.nh.us/parks-recre- Derry residence is not required.
Enter at the marquee sign of
ation.
Calvary Bible Church, 145
Hampstead Road, Derry. Each
household is limited to 20 of the
newest items, plus a reasonable
number of older items. No donations of money are accepted.
Donations of good condition,
modern clothing may be placed
in bins by the door. For details,
search for “Renew Derry” on
Facebook, email renewclothing@yahoo.com, or call the
church secretary at 434-1516.
Film Group Forms
A film discussion group
will meet at the Derry Public
Library on the second Wednesday of each month from
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. No registration is required. The group will
watch and discuss independent,
foreign and classic films and be
known as the IFC Film Group.
The library will provide the
film for members to watch at
home, prior to group discussion at the library. Films are
available at the front desk for
one-week loans. The first meeting date is Wednesday, Feb. 10,
and the film is “Citizen Kane.”
For more information, email:
Jessica at jessicad@derrypl.org, or call 432-6140.
Free Tax Assistance
AARP offers free help with
federal and state income taxes;
AARP membership is not
required. Qualified Internal
Revenue Service and AARP
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trained people will be at the
Marion Gerrish Community
Center, 39 West Broadway, on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. now to April
14. Those seeking help should
bring last year’s tax returns if
available, along with W2s,
1099s, income and expenses.
Free Meals
The Free Community
Meals program offers the following meals. Everyone is welcome. Feb. 14, Church of the
Transfiguration, 1 Hood Road,
Derry, 5 to 6:30 p.m.; Feb. 18,
West Running Brook Middle
School, 1 West Running Brook
Lane, Derry, dinner, 5 to 6:30
p.m. Feb. 20, St. Luke’s United
Methodist Church, 63 East
Broadway, dinner, 5 to 6 p.m.;
Feb. 21, Etz Hayim Synagogue, 1-1/2 Hood Road,
Derry, dinner, 5 to 6:15 p.m.;
Feb. 26, First Parish Church,
East Derry Road, Derry, dinner, 5 to 6:30 p.m.,; Feb. 28,
Episcopal Church of the
Transfiguration, 1 Hood Road,
Derry, breakfast, 9 to 10 a.m.;
Feb. 28, St. Jude’s Parish
Community, 434 Mammoth
Road, Londonderry, lunch,
1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
of each month from 7 to 9 p.m.
at the Marion Gerrish Community Center, 39 West
Broadway, Derry. The next Fun
Night is Feb. 12. Scott Jewell
will give a presentation based
on his modeling of the 1920s
Boston harbor and Cape Ann
railroading scene. This presentation will showcase “Modeling the Granite Industry in
New England.” Always a part
of the program is Model
Showcase, where modelers
bring in the latest project they
are working on to show and
discuss. For details, visit seacoastnmra.org/calendar.
Garden Club
The Derry Garden Club of
Greater Derry meets Friday,
March 4, at 10 a.m. at the Boys
and Girls Club of Greater
Derry, 40 Hampstead Road,
Derry. The speaker will be Fern
Doucette, Past Co-First Vice
President of the New
Hampshire Federation of
Garden Clubs, past club
President of Ashland and New
Hampton and secretary of New
Hampshire Design Guild. The
program will be “Basic Floral
Design for Your Home.” Some
designs will be raffled. The
luncheon will be provided by
Model Railroading
the board. The club is a memSeacoast Division of the ber of the New Hampshire
National Model Railroad Federation of Garden Clubs
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