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he Conservation Com-mission reviewed two proposed develop-ments including a change to the previously ap-proved Wallace Farm workforce housing devel-opment on Perkins Road to convert the form of ownership to condomini-um.The Wallace Farm pro-jected was approved by the Planning Board in 2015 with development planned in three phases. The updated plan from the developer does not make any changes to the size of buildings, number of housing units or the layout of the buildings on the property. The
devel-opment remains a work-force housing project and as such must meet the associated conditions.
The developer is seek-ing to switch the owner-ship model to a condo-minium approach to take advantage of tax credits. Individual units would still be rentals; however, each building would be treated as a condominium complex with require-ments for common areas for each building. The Commission’s only con-cern to pass to the Plan-ning Board is that with this new model, if there are issues in the common areas it could be challeng-ing to determine which of the condominium associ-ations is responsible for
dealing with them. The Commission also reviewed a planned sin-gle-family subdivision that would be on a new cul-de-sac known as Brae-burn Drive. The new road would connect to High Range Road across from 181 High Range Road. The development will have 10 lots ranging in size from 1.05 to 2.82
committee and the spots were filled based on the order in which those resi-dents contacted the town. Community members that were will be on the committee include, Sy CHRISPAUL LONDONDERRYTIMES ————––––––————–◆
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he newly estab-lished Londonderry Town Pool Study Committee met for the first time last week and has been charge withre-searching and making rec-ommendations to the Town Council on the fea-sibility, interest and need for a town pool in the community.
The town had 12 resi-dents apply to be on the
Pool Committee Meets
and Determines its Goals
Keep It Movin’
Students at Londonderry Middle School participated in a number of activities to get the keep their bodies moving dur-ing the schools annual Move-a-Thon. All grade levels participated in the event. Pictured, student playing Ladder Toss. See more page 9. Photo by Chris PaulCHRISPAUL LONDONDERRYTIMES
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uring the public comment section of the Town Council meeting on Monday evening, Oct. 1, Town Manager Kevin Smith read a statement he had prepared about the future of the now vacant Lon-donderry School District office building that adjoins the Town Hall.The statement was in regards to a meeting that he and Town Council chairman John Farrell had last Friday.
He read, “On Aug. 30, the Town Council request-ed that the Londonderry School Board join them in
taking steps to renovate and put to productive use the building on town land formally occupied by the School District. Last Fri-day the School Board Chair and the School Superintendant met with the town council me and to discuss the possibility on working together on this goal.”
He continued, “Some of you may know that the voters at the annual town meeting and school dis-trict meeting in 1984 approved warrant articles to allow the school dis-trict to construct space on town-owned land for the purpose of use as the district’s administrative
offices. After the voter gave their approval, both the town and the school district made an agree-ment, whereby the school district could use the space as its offices until the voters choose to rescind the warrant arti-cle.”
“With the school dis-trict deciding to vacate the building for health and space reasons, and signing a ten-year lease at Kitty Hawk Landing, the town would like to take over the space, making any renovations that are necessary, and use it for the purposes of some-thing that will benefit the
Town Looks for Input From
School District on Old Office
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Staff members and volunteers at South Ele-mentary School held their annual Ice Cream Social to welcome back students. As is usually the case, students and their family members came out in droves, with a line stretching out the door waiting to enjoy an ice cream sundae. Photos by Chris Paul
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uring the Monday night, Oct. 1 Town Council meeting, resident Dennis Martin came before members during Public Comment to discuss an issue he had over the summer with the town's sign ordinance.Martin, who has organ-ized a Blues Festival over the past four year's, told the council that a number of his signs promoting the event were taken away by
code enforcement and never returned.
He expressed his dis-appointment with the way the town handled the situ-ation, since, as a non-prof-it group trying to help vet-erans, he felt event like his should be treated dif-ferently than local busi-nesses trying to advertise on the side of the road.
Martin told members, "This year I lost about half of my signs that were never returned." He hoped that there could be
some way that the law be amended, so the same thing doesn't happen next year.
Town Council acting chair, Joe Green asked the Town Manager Kevin Smith if there would be some way to amend the ordinance through the town attorney.
Smith told Green that, "The reason why the signs were pulled was because any sign on a town right of way is going to be pulled, it's not legal
Town Sign Ordinance Addressed by Resident and Council
to be there."
He continued, "If you're looking for a fix, what kind of fix are you looking for?"
Green responded, "Maybe it can be an allowance for the first 30-days, and for groups that will benefit non-profits."
Council member Tom Dolan added that maybe there would be some way to insert some language that would leave it up to the town manager to make the call, so that it's
more of a guideline, and not a hard and fast rule.
It was also pointed out that these signs differ from contractor signs that are placed on the lawns of the homes they're doing business at. Those signs can only be used while contractors are working on the home, after the job is complete, they must be removed.
Smith also mentioned "One of the reasons why we are enforcing the ordi-nance is because we often
get complaints about too many advertising signs around town. Political signs are a completely dif-ferent animal, those are governed by state law."
In the end, a decision was made to look at the law and see if there could be some flexibility work-ed into it. To allow a 30-day grace period for non-profits.
Details of the decision will be made by the town attorney and will be addressed at a later date.
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n Sept. 19, the Zon-ing Board of Ad-justment (ZBA) worked through a heavy agenda.One of the items on the busy evening in-volved CC Properties, owner of historic proper-ty at 2 Litchfield Road. The request was for a variance to allow the property to be used as a single-family residence. Since it is in a Commer-cial-3 district the variance was required.
Owners of this proper-ty had earlier made multi-ple attempts to get ap-proval from the ZBA and Planning Board to convert the property into a credit union. The ZBA granted the approval for the prop-erty to be used as a resi-dence. This decision is aligned with a special town ordinance passed several years ago that restricted the allowed use of the property with residential being an allowed use.
In another case, they reviewed a variance re-quest from Londonderry Baptist Church (LBC) to permanently keep a portable storage contain-er on their propcontain-erty. The church also sought per-mission for a 40 foot con-tainer when zoning regu-lations limited containers to 20 feet.
They were before the ZBA because a London-derry building inspector noticed the container and pointed out that London-derry limited the size of such containers and the duration they are allowed on a property. LBC had been given a six-month approval for the contain-er aftcontain-er which they had to remove it or get a vari-ance from the ZBA.
Pastor Jonathan Roe presented the case for LBC. He shared that LBC has had the container on their property for many years and that is used to store lawn care equip-ment and seasonal sup-plies such as those used
during Old Home Days and vacation Bible study. In the past, LBC had prob-lems with vandalism and theft of the lawn care equipment, so they bought the container for secure storage.
He said that only one side of the container was visible from Mammoth Rd. and that use of the container prevented van-dalism and theft. He also stated that it would be a financial burden for LBC to build a permanent stor-age building.
ZBA members asked about converting the con-tainer into a permanent structure by putting it on a foundation which would then make it allowable, but LBC did not think that was feasible economical-ly. Members also asked about moving the contain-er behind the church
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building to fully block its view from Mammoth Rd.
In the end the ZBA voted 4-1 to deny the vari-ance citing the fact that it was twice as large as allowed as one of several reasons.
In the next case, the ZBA was asked to grant a variance to allow con-struction of a two-car garage within the re-quired 40-foot setback in front of the existing house at 34 Brewster Rd. As pro-posed, the corner of the garage would have been only 6 feet from the edge of the road.
The applicant was hoping to get approval so that the garage would be aligned with the current driveway and because they felt that their options for placement of the garage were limited by the location of their
septic system. Citing safe-ty concerns with the garage being that close to the road, the ZBA unani-mously denied the vari-ance request.
Nicholas and Ashley Cuzzupe came before the ZBA seeking permission to construct a fence at their 2 State Tree Circle property that otherwise would not be allowed. Normally, fences in the front of a house can be no higher than four feet and no closer than to the roadway than 40 feet.
Because their proper-ty is at an intersection, both the front of their house and one side of it are considered frontages.
They sought the variance to construct a 6-foot high privacy fence 5 to 10 feet from the roadway along Moulton Drive.
The ZBA granted the variance subject to the conditions that the fence not obstruct, impede, encroach or otherwise interfere with an existing slope easement; the required sight distance profile (northerly direc-tion) at the State Tree/Moulton intersection; and the stopping sight dis-tance at State Tree Circle. These conditions would be verified by the town public works and engineering department.
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Letters
Response to Pitre Letter To the editor,
Please know I do not wish to mention individu-als by name either. How-ever, it seems the cats out of the preverbal bag, as they say. It was not neces-sary to admit you are a FOX (Fake) news viewer. Unfortunately, it was painfully obvious. I see many of the same tag lines usually associated with one who is infected: Socialism, Big Govern-ment, etc.
I find it amazing you wish to back 40 years. Moreover, seem to have a full knowledge of the Clin-ton’s history? One could call this a Derangement syndrome as well?
As far as the Magnisky Act, this was passed by the Congress and Signed by the President in 2012. So??? Would that have been a statement for your favorite network?
You may be right that No Trump associates have been “convicted” of Russian Collusion. I would say just need to add “Not Yet” ! I have a saying for you, Cowboy: If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, It a DUCK! (Despite what FOX new would tell you).
Thanks for furthering the Sequestration discus-sion. Let’s continue it. I would prefer to take a piece from what TIME Magazine wrote, as it is spot on:
“The sequester is here, with an initial $85 billion worth of haphaz-ard and economically destructive spending cuts, a Washington wound almost universally described as “self-inflict-ed.” Let’s be clearer: It’s Republican-inflicted. It is a direct result of the insis-tence by GOP leaders in the summer of 2011 that they would not raise the
federal debt ceiling unless President Obama agreed to dramatic spending cuts. One can argue that the growth of the debt or the size of the govern-ment justified that insis-tence; I’d disagree. But it’s simply a fact that every budget crisis of the last two years—the down-grade of the U.S. credit rating, the failure of the “supercommittee,” the fis-cal cliff, and now this— stems from Republican debt-limit brinksman-ship.” As far the “Sir, get you facts straight”, right back at you.
Honestly, I do not know how this morphed into all cuts for Social pro-grams and not for Mili-tary? It was initially intended, that if enacted, it would be “Across the Board” cuts? However, it is one that rare time lately that I can say: I was proud to be Catholic! As it took a coalition of Catholic Bishops, whom met with Paul Ryan, to convince him to change it!
Although, I do find it nothing short of hilarious, that today with our Debt up ~ 2 Trillion since 2016, and our Deficit spiraling out of control again, up 327 Billion, no one seems to care at all? Perhaps you would like to expound on this? I mean for heaven’s sake; we HAD to have Sequestration when our debt was 15.6 Trillion, right? Now were banging on 22 Trillion and what? Can you see now?
Hopefully, in ~ 6 weeks there will be monumental change, civilly or not.
Steve Homsey Londonderry –––––––––––––––– I’m Voting for Fillio
To the editor,
I am voting for State Representative candidate Roger Fillio because:
I have known Roger for at least 45 years and he has been, and is a conser-vative Thinker.
Roger has a proven record of successful busi-nesses, a retail store, real estate and direct sales, as well as 30 years of service in the army. The knowl-edge gained from that experience together with serving on the Conserva-tion Commission, Her-itage Commission, Plan-ning Board and Historical Society, will make Roger Fillio a great State Repre-sentative.
George LaMarche Londonderry, NH –––––––––––––––––
Plastic Bags Are Contaminating Our Curbside Recycling
To the editor,
Recent audits of Lon-donderry’s curbside recy-cling program have found that residents frequently place plastic bags filled with recyclables in their blue carts. Unfortunately, this contaminates the recycling process.
In our spring column on recycling plastic film, we described how plastic bags and film, when mixed in with our curb-side recyclables, “gum up” the mechanical sort-ing process at Material Recovery Facilities. This causes operations to be shut down for hours for cleaning, increasing labor costs and reducing the value of our recyclables.
If our Waste Manage-ment hauler notices plas-tic bags in your blue cart he will attempt to remove them and collect the remaining recyclables. If he notices many small plastic bags in the cart, he will not pick up the recy-clables. Let’s avoid that!
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Whether you have the day off, or it’s business as usual this Monday, chances are you’re in the majority if you decide to observe the upcoming federal holiday, Columbus Day.
Despite the less than favorable aspects of his history, Christopher Columbus, the 15th Century Italian explorer credited with discovering America, apparently still has some admirers.
Columbus Day, the second Mon-day in October, is a nationally recog-nized holiday. President Franklin Roo-sevelt made Columbus Day a federal holiday in the 1930s. However, oppo-sition to its observance has grown over time.
While there is plenty to criticize about Columbus, and what followed his arrival, there are some things that are salvageable about the October observance.
It’s a fact that the conquest of the Americas by Europeans, which arguably starts with Columbus, was very ugly, and involved a lot of need-less violence. But violence and con-quest, for better or worse, is much the same for history the world over for thousands of years.
History, in many ways, is the story of conquest. Though the majority of us deplore it, it is our shared heritage.
While there is only limited knowl-edge of what pre-Columbus America was like, it is inferred that many indigenous civilizations had their own versions of war, slavery, torture and brutality.
It’s not the intention of the obser-vation to make excuses for the worst that happened, but rather to
under-stand it. Many of the atrocities that took place were not solely the essence of Columbus, but rather part of the times.
With all that said, there are still good reasons to observe Columbus Day.
Many Italians see Columbus Day as an opportunity to recognize what Ital-ians have contributed to America, and to the world.
It can be said that Columbus Day should be seen as a celebration of exploration. It took tremendous brav-ery to sail off into the unknown. One of the best parts of humanity is our drive to discover, and for that reason Columbus Day deserves recognition.
More and more people have been moving towards forgoing Columbus Day in favor of “Indigenous Peoples’ Day,” to reflect and honor the Native Americans who had suffered during the time of European exploration. This version also celebrates the cul-ture and traditions of indigenous America, and the best parts of our shared history.
This year, while we celebrate Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, or both, we can take this time to learn from our shared history and to move forward into a better future. Whichever side you take, it can be agreed that both sides offer some-thing to celebrate about the human spirit.
With all of this in mind, the second Monday in October is indeed a signifi-cant observance, and should be seen for what it is - a reflection of our histo-ry and a chance to learn and grow from it.
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In Part 2 of our “Close the Loop” column in today’s Londonderry Times, we explain how industry wants our plas-tic film to manufacture new products, and pays groceries stores to collect it from shoppers.
If you collect recy-clables in a plastic bag at home, please make sure to empty the bag into the blue cart. You can then either re-use the bag to gather more recyclables, or store it with other plas-tic bags and film and bring them to your gro-cery store on shopping day.
Thank you. Paul Margolin
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––––––––––––––––– I’m Voting for Thomas
To the editor,
I’m voting for Repre-sentative Doug Thomas because I know he has supported policies to keep us safe, keep taxes low, and has worked hard to ensure Londonderry’s best interests.
He responds to con-stituent’s emails and pro-vides his reasons to sup-port his views. He has even stopped by the house to ask questions about issues that concern our family. He truly cares about our community.
Doug sits on the Senior Resources Com-mittee and was on the Old Home Day Parade Com-mittee up until this last year. He attends most of the Town Council meet-ings and is ever vigilant
on proposed state bills that could affect London-derry.
One such bill was HB-324. In its original form, it would have resulted in less property tax revenue from the electric utility for the town. It would have caused a significant increase in our property taxes according to the town assessor.
He fought against it in committee and was suc-cessful in changing it for further study. We need a representative that is active and involved in town events who can rep-resent our interests in Concord.
That is why I fully sup-port Doug Thomas in his bid for re-election as our State Representative in November.
Dannah Gaud Londonderry, NH ––––––––––––––– Let’s Talk - by Listening
To the editor’
The political climate in this country has devolved into nothing more than unbridled, ranting vitriol. Everything seems to center around picking a side, or a candi-date, or most troubling to me, a political party. When did supporting a political party turn into seek and destroy mis-sions against anyone who dared to disagree with your opinion? I have been increasingly discouraged by the fact that both of my “choices” for political affiliation are usually no choice at all. I suspect many people feel this way, but they feel strong-ly about their core values, and thus may feel com-pelled to choose “the lesser of two evils”
regarding a party. I believe that these false choices are contributing to the overall problem. So what to do? !
Simply put, we need to begin by being willing to engage in conversation with people particularly people with whom we may disagree with. In doing so, we need to make an honest effort to understand the other per-son’s viewpoint by listen-ing to them without trylisten-ing to “win” or change their mind. First, listen. Only then can we attempt to find some common ground.
There is so much anger out there today it seems like discussion and debate have been almost completely drowned out by shouting, insults, accu-sations, etc. A recent let-ter, to this newspaper ended by saying that a sit-ting United States Presi-dent “has to go. By any means necessary!” Seri-ously? I’m not sure what the writer meant to con-vey with those words, but they are irresponsible at best, and at worst (for him) could prompt a visit from the United States Secret Service. Is this what it has come to regarding political dis-course today? Make no mistake there is ample blame for both political party leaders to take own-ership of.
Let’s try the reset but-ton. Let’s try talking again. Talking without anger. Talking without fear of being shouted down, called names, being threatened (or worse). In order to do this “talking” thing, we need to be willing to LISTEN. Real change starts with us, at the street level. I believe
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that we agree on so much more than we disagree on, regardless of party affiliation. Let me put this out there: if you want to see a healthy environ-ment, quality schools, modern infrastructure, elite first responders, and a vibrant economy with responsible growth plans, then just look at how much we AGREE on! If we start there, I’m confident we can find the path that gets us there together. On the flip side, I can confidently promise you this -if you think for one sec-ond that a political party (or your affiliation with/support of) alone will get any of those things for you, you will be sadly and consistently disappointed. We will never agree on every-thing, and that is OK. But we must be able to dis-cuss and debate without personal attacks. True freedom of speech depends on it.!
Michael Toth Londonderry –––––––––––––––– Thank You to LHS for
Helping Veterans To the editor,
American Legion Post 27 would like to thank the Gridiron Club, the
Lon-donderry High School Athletic Department, coach Lauzon and the football team for donating $3860 from the proceeds of their 3rd Annual White Out fundraiser, which was held on Sept. 7th. Before the game Frank Torre and I represented Post 27 by standing on the field dur-ing the National Anthem where we received a huge ovation from those in attendance. This money will be placed in our Vet-erans in Need fund. Please contact our Post at 437-6613 or [email protected] if you know of a veteran requir-ing assistance.
Thank you again, Bob Stuart Commander
Post 27 Londonderry ————————— Trump Afraid of Mueller
Investigation To the editor,
Why is President Trump afraid of the Mueller investigation? Is Trump guilty of obstruc-tion of justice, or collu-sion with the Russians in the Presidential election, or guilty of some other crime that Mueller is investigating?
President Trump con-tinues to bash Mueller’s
investigation via twitter and Trump continues to refer to the investigation as a “witch hunt” or “hoax”. Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, said of Mueller’s investigation – “In this case, the investi-gation was much worse than the no crime”. Giu-liani keeps trying to dis-credit the investigation.
If Trump is not guilty of any crime, then why doesn’t he and his legal team let Mueller’s investi-gation proceed unhin-dered to a conclusion? After all, Mueller is highly regarded as an impartial and reputable counsel with impeccable creden-tials. Typically, when peo-ple try to discredit or hin-der or sidetrack an inves-tigation it indicates they fear there is incriminating information coming out of the investigation.
Mueller and his team should bring the investi-gation to a conclusion and publish the results long before the mid-term elections.
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n Wednesday morning, Sept. 26, the Professional Fire Fighters of New Hampshire (PFFNH) offi-cial endorsed Gov. Chris Sununu at the Londonder-ry Fire Station One on Grenier Field Road.Bill McQuillen, PFFNH president, introduced the governor by stating, "Chris Sununu has our backs in Concord, and we have his back this elec-tion, his continued com-mitment to keeping Gran-ite Staters safe is a priori-ty we all share, and only deepens our resolve to back him.
"The working men and women of New Hampshire sent Chris Sununu to Con-cord to fight for them, and
that's exactly what he has done," McQuillen contin-ued. "From championing legislation that keeps our communities safe to rec-ognizing there is more work to be done in fight-ing the opioid epidemic, the Professional Fire Fighters of New Hamp-shire shares the gover-nor's vision for a safer, stronger New Hamp-shire."
McQuillen also said, "Sununu has signed 10 pieces of Fire Fighter-friendly legislation and has sought our input on state issues."
Over the summer, Sununu signed the Pre-sumption Law bill, which will allow firefighters can-cer treatment benefits to be funded through work-er's compensation.
Also present, was the Vice President of the Third District Internation-al Association of Fire Fighter, Jay Colbert, who stared the rally by stating, "On behalf of the 22,000 fire fighters across New England and the 315,000 across the United States and Canada we are hon-ored to support Gov, Sununu. We support those who support us."
Colbert continued, "When fire fighters go out on a call, we don't ask people if they are Republi-can or Democrat, and we in out politics do the same."
Gov. Chris Sununu, who was surrounded by members of the PFFNH, said, "It is an honor to be here, and humbling to get the endorsement of the
Sununu Gets Professional Fire Fighters Endorsement
Professional Fire Fighters of New Hampshire. I am proud to get the support of those who are out
every day protecting our cities, towns and commu-nities. It means a lot."
Sununu continued, "To
me this is not about poli-tics, it's about relation-ships and communica-tion."
(Totals; Resident vs. Non-resident, etc.)
• Usage fees. How do they work? (Pay-per-use, sea-son passes, family passes, etc.)
• Do you employ life-guards? How many? Are they Town employees? Starting hourly rate? • What else borders the pool – i.e., changing rooms, restrooms, con-cessions, park(s) • Is the pool just “the pool” or is part of a larger athletic or town complex? • Do you also have a kid-die pool or designated “kiddie pool area” in the
larger pool?
• Do you derive any income from the pool in addition to resident usage fees- i.e. swim lessons, swim teams/meets, etc.? Concessions?
• How big is the parking lot adjacent to the pool area?
During the Town Coun-cil meeting on Monday night, Oct. 1, Drabik men-tioned to the council that a number of $2.5 million was somehow associated with the cost of pool con-struction in Londonderry through an article in the
Londonderry Times. She wanted to point out that there has yet to be any construction costs associ-ated with the town pool yet.
The next meeting will be Oct. 18.
Editors note: The num-ber that was reported in the Sept. 27 issue of the Londonderry Times was a number brought up at the Recreation Commission meeting, it was actually $3.5 million and was in ref-erence to a possible new pool in Goffstown. Tebbets, Laura Pallotta,
who will act as Secretary, Noelle Bristol, Cheryl Haas and Debbie John-son. Jen Kenney is the alternate member and Londonderry Assistant Town Manager/Personnel Director, Lisa Drabik, will be the chair of the com-mittee. Al Sypek will rep-resent the Planning Board and Glenn Douglas will be representing the Recre-ation Committee.
During the first
meet-ing, those in attendance were asked to research town’s in the state that have pools. The towns are Bedford, Amherst, Mil-ford, Dover, Goffstown and Merrimack.
Of those towns, they were also tasked with obtaining information about:
• Town Population. • Is the pool town-owned
and town-run, or man-aged by another organi-zation (i.e., local YMCA).
• Initial cost? How was it funded? (Warrant arti-cle, grants, etc.).
• Ongoing costs-what is/ are the annual budget line(s) (maintenance, utilities, employees, etc.) • Size of pool. Is it indoor
or outside? • Capacity of pool. • Dates of use (when does
it open and close for the season?)
• Is the pool heated? • Operating hours during
the season.
• Residents only, or open to non-residents? What are the rules in that regard (i.e. non-resident must be accompanied by resident, etc.)? • Any public usage data.
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Denise Rita Marie Shanks, 69, of Londonderry, NH, formerly of Derry, NH and Methuen, MA, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018 at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, NH after a lengthy illness. She was born Aug. 20, 1949 in Lawrence, MA and was a daughter of the late Louis L. and Georgette (Cote) Cote. Denise was raised and educated in Lawrence and resided in Methuen, MA for many years prior to moving to Derry, where she lived for 23 years.
Denise had been employed as a general laborer with various local manufacturing companies. She was a longtime member of the Improved Order of Redmen where she served as Secretary/Treasurer and the Degree of Pocahontas. Denise loved to play Bingo and cards. She was also a very active mem-ber at the Londonderry Senior Center. After retire-ment, Denise always tried to enjoy life.
Members of the family include her husband, James Shanks, her daughter Lynn Mello, her grand-children, Krystal Rae Mello, Minot DiLorenzo and Hunter DiLorenzo, her brother, Donald Cote of Hartford, CT and her sister Diane Elko of Cumber-land, VA., as well as many nieces, nephews and cousins. She was predeceased by her brother Denis Cote. A Mass of Christian Burial will be cele-brated Friday Sept. 28, 2018 at 12 pm at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 26 Crystal Avenue Derry, NH. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Londonderry Senior Center 535 Mammoth Road, Londonderry, NH 03053. The Peabody Funeral Homes of Derry & Londonderry are assisting the family with arrangements. To send a condolence, please visit www.peabodyfuneralhome.com
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Lionel A. Crete
Lionel A. Crete, Jr., 51, of Derry, NH, died Thursday Sept. 20, 2018 in his home. He was born in Manches-ter, NH on Aug. 19, 1967, a son of Sylvia (Smith) Crete and the late Lionel A. Crete, Sr. He had been a res-ident of Derry, NH for the past year, formerly living in Londonderry, NH. Lionel attended Londonderry High School and went on to own his own business as a Master Electrician. He was an avid NASCAR fan and loved to attend races with his friends. He enjoyed vacationing in Nantucket and hiking the Musquash with his mother.
He is survived by one son, Steven Hardy of Portsmouth, NH; two brothers, Steve Crete and his wife Cheryl of Manchester, and Richard Crete of Weare, NH; two sisters, Andrea Bernard of London-derry, and Joanne Parent and her husband Leonard of Hooksett, NH; as well as several nieces and nephews.
Following cremation, calling hours were held on Wednesday, Oct. 3 from 5 – 7 p.m. in the Peabody Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 290 Mammoth Rd., Londonderry. A memorial service followed on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Londonderry High School Dollars for Scholars, PO Box 473, Londonderry, NH 03053. To send a condolence or for more information, please visit, www.peabodyfuneralhome.com
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eputy State Historic Preservation Offi-cer Nadine Miller came to last week’s Her-itage Commission meet-ing to discuss Londonder-ry’s status as a Certified Local Government and to share opportunities for state grant funding avail-able to Londonderry for historic preservation activities.According to a state website, the “Certified Local Government (CLG) program is designed to provide an opportunity for local governments to become more directly
involved in identifying, evaluating, protecting, promoting and enhancing the educational economic value of local properties of historic, architectural and archeological signifi-cance.”
Londonderry is one of twenty-four NH communi-ties to receive the CLG designation. Part of the CLG requires the forma-tion of a Heritage Commis-sion or similar entity that is active in community preservation. Londonder-ry has been a CLG for many years. Miller shared that Londonderry is doing well but needed to estab-lish a set of by laws for the Heritage Commission.
The CLG program requires that the Division of Historical Resources designate at least 10 per-cent of its annual Historic Preservation Fund alloca-tion from the Department of the Interior to local gov-ernments that have become Certified Local Governments.
Miller told the Com-mission that $65K in grants are available this year. Grants could be used for such things as surveys, National Register of Historic Places
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tions, preservationplan-ning and educational proj-ects. Some grants are out-right grants, while others are funding to 60% with town having to kick in the remaining 40%.
Fire Chief Darren O’Brien showed visuals of the upcoming changes to Central Fire Station. The Commission was happy with the plans. The expanded station will be approximately three times the size of the current sta-tion. O’Brien shared that the recent federal import
tariffs and a tight labor force are putting cost pressures on the project, but he vowed to stay with-in the budget set by the voters.
Maillet & Associates came back to the Commis-sion after getting condi-tional approval from the Planning Board to move the Everything Essential spa to new space at 6 Mohawk Drive. The pro-posed two-story building will have 5,840 square feet including the spa and leasable office space on the second floor.
In an earlier review of plans the Commission expressed concerns about the design. The Planning Board took that feedback into consideration and made it a condition of approval that Maillet & Associates come up with a design that satisfies the Commission. The Com-mission thought the new design was much better and granted their approval.
Next up, the Commis-sion reviewed a plan from RESCOM Environmental Corporation on behalf of Sprint to add cellular equipment to an aban-doned smokestack locat-ed at 516 Mammoth Road. The tower would be strapped to the smoke-stack and would not pro-trude any higher than the smokestack.
The Commission requested more informa-tion about the condiinforma-tion of the smokestack and pictures of the associated shed that would accompa-ny the tower. They also asked to see a mainte-nance plan for the smoke-stack.
Kent Allen provided an update on the work in the town forest. A variety of work has been done by Kent and other helpers. In addition, he shared that over $4,000 in donations had been raised from 22 donors to support ongo-ing improvements.
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big part of high school involves stu-dents transitioning into becoming full-fledged adults. Aside from learn-ing about more adult con-tent and taking on more responsibilities during and after school, there is also the matter of learn-ing independence. One way of doing this is overnight field trips. Typ-ically taken by sports teams and music groups, Londonderry High School(LHS) is preparing for a number of these trips for the 2018-2019 school year. This was discussed by Principal Jason Parent during the Londonderry School Board’s latest meeting on Sept. 25.
According to Parent, with 75% of students at LHS involved with music, athletics, or other co-cur-ricular activities, he feels that field trips of all kinds can enhance the experi-ence gained in these groups. Furthermore, Parent feels that they
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have more than enough chaperones for the trips, with one chaperone being assigned for every 12 stu-dents on each trip. Also, he noted that the $618,400 needed for the trips this year, are all funded through student fundraisers and or sup-plemented by their par-ents. “We feel that the field trips, including the overnight field trips, are beneficial to their educa-tional experience”, noted Parent.
Board Member Steve
Young asked “Whether or not there would be any new proposed trips for this year”? Parent noted that students participat-ing in Chorus, Orchestra, and Jazz would like to visit Orlando, Florida once every four years from now on. The music department staggered the amount to 4 years due to the high costs of putting such a trip together. The Robotics team also plans on visiting Detroit, Michi-gan, as the World Champi-onships for Robotics
recently moved from St. Louis, Missouri to Detroit. All other trips will remain the same as years prior. Young also mentioned how roughly 50% of these trips take place on week-ends or holidays; some-thing which Parent noted has been in the works as of late. “People that host these events are starting to realize that we really wanna keep our kids in school and build around the weekends,” Parent stated.
Board Chair Jenn
Ganem followed up by supporting the idea of overnight field trips, men-tioning an experience where a past student had to stay behind on a trip another night. This was due to delayed flights. Despite her mother wor-rying, the student han-dled herself quite well. This convinced Ganem that these trips can actu-ally be multi-faceted learning experiences. LHS’s requests for overnight field trips were approved unanimously.
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As a result, the town has asked the school to rescind the 1984 warrant article that allowed the space to be used as school district office space. The Town Council also plans on placing a similar article on its bal-lot.
The school district is
currently using the space for storage, and Smith mentioned that it would continue to allow that, or find another area to be used for that purpose. Smith told the council members that the School Board Chair told them that it would be discussed
with other members, and they will, “Get back to us.”
Council member Jim Butler asked if was as sim-ple as buying their por-tion of the building back from the school.
Smith replied, “It’s not that simple.”
The meeting then moved on to other mat-ters and hopes to address the issue at a later date. acres and will be served
by wells and septic sys-tems.
The 15.6 acre site had been used by the Man-chester-Boston Regional Airport to host aviation guidance equipment. It was purchased from the City of Manchester by Belize Real Estate Hold-ings earlier this year for $325K.
Following recent updates to the parking area at the Kendall Pond Conservation Area, Com-missioner Bob Maxwell provided an update on activity at the area and
ongoing trail improve-ments. Maxwell walked the trails and found a small amount of litter and trails in need of work. He removed a couple of small downed trees and cut back some undergrowth that was crowding the trails. More work is need-ed to open the trails and the Conservation Com-mission planned to com-plete the work on Septem-ber 30.
Maxwell also shared that he had reviewed all the images from the sur-veillance camera that was added as part of the updates to discourage use of the area for inappropri-ate activities. Maxwell
estimated that there were 300 visits over a 30 day period with a lot of people there to walk dogs.
While no inappropri-ate activities were noted, Maxwell did forward two sets of images that he deemed suspicious to the Londonderry Police Department.
Commissioner Mike Speltz shared that he is preparing a grant applica-tion for a state brownfield program to fund a review of a site on Gilcreast Road where the town holds an easement. A brownfield site is a property that contains a hazardous sub-stance, pollutant, or con-taminant, which hinders the potential to reuse or redevelop the site.
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cel along Gilcreast across the street from Albany and Boston Avenue and is the site of former apple orchard. If issued the grant, it could cover just assessing the current state of contamination or
that plus a clean up of the areas. Speltz plans to seek approval to apply for the grant at the November 5 Town Council meeting.
Chairperson Marge Badois told the commis-sion that the Request for
Proposal for a water quantity study had been posted. She planned to brief the Town Council on Oct. 2 on the proposal which also includes for-mation of a working group to oversee the study.
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Londonderry Middle School held its annual Move-a-Thon throughout the day on Friday, Sept. 28. All grade levels participated in a wide range of activ-ities esigned to keep the students moving. Activactiv-ities included: Capture the Football, Ultimate Frisbee, Yoga, Kick Boxing, Three on Three Basketball, Kickball, Hiking to Moose Hill and many others. Photos by Chris Paul
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Technicians at the event determined whether your car seat is still safely usable by checking its expiration date. The date is stamped onto the seat, and seats are usually good for six years.
During the two-hour event, there were about
16 vehicles that ran through the four stations set up with 21 seats inspected, and 22 seats recycled by technicians for disposal.
Over the morning, there were five seats given to residents to replace those expired.
If you missed the event, and wish to have your seat checked for safety, contact the Derry Police department at 432-6111. Jeffery Pike or Erin Sullivan will be able to assist those in need of the service throughout the year.
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ver the weekend, residents had the opportunity to make sure their children are as safe during a child passenger safety check-point held on Saturday, Sept. 29 at the Walmart parking lot in Derry.The checkpoint was free, and hosted by Safe Kids New Hampshire and the Injury Prevention Cen-ter at Dartmouth, the Derry Police Department, the Buckle Up New Hamp-shire Coalition.
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here are times when statistics bear out exactly what hap-pened in a sporting event. And there are other times when the stats don't give a true indication of what occurred on a field.And the Londonderry High football squad's 35-23 victory over the visit-ing Windham High Jaguars at LHS Saturday afternoon provided an example of the latter case.
A 12-point margin of victory doesn't sound like a lopsided success, but it never really felt as though the now 4-1 host Lancers were going to lose control to the 2-3 Jags despite the fact that at one point their lead sat at an overwhelm-ing 35-9 before the Wind-ham crew battled back to get within two touch-downs of a full comeback. What's more, the final offensive stats show that Londonderry was held below 200 total yards (199) while Windham tal-lid 315 in a losing effort. The Lancers' offensive forays were economical and productive much of the time, and a couple of rare mistakes put the ball in Windham's hands dur-ing the second half.
Several LHS gridders had excellent games for their side, with versatile
senior Jake Holland block-ing and runnblock-ing back a punt for points, sprinting a kick-off 75 yards to pay-dirt, and intercepting a pass to help lead the locals' impressive week-end charge.
The Lancers rebound-ed nicely from their Mack Plaque loss to Pinkerton with a Saturday afternoon win which left coach Jimmy Lauzon and his charges feeling pretty darn good about them-selves. And what's even more, several LHS grid-ders had excellent games for their side, with versa-tile senior Jake Holland blocking and running back a punt for points, sprinting a kick-off some 75 yards to pay-dirt, and intercepting a pass to help lead the locals' impressive weekend charge.
"I'm very proud of our defense, our special teams were outstanding except for a couple of plays, and our offense was strong except for the fact that I was too conservative about running time off the clock. I take the blame for that," said Lauzon.
Londonderry, which will have its mettle tested this Friday night when it plays host to the defend-ing Division I champions from Winnacunnet High of Hampton, led 14-3 after
one period and 28-9 at the halftime break. At the conclusion of three stan-zas the locals were up 35-23, and that's precisely where the final score would wind up.
The hosts would nab a 7-0 lead three minutes into the game when Hol-land blocked a Windham punt attempt, chased the football down to the Jaguars' 28-yard-line, and sprinted the pigskin into the end zone.
The Jags got three of the points back on a 26-yard field goal with 5:31 to go in that opening quar-ter, but Londonderry went up 14-3 thanks to a four-play drive which fea-tured a 38-yard run by quarterback Evan Cormi-er and culminated with an 8-yard scoring sprint by Jeff Wiedenfeld with 3:41 to go in the first.
That skilled LHS junior running back would be another of the bright lights for the Lancers, fin-ishing up with 111 rush-ing yards on 17 carries with two touchdowns.
Windham would man-age to slice its deficit down to five points at 14-9 with a 23-yard touch-down pass followed by a two-point conversion with just under six min-utes left in the half. But 14 seconds after the Jags fin-ished their scoring
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bration the Lancers began one of their own when Holland ran the ensuing kickoff back 75 yards to the opposite end zone to make it a 21-9 contest.
And the hosts would give their sizable crowd more about which to cheer with just 1:04 left in the half when quarter-back Cormier and his offense capped off a seven-play drive with a 23-yard scoring toss to Cole Keegan. LHS kicker Zack Chau's fourth suc-cessful point-after kick of the game would make it a 28-9 game, and the Lancers had many rea-sons to be grinning as they adjourned to their locker room for halftime.
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he LondonderryHigh boys' golf squad rolled into this week with several strong recent performanc-es in its rear-view mirror and distinct hopes of making the final cut for a Division I team tourna-ment berth.
The Lancers enjoyed considerable success at beautiful Campbell's Scot-tish Highlands in Salem last Wednesday, Sept. 26, with the locals putting up a team score of 209 to nar-rowly best Hanover (212) and the host Salem High Blue Devils by a larger margin (228).
Freshman James
Grif-fin continued to show all sorts of prowess as a new-comer to high school golf by pacing his squad with an individual score of 40. Just behind him were his teammates Brian Boyle, Matt Anderson, and Josh Traynham (all at 42) and Zach Malcolm (43).
And the Lancers con-tinued their push toward a position in the forth-coming state tournament with another strong effort on their home links at the Passaconaway Country Club in Litchfield the next afternoon.
The hosts finished right in the middle of a three-team competition, with the Exeter High Blue Hawks winning with a score of 196 to London-derry's 215 and Winna-cunnet's 217.
"Today’s match was outstanding," said coach Dan Grant. "We beat Win-nacunnet to get our eighth win, which puts us on the bubble for the state tournament."
Battle-tested senior Tom Marcantonio was superb in his final home match, tying rookie Griffin for the best individual score among the Lancers with a 41. Boyle bagged a 43 for the locals, and his teammates Sam Seibert and Traynham each man-aged a 45.
Lancer Golfers Continued Surge Toward a State Tourney Berth
Londonderry then completed its regular sea-son with a road match at the Exeter Country Club this past Monday, Oct. 1, facing off with those tough Blue Hawks again as well as the superb and only recently-defeated Bedford High Bulldogs. In the wake of that match coach Grant and his group were hoping for the good news that they'd qualified for the state team tourney, which was to be held this Thursday,
Oct. 4 - after Londonderry Times press time - at The Oaks Golf Links in Somer-sworth.
Stepping into that final regular season match the Lancers were - in coach Grant's own words - "on the outside looking in by one win." Alas, they didn't get another victory in fin-ishing third out of the three teams in Exeter.
Bedford edged out Exeter by a 206-207 tally in a tiebreaker, with Lon-donderry third with a 226.
"Not a good day for the Lancers," lamented Grant. "Unless Spaulding gets swept today and tomorrow we are out of tournament. Great group of kids and we had a lot of fun this year. Just came up short."
Zach Malcolm, James Griffin, and Brian Boyle all shot a 45 for their Lancers.
Senior Boyle and freshman Griffin advance to the state individual tourney late this week.
Rookie James Griffin hammers a drive off the tee during a recent Londonderry High match. The
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But with its record now sitting one win below the .500 mark at 5-6, the Londonderry crew had its hands all kinds of full this past Monday with a host Nashua South contingent which came into its home
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he LondonderryHigh girls' volleyball team's up-and-down 2018 campaign continued recently with a downer followed by a far more positive outcome, then another loss as the locals saw their overall record move to 5-7.
The Lancers were blanked by the tough Bedford High Lady Bull-dogs on that opponent's home court on Wednes-day, Sept. 26, with the hosts collecting their fifth straight victory in bounc-ing their 2018 record up to 7-1.
But the LHS contin-gent rebounded beautiful-ly at home against the scuffling Goffstown Lady Grizzlies on Friday the 28th in bagging a 3-0 blanking of that oppo-nent. The loss was Goffs-town's fourth in its last five matches and that squad slid to 4-7 overall.
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