Democrats seek to get out the vote on Election Day, Nov. 4
Photo by Edith tuckEr
Democrats at Saturday night’s Harry S. Truman Dinner sponsored by the Coös County Democratic Party at the Town & Country Motor Inn in Shelburne are gearing up for a concerted “get-out-the-vote” effort, aiming for victory for both incumbents and newcomers on General Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 4: one-term Rep. Marcia Hammon, left, of Whitefield, who is not running again; Rep. Robert Theberge of Berlin; District 2 Congresswoman Annie Kuster; candidate for District 1 Executive Councilor Mike Cryans; Governor Maggie Hassan; state Sen. Jeff Woodburn of Dalton; Rep. Bill Hatch of Gorham; first-time candidate for state rep. Art Hammon of Whitefield; Rep. Linda Massimilla of Littleton; and first-time candidate for state rep. Alethea Lincoln Froburg of Berlin.
SHELBURNE — In-cumbent Democratic officeholders, including Gov. Maggie Hassan and Congresswoman Annie Kuster, and Par-ty activists urged North Country Democrats to work to get out the vote on Election Day, Tues-day, Nov. 4, by chatting to neighbors and/or vol-unteering to staff phone banks and to do door-to-door canvassing.
They warned that if right-wing Republicans win in November, they will roll back progress, cutting out the many Granite Staters who, for the first time, have healthcare coverage un-der the Affordable Care Act and the Medicaid expansion program, and ignoring the downward economic slide of many low- and middle-income workers.
Kuster said that her Republican opponent, Marilinda Garcia, is “right of the Tea Party” and seeks to eliminate the federal Department of Education to zero out Pell grants and federal student loan programs and also seeks to privat-ize Social Security, leav-ing no safety net for re-cipients during a stock market crash. Kuster said her challenger would also restrict wom-en’s reproductive rights, does not believe in equal pay for equal work, and opposes the Violence Against Women Act.
The one-term con-gresswoman touted her own record of working across the aisle to ne-gotiate opening new North Country veterans’ health clinics in Berlin and Colebrook and help-ing to pass a bill, soon to go into effect, that will allow New Hamp-shire vets who live more than 20 miles from the full-service VA hospital in White River Junction, Vt., to get private care cards to be reimbursed for receiving private healthcare near where they live.
Kuster said growing jobs and the economy have been her main fo-cus, and she said that she hopes to bring a “job fair” to Coös, similar to those she has initiated in other parts of the state.
“I serve on both the House Veterans Affairs and House Agriculture Committees — the only two committees that act in a bipartisan way,” Kuster said.
Hassan praised Kuster’s work in Wash-ington and said that she needs her to be reelect-ed. She also praised Dis-trict 1 state Senator Jeff Woodburn who had spo-ken eloquently earlier in the evening, telling listeners, “You couldn’t have a better representa-tive in the state Senate.”
Hassan said that her
Republican opponent, Walt Havenstein, is committed to the Koch Brothers’ agenda, and that re-establishing a Republican majority in the House to bring back Speaker Bill O'Brien would undo the gains made through cooper-ative, bipartisan, and commonsense prob-lem-solving that’s char-
acterized the last 20 months in which she has been in the Corner Office.
Hassan touted the state’s bipartisan bud-get that restored dollars to Health and Human Services and the state University system, and added more on-the-road state troopers and im-proved the state’s high-
way and bridge infra-structure — including in the North Country — all without an income or sales tax. Tuition at state community colleges has been dropped by five percent and frozen for in-state students in the University system. Thanks to a New Hamp-shire solution, 20,000 people are now covered
by health insurance through the Medicaid expansion program.
“New Hampshire’s back on the right track,” Hassan said in her passionate campaign speech. “We bring peo-ple together to get things done. We figure out the common ground and reach solutions. We can solve anything if we re-
member who we are — Granite Staters, who roll up our sleeves to move in the right direction so that our democracy will thrive.”
Woodburn explained that he’d put some 80,000 miles on his truck while visiting the 58 District 1 communities he rep-resents, and he thanked his wife, Kelly, for her support in picking up the slack at home, en-abling him to do his job. He pointed out that 12 percent of the 20,000 en-rollees who have taken advantage of the Medic-aid expansion program are from the Coös, which only has four percent of the state’s population. His focus and that of the Democratic Party as a whole is on improving the lives of low- and mid-dle-income workers.
Cryans said that he is working as hard as he can on his campaign to become the next Execu-tive Councilor, especial-ly because the Council votes of his incumbent Republican opponent,
Photo by Edith tuckEr
John Campbell of Berlin, installation repair technician for Time-Warner Cable, replaced the cable from Durand Road to a house on its south side on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 30 — one of the peak fall foliage days in Randolph.
Register now for Riverfire 5K Run/Walk
BERLIN — With reg-istration for the River-Fire 5K in full swing, organizers are encourag-ing runners and walkers to register by Oct. 9 to be guaranteed a commem-orative race T-shirt. Although participants may register up to and including race day, after Oct. 9, T-shirts are not guaranteed and cost of registration increases.
The second annual RiverFire 5K is a run/walk event set to take place on
Saturday, Oct. 18, in conjunction with other RiverFire activities, be-ginning and ending at Northern Forest Heri-tage Park in Berlin. Day of race registration will begin at 12:30 p.m., with the race at 2 p.m. Run-ners and walkers of all abilities are encouraged to participate either individually or as part of a team of 3 or more. Unique handcrafted awards will be presented to the overall male and female winners with age group medals given to the top three males and females in 0-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 and 60+ age groups. In addition, $50 will be awarded to the first man to better Jasmin Lapir's 17:33 men's course record and first woman to bet-ter Brittany Raymond's 22:44 women's course record. Awards will also be presented to the three fastest teams (times of 3 fastest team members added together) as well as a special award to the best “themed team”.
All proceeds from this event will benefit RESPONSE to Domes-tic and Sexual Violence. Several local business-es have generously ex-tended their support to this year's RiverFire 5K event. Thus far finan-cial sponsors at the Plat-inum level include: Au-toNorth, AVH Medical Staff, and Drs. Mitch and Delphine Sullivan; at the Silver level, Gorham Family Dentistry; at the Bronze level: Andro-scoggin Valley Hospital,
Cooper Cargill Chant,-PA, and Waystack Friz-zell Trial Lawyers. In addition In Kind dona-tions are being provided by Berlin Ambulance, Berlin Police Depart-ment, Corrigan Screen Printing, Mountain Fire Pizza and Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility.
Further information as well as registration for this year's River-Fire 5K even is online through www.race-menu.com.
Applications now available for 33-unit Notre Dame ApartmentsBY EDITH TUCKER
BERLIN — Work on the 33-unit Notre Dame Apartments, designed for affordable indepen-
dent living for those 62 and over, are about 70 percent complete, and AHEAD is now working to get the word out that applications are avail-
able by calling 444-1377 or 1-800-974-1377 or by going to its website at www.homesahead.org. The first apartments in the historic building will be
ready for occupancy on Jan. 1, 2015.
A ribbon-cutting cere-mony is planned on Mon-
Local stakeholders discuss how to create a healthy food futurePhoto by Edith tuckEr
Laura Jamison, center, of Berlin, who played a key role in starting the seasonal Berlin Farmers Market under the aegis of WREN Local Works, was part of one of the three small group discussions at Wednesday’s New Hampshire Food Strategy session held in Gorham.
GORHAM — Nearly two dozen Androscoggin Valley residents, near-ly all women, gathered for a three-hour meet-ing on Wednesday night at Libby’s downstairs function room to discuss creating a future food system and food system networks that ideally would strengthen the re-gion’s economy, steward its cultural and natural resources, and contrib-ute to citizens’ health and well-being.
This session, guided by four facilitators, was
the sixth of 10 being held in communities around the state (www.nhfood-strategy.weebly.com), all designed to help develop a shared agenda and vision for building a New Hamp-shire food system that works across the state by developing a strong and connected network of or-
ganizations, institutions, agencies, businesses, and individuals that contrib-ute to the NH food sys-tem. One of the key goals of this participatory pro-cess is to “identify shared goals and actions that will contribute to a robust, eq-uitable, and healthy food
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A review of the locally produced short film “Grinning Jack” to be screened at HorrorfestBY JODY HOULE
Contributing writer
BERLIN – Horrorfest, a huge part of the annual RiverFire scheduled for Oct. 18 that draws thou-sands every year, will be a little different this year with live bands, a stunt show, a spooky tour, and a screening of the locally made short horror film “Grinning Jack.”
The short film was written by Ricky Pivin, 30, of Berlin, who joined Dubeyous Productions this past spring along-side his wife, Rina-fay, and cofounder Chris Dubey.
Dubey, who helps organize Horrorfest ev-ery year, has a number of short films under his belt. He and his crew have also participated in the New Hampshire 48 Hour Film Project, have produced a few music videos for local bands, and have teamed up with Shawn Allen Productions for the lo-cal Web series Paragods. Now Pivin has been wel-comed to the crew and his new short film will be screened at Horror-fest on Oct. 18 as part of the popular event.
Producer/Director Dubey describes the short horror film as a locally flavored “inves-tigation of a missing person” that “goes past suspense and turns vis-ceral.” The serial killer, portrayed by aspiring Berlin actor Shayne Reisch, wears a cut-off sheet for a mask and tortures the victim as two zany local detectives of the fictional town Hallows Falls investi-gate and search for the missing girl. Familiar local tones are evident with the ringing of Good Shepherd’s church bell and with the whistling of the Berlin mill. Other lo-cal actors in the film in-clude Jonathan Dubey, Rina-fay Pivin, Natalie May, Shawn Allen, Tyler Fowler, and Barry Vail-lancourt-Locke. Some of the background music
is provided by local mu-sicians including Mike Emerson and myself.
Production began near the beginning of the year after Dubey re-ceived the script from Pivin. Pivin joined the crew in the spring. Since then he has acted in Par-agods, was a production assistant and camera man for another short film, “Red Demon,” di-rected by his wife Ri-na-fay. Pivin is familiar with photography but had no previous experi-ence with film.
“My camera is very similar to the video cam-era we use for filming,” said Pivin. “I was like ‘hey, there’s a video but-ton on here too.’”
Pivin said he has al-ways been fascinated by horror movies, so he decided to write his own script about five years ago while at work.
“I wrote the original script on a paper towel on my lunch break,” he said.
Dubey added further description of the film and said that they drew inspiration from TV shows such as “True De-tective” and “Law and Order.” The violence, he said, is “very fast, sud-den, and very final,” and is comparable to Rob Zombie’s re-make of the horror classic “Hallow-een.” The background shows the scenery of Berlin streets and the film adds more touches of local flavor with “the voice on the street” and “the frustration in the way people speak,” he said.
The film begins with suspense as two zany de-tectives interview some equally wacky witness-es in Hallows Falls. A young girl has turned up missing, but in this small town that is rare-ly home to any serious crimes, it is probable that it is just another case of a run-away. As the detectives rummage through the streets look-
ing for clues, the sus-pense slowly turns into eeriness. After one of the detectives decides to record their investiga-tion with his hand-held video camera, a screen within a screen appears in the corner giving the perspective of the two detectives and provid-ing different shot angles,
thus, adding a new di-mension that allows the viewer two viewpoints. The cameras are turned to a captive girl in a creepy basement being tormented by a madman with scenes that will give the viewer an un-forgettable disturbing image -- as intended by any horror enthusiast.
This year’s Horror-fest on Oct. 18 will screen the film on a projector as one of the spectacles. The tickets give access to a familiar tour inside and outside the Heri-tage Park, but, this year, new attributes include a “hang-out” environment where attendees can be entertained by two local
hard rock bands, Puren-form and D.C., listen to readings of local poetry, buy scary local art, and who can witness the screening of “Grinning Jack” in the main cabin.
“This year, we decid-ed to give people options with bands, movies, art, and a spooky tour,” said Dubey.
Ride the Wilds trail closures announcedREGION — Following
is a list of scheduled trail closures throughout the Ride the Wilds system.
Most of the system closes Dec. 1 or will re-main open until mud season except the follow-ing:
Great North Woods Riders ATV Club Sys-tem – Pittsburg - Closes
Sept. 30 Metallak ATV Club
closes Oct. 15 except: State Highways The railroad bed be-
tween Colebrook and Beecher Falls
All trails on Bayroot LLC property – the parts of the system in the Swift Diamond River water-shed
In addition, the fol-lowing State Highways by town close on Nov. 3:
Lancaster: Main Street to Elm
Street
Groveton: Lost Nation Road Main Street State Street
Stratford: Bog Road Hollow Road Main Street Potato Hill Road
Colebrook: Bridge Street from
railroad tracks to Gould Street
Diamond Pond Road
Applications welcome for Miss Berlin-Gorham Scholarship Program
BERLIN — In this ninth year of the Miss Berlin-Gorham Scholar-ship Program, we will be celebrating our past titleholders’ success-es as well as awarding more than $2,000 an-nually in scholarships to some very talented young women. The Miss Berlin-Gorham scholar-ship winner will go on to compete for the Miss NH Scholarship in April, and if chosen will repre-sent the state at the Miss America Scholarship Program next Septem-ber in Atlantic City, N.J.!
Last year, the Miss New Hampshire Schol-arship Program award-ed more than $90,000 to young women through-out the state; making it
the largest scholarship program for women in this state. The current Miss New Hampshire, Megan Cooley, will host our program on Nov. 8, along with the current Miss New Hampshire’s Outstanding Teen, Caro-line Carter. Both of these young women have won substantial scholarship funds, performed on several national stages, spoken with the gover-nor on important issues such a juvenile diabetes and the obesity epidem-ic, and represented our state in Washington, D.C.
The current Miss Berlin-Gorham, Skylar Wood, and the current Miss Berlin-Gorham’s Outstanding Teen, Dan-
ielle Cotnoir, will be singing and signing the National Anthem. Many of you have had the pleasure of meeting Danielle at several local events. The contestants this year will compete on stage in talent, evening gown, physical fitness and on stage question. There will be other guest entertainers as well on Nov. 8 at 4 p.m. in the Medallion Opera House in Gorham.
Because of the local support for this schol-arship program, we continue to offer one of the highest scholarships of the local Miss New Hampshire Scholarship Programs. A people’s choice award will also be given to one of the Out-
standing Teen and one of the Miss contestants.
The deadline for con-testant applications is Oct. 24. Young women between the ages of 17 and 24 who live or go to school in Coös, Carroll or Grafton County are eligible to compete for the Miss Berlin-Gorham Scholarship. Young women from the same region ages 14-17 are eligible to compete for Miss Berlin-Gorham Outstanding Teen Schol-arship. For information and the application, visit the Miss Berlin/Gorham Facebook page or on www.missnh.org. Kath-leen Kelley is also avail-able to answer questions via email at [email protected].
AARP Driver Safety program re-scheduledBERLIN — Due to a
scheduling conflict, the AARP Smart Driver Pro-gram originally sched-uled for Nov. 5 sponsored Northway Bank has been rescheduled to Fri-
day, Nov. 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Northway Bank, 9 Main St., Berlin. The entire course will be held in one day. A lunch break will be taken. Par-ticipants can bring a
lunch or leave the build-ing to get lunch at a near-by restaurant.
Using research-based safety strategies, AARP developed this brand new classroom course
to teach drivers how to boost safety awareness, refresh and improve their driving skills, minimize crash risks, increase confidence, prolong mobility and maintain independence. Upon successful comple-tion of the course, partic-ipants may be eligible for a discount on their auto-mobile insurance.
AARP volunteer in-structor Dan Andrews of Jackson will be present-ing this course through a combination of group discussion and video. For more information or to register for the course, please call 383-4998.
The fee for the course is $15 for AARP members who show their member-ship card. Cost to all oth-ers is $20.
Photo by Jody houle
Local film crew Dubeyous Productions will screen a short horror film, “Grinning Jack,” during Horrorfest this year. Chris Dubey (left), co-founder/director/producer, sits with writer Ricky Pivin in the editing room
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Reports of suspicious man driving by bus stops under investigation
Police have an idea who he isBY JODY HOULE
Contributing writer
BERLIN – Several calls came in to the Ber-lin Police Department between last Wednes-day and Friday report-ing a suspicious man driving by a number of Berlin bus stops.
A letter was sent to parents of students who attend Brown School El-ementary, and reads as followed:
“Dear parents, I want to alert you that there have been multiple re-ports recently of an old-er heavy set man with a white beard repeatedly driving by bus stops in a blue van with a veter-an plate. The students have done everything correctly by reporting it to an adult, wheth-er to a parent or a staff member upon arriving at their schools. Reports have been filed with the Berlin police Depart-ment.
This is a good idea to remind parents and students to be alert and aware of their sur-roundings. I ask that you please talk to your child about the dangers that may be present, no matter the environ-ment. On the back of this letter is a short checklist of steps to take in the case of ‘stranger danger.’ Please talk to your child about this important topic!”
Officer Steve Arse-nault said it is under in-vestigation, and that the department has a “good idea who it is” and it is “linked to someone.”
Below is a standard safety checklist for par-ents and student:
Amber Alert:1. Teach your child
not to ever get into any one's car without your permission.
2. Explain, show and practice with your child how to move away from vehicles that pull over next to them if they do not recognize the driver.
3. Provide key mes-sages that you don't need to be out of your home to have a risky situation. Have them understand how it's very important to never have them an-swer the door if they are home alone or awake in the house while other family members may be sleeping
4. Explain to your child how important it is that they do not play in deserted areas or alone in a park or other public place.
Child Molesters:1. Listen to your
child, pay attention to what they tell you about the adults in their lives.
2. Teach your child some signs of behavior or characteristics often shared among child mo-lesters.
3. Be calm when talking about sex with your child.
4. Role Modeling is Important...
5. Remain Vigilant...Sex Offenders Check-
list:1. Teach your child
all your contact details2. Always be aware of
where your child is and who their friends are including contact num-bers and addresses.
3. Know the different kinds of strangers that
your child can be safe with.
4. The buddy system is always better than be-
ing alone.5. Have a password
for you and your child to build trust.
6. Teach your child about tactics that a sex offender will use.
Child Safety Locator:
1. Check that the bat-teries are operational.
2. Attach the locator according to your child's
activities.3. Test the device in
different environments before purchasing.
Giant National Geographic map of Asia coming to Berlin and GorhamBERLIN — Students
at Hillside Elementary, Berlin Middle School and Gorham Middle High School will be ex-ploring Asia in a big way next month — with the world’s largest map of the continent.
The map measures 26 feet by 35 feet and is designed as giant game board to introduce stu-dents to the diverse geog-raphy of Asia. It will be at Berlin Middle School from Nov. 3-7 and Gor-ham Middle High School from Nov. 10-12 as part of National Geographic’s Giant Traveling Maps program, organized by National Geographic Live, the public pro-gramming division of the National Geographic Society.
The map’s brightly colored, smooth vinyl surface accurately il-lustrates Asia’s oceans, seas, rivers, mountains, countries and capitals. Designed for grades K-8, the map comes with a trunk full of accessories, including interactive activities and props and photo cards that teach students about the phys-ical characteristics of the continent as well as its rich history, wild-life, and varied cultures. In “Cardinal Capture,” teams of students use car-dinal directions to move student “pawns” around the map, capturing op-ponents. In “To What Degree?” teams compete against each other to find the most locations using latitude and longi-tude coordinates. Foam balls and hoops are used in “Geo-gym” games that each students the diverse geography of the Asian continent.
“These maps teach geography in a way that nothing else does. It is a physical as well as men-tal experience,” said Dan Beaupré, director of education partnerships for National Geographic Live. “The hands- and feet-on experience makes a lasting impression on students and sparks fur-ther interest.”
National Geograph-ic’s Giant Traveling Maps program was intro-duced in 2006 with a map of Africa, and has since expanded to include maps of Asia, North America, South Ameri-ca, Europe, and the Pa-cific Ocean. Each map measures approximate-ly 26 feet by 35 feet, and is loaned to schools and other hosts with an as-sortment of activities. In the 2013-2014 school year hundreds of thousands of students will interact with these maps.
To learn more about the Giant Traveling Map project, for borrowing
information or to down-load map activities, visit www.nationalgeograph-ic.com/giantmaps.
The National Geo-graphic Society is one of the world’s largest nonprofit scientific and educational organiza-tions. Its mission is to inspire people to care
about the planet. Found-ed in 1888, the Society is member supported and offers a community for members to get closer to explorers, connect with other members and help make a difference. The Society reaches more than 450 million people worldwide each
month through Nation-al Geographic and oth-er magazines; National Geographic Channel; television documenta-ries; music; radio; films; books; DVDs; maps; ex-hibitions; live events; school publishing pro-grams; interactive me-dia; and merchandise.
National Geographic has funded more than 10,000 scientific re-search, conservation and exploration projects and supports an educa-tion program promoting geographic literacy. For more information, visit www.nationalgeograph-ic.com.
BERLIN FIRST CIRCUIT COURT LOGBY JODY HOULE
Contributing Writer
Brian Bishop, 22, of Berlin, was found guilty of possession of con-trolled/narcotic drugs and fined $434.
A charge of operating an unregistered OHRV against Shane Mailhot, 42, of Berlin, was nol-le-prossed.
Paul Croteau, 43, of Berlin, was found guilty of misuse or failure to display plates and fined $155. An additional charge of operating on a public way was nol-le-prossed.
A charge of false re-
port to law enforcement against Randy Duguay, 33, of Berlin, was nol-le-prossed.
Jason Chapman, 39, of Milan, was found guilty of resisting arrest or de-tention and sentenced to jail for 40 days. He is credited will 40 days of pre-trial confinement. He was found guilty of an additional charge of driving after revoca-tion or suspension and fined $310 suspended on one year good behavior. An additional charge of willful concealment/shoplifting was nol-le-prossed.
Gina Alger, 36, of Grafton County House of Corrections, was found guilty of criminal tres-pass and fined $310. She was also found guilty of an additional charge of contempt and sentenced to 30 days in jail. Addi-tional charges of inde-cent exposure and lewd-ness, disorderly conduct and endangering the welfare of a child were all nolle-prossed.
Adam Morton, 27, of Berlin, was found guilty of driving after revoca-tion or suspension and fined $620.
A charge of conspir-
acy to commit false re-port to law enforcement against Stephanie Cros-by, 23, of Berlin, was nol-le-prossed.
Candy Demers, 37, of Berlin, was found guilty of driving after revoca-tion or suspension and fined $310.
Matthew Chernicki, 29, of Berlin, was found guilty of open contain-er/transportation of alcohol and fined $310. Additional charges of possession of drugs in a motor vehicle and pos-session of controlled/narcotic drugs were both nolle-prossed.
Photo by Edith tuckEr
Workers from Couture Construction of Berlin had finished installing half the new Colonial Red roof by noon on Friday at the Notre Dame Arena in Berlin. Job superintendent Bert Bertin of Gorham and Wentworth Location noted that laying up the cultured (manmade) stone pillars was not yet even half done but that all the four-foot-by-four-foot cement board squares are in place. Renovations, including the new entrance and façade, will likely be finished within the month
Massachusetts man injured in four-wheeler crash in Jericho State Park
BERLIN — At approx-imately 4:20 p.m. on Oct. 5, New Hampshire State Police Troop F contact-ed New Hampshire Fish and Game Conservation Officers to report an OHRV crash in Jericho State Park in Berlin. The
caller stated that it was a single vehicle crash.
Berlin Fire, along with Berlin EMS, re-sponded to the scene along with Conservation Officers. The victim was identified as 24-year-old Kevin Tavares of Tewks-
bury, Mass. Tavares crashed his machine on Toby’s Trail after hitting a rock on a steep down-hill grade. He sustained non-life-threatening in-juries as a result of the crash. He was wearing a helmet and eye protec-
tion at the time. Tavares was trans-
ported from the scene by Berlin Fire to an await-ing ambulance that brought him to Andro-scoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin, where he was treated for his injuries.
A4The Berlin ReporterWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2014
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Cassandra Flynn (pictured below), CASA of New Hampshire office volunteer, organized a bake sale at the Fall Craft Fair Bake Sale on Saturday, Sept. 27 at the IGA Plaza in Berlin. From the profits, she was able to donate $150 to CASA to help local children who are abused have someone to get to know them and advocate on their behalf.
GUEST COMMENTARYA time for integrity
Editor’s note: The following guest commentary was submitted for publication by Michael Phillips, a resident of Northumberland who serves on the town’s Select Board.
Democracy hinges on a number of things, and right up there is the integrity of elected officials in respecting the expressed will of the people. Let me tell you a story.
As one of three selectmen for the Town of Nor-thumberland, I hear news of possible businesses interested in setting up shop at the former paper mill site. The lack of infrastructure (water & sewer, electricity & heat, and even road access) on rubbled ground appears to be the latest stumbling block, however.
Thus was birthed a letter to be signed without public discussion, without a public vote, by an elect-ed body pledged to working openly. I was handed the following draft intended for Northern Pass officials on Monday evening, Sept. 15, after the regular Select board meeting had closed. This draft letter is print-ed here word-for-word for all to see:
“Economic challenges and financial struggles North Country Communities have faced over the last 8 to 10 years is not news to anyone.
The Town of Northumberland, or better known as Groveton Village, in particular, has experienced these struggles first hand with the closing of the Wausau and Groveton Paper Mills. These mills in ‘their day’ employed well over 500 people in this community and region.
Groveton has seen the closing of long-standing re-tail businesses, a credit union, and ‘mom and pop’ businesses that have been woven into the fabric of this town for a long time. We have seen the better part of a 1/3 of our skilled work force have to move or commute to other towns or states to work. Some of these families are still ‘hanging on’ to their homes, hoping things will turn around as real estate values are declining and sale activity is mediocre at best.
Needless to say, this community has been, and would be, very thankful for any financial assistance offered to assist the owners/developers of the former mill site in their plans for the development of the for-mer mill site.
This community in particular is very apprecia-tive of the role that ‘Northern Pass’ has played in bringing the cell tower and cell service to this area. It is a key element to building a good foundation for a healthy economy. Any future assistance that is available would bolster these efforts further and be of great value to the region. We support Northern Pass and appreciate and recognize that the cell tower and future financial assistance are critical in bringing the first of many new companies to Groveton.
The Northumberland Board of Selectmen remains open and receptive to any and all offerings to help move toward a healthy economy for this region.”
It was expected I would sign this without ques-tion. Whoa. Northumberland Town Meeting voted unanimously in the spring of 2011 to oppose North-ern Pass. A few months later, the Board of Selectmen at that time voted to send a follow-up letter to then Governor Lynch, again opposing the high transmis-sion towers. The pressure was on from the current board yet I insisted this had to be discussed publicly.
They even pulled in a representative of Green Steel (one of the owners of the mill site) to come to my farm to explain the urgent need to express offi-cial town appreciation for any funding that might be provided by Northern Pass. People might recognize why this was done – pure duplicity – but wink-wink, that was okay. The rep further explained that if the board was somehow able see GUEST, page A9
Glance BackBY JEFF WOODBURN
Contributing Writer
The following news and tidbits were taken from previous editions of the Berlin Reporter 50, 40, 30 and 20 years ago.
1954Berlin Reporter sur-
veyed 47 residents about the boundaries of the North Country and only three were the same.
Town of Randolph wins third place in their category for best town report for 1953.
Mrs. Joseph Collord wins Eagles “Mother of the Year.”
Eight year old Lor-raine LeTarte and Ber-lin radio station WMOU share a birthday. They are photographed along with Lorraine’s mother Mrs. Oscar LeTarte and station manager Jock McKenzie.
1964
A port of entry at Berlin airport is being sought with a committee of New Hampshire and Quebec officials to work on its implementation.
Teacher Russ Nolin of the West Milan School pulled the fire alarm to show the children three deer on the school grounds.
School census shows that it’s a “boys world” in Berlin 3,181 with male children under 18 years of age and 3,049 females.
1974“Hot dots,” bright col-
ored circular stickers are sent out to all schools to prevent pedestrian – children accidents are becoming a local polit-ical issue. “They are blatantly political,” said a local school official of the dots that arrived with a photo of Gov. Mel Thomson. It was paid for with $12,000 in federal
funds.Wallace Anctil and
Herbert Buckley re-sign from Berlin School Board.
Steven Kilbridge, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Kilbride, is recovering from a motorcycle acci-dent induced coma.
State is looking into having traveling judges. Colebrook District court judge Ivory Cobb might be coming to Berlin to hear cases.
1984
A box car at the Floc Plant was hard to put out. Floc is a substanc-es used for welding rod coating and pipe fitter. It is not very flammable.
Berlin City Manager Mitch Berkowitz cele-brates first year on the job with a front page ver-batim interview. “My management style is one of shepherding an idea through…” he said.
Natalie Hebert is the BHS homecoming queen and her king is Brian Donovan.
10,500 acres of land is added to the White Mountain National For-est at a cost of $4 million.
1994Assistant Secretary of
Commerce Bonnie New-man said partnerships are the key to growth at a meeting of the Business and Professional Wom-en organization attend-ed by Gov. John Sununu, Mildred McAfee Horton , former President of Wes-ley College and Jona-thon Rutstein, Executive Director of the North Country Council.
Berlin City Council nixes proposal to require leashing of cats. The Council rejected this idea back in 1991 said Council Jim Wiswell.
Rash of ATV have been stolen in Gorham.
John harrigan
Okay, sure, we’ve used this photo taken from the top of Ben Young Hill on Route 145 between Colebrook and Pittsburg, but a picture is, well, you get the point.
Editor’s note: Mr. Harrigan was unable to submit a column in time to meet our deadline for this week’s edition. The following North Country Notebook column was originally published this week last year, Oct. 6, 2013.
This following is a piece in the “I couldn’t have said it better” cat-egory. I’ve been fulmi-nating on Northern Pass for lo these many weeks, months and years, so that readers are probably fed up (okay, picture your
kid or you or your spouse slapping ears and run-ning away, shouting “Na-na-na”), and so a fresh voice is welcome. Plus, it gives me a rest from writ-ing. Well, at least from the intro to the exit.
By the by, I think we
have these guys on the ropes. This somehow reminds me of the great and repeated line from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” in which Robert Redford and Paul Newman are always peering back at the land-
scape from their next hideout and saying “Who are those guys?”
Except that in this case, I think, we win. To use a hackneyed phrase, it’s from the grassroots
see NOTEBOOK, page A5
The Berlin reporTer A5 •••
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2014
NOTICEPUBLIC HEARING
WORKERS’ COMPENSATIONRATE FILING
Pursuant to the provisions of RSA 400-A:17 the New Hampshire Insurance Department will hold a public hearing on the recent Workers’ Compensation Rate Filing by NCCI, proposed effective January 1, 2015.The public hearing shall be held on:
October 22, 201410:00 a.m.
at theNew Hampshire Insurance Department
21 South Fruit Street, Suite 14Concord, NH 03301
The New Hampshire Insurance Department invites all interested parties with a pecuniary interest in the sale or purchase of workers’ compensation insurance, including but not limited to insurance producers, insurers and all persons purchasing coverage, to participate in the public hearing. Persons who participate in the hearing may testify and offer oral and/or written testimony.
on up. We’ve never had a structure to attack and didn’t need one. Someone blew a trumpet and we all rushed up the ridge to join.
It’s the Attack of The Mushroom People. On a given morning I go out into one of the barns and there they are, overnight, The Mushroom People. Except that they melt away pretty soon, which we won’t.
To quote, from Nancy Martland:
Northern Pass vs. the Lilliputians
Today I was putting up some flyers at Mojo’s for a screening of Northern Trespass, the anti-North-ern Pass documentary that raised such a fuss re-cently in Concord.
Mojo’s is a sand-wich-pizza-ice cream-cof-fee shop in Franconia. It has a small deck out front, is painted in bright col-ors -- purple and orange and yellow -- and is very popular with tourists and locals alike. A man watched me for a while and helped me locate an empty spot on the bulle-tin board. He spoke with a strong southern accent; perhaps he was a sum-mer visitor. I asked him if he had heard about the Northern Pass project. He laughed and drawled, “You’d have to live under a rock not to know about that thing around here.”
I finished tacking up my poster and began to walk away. He called af-ter me in that honeyed southern voice, “You know you have two big strikes against you, don’t you?” I turned back. “You are up against a gi-gantic corporation and they have more money than God. You can’t beat them. They will do any-thing to get what they want.”
“We know that, but we are not backing down, because we are right and they are wrong,” I an-swered.
“Good for you!” he said.
“Live free or die,” I remarked over my shoul-der as I walked away. We both chuckled.
Then there was the case of my friend Dolly, dining out in a local eat-ery, who met two hikers from Connecticut just down from climbing on the Presidential Range. “You cannot let Northern Pass happen. You can-
not let them trash New Hampshire,” they told her. “This place is too special to destroy.”
What’s a body to do? Give in or fight back?
For nearly three years, people who love their land, who love New Hampshire, who believe in our system of private property rights, have been fighting the North-ern Pass project. North-east Utilities, PSNH, and Hydro-Quebec are serious opponents to be sure. They have no con-cern for the actual hu-man beings affected by their project; we are dog meat to them. They go to great lengths to make a show of reaching out to the public, but that is a sham. Northern Pass PR touts so-called green en-ergy benefits, revenues to the towns and state, jobs – it is all pretty much smoke and mirrors if you take a closer look. As my new friend from Mojo’s pointed out, they will do anything to get what they want. Their arrogance is breathtaking.
Northern Pass and its mouthpieces categorical-ly refuse to acknowledge that the project will in-flict any damage at all on landowners on or near its 147 mile existing right of way, damage so obvi-ous a third-grader can see it. If they refuse to admit the clear degrada-tion of private property NP will bring to central and southern NH, why should we believe their other claims? This crowd has given us no reason to trust anything they say.
The goal of this proj-ect is not the betterment of New Hampshire, its
John harrigan
If the Northern Pass venture goes through, it would cross the Pemigewasset River and I-93 several times, not that scenery is all that much.
citizens, or the environ-ment, or even to move power. The goal of North-east Utilities is to maxi-mize shareholder return on investment, and they will stop at very little to achieve that. They want to squeeze every last buck out of New Hampshire, whether it is the North-ern Pass travesty or get-ting us to pay for all of the Bow scrubber. This is not your grandfather’s PSNH.
Northeast Utilities ex-ecutives don’t live here and they don’t care about us. They live in Connecti-cut and New York and Boston and they only care about one thing – money. This corporation has thrown millions of dollars at New Hamp-shire to try to bend us
to its will. When I think of what could have been done with the roughly $50 million they have spent so far to ram NP down our throats, it makes me sick.
Northern Pass PR folks must be shocked that their “buy New Hampshire” strategy is not working. We are not taken in by empty prom-ises, by dangling carrots, by false claims, by at-tempts to bribe us with chump change. These ham-fisted efforts to ma-nipulate only serve to insult us and strengthen our resolve. We are from the state of Live Free or Die. We do not surrender at the drop of a hat. Or for a few million in thin-ly veiled attempts to buy us off. And we are not a
few loud voices; we are legion.
I offer as a lesson the story of Gulliver and his travels. Finding himself a veritable giant in the land of the miniature Lilliputians, Gulliver discovers that his enor-mous relative size does not guarantee domi-nance over those smaller than he. The Lilliputians manage to swarm all over him and tie him down with ropes and pegs the way you would strike a tent in a gale. He is well and truly bested by his tiny opponents.
Northern Pass, be-ware of the Lilliputians. Our numbers are swell-ing by the day.
(Nancy Martland, PhD, resides in Sugar
Hill and is coordinator of Sugar Hill Tower Op-ponents. A retired school teacher and academic re-searcher in Child Devel-opment (Tufts Universi-ty), she and her husband have owned property up north since 1997 and lived there full time since 2007. The Northern Pass line would cross their Lower Forty.)
Addendum:Lest we forget, there is
no “existing right of way” in the North Country, where the scenery is all we have left, and where Northern Pass seeks to carve a huge new swath for 40 miles, from Quebec to the northern foothills of the White Mountains. We are all in this togeth-er. — JDH
gical Associates, the spe-cialty physician practice of Androscoggin Valley Hospital, is pleased to welcome Jessica Lo-renz-Armstrong, PA-C, to its Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine staff. A New Hampshire native with 12 years of Ortho-paedic experience, Ms. Lorenz-Armstrong was most recently employed as a Physician Assistant at The Alpine Clinic in Franconia. She was pre-viously employed by Lit-tleton Orthopaedics.
A graduate of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Ms. Lo-renz-Armstrong earned her Masters of Science degree in Physician As-sistant Studies. She is also a 1999 graduate of the University of New England, where she studied Medical Biology.
Her experience in-
cludes, but is not limited to:
InjectionsCastingSuturingGeneral orthopaedic
care
“We are very pleased to welcome Jessica to AVH Surgical Associ-ates,” commented Keith Shute, MD, MMM, Chief Medical Officer, Senior Vice President, Andro-scoggin Valley Hospi-tal. “She complements a strong North Country orthopaedic team, join-ing Drs. Delphine Glo-rieux-Sullivan, Court Stearns and Tom Rock, as well as Rick Lorenz, Physician Assistant. All of these providers wel-come appointments in Berlin. Dr. Rock and Ms. Lorenz-Armstrong also welcome patients at Up-per Connecticut Valley
Hospital in Colebrook.”In addition to Or-
thopaedics and Sports Medicine, AVH Surgical Associates serves the residents of and visitors to the Androscoggin Valley with a variety of specialties, including Anesthesiology and Pain
Management, Audiolo-gy, Ear, Nose, Throat/Allergy care, General Surgery, Neurology, Obstetrics/Gynecolo-gy, Pulmonology, Sleep Medicine and Urology. For more information or an appointment, please call 752-2300.
Photo by Edith tuckEr
Clark Nguyen of Bismarck, N.D., a graduate of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, will work through the General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at the Democratic Coordinated Committee’s Berlin headquarters at 164 Main Street, next to City Hall, as part of the Democratic Party’s effort to re-elect Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Governor Maggie Hassan, and Congresswoman Annie Kuster to second terms. The office is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., including weekends; more volunteers are welcome. Nguyen said, “I grew up in a rural area and feel very com-fortable in Coös County.”
A6 The Berlin reporTer •••
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2014
– Obituaries –BERLIN — Gertrude
F. Charest, 94, of Berlin, passed away Monday, Sept. 29, 2014 at the Coös County Nursing Home.
She was born in Berlin on Oct. 13, 1919, the daugh-ter of Edward and Florida (Audet) Lacroix and was a lifelong resident. She was a member of St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Parish, a former member of St. Kieran Church and enjoyed BINGO and mak-ing relish and piccalilli.
Family includes her children, Carol Skarado-sky and husband John of Bristol, Conn., Henry Charest and wife Theresa of Northborough, Mass. and Kenneth Charest and wife Suzanne of Milford; seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grand-children and a great-aunt, Bernice Langlois of Ber-lin.
She was predeceased by her husband, Henry J.
Charest.A Mass of Christian
Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014 at 10 a.m. at St. Anne Church of Good Shep-herd Parish. Interment will be in the St. Kieran Cemetery. Relatives and friends may call at the Bryant Funeral Home, 180 Hillside Ave., Ber-lin, on Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. Online guestbook at www.bryantfuneral-home.net.
BERLIN — Richard A. Gagne, 82, of Berlin passed away on Monday, Oct. 6, 2014 at the St. Vin-cent de Paul Rehab and Nursing Center.
He was born in Berlin on June 23, 1932, the son of Alphonse and Cecile (Poirier) Gagne and was a lifelong resident. He had been employed at the lo-cal paper mill for over 40 years, and was a member of Good Shepherd Parish, the Instrument Society of American, was a Cub Scout Master for the Cub Scouts and served on the Catholic School Board.
Richard was a US Army veteran.
Family includes his sons, Ronald Gagne and wife Denise of Gorham, Maine, Michael Gagne and wife Brenda of Mi-lan, Mark Gagne of Mi-lan, and Rick Gagne and wife Misty of Milan; six grandchildren; brother Robert Gagne of Augusta, Maine; nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was predeceased by his wife, Sandra A. (Labrecque) Gagne, on Aug. 19, 2013, and a sister, Lorraine Jones.
A Mass of Christian
Burial will be celebrat-ed on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014 at 10 a.m. at St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Parish. Interment will be in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Milan. Relatives and friends may call at the Bryant Funeral Home, 180 Hillside Ave., Berlin, on Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m.
Donations in his mem-ory may be made to the St. Vincent de Paul Ac-tivities Fund, 29 Provi-dence Ave., Berlin, NH, 03570. Online guestbook at www.bryantfuneral-home.net.
BERLIN — Funeral services for Simone I. Torro, 84, of Berlin, who passed away on Sept. 5, 2014 were held on Friday morning, Sept. 12, 2014 at St. Anne Church of Good Shepherd Parish, follow-ing prayers at the Bryant Funeral Home.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated by Rev. Andrew Nelson. The pall was placed by her husband Albert Tor-ro and her children Steve Torro, Susan Demars and Gisele Scully. The
first reading was done by Dee Torro and the second reading by Amy Torro. The gifts were presented by her four grandchil-dren Tyler Demars, Mau-ra Sullivan, Brittany Simone Torro and Alexis Lucia. The pall bearers were Steve Torro, Chris Sullivan, Tyler Demars, Ben Perrault, Richard Perreault and Dick L’Heureux. Interment followed in St. Kieran Cemetery, with Father Nelson reading the com-mittal prayers. To end
the service at the ceme-tery, roses were placed on the casket, followed by a personal message from her granddaughter Brittany Simone Torro, supported by her sister Alexis Lucia. A luncheon was well attended by family and friends at the Northland Restaurant and Dairy Bar follow-ing the services. Many relatives and friends at-tended from New Hamp-shire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
Gertrude F. Charest, 94
Richard A. Gagne, 82
Funeral services held for Simone Torro
MILAN — Lois Bur-gess Alger, 74, a 50-year resident of Milan, died at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Leba-non on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, after a two-month effort to recover from a brain aneurysm.
She was a former di-rector and trustee of the Milan Public Library, a former columnist, report-er and editor for several North Country publica-tions, and an award-win-ning freelance writer.
She was born in Worcester, Mass., on Jan. 31, 1940, the young-est of three daughters of the late William Bur-gess and Alice Gilson Burgess of Auburn, Mass. She attended pub-lic schools in Auburn, graduating from Auburn High School in 1958. She received her bachelor’s degree in English in 1962 from the University of Massachusetts at Am-herst, where she met her husband, Richard W. Al-ger.
The Algers moved to Milan in 1964, raising three children. During the 40-plus years that they lived on French Hill, Ms. Alger, like her parents before her, main-tained a garden from which she harvested countless vegetables for the family’s meals and for canning. She and her husband also boarded horses at their stable for many years. Her civic activities ranged from leading the youth group at the Milan Methodist Church in the early 1970s to unwavering support for the Democratic Party in Coos County and state-wide. Ms. Alger worked at Evelyn Brown’s lun-cheonette in Milan vil-
lage in the 1970s, then found her way into jour-nalism by writing the “Funny Farm” column for the then-weekly Ber-lin Reporter. She went on to serve there as a re-porter, an editor and a photographer – roles she later filled at the Berlin Daily Sun. She also wrote and took pictures on a freelance basis for pub-lications ranging from the weekly Coös County Democrat to the month-ly Northern New Hamp-shire Magazine.
In 1998, the New Hampshire Press As-sociation awarded fea-ture story of the year to The First To Fly To The Top, her Northern New Hampshire Mag-azine piece marking the 50th anniversary of Milan resident Carmen Onofrio’s landing of an airplane at the summit of Mount Washington in 1947.After leaving the newspaper business, Ms. Alger focused her energies away from the farm on improving and
maintaining the public library in Milan. She also welcomed the opportu-nity to spend time with her four granddaugh-ters and with her sister Charlotte Burgess, who joined her on several trips to the Maine coast. With the advent of digital photography, she made a mission of crafting end-of-the-year greeting cards and calendars with pictures of her family, her friends, and her and their pets and livestock. Late in life, she inherited her parents’ addiction to the Boston Red Sox, rev-eling in the team’s World Series victories of 2007 and 2013.
In addition to her hus-band, she is survived by two sons, Alan Alger of West Milan and Daniel Alger and his wife Kar-en Tremblay Alger of Milan; a daughter, Sha-ron Alger Little, and her husband Larry Little of Harrington, Del.; four granddaughters, Ariel Alger of Berlin, Andrea Alger of Milan, and Clau-dia Little and Christie Little of Harrington, Del.; and three nephews, Da-vid Corriveau and wife Goodie of Lebanon, Bob-by Corr of Tiverton, R.I. and Bill Morrissey of Leicester, Mass.
She was predeceased by her parents and her sisters, Charlotte Bur-gess of Tiverton, R.I., and Ruth Morrissey of Leicester, Mass.
Relatives and friends may call at the Bryant Funeral Home, 180 Hill-side Ave., Berlin, on Fri-day, Oct. 3, 2014 from 7 to 9 p.m. Interment will be at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Lois Alger may be made to the Milan Public Library, 20 Bridge Street. Post Office Box 263, Milan, NH 03588.On-line guestbook at www.bryantfuneralhome.net.
Lois Burgess Alger, 74
Lois Alger of Milan, the first managing editor of “The Berlin Daily Sun,” who, along with Rose Dodge of Berlin, helped to get the newspaper underway in the Androscoggin Valley died on Tuesday, Sept. 30. Previously, she had worked as a columnist, reporter, pho-tographer and editor for the Berlin Reporter.
St. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church of Good Shepherd Parish
345 Pleasant St., Berlin • 752-2880Rev. Kyle F. Stanton, Pastor • Rev. Andrew K. Nelson, Assoc. Pastor
Weekend Mass Schedule: Saturday evening 4:00p.m., Sunday Morning 7:00a.m. & 9:00a.m., Saturday night 6:00p.m.
Community Bible Church593 Sullivan St., Berlin • 752-4315
Wednesday Youth & Group Prayer Service 7 pmSunday Family Bible Hour 9:45 am
Morning Worship 11 am • Evening Worship & Praise 6 pmSt. Paul Lutheran Church
Rev. Gail Bauzenberger, PastorSt. Paul Lutheran Church is located on the corner of Norway and
7th St. in Berlin, NH. Our Worship services are Sunday mornings at 9:30am (starting June 15- August31). No Sunday School
during the summer months. For more information, call 603-752-1410.Holy Family Roman Catholic Church
7 Church St., Gorham • 466-2335Rev. Kyle F. Stanton, Pastor • Rev. Andrew K. Nelson, Assoc. Pastor
Weekend Masses Saturday 6:00p.m. & Sunday 11:00a.m.Reconciliation Saturday 5:15 - 5:45p.m. or by appt.
Weekday Mass Wednesday 5:00p.m.The Salvation Army
15 Cole St., Berlin • 752-1644 Sunday - Sunday School 9:45 - 10:45 am
Monday - Friday Prayer 9 - 10 am
Riverside Assembly of GodBerlin/Gorham Rd. • 466-2851 or 466-5478 • Pastor Paul Lavigne
Sunday Worship 10:30 am • Sunday School 9:30 am • Wednesday 7:00 pm
First Baptist Church79 High Street, Berlin • 752-6215 • Reverend Dean Stiles
Sunday School 9:45 am ~ Nursery availableSunday Worship 11 am • Tuesday Bible Study 7 pm
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon)
Top of Gorham Hill on the left • 466-3417 Geoff Parkerson, Branch Pres. • 752-6243
Sunday Meetings Sacrament 10 am • Sunday School 11:15 amPrsthd & Rel Soc 12:15 pm
Plymouth State University welcomes new studentsPLYMOUTH — The
following first year students are attending Plymouth State Univer-sity this fall:
Eliza Brodeur-Fossa of Shelburne, Connor Fortier of Milan, Panag-iota Jumpre of Gorham, Lily Keenan of Gor-ham, Victoria Letarte of Wentworths Location,
Melanie Morin of
Berlin.Students at Plym-
outh State University take an active role in their learning process by participating in live-ly, interactive classes and build strong rela-tionships with their professors. They get real-world experience through research oppor-tunities, internships,
international study pro-grams, and community service, and sharpen their critical thinking and communication skills by participating in hands-on learning ex-periences.
Plymouth State stu-dents can expect to encounter experienc-es that will challenge their assumptions and
change their perception about the world.
Plymouth State Uni-versity offers 55 under-graduate majors, more than 60 minors, an inno-vative University Stud-ies program for students deciding on a major, and 75 graduate degree and certificate programs through the College of Graduate Studies.
Champlain College welcomesBenjamin Macdonald to the Class of 2018
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Benjamin Macdonald of Gorham is enrolled at Champlain College for the fall 2014 semester. Macdonald is a first-year student studying Game Art and Anima-tion. In August, Cham-plain College welcomed 662 first-year students from 36 states and six countries to its Burling-ton, Vt. campus.
New this year at Champlain College is the $30 million resi-dential complex on the northwest corner of campus that now hous-es about 460 students
and provides them with outdoor space and a new amphitheater.
Since 1878, Cham-plain College has pro-vided career-focused education to students from its hilltop cam-pus in Burlington, Vt. Champlain's distinctive educational approach embodies the notion that true learning only occurs when informa-tion and experience come together to create knowledge. Champlain offers traditional un-dergraduate and online undergraduate cours-es, along with online
certificate and degree programs and 11 mas-ter's degree programs. Champlain offers study abroad programs at its campuses in Montre-al, Quebec and Dublin, Ireland. Champlain Col-lege is included in the Princeton Review's The Best 379 Colleges: 2015 Edition. Champlain was named a "Top-Up-and-Coming School" by U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges and is ranked in the top tier of 2015 Regional Col-leges in the North. For more information, visit www.champlain.edu.
White Mountains Community College to hold Hamlet audition
Join us (in the Bistro) at 2020 Riverside Dr., Berlin at White Moun-tains Community College for Hamlet auditions on Thursday, October 9 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Performance dates will be handed out at the audi-tion. Private auditions can be arranged. For more in-formation, contact Natalie Mae at [email protected] or on Facebook.
Harvest Supper, Oct. 11 in WhitefieldWHITEFIELD––Com-
munity Baptist Church in Whitefield, New Hampshire will hold its annual Harvest Supper on Saturday, Oct.11. There will be two serv-ings: 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. The meal will feature
roast turkey with all the fixings, rolls, and home-made desserts. The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 6-12 and free for those under 6. There is a chairlift, but a few stairs are required for access. Takeout
meals are available for pickup at the same cost.
Delivery is not avail-able. This will be an evening of good food and fellowship with proceeds supporting the various ministries of Communi-ty Baptist Church.
The church is locat-ed at 27 Jefferson Rd. (across from the White-field Post Office). For further information, call 837--2469 (7:30 -11 a.m. Monday through Friday) or check the website at www.cbc1816.org.
A7Weekly
CALENDAR of Events
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2014
Ongoing Events:Weeks Diabetes Support Group – The group
meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 7:00 p.m. in the Weeks Hospital Board Room. The hospital is lo-cated at 173 Middle Street Lancaster, NH. The group is for diabetes patients, as well as friends and family of people with diabetes. Please contact Casey Dow-land at 788-5294 for more information. The Diabetes Support Group Newsletter can be found at weeks-medical.org.
Jefferson Historical Society — Open Thurs-days and Sundays from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. and by appointment, offering exhibits and a varied collec-tion. For more info: Call Winnie at 603-586-4372.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets Thurs-day evenings at the Lancaster Emergency Medical Services (LEMS) Building, 19 Mechanic Street, Lan-caster. Weigh - in is 5:00 – 6:00 p.m., followed by a meeting at 6:15 pm. Parking and entrance at rear of building. Call Bonnie at 802-892-6614 for more infor-mation.
Lancaster AA Meetings — Sundays 9:30 a.m.
3rd and 11th Step meeting at Weeks Hospital,3rd floor conference room. Wednesday’s 7:00 p.m. - 12 & 12 discussion group, Weeks Hospital 3rd Floor con-ference room; Thursday’s 8:00 p.m. open discussion, at All Saints Catholic Church, Main St., Lancaster. Saturday’s 7:00 p.m. Big Book discussion group, Weeks Hospital, 3rd floor conference room. Ongoing.
North Country Toastmasters now meets Thurs-days — North Country Toastmasters,
6:00 -7:30 p.m. Practice your communication and leadership skills in an easy going, no pressure, sup-portive atmosphere. Meet every 2nd and 4th Thurs-day at The Beal House Inn, 2 West Main Street, Lit-tleton. Open to the public, ages 18 years or older. Please contact [email protected] or call Elaine at 802-473-0120 or go to http://northcountrynh.toast-mastersclubs.org for more information.
Groveton Weight Watchers meets Mondays at the United Methodist Church in Groveton at 6:30 p.m.
Weight Watchers meets Thursdays at the Christ United Methodist Church in Lancaster at 6:30 p.m.
The Presidential Gem and Mineral Soci-ety meets the 2nd Thursday of the month. There is a program, raffle and refreshments. Jefferson Town Hall 6:30 p.m. Open to all. For more info call Sharon O’Neill at 466-2395 or Dave Tellman at 837-9764.
Guildhall Public Library will be open starting Saturday, June 1 from 9:00 – 1:00. Library also open Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:00 – 8:00.
Randolph Public Library—Monday 4-7 p.m.; Wednesday 4-8 p.m.; Thursday 10 to noon; Friday 4-7; Saturday 10 to noon.
Jefferson Christian Church Sunday Services, 8:30 a.m. at the IOOF Hall, across from the Town Hall. Sunday School offered during these services. Everyone welcome.
Coos County Republicans meet on the third Thursday of each month at the Water Wheel in Jef-ferson at 7pm. For more info regarding topic and speakers: contact Eric, 603-348-1140.
Stark Heritage Center, Now Open Saturdays
and Sundays from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. through October, Call Dennis Wayne Lunn at 636-1881 for other open-ings.
(Rte. 3 North). Box office open 10AM-8PM. 603-837-9322.
Friday, October 10Men’s Breakfast Group. Program: “What Do
You Need, How Can We Help?” Presenter: Paul Ro-bitaille, Coos County Service Link Aging and Dis-ability Resource Center. . Breakfast at 7:00 a.m. Pro-gram at 7:30 a.m. A free will donation will be taken at breakfast for the Ecumenical Food Pantry in Berlin. All men and women are invited. Congregational/UCC Church, Main Street, Gorham. FMI 466-3496.
The Feast of Tabernacles holds its 9th annu-al celebration, looking forward to the return of the Lord. Celebration begins at 6:30 p.m. at New Life Christian Center 475 Whitefield Road Bethlehem. For information contact Rev. Muriel Trefry 603-684-0109.
Saturday, October 11Spaghetti Supper — Sponsored by O. E. S. at
the Groveton American Legion from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Adults $8, under 12 $4, to benefit the Wounded War-riors 45 North Local Food Pantry.
Twin Mountain Fire Dept. Auxiliary Pancake Breakfast, 7 am - 10:30 am. All you can eat pancakes plus sausage or bacon. Adults $6, children $3 at the Twin Mtn. Fire Station.
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Acclaimed guitarist Peppino D’Agostino to appear at Medallion Opera House
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The Medallion Opera House Committee is pleased to present Peppino D’Agostino, who will be performing on Friday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Medallion Opera House, Gorham Town Hall, 20 Park St., Gorham.
GORHAM — The Medallion Opera House Committee is pleased to present Peppino D’Agostino, who will be performing on Friday, Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Medallion Opera House, Gorham Town Hall, 20 Park St., Gorham.
D’Agostino emerged on the musical scene in the late 1980’s and helped redefine the boundaries of the acoustic guitar. His virtuosic technique, penchant for open tun-ings, and percussive ef-fects are the basis of his unique compositional style which has been inspiring musicians and audiences alike for years. Add to that his natural warmth, playful-ness, and broad musical tastes and you have the recipe for what he calls “minestrone music.” D’Agostino continues to evolve and grow in ways that would have been hard to predict when he was first showcasing his melodic yet emotionally intense style on the re-cordings Acoustic Spirit, Close to the Heart, and Every Step of the Way, which was named one of the top three acoustic guitar albums of all time by Acoustic Guitar mag-azine readers in 2008.
Since his debut re-cording, Bluerba, record-ed in his native Italy in 1981, D’Agostino has per-formed in more than 26 countries; been featured at prestigious interna-tional music festivals in Montreal, Los Angeles, Vancouver, and Rav-ello; and performed in world-renowned venues such as the Kölner Phil-harmonie in Cologne, the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, and the Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall in Istanbul. He fre-quently plays with prom-inent artists around the world, including Tommy Emmanuel, Leo Kottke, Martin Taylor, and Eric Johnson. His 17 recordings include releases on Favored Na-tions, Mesa/Bluemoon, Acoustic Music Records, and other labels. Hailed as “a guitarist’s guitar-ist” by Acoustic Guitar magazine and “a giant of the acoustic guitar” by the San Diego Read-er, D’Agostino was voted Best Acoustic Guitarist by Guitar Player maga-zine readers in 2007.
Collaborations have been key to D’Agostino’s career. In 2010, D’Agos-tino co-founded, with Da-vid Tanenbaum, chair-man of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Guitar Department, The Pacific Guitar Ensemble – an eclectic group of six guitarists who play ev-erything from nylon and steel-string guitars to electric basses and 17th century therobos while spanning musical genres from Bach to minimalist composers and Piazzolla to Peppino’s own rich and dynamic originals. D’Agostino can also be found at times teaming up with amazing mu-sicians such as drum-mer Jeff Campitelli, one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time; legendary Paraguayan harpist and violinist Carlos Reyes; Frank Martin, key-boardist extraordinare who has played with everyone from Lady Gaga to Bruce Spring-steen; and a wide array of other musicians and vocalists. However, it is those times when his daughter, Aleza D’Agos-tino, joins him for a song or two on stage, that you can see how fully entwined is his love for sharing music with his love for family.
In 2011, D’Agostino’s composition “Stam-mi Vicino,” written with electric guitarist Stef Burns and Italian rock star Vasco Rossi, reached number one in the iTunes rock charts in Italy.
“Vasco is fairly un-known outside of Italy,” D’Agostino says, “but he’s the biggest star in It-aly. This song was on the CD that sold the most in 2011, and it started with an instrumental compo-sition of mine. The re-cording begins with my guitar, which was the only thing that they kept from the demo tape we sent them. My brother was calling me and say-ing, ‘Peppino, this song is all over the radio in Italy.’ It was really some-thing.”
In addition to per-forming D’Agostino also makes time for teaching. He enjoys meeting with individual students as well as providing group instruction and vaca-tion learning packages
like the Acoustic Guitar Cruises or Creative Va-cances in La Moreau, France. In 2015 the lead-ing online instruction company Truefire will release a series of vid-eos in which D’Agostino explains his influential guitar techniques and approach to composi-tion. When not perform-ing or teaching, he also has fun writing musical licks for new versions of games such as Sims a product of Electronic Arts or Dragons of At-lantis for Kabam – both being released in Fall 2014.
D’Agostino’s simulta-neous immersion in the classical guitar and rock worlds, has culminated in his most recent solo recording, Penumbra, to be released by Mesa/Bluemoon this Fall (2014).
“There has been an evolution in my playing due to all the incredible musicians that I have met, and this new CD reflects that,” he says. “How can I not be influ-enced by such great play-ers? I don’t even recog-nize how much, because it goes into your brain, and you can’t quantify that, but working with all these artists, and knowing what inspires them, has made a notice-able difference in my ap-proach. I definitely feel that this record express-
es all those various influ-ences.”
According to D’Agos-tino, Penumbra is a mix of sophisticated yet me-lodic compositions that are technically complex.
D’Agostino will be performing with a va-riety of ensembles in support of Penumbra. He’ll continue playing with the Pacific Gui-tar Ensemble, longtime colleagues Tanenbaum and Burns as well as the duos with drummer Jeff Campitelli and harp-ist and violinist Carlos Reyes. Furthermore, he is also part of a 2014 - 2015 tour called “The Great Guitars,” with Martin Taylor, Frank Vignola, and Vinny Raniolo. All these projects although different in nature and scope have one thing in common – D’Agostino’s ongoing desire to expand the repertoire of the steel string guitar and to reaf-firm the important role that music plays in our lives.
D’Agostino’s concert is sponsored in part by the Mount Washington Auto Road, ProQuip Professional Equipment Rentals & Sales and Top Notch Inn. Tickets are $12/adult and will be available at the door, on-line at www.medallion-operahouse.org and at the Gorham Town Hall and White Mountain Café.
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Democratic candidate Mike Cryans of Hanover, who is running for the District 1 Executive Council seat against Republican incumbent Joe Kenney of Wakefield, asked Corry Hughes of Jefferson to hold up a map at Saturday night’s Truman Dinner at the Town & Country Inn in Shelburne to show Democrats on hand how geographically large the district is compared to the other four.
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Always in Season, LLCOpen Wednesdays 4:00-8:00 pmFri-Sat-Sun 10:00 am - 6:00 pmFeaturing a collection of vintage, handmade and novelty items ...
and fishing stuff too!Wednesday evening social / learning
events. Call for scheduleand to register for a class.
119 Main Street • Alton603 - 875 - 2250
Book Signing at Weeks Library, Main St. Lancaster from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. “Where Civilization Started Over”, a history of the Mt. Ararat region.
Twin Mountain Fire Dept. Auxiliary Pancake Breakfast, 7:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. All you can eat pancakes plus sausage or bacon. Adults $6, children $3 at the Twin Mtn. Fire Station. Book Signing at Weeks Library, Main St. Lancaster from 10:00
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. “Where Civilization Started Over”, a history of the Mt. Ararat region.
Annual Penny Sale & Grandma’s Attic — of Sacred Heart Church in North Stratford, held at The Stratford School from 11:00 a.m. — 7:00 p.m. All drawings begin at 7:00 p.m. Games, priz-es, food and fun for the whole family.
Harvest Supper, Whitefield — Commu-nity Baptist Church in
Whitefield, New Hamp-shire will hold its annu-al Harvest Supper; there will be 2 servings, at 5:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m. The meal will feature roast turkey with all the fixings, rolls, and homemade desserts. The cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 6 - 12, and free for those under 6. There is a chairlift, but a few stairs are re-quired for access. Take-out meals are available for pickup at the same cost. Delivery is not available. This will be an evening of good food and
fellowship with proceeds supporting the various ministries of Communi-ty Baptist Church. The church is located at 27 Jefferson Rd. (across from the Whitefield Post Office). For further in-formation, call (603) 837-2469 (7:30 a.m. –11:00 a.m. M-F) or check the web-site at www.cbc1816.org
Wed., October 15German musicians,
Frank Duppenbecker, Trumpeter and Klaus Muller, Organist will perform the glorious
music of brass and organ from Bach to Gershwin and more in Concert. Gorham Congregation-al, UCC. 7:00 p.m. A free will donation will be re-ceived at the door. For more information call the church office at (603) 466-2136.
Wed., October 22Berlin — The next
regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Water Commissioners will be held at 12:00 p.m. at the 55 Willow Street conference room. Pub-lic is welcomed to attend and it is handicapped ac-cessible.
Lancaster: Images from the Past — pre-sented by Bob Hunt at 7:00 p.m. at Jefferson Town Hall sponsored by Jefferson Public Li-brary.
Friday, October 24White Mountain
Chalet. Berlin presents Rusty DeWees: will fill the tank, prime it, and pull the cord, for two HUGE shows, today and tomorrow tickets at, Bob’s Market in Berlin, thelogger.com 802-888-8838, thelogger.com. All shows 8:00 p.m., all tick-ets $22.00
Saturday, October 25Book Signing at Jef-
ferson Public Library from 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. “Whispers of Truth” by Jane Holmes.
PLEASE FORWARD CALENDAR ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE COOS COUN-TY DEMOCRAT AND BERLIN REPORTER TO [email protected] OR CALL 788-4939.
Photographic art exhibit by Carla Broman Lapierre now on display at St. Kieran Community Center for the ArtsBERLIN — St. Kier-
an Community Center for the Arts will host an opening reception for local artist and business owner, Carla Broman Lapierre on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. Lapierre will be on hand to discuss her works and share light refreshments with those in attendance. This photographic display highlights more than 30 works from Carla’s collection. The exhibit and reception is open to the public and dona-tions will be graciously accepted. Please join us to view the wonderful display of nature exqui-sitely captured in these pieces.
Emerging from her dark room, Carla shares pieces of her vivid imag-ination and creative vi-sion.
“The camera has al-ways been more than just a recording device for me,” claims Lapi-erre. “The darkroom is its natural extension – the womb where the seed matures into its ul-timate form.”
Lapierre’s craft is a way of connecting the art of photography with the love of the natural world. Her creative passion stems from a realization that there is always something out there taking of the light and giving back its best; her job being to “find it!”
Most of her exhibit pieces are available for sale and she has gener-ously offered to donate a portion of the proceeds to St. Kieran’s to help keep the arts alive in the North Country.
Sunday, Nov. 2 at 2 p.m. – Genticorum Duo / Francofest 2014 Concert
Sunday, Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. – Berlin Jazz
Information regard-ing a series membership and a listing of the up-coming events can be ob-tained by contacting the Arts Center at 752-1028, visiting our website, www.stkieranarts.org or stopping in to see us at 155 Emery St., Berlin. Don’t forget to like us on Facebook at www.face-book.com/stkieranarts!
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St. Kieran Community Center for the Arts will host an opening reception for local artist and business owner, Carla Broman Lapierre on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. Lapierre will be on hand to discuss her works and share light refreshments with those in attendance.
ter for the Arts is made possible by the support of the NH State Council on the Arts, the Nation-al Endowment for the
Arts, the New Hamp-shire Charitable Foun-dation, North Country Art Ventures fund, an Anonymous Fund, the
Libby Family Fund, the North Country Region Community Fund and the Stanton and Eliza-beth Davis Fund.
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Joe Kenney, are often ideologically inspired rather than meeting the needs of his North Coun-try constituents.
U. S. Sen. Jeanne Sha-heen, who is seeking a second term, sent her regrets that she was un-
able to be on hand, but other candidates whole-heartedly backed her re-election.
Emily Jacobs of Whitefield, chair of the Coös County Democrat-ic Party, welcomed the crowd of some 65 people.
Others who spoke briefly included: Mayor and Coös county com-missioner Paul Grenier of Berlin; Coordinated Campaign field organiz-er Clark Nguyen who runs the Berlin head-quarters; Rep. Robert
Theberge of Berlin; Pe-ter Gair of Lancaster; longtime Chair of the New Hampshire Demo-cratic Party Ray Buck-ley; New Hampshire House Democratic Lead-er Rep. Steve Shurtleff, who aims to be the next
Speaker of the House; former longtime Coös county Democratic Par-ty chair Paul Robitaille of Gorham; and Coös County Party secretary Corry Hughes of Jeffer-son.
Mallory Coulombe
of Gorham, a senior at SNHU, sang the Nation-al Anthem.
Rep. Marcia Hammon of Whitefield gave the in-vocation.
Rep. Bill Hatch of Gorham led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
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day, Dec. 15.AHEAD stands for Af-
fordable Housing, Edu-cation and Development and maintains its office in Littleton. The nonprof-it organization owns and manages over 400 units of affordable multi-fam-ily and senior housing in northern New Hamp-shire and Vermont.
AHEAD held an in-formational meeting at Berlin City Hall on Thursday, Oct. 2, to let area residents know that some prospective resi-dents have already filled out applications, all of which are being handled
by the N.H. Housing Fi-nance Authority. Those on hand were assured that rumors that all 33 units are already spoken for are untrue.
Apartments are avail-able on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Residents of the one-bedroom apart-ments, which range in size from 600 to 700 square feet, will pay 30 percent of their adjusted income for rent, so in-come restrictions apply.
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services will provide communi-
ty-based, long-term sup-port services to any frail Notre Dame residents who require assistance, but Notre Dame is not an assisted living facil-ity. Through Choices for Independence (CFI) — a Medicaid waiver program — Notre Dame residents will have ac-cess to home health care services, allowing them to receive the care they need while still maintain-ing independent living. AHEAD has partnered with Personal Touch Home Health for these CFI services.
There will be no live-in
manager. The no-smok-ing building will be kept locked for security and an intercom system will allow residents to buzz in visitors.
The historic resto-ration of the former co-ed Notre Dame High School was inspired by the on-going efforts of a number of graduates. The high school opened in 1941, had its first graduating class in June 1943, and closed in 1972. Alumni began organizing in 2003 under the name Project Rescue Notre Dame to find a use for the long-vacant build-ing and, ultimately, the
elderly housing project was put together through the collaborative efforts of that group, AHEAD, Tri-County CAP, and the City of Berlin.
“Members of Project Rescue Notre Dame wish to thank all those who supported our efforts to clean up the dilapidated Notre Dame High School and surrounding proper-ty,” said PRND secretary Jackie Gagne, who can be reached at 752-4472. “The success of this proj-ect is an example of how a public-private partner-ship can work where vol-unteers, along with city
officials, can move an idea to a finished product that all can be proud of.
“We’re asking every-one who has memorabil-ia that they would like to donate for display in the halls or common room of the renovated building to call Lorraine Leclerc at 752-5635,” Gagne con-tinued. “Anything to do with hockey or sports, like jerseys, sticks, cheerleaders’ pompoms, uniforms, other memen-tos and-or photographs would certainly help keep the memory of the school’s past alive.”
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system within the state,” according to the meeting announcements. “Now is time to build community, make connections across sectors, and leverage re-sources in order to pro-mote health, well-being, thriving local economies, and access to food for NH citizens for generations to come.”
For the purpose of this exercise the defini-tion of “a food system in-cludes all processes and infrastructure involved in feeding a population: growing, harvesting,
processing, packaging, transporting, marketing, consumption, and dispos-al of food and food-related items. It also includes the inputs needed and out-puts generated at each of these steps. A food sys-tem operates within and is influenced by social, political, economic and environmental contexts. It also requires human resources that provide labor, research and edu-cation.”
Rep. Rebecca Brown, a Democrat of Sugar Hill, who serves on the House
Environment and Agri-culture Committee and as executive director of the Ammonoosuc Conserva-tion Trust (ACT), pointed out that this effort has been three years in the making.
The conversation ranged from developing more community gardens to supporting local farm-ers to grow more beef cattle, sheep, poultry and other animals by boosting consumer demand and becoming consistent cus-tomers. The importance of having year-round
access to healthy local food was also stressed by nearly every participant as was the key role that education plays in de-veloping “food literacy” — ranging from under-standing nutritional val-ues and ways to prepare a variety of fruits and vegetables. UNH Cooper-ative Extension nutrition educator Heidi Barker of Lancaster described some of new programs al-ready underway.
Brown said she’d like to see New Hampshire become a destination for
its support of local farms, making that part of its “brand” — “part of the N.H. way.” Some spoke of the mind-body connec-tion, others the land-food connection, that results in conserving working farms and assisting be-ginning farmers.
The UNH Sustain-ability Institute (UN-HSI), which coordinated the statewide effort, is committed to compiling participants’ comments made at the 10 sessions as well as other feedback. Its Strategy Team will take
a first pass at helping to organize this information with the aim of producing that first cut in February or March 2015. UNHSI re-ceived support from the Henry P. Kendall Foun-dation, the NH Chari-table Foundation, the John Merck Foundation, Jane’s Trust, and Share Our Strength in collabo-ration with the Interac-tion Institute for Social Change (IISC) as well as diverse stakeholders. NH Listens provided both guidance and facilitation support.
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to support Northern Pass, that would even be better. Wink wink. He began his pitch with words along these lines: “Sometimes you need to work with the devil to get things done.”
Meanwhile, the draft above was printed out on an official town let-terhead, and I was told to sign it and not ask any more questions. I will acknowledge that my fellow board mem-bers had sense enough to remove the “we sup-port Northern Pass” language as being too blatant even for a secret letter. Still, I refused to sign without public dis-cussion … there are also honest ways to get these things done … and so the next day, Jim Weagle and Jim Tierney signed individual versions of this letter, signing off as a selectman, but not for the Board of Selectmen as a whole. Wink wink.
Groveton citizens
need to know these things. Ours would be the first town in the North Country to take the bribe, to drink the Kool Aid, to break the unified front of resis-tance to Northern Pass.
An American Indi-an chief once said that it does not take many words to speak the truth.
Integrity mat-ters. And the devil be damned.
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KNOWLEDGE GIVES SOCIETY THE POWER TO ADVANCE.
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Preschool screening to be held for area children
REGION — A Pre-school Screening will be held on Thursday, Nov. 13 for children between the ages of birth and five who live in Gor-ham, Randolph, Shel-burne, Milan, Dummer or Errol are invited to
register their children for a free preschool screening.
Areas that will be screened include:
• Pre-Academic Skills
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• Hearing • Understanding• Motor SkillsFor more informa-
tion or to schedule an appointment, contact Lisa at 466-3632, ext. 2 on or before Friday, Oct. 31.
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Tommy Gallagher surges up the field against Kingswood.
BERLIN — The Mounties led the charge in a solid 2-0 victory against the Knights on Friday that bolstered their record to 5-4-2.
“Not the prettiest game but we got the win,” said Tony Val-liere. “Joe Fodor and Chris Lamphere played
well up front and were able to link up for a lot of opportunities.”
Berlin took the lead early just 5:54 into the game by Joe Fodor. He was unassisted and received the ball off a scrum in front of the net. He gave a good second effort to poke it right past the keeper.
For the first half Ber-
lin had nine shots and Nick Fodor made three saves while Kingswood had four shots and keeper Ryan Willette was on task for three saves.
The Mountaineers then insured their win with a netter late in the second half. It was 29:24 in that Berlin created another opportunity by
Berlin wears the crowd against Kingswood
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The Lady Mounties win a heated battle with Kingswood Friday. Jen Landers battles hard against a Knight (pic-tured above). It all came down to overtime where Jordyn Buck at 3:02 in sailed a direct kick over the keep-er’s head from 25-yards out.
crashing the net to cre-ate another scramble of legs and shinguards. On this second scrum Tommy Gallagher scored unassisted right inside the six-yard-line.
It appeared this bout that the best offense for Berlin was mainly their solid defense.
“The back line of Jaylen Lamontagne,
Nick Wheeler, Bren-dan Williams, and Jay Roberge were huge for us and allowed us to not have to deal with many offensive threats,” said Valliere. “They also dis-trubutued the ball well from the back field.”
In the second half alone Berlin had seven shots and N. Fodor had to make one save while
Kingswood had one shot and Willette had to make two saves. For the game Berlin had just one more cornerkick than the Knights outdo-ing them 3-2.
Berlin will now be gearing up for a tough battle against top tier team Somwersworth 8-3 at home on Thurs-day.
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GORHAM — The Huskies had been in a five game losing streak and the only way to com-bat that it would seem would be to go against a team like Groveton that was facing ten losses in a row. That logic held true as Gorham picked up their first win since battling the Eagles 20 days prior, 3-0.
The mayhem start-ed off with a early goal just 1:12 into the match scored by Sam Sjostrom. He scored off a rebound from a Jarred Stewart breakaway off the right wing.
It stayed a close match 1-0 all the way into in-termission. The purple Eagles were working on setting a new school record this game trying out their fifth different keeper this season due mostly to injuries. To his credit Eagle Ben At-kinson pulled off some very impressive saves this outing amounting to 17 saves in total. In contrast Gorham keep-ers Kyle Berwick and Justin Host had three and six saves respective-ly.
“A much needed win as we have played well in spots lately but have not produced the win to show for it,” said Gorham Coach Bill Go-odrich. “A very good game from our bench as we needed to have players step up to help through our injuries. In particular, Bronson Le-clerc and Jackson King
gave us real solid play all afternoon.”
In the second half Sjostrom and Stewart picked Groveton’s pock-et again 11:27 in. It was a
great effort up the right side by Stewart who sent in a crossing ball that Sjostrom one-timed into the lower left corner.
The final goal of the
game came at the 13:47 mark off a cannon off a kick from Bryson Ray-mond. The blast was set off from 20-yards out and Matt Ruel leapt up
to head it into the net-ting.
For the game Gorham had five corner-kicks and Groveton had two.
“Hopefully, a little
time between games can give us the opportunity to get some of our play-ers back and string a few wins together,” said Go-odrich.
Lady Huskies take Eagle bout in the secondBY JONATHAN BENTON
GORHAM — It was a very close battle for most of the game against the girls of Gorham and Groveton on Sept. 30 with the score 1-0 at half-time, but in the end the Lady Huskies would tag two insurance goals late in the second to take the 3-0 shutout.
“It was definitely the best performance we have given all season,” said Groveton Coach Joe Cassady. “Everybody did what they were sup-posed to do, offensive-ly we passed the ball around and got some offensive opportunities. We put the pressure on Gorham. I can’t ask any-more from my team.”
The Groveton girls were utilizing a different defense formation with new keeper Cassady Brown and former keep-er Abbey Pelletier put-ting in her time as sweep-er. This seemed to be an ironclad combination as this marked the longest time it has taken some-one to score on Groveton this season. Brown did a good job coming out to stop breakaways and Pelletier’s feet were clearing machines. Gor-ham mainly took long shots on the net as they
had trouble breaking through early on.
At 24 left in the first half the Lady Eagles had an almost goal off a Pel-letier corner-kick that Tanisha Singer pinged off the post.
At 17:06 left Husky Delaney Holmes sent a through ball to Emma Schoenbeck who then hit the outside of the net for their closest shot on goal thus far.
“Overall we dominat-ed the game it’s just to-day the goal was 6’x10’ instead of 8’x24’,” said Gorham Coach Howard Andy.
With five minutes left until intermission the Huskies put three attacks on the Groveton net. Natalie Harmon first sent a nice cross to Karyssa Lachance out front for a near goal. Then at 2:30 left Lachance got another good look from Harmon and got past the left full back, but shanked her shot wide. Then at 1:35 left Lachance was at it again with a break up the left wing. She sent a cross right out in front of the net. Brown had a hand on it, but bobbled it just enough for Josey Adams to get a toe on it as she crashed in for the first netter of the game.
For the first half Gor-ham’s Lauren Gralens-ki had two saves while Brown had nine saves and each team had one corner-kick
The second half showed a steady mid-field battle between the two teams and there was even a nice push up the right wing by Singer and Jenna Randall. Eagle Morgan Felix also had a
couple shots on goal and was looking very good up front
With 25:38 left in the second half E. Schoen-beck attempted a break through the defensive line, but Brown just got a hand on it.
1:57 left in the game Holmes threaded just inside the left post after dribbling around a de-fender just inside the 18
assisted by Gralenski with a goal kick
With two seconds left Schoenbeck scored broke through the de-fense another left footed beautiful shot took it from half.
For the second half Groveton had two cor-ner-kicks and Brown 19 saves while Gorham had one CK and Gralenski made four saves.
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During Berlin High School Field Hockey Pre-season, the members of the field hockey team were able to participate in an event that was more than just playing field hockey. The team along with 17 other NH high school field hockey teams participated in a fundraiser for Cancer research at Manchester Memorial High School. The members of the Berlin High School team organized a car wash and with the generosity of the citizens of Berlin the team was able to donate $500 in memory of Corrine Daniels Bergeron.
Register now for Riverfire 5K
With registration for the RiverFire 5K in full swing, organizers are en-couraging runners and walkers to register by 10/9/14 to be guaranteed a commemorative race T-shirt. Although partic-ipants may register up to and including race day, after 10/9/14 T-shirts are not guaranteed and cost of registration increas-es. The 2nd annual Riv-erFire 5K is a run/walk event set to take place on Saturday, October 18th in conjunction with oth-er RiverFire activities, beginning and ending at Northern Forest Heri-tage Park in Berlin. Day of race registration will begin at 12:30 p.m with the race at 2:00 p.m.
Runners and walkers of all abilities are encour-aged to participate either individually or as part of a team of 3 or more. Unique handcrafted awards will be presented to the overall male and female winners with age group medals given to the top three males and females in 0-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59 and 60+ age groups. In addition $50 will be awarded to the first man to better Jas-min Lapir's 17:33 men's course record and first woman to better Brittany Raymond's 22:44 women's course record.
Awards will also be presented to the three fastest teams (times of 3 fastest team members
added together) as well as a special award to the best “themed team”. All proceeds from this event will benefit RESPONSE to domestic and sexual violence.
Several local busi-nesses have generously extended their support to this year's RiverFire 5K event. Thus far fi-nancial sponsors at the Platinum level include: AutoNorth, AVH Medi-cal Staff, and Drs. Mitch and Delphine Sullivan; at the Silver level, Gor-ham Family Dentist-ry; at the Bronze level: Androscoggin Valley Hospital, Cooper Cargill Chant,PA, and Waystack Frizzell Trial Lawyers. In addition In Kind dona-tions are being provided by Berlin Ambulance, Berlin Police Depart-ment, Corrigan Screen Printing, Mountain Fire Pizza and Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility.
Further information as well as registration for this year's RiverFire 5K is online through www.racemenu.com.
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BERLIN — The Lady Mountaineer field hock-ey squad has had a knack for keeping their games exciting this sea-son with their sixth one goal decider to best Lit-tleton 2-1 on Sept. 30. It was Berlin’s third win in a row and at number two in the state steps out their record to 10-1.
For the first half Ber-lin had nine penalty-cor-ners and Julie Downs made four saves while
Littleton had four PC’s and goalie E. Dame was on task for eight saves.
The hosts in black and red put Littleton through the paces with some fast and hard action that first half resulting in Berlin’s two goals of the game.
The Littleton dam didn’t break, however, until late in the first can-to. Kayleigh Eastman broke the ice at 1:30 left in the first assisted by Jensyn Dandeneau. The spirited red head got the ball and made a good
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crossing pass to East-man who was keyed up on the left post to sink the netter.
Then with 55 seconds until intermission Dan-deneau had her day in the sun with a goal as-sisted by Chelsey Caron. The ball was carried up the field by Caron who once in the circle made the pass to Dadeneau who gave Berlin the 2-0 advantage.
In the second half Berlin continued to push gaining seven more pen-alty-corners and Downs made four saves while Littleton upped their game for six PC’s and Dame only had to make three saves.
The second half is where Littleton same alive and Berlin did well to hang onto the win. The Crusaders threat-ened the hosts’ lead at 8:43 into the second can-to with a goal scored by
Aleigha Langtange as-sisted by Nicole Mason. The ball was centered in by Mason and Lantange
was positioned well for the rebound.
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Apartments ForRent
1-BEDROOM APARTMENT AVAILABLEat Parker Village. $600/mo, heat/hot waterincluded. On-site laundry and Parking.Close to Town. Call Stewart Property Man-agement. 603-444-5244. EHO
Apartment Space: Lancaster. Spacious(1) bdrm apt located in quiet building closeto local area conveniences. $525.00/month. Non-smokers preferred, pets con-sidered. References & Deposit required.Call (603) 631-1168.
ASHLAND 2 BR apt Heat and Hot Waterinc. WD hook up. 1 bath walking distanceporch to all town amenities
BETHLEHEM: EFFICENCY UNITS. NoSmoking, No Pets, Security deposit re-quired. Utilities and cable included. 603-444-2075
BIRCH GROVE, GORHAM NHSenior (62+) Subsidized Housing Immediate Openings/Short Wait
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COMFORTABLE, CLEAN, UPDATED 1bdrm. apt. in a very quiet building on a res-idential street in Lisbon. Private entrance.$500 month/1 yr. lease. No smoking per-mitted. References required. Call 603-838-6877 (owner)
COMFORTABLE, CLEAN, UPDATED 1bdrm. apt. in a very quiet building on a res-idential street in Lisbon. Private entrance.$500 month/1 yr. lease. No smoking per-mitted. References required. Call 603-838-6877 (owner)
Jefferson Meadows: 2 great options
SMALL 1 BEDROOM APARTMENTCOMFORTABLE STUDIO BOTH WITH EAT IN KITCHENS.THEY INCLUDE HEAT, SATELLITETV, STOVE, REFRIGERATOR, SNOW&GARBAGE REMOVAL. $575 ANDUP CALL-603-586-7902
LANCASTER, MAIN ST. - 2-bdrm apt, 3rd-floor, Odd Fellows Building, heat, stove, ref,microwave, washer/dryer included, Nopets. No smoking. $650 per month, plussecurity deposit. Call Steve at 401-0990.
Apartments ForRent
Large Newly Remodeled Two Bed-room Apartment Located in the TiltonOpera Block along the AmmonoosucRiver in Littleton. The Apartment Fea-tures Vaulted Ceilings, Wood Floors,Exposed Brick, Custom Woodwork,Natural Light, Dishwasher, WasherDryer Facility and Fully Sprinklered.Enjoy the Convenience of Being in theHeart of Town near Restaurants,Shops, Common Sense Fitness, JaxJr. Cinemas and Grocery Stores. Rentincludes Heat, Water, Rubbish Re-moval and Parking. A Security Depositis Required. Sorry No Dogs Allowed.Rent: $725
Beautiful Large Two Bedroom Apart-ment Located on Cottage Street in Lit-tleton. The Ground Level ApartmentFeatures a Private Entrance, DiningRoom, Large Kitchen, Built in Hutch,Washer Dryer Facility and Fully Sprin-klered. Walking Distance to MainStreet Littleton, Restaurants, Shops,Common Sense Fitness, Jax Jr. Cine-mas and Grocery Stores. Rent in-cludes Heat, Water, Rubbish Removaland Parking. A Security Deposit is Re-quired. Sorry No Dogs Allowed. Rent:$725.
Eames Realty444-6944 Ext. 22
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Littleton, lanehouse- fully handicap ac-cess 2 bedroom all utilities included+ onsitelaundrey and parking for more info callstewart property management at 603-444-5244 EHO
LITTLETON-TWO APTS NOW. One bed-room apt., 2nd floor, living room, 3/5 bath,appl'd. kitchen, H. H/W & garage.$650/mth. Two bedroom apt., 3rd floor, 15'living room, dining room, 2 w/w bedrooms,full bath, appl'd. kitchen, H. H/W & garage.$750/mth. Owner residence. Call 444-5825to view.
Lancaster1 bdrm Apt 1st flr with Heat & HW -$600/mo
Littleton3 bdrm Single Family home – No Utili-ties Included - $800/mo3 bdrm Apt with Heat & HW - $950/mo1 bdrm 1st flr Apt with Heat - $600/mo
WHITEFIELD - LARGE, first floor one-bed-room apartment with lots of space, privateporch over looking river, recently reno-vated, new windows, heat, hot water in-cluded $635. 259-6878.
WHITEFIELD–ONE BEDROOM/FIRSTFLOOR on the Common. Just renovated.Ideal for single or couple, no pets, non-smokers. References required & will bechecked, plus 1 month rent to secure.$650/month includes heat & hot water. Call(603) 837-2345 days; (603) 837-9194evenings or inquire at Gun Store.
www.winnrentalsplus.comLITTLETONPROFESSIONALFLEX OFFICE SPACE33 MAIN ST. LITTLETON Rent starting at $250 per monthAll utilities included
2 bed Heat/HW incl. $8502 bed, Heat/HW incl. $7002 bed wood floors, lg porch. Private en-trance, $700 No Utilities.
4 bed farmhouse, no utilities $1000/mo.Woodstove or oil heat.
RENT TO OWNAdorable, 2 bedrooms, open conceptdining/living room, $850 No Utilities, en-ergy efficient/very low utility cost.
LISBON1 Bed Heat/HW incl, $650/mo.1 Be Heat/HW incl. $600
BATHCute log cabin home for rent. 3 bedroom,serene setting, lots of land. $1000 NoUtilities.
WOODSVILLE, NH- OPERA Block: Ac-cepting applications now: For Seniors (age62 or older) and People Living with Disabil-ities. One bedroom. Rent is 30% of incomeand includes all utilities. Centrally located.On-site laundry facility. Great communityroom. Smoke free. Contact AHEAD Prop-erty Management at 800-974-1377. Appli-cants must income qualify. Equal HousingOpportunity. ISA www.homesahead.org
Comm. Space For Rent
COMMERCIAL SPACE: LANCASTER.Perfect for your store, office or heated stor-age - make it your own! Located on MainStreet. Great exposure and ample parkinga plus. $395.00/ month . References andDeposit required. Call (603)631-1168.
LITTLETON––FOR LEASE: 2,000 sq. ft.retail/office, located just off I-93, Exit 42 onRoute 302 in busy commercial zone at 365Meadow St. Call 603-444-3486.
Prime Littleton Storefront:Prime Littleton Storefront located inone of the most visible locations onMain Street Littleton, the SalomonBlock Building. Formerly the Clipper &Scissors. Enjoy Terrific Exposure with14,000 Cars Passing by Your DoorEach Day. Building is ConvenientlyLocated at Traffic Light with PublicParking Lots Across the Street. 895S.F. with Large Window Displays andFloor Area. The Space was RecentlyRemodeled and is next to EdwardJones. Private Bathroom. Rent In-cludes Heat and Water. Rent: $495
Modern Littleton Office Space568 S.F. Office Located on the SecondFloor of the Jax Jr. Cinemas Buildingon Main Street, Littleton. The OfficeFeatures a Reception Room, Two Sep-arate Office Rooms, Storage Room,Central Air Conditioning, SoundProofed Windows, Handicap Accessi-ble, Fully Sprinklered, Main Street andFree Public Parking Lot Entrances,High Visibility and Foot Traffic, Rest-rooms. Rent Includes Heat and Com-mon Areas. Rent $295
Eames Realty444-6944 Ext. 22
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BEAUTIFUL CAPE CONVENIENT lo-cation 3 miles to Bethlehem and 3 milesto Littleton. Own large bedroom andbathroom on first floor in 3bdr 2 bathhome, professional female with twodogs. Very easy going. $650 Month in-cludes utilities + heat. call 802-233-8769
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Houses For Rent
FOR RENT: IN Sugar Hill, near Profile highschool, a 3 bedroom and 2 bath viewhome in a private setting. Terms:$1200/month, security deposit, one yearlease, no pets and utilities are not included.Please call 253-229-5937 for more infor-mation.
OWNER FINANCING: WHITEFIELDBrand new 2013 upgraded Colony Mo-bile home. Move in today. 14’ by 80’concrete pad, 2-bedroom, 2-bath,den/office. Lg lot, roofed porch, trees.1000 sq feet of luxurious living space.Close to Mountain View Hotel in Coun-try Village Mobile Home Park. ownyour own home/taking applicationsnow, (15% down-$850/mo.Includes lotrent). No credit checks. call 603-837-2767
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FOR SALE: SET of (4) 16” snow tires and1 regular tire. Asking $250 or best offer.Call 838-2896.
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MONROE A-Z MOVING SALE Sat, Sun,Mon 10/11-13 9AM-3PM. Rain or Shine!Art, Crafts, Collectables, Fabric, Furniture,Household, Quilt Supplies AND MORE!135 to Grange Hall to Nelson Rd Monroe
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RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY INTEGRATORFull Time | 37 hrs./wk. plus benefitsWe are seeking applicants who are interested in
supporting adults with independent living skills in their apartment setting and in the community.
The responsibilities may include:• Participation in physical activities within
the community• Assisting individuals with home maintenance,
groceries and cooking skills • Special interest in sewing, quilting or other
hobbies are a plus
Direct applications to:Cindy Lapointe, Housing Coordinator
Community Services Center69 Willard St. Berlin, NH
(603) 752-1005
This position at NHS requires a valid driver’s license, proof of adequate auto insurance and completion of driver’s
and criminal background checks. This Agency is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
SAU #58VACANCIES
2014-2015Northumberland School District • Paraprofessional (Level II Certification)
Interested candidates must submit a letter of interest, resume, 3 current letters of reference, transcripts and certification to:
Carrie Irving, SecretarySAU #58
15 Preble StreetGroveton, NH 03582
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Risk Management Consultant NH Public Risk Management Exchange, one of New Hampshire’s premier public entity risk pools, presently has an opening for a Risk Management Consultant. We offer competitive salaries, outstanding benefits, and an excellent working environment. Qualified candidates must demonstrate thorough technical and analytical ability and must have excellent oral and written communication skills. A college degree in occupational safety or related field preferred and a strong understanding of NH municipal, school and county government operations is essential. Headquartered in Concord, NH the position will require statewide travel with a concentration of work in northern NH (Coos and Grafton Counties).
: Sara Jones
EOE
Real EstateAuction-Bank Foreclosure
October 14, 2014@ 10 AM
387 Coos StreetBerlin New Hampshire
Terms: The highest bidder will be required to pay a deposit of $5,000.00 in certified funds or by bank treasure’s check at the time of the auction. The highest bidder will be further required to pay by certified funds or bank treasure’s check within seven days of the date of the auction an additional deposit to make the total deposit equal 10% of the auction bid. The highest bidder will also be required to sign a Purchase and Sales Agreement at the time of the public auction.
Property will be sold “AS-IS”. The Mortgagee or Auctioneers make no representation or warranty with respect to the accuracy of any statement as to the boundaries, acreage, frontage, or other matters contained in the aforesaid description of the property.Auction to be held on site.
Terms: The highest bidder will be required to pay a deposit of $5,000.00 in certified funds or by bank treasure’s check at the time of the auction. The highest bidder will be further required to pay by certified funds or bank treasure’s check within seven days of the date of the auction an additional deposit to make the total deposit equal 10% of the auction bid. The highest bidder will also be required to sign a Purchase and Sales Agreement at the time of the public auction.
Property will be sold “AS-IS” The Mortgagee or Auctioneers make no representation or warranty with respect to the accuracy of any statement as to the boundaries, acreage, frontage, or other matters contained in the aforesaid description of the property.Auction to be held on site.
