REMINDER
Journey’s End Maple Farm To Present “Backyard Farming” Lecture
As part of the continuing “Backyard Farming” education program the
Chichester Garden Club (CGC) and Chichester Agricultural Commission
(AgCom), are pleased to announce that the Pittsfield based Journey’s
End Maple Farm owners Marty & Anne Boisvert will be presenting
“Maple Sugaring” on Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 7pm, at Grange
Hall, 54 Main Street, Chichester, NH. This event is free and open
to the public.
The Meet the Candidates Night on February 18 was a great success.
There were 70 people in attendance and many thought-provoking
questions were raised. Thanks to all who participated in any way.
Chichester Grange will meet on Wednesday, March 4, upstairs in the
Grange Hall. Alice Hilliard is in charge of the program which
follows the business meeting.
March is nearly here and with it comes yearly town governance. The
School District Meeting will be Saturday, March 7, at the school.
Town Voting is Tuesday, March 10, at the Town Hall, and Town Meeting
is Saturday, March 14, at the school. Please set these dates aside
and be a part of the process.
The Town Report is scheduled to be ready on March 3. You may pick up
a copy at the Town Offices or at the public meetings listed above.
Letter To The Editor
My name is Jim Plunkett and I am your road agent in Chichester. It
is a pleasure to serve the community I have lived in for over 20
years.
I wanted to take this time to thank the residents of Chichester for
their continued patience during this busy winter season. Winter
months bring long hours and middle of the night call outs. My team
and I work hard at making sure road maintenance does not affect you
negatively. My dedicated crew and I are passionate about making the
40 miles of roads as safe as possible, as efficiently as possible.
The success of each snow event is about creating a priority of work.
First, we clear anything involving public safety. Then we clear the
roads in a systematic way. Due to extremely heavy snowfall, like the
last two storms, there may be times when some of the roads do
accumulate snow. I urge you to exercise caution during these times.
Lastly, if you ever have any feedback or questions please contact me
at 603-219-1041. I serve at the pleasure of the people of
Chichester.
Jim Plunkett
Letter To The Editor
I have been to the Town Garage 2 times in the last week, key word,
Town’s Garage. Both times I wasn’t able to get dirt. I was only
looking for a 5 gallon bucket full. The last bucket I filled lasted
2 years.
Since when are the town’s people not allowed to get dirt? I mean the
unfrozen type that is kept under cover. Whose idea is it to keep
dirt outside, under the elements to get wet and freeze?
The first time I went down, I didn’t realize it was outside, my
bagdfor not knowing. But with all the snow that had fallen, I could
not see it. The second time I went down, I brought my bucket and
shovel. I didn’t realize I needed a pick ax to get any amount. After
forty five minutes I had about 1/3 of the bucket full. I was tired,
cold, and irritated. I still had to go home and spread the cow patty
size of dirt out on my driveway.
A suggestion at this point is useless, but at one time, dirt/sand
were stored on the right side, salt was in the center, dirt and salt
on the left, all inside and out of the elements. The entry was
blocked so a truck could not be loaded, but a townsperson could
carry a bucket in.
I guess it depends on who wants the dirt, some people can have dirt
delivered, even used as fill. Some can’t even get a bucket full.
Craig Mcintosh
Letter To The Editor
The main function of government is to protect the individual’s right
of wealth, property, liberty, freedom and the pursuit of happiness
and this pertains to local government, and they are public servants,
not masters, and we are a Constitutional Republic with individual
rights, not a democracy where mob or factions rule over the
minority.
When government overtaxes the citizens for their own self-serving
interest, and places the burden on our neighbors, you have legalized
plundering and tyranny, by government taking the incentive to
pervert the laws and citizens’ rights, by controlling the citizens’
wealth and property, you have a violation of the contract between
the citizens and government that was put in place to serve the
citizens, not rule over the citizens. Have we forgotten our founding
of America and the tyranny of taxation with no representation that
our founding fathers fought back in 1776?
We, as citizens of Chichester, need to regain our rights of wealth,
property and the ability to vote on a budget without being
intimidated by factions that control the town and school meeting,
SB-2 (Vote by ballot on election day) would be a good start to
regain control of our property tax and the school and town budgets
that are currently being held hostage by town factions and unions.
Term limits would be the next step in controlling factions.
We need representatives with the moral standing, that know our
rights from God and not man. We need representatives that know the
difference between needs and wants of the community and respect the
rights of individuals. We should not be held responsible for those
who want more than their needs and for those in government that see
a valley of wealth for the taken by legalized plundering.
Mr. Carl Dow
Chichester Central School
Quarter 2 Honor Roll
Grade 4 High Honors
Joe Bourbeau, Colby Despres, Camden Kunitake, Jim Valotto
Honors
Dale Brown, Brayden Casey, Ayslin Claudio, Andrew Chiavaras, Isaac
Dolan, Tristan Laflamme, Kelsey Montambeault, Matthew O’Rourke,
Isabella Sonia, Michael Strazzeri, Tyler Nolan
Grade 5 High Honors
Ryan Ardine, Emma Losey, Allison Miner, Summer Pescinski, Mason
Pillsbury, Michael Pitman, Abby Randall, Nathan Smith
Honors
Marshal Andrews, Olivia Berkeley, Lucas Crowell, Brooke Davison,
Marshall Hanna, Whitney Moses, Brooke Robinson, Matthew Wagner
Grade 6 High Honors
Ryan Casey, Alex Chiavaras, Helen Cika, Corey Cleasby, Sophia Gulo,
Jack Harkness, Lindsay Hawkins, Leah LaCross, Bridget Mercier,
Robert Shaw
Honors
Brett Cassel, Rachel Clark, Katie Edmonds, Kelly Garnett, Haley
Hapgood, Tim Harris, Ben Kunitake, Cody Montambeault, Jason Quinno,
Alex Walter, Mercede Wrighington
Grade 7 High Honors
Jessica Boyajian, Julia Harrison, Katie Jameson, Lauren Lehoullier,
Stone Marston, Colby Mitchell, Jade Pescinski, Jeff Wagner
Honors
Alexandra Bonacorsi, Samantha Boyajian, Levi Cooper, Katrina
Flanders, Riley Kennedy, Madyson Laflamme, Jacob Marden, Iain
McCormack, Jacob Skidmore
Grade 8 High Honors
Alysse Cleasby, Jack Lehoullier, Sarah Miner, Levi Putman, Nolan
Sykes
Honors
Jackie Arell, Eric Chapman, Matt Flanders, Sean Menard, Tim Pitman,
Hannah Ricker, Samantha Weir
Letter To The Editor
Chichester taxpayers are URGED to participate in Town Meeting (March
14), including VOTING (March 10).
Residents are deeply concerned for Chichester’s future because of
the current candidates for selectman. One being a brash discontent
who has difficulty maintaining composure during public meetings. The
other has sued the town, whether or not justified, taxpayer money
was utilized for legal expenses. Residents are allowed
to pay for settlement(s) but are not allowed to view settlement
records. Now, we are asked to trust this candidate to work in our
best interests?
Jason Weir is running on a “family” platform, because of family
history and caring for the town, he wants to work for Chichester,
his children & grandchildren… and ours, of course. But, if both
Chris and Jason Weir were elected, FOUR family members would hold
official town positions - - road agent, town clerk/tax collector,
town administrative assistant and a selectman. Not a good idea!
One family should not have that much control of a town.
It is purported that the selectmen are to set the tone for and
control meetings and hearings in which to discourage derogatory
remarks and arguing. Funny, while attending a majority of the
Selectmen’s meetings the last two years, a good many of the meetings
were similar to feeding frenzies. The person who suggests control
is the same one who made constant negative comments, derogatory
remarks not only about the road agent but at and about the
Selectmen, and not in a “passionate” voice but in a rude, disruptive
and abusive manner. All of which makes residents not want to attend
the meetings and not want to be involved at all. Now, we are to
trust him to maintain composure as a selectman?
VOTE for an experienced fair and objective selectman - write in,
vote for “Richard DeBold.”
Ann Davis
Chichester
Letter To The Editor
To the Editor,
The Chichester Planning Board has been working very diligently to
draft for you, the voters, a new signage ordinance.
We have consulted and reviewed many nationally recognized
ordinances, spoken with sign design experts, met with community
business leaders and listened to our local residents. We don’t
argue that our existing ordinance has served the Town well for the
past 27 years, but the Town is changing.
The commercial corridors of Routes 4 and 28 present a vital economic
engine to our community. Recently Route 4 has seen increased
development and we expect an exponential increase in the coming
decade.
We all know that traveling on Route 4 can sometimes require a prayer
before getting into your vehicle. There is more traffic, more speed
and countless distractions that we place upon ourselves with phones,
tablets, and music players. With all these distractions, the local
business community needs a better method of grabbing your attention
and this is through larger, clearer signage.
The new language provides for a permit procedure, exempt signage and
those that are strictly prohibited. Also included are prescribed
methods for determining the allowable signage size which has been
increased for visibility and the economic stability of the business
community.
Additionally there is an inclusion of strictly regulated Electronic
Message Centers. The Board has also maintained the residential and
agricultural integrity of Chichester by not imposing regulations on
farms and homes.
The ordinance may be viewed at
www.chichesternh.org. The Planning Board
respectfully requests that you come out and vote on March 10th and
let your voice be heard.
What do you want for Chichester?
The Planning Board also welcomes you to our March 5th meeting to ask
any questions you may have regarding the proposed amendments.
Kevin J Mara, DVM
Chairman
Letter To The Editor
It’s no secret that taxes are increasing every year. There is,
however, a tendency to seek quick fixes for saving a few pennies,
which poses catastrophic consequences for the quality of our
childrens’ education. Much of the budget contains non-discretionary
expenditures required by State and Federal mandates. Thus, the
remaining budget becomes the focus of reductions which directly
impact materials, transportation, programs and even teachers.
It’s critical that town citizens attend the District Meeting held at
Chichester Central School on March 7. The discussions citizens
engage in are often the only opportunity they have to be heard and
to exert some control. This is why EVERY VOICE COUNTS! The school
faces a daunting task- creating a budget that won’t be
overburdensome to the community, while still meeting its objective
of providing a sound, quality education. Our teachers and students,
by virtue of having never been a school in need of improvement and
for a host of other achievements, attained national recognition by
becoming a Blue Ribbon School in 2014.
If I collected letters of praise about CCS from parents of current
and former students, I could fill volumes. You would read stories of
students whose lives have been positively transformed, dreams that
have been realized or challenges that have been overcome. Most of
all, CCS is an engaging learning environment that prepares our
children to become productive members of society and visionaries
who’ll keep our town thriving. It is they who will be sitting
alongside you a decade from now.
Dawn LaCross
Letter To The Editor
It’s no secret that taxes are increasing every year. There is,
however, a tendency to seek quick fixes for saving a few pennies,
which poses catastrophic consequences for the quality of our
childrens’ education. Much of the budget contains non-discretionary
expenditures required by State and Federal mandates. Thus, the
remaining budget becomes the focus of reductions which directly
impact materials, transportation, programs and even teachers.
It’s critical that town citizens attend the District Meeting held at
Chichester Central School on March 7. The discussions citizens
engage in are often the only opportunity they have to be heard and
to exert some control. This is why EVERY VOICE COUNTS! The school
faces a daunting task- creating a budget that won’t be
overburdensome to the community, while still meeting its objective
of providing a sound, quality education. Our teachers and students,
by virtue of having never been a school in need of improvement and
for a host of other achievements, attained national recognition by
becoming a Blue Ribbon School in 2014.
If I collected letters of praise about CCS from parents of current
and former students, I could fill volumes. You would read stories of
students whose lives have been positively transformed, dreams that
have been realized or challenges that have been overcome. Most of
all, CCS is an engaging learning environment that prepares our
children to become productive members of society and visionaries
who’ll keep our town thriving. It is they who will be sitting
alongside you a decade from now.
Dawn LaCross
Mary Jane and David Colbert of Chichester announce the engagement of
their daughter, Josie Marie to Jeremy Letendre son of David Letendre
and Marlies Letendre. Josie is in her graduate studies at UNH
Manchester for her Master’s in Education. Jeremy is in the NH Army
National Guard. A 2016 labor day wedding is being planned.
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