Christmas Fair At Northwood Congregational Church
Northwood Congregational Church will be hosting their annual
“Christmas By Design” fair. It will be held on Saturday 12/1/12,
9:00 am to 1:00 pm. It will feature “greens” to deck the halls of
your home, maple syrup, homemade jams, popovers straight from our
ovens, crafts, activities for the kids, raffle items, homemade soups
and so much more. Free Coffee to take the chill off, served up with
warm cheer and fellowship. We hope you will join us.
The
church’s location is 881 First NH Turnpike (Rte.4) Northwood, NH.
Northwood Congregational Church Service Of Hope
On
Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 4:00 pm, Northwood Congregational Church
will hold a Service of Hope. All are welcome to participate in this
service which will acknowledge that the Christmas holiday season can
be a very difficult time for people who have experienced some type
of loss or grief. This grief can come in many different forms – loss
of a loved one, a beloved pet, a job, good health and anything else
that has affected you deeply.
During
the service we will recognize that we can move from a state of grief
and despair to one of hope. God understands our grief, anger and
frustration and God is there to guide us through our losses. His
love for us is omnipresent and He will make all things new. This is
the promise of the resurrection.
The
service will include a welcome by NCC clergy, prayer, scripture
readings or poems, silent reflections, candle lightings,
benediction/blessing and silent closing. All members of the
community are welcome to join us for this important and timely
service of hope.
Northwood Congregational Church is located at 881 First NH Turnpike
(Route 4) in Northwood NH, just east of Coe-Brown Northwood Academy.
The snow/inclement weather date is Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at
7:00 pm.
Santa’s
Helpers
The
Northwood Fire Rescue is requesting your assistance in helping to
make Christmas brighter for Northwood children from families that
are finding it difficult to purchase Christmas gifts this year.
Starting the first week of December we will be placing collection
boxes in area businesses for your unwrapped gifts for ages birth
through 18 years old. Our boxes will be clearly marked Northwood
Santa’s Helpers. Please note we do not receive any assistance from
similar organizations also collecting gifts.
Suggestive items: dolls, building blocks, reading and coloring
books, art/craft supplies, toy or model cars/trucks, board games for
all ages, balls, bath items, or any teenage appropriate gifts
appreciated.
If you
are in need of assistance this year, forms are available at the
Northwood Town Hall, Northwood Fire Department during working hours
and on the community bulletin board at the Northwood Post Office.
Please note, you and your children must be residents of Northwood
at the time of application and delivery date. Thank you for
considering this neighbor helping neighbor program.
Letter
Anytime
Fitness of Northwood would like to express our deepest gratitude to
The Suncook Valley Sun for their willingness to help us promote our
Veterans’ Day Fund Raiser. We were so pleased to be able to give
back to our local military Hero and his family. We were able to
raise $450 bringing our total gift package to a valued of over
$1,100.
Again,
many thanks to The Suncook Valley Sun, as well as Halo’s Hair and
Nail Salon, our members, and our community, for your willingness to
contribute and participate!
In
Health,
Rhoda
Sommer
Owner,
Anytime Fitness Northwood
On Nov.
6, Election Day, students and staff at Northwood School participated
in a K-8 school-wide mock election for President and NH Governor.
Students in 7th and 8th Grade Social Studies classes assisted at
“the polls” with voter registration, booth set up, ballots,
supervising the checklist and handing out “I voted!” stickers to all
participants. It was a fun learning experience and a great way to
model democracy in action.
Northwood Superintendent Search Committee
The SAU
44 Joint School Board, made up of each of the five school board
members from Nottingham, Northwood, and Strafford, is initiating a
search committee for the next Superintendent of Schools for SAU 44.
Current Superintendent, Dr. Michael Ludwell, has tendered his
resignation effective June 30, 2013. The joint board has solicited
the New Hampshire School Boards Association to assist in the search
process.
Each of
the three communities is being asked to have their school’s
principal, two teachers, and two community members represent their
community on the Search Committee. The commitment includes
somewhere between four to seven meetings, including the possibility
of one Saturday. This is an important role for the future of the
education of Northwood School children and you have an opportunity
to participate in the process.
If you
are interested in being considered as a member of the Superintendent
Search Committee, please submit a formal letter expressing your
interest, why you feel that you would make a good representative for
the community of Northwood on the committee, and what qualities you
would bring to a committee made up of representatives from the three
communities.
These
letters should be sent to: Northwood School Attn: Rich Hartford, 511
First NH Turnpike, Northwood, NH 03261. All letters of interest must
be received by the end of the school day on Wednesday, November
28th.
If you
have any questions, please contact Rich Hartford at (603) 942-5488
or any Northwood School Board member.
Northwood’s 2012 Property Tax Rate Is Reduced
The
town’s 2012 property tax rate has been set by the NH Department of
Revenue Administration (DRA) at $23.20 per $1,000 of assessed
valuation. The Board of Selectmen is pleased to report that this is
a decrease of 6 percent or $1.41 over the 2011 rate of $24.61. This
decrease represents the first time in many years that the tax rate
has been decreased in Northwood.
The
following is a breakdown of the tax rate: $3.83 for the town, $15.92
for local schools, $2.41 for state education and $1.03 for the
county. This represents an 11 percent decrease for the town, and a 5
percent decrease for both the local schools and the state education
tax. There was no percentage change for the county tax.
For
comparison purposes, if property taxpayers had an annual payment
amount of $5,000 on their semi-annual tax bills sent out to them in
June 2012, they will see their December 2012 bill reduced by 11.5%
or by $577. A $4,000 annual tax bill will be reduced by $462 and a
$3,000 tax bill will go down by $346.
The
town’s tax decrease was attributed to several factors. There were
increases to the town’s total valuation of buildings which had a
positive impact. The selectmen were operating under a default budget
which voters had approved last March. Also, as in previous years,
the selectmen used funds from the general fund balance to “buy down
the tax rate”. The fund balance is revenues above the budget and
expenditures that are not spent.
DRA
recommends that municipalities maintain a balance equivalent to at
least 5% of regular general fund revenues of the town, school and
county operations. The selectmen voted to maintain 8.7% in their
fund balance to handle any emergencies that may occur during the
year. They used $384,124 to offset the town’s portion of the tax
rate.
The
selectmen would like to thank the Northwood School Board for their
efforts in returning $286,000 to the town in order to reduce their
portion of the tax rate. The budget committee also did an excellent
job in their review of both the school and town budgets.
The
town clerk/tax collector has sent out the new tax bills and payments
are due back by December 19th.
Letter
The
election is over and the votes counted – and recounted in the case
of the Mann-Gorman race. I congratulate Bruce Hodgdon on his victory
and appreciate his letter of thanks published in last week’s Sun. At
long last, after my several entreaties, he has communicated to us in
a way other that multiple signs along the side of the road. I hope
that he will continue to do this so that we – the represented –
might learn what he is up to in Concord.
With
the House back in Democratic hands and with Speaker O’Brien soon to
be “former,” I think that Bruce may have an experience somewhat
different than what he had bargained for.
And I
thank Lucy Edwards for her candidacy. We should applaud all who
seek to serve.
Well,
maybe I should say “most.” In the case of Don Gorman and other Free
Staters who have moved here in hopes of taking over the Republican
party and the government of the state, I’m not so enthusiastic about
their collective impulse for public service. I would invite you to
see for yourself at
http://youtube/oL4HzR0PAtQ.
So it
is with considerable relief that I learned that Maureen Mann had
survived the recount for the District 32 seat and will be
representing Northwood.
With
the coming of the New Year, there is much to do – and un-do. In the
short term, let us be thankful.
Tom
Chase
Northwood
Northwood School Honor Roll
2012-2013
5th
Grade
High
Honors
Benjamin Brieger, Makayla DeButts, Victoria Johnston, Michael
MacEachern, Jacob Shutt, Mark Sommer, Mary Thoms
5th
Grade
Honors
Hunter
Adams, Katherine Blake, Jaden Boulanger, Brianna Burke, James
Cirillo, Matthew Davis, Elizabeth Flanagan, Samuel Goad, Hailie
Holland, Ryan Hughes, Brianna Jackson, Sophie Laird, Evan Lentz,
Brynna Meeker, Ethan Meeker, Patrick Murray, Ryan Nester, Elizabeth
Reeves, Ryan Reeves, Rylee Rogers, Morgan Tatem, Elijah
Tomlinson-Burrell, Willow Tritter, Samantha Troy, Paige Valli,
Samantha Welch
6th
Grade
High
Honors
Elijah
Allen, Braelin Ash, Michael Burgess, Derek Capo, Benjamin Cote,
Dylan DeTrude, Nicholas Dyer, Olivia Farrar, Mary Lee, Adrianna
Reid, Jacob Rich, Madison Rollins, Zachery Sheehan, Samuel Thurston,
Emma Tobbe, Megan Wimsatt
6th
Grade
Honors
Rebecca
Bailey, Isabelle Balch, Lily Beer, Griffen Bono, Clayton Canfield,
Madison Cunningham, Taylor Edgecomb, Dylan Harlow, Kevin Hennessey,
Ryan Holland, Sarah Jensen, Madelynn Kenney, Cooper Leduke, Mason
Lobello, Lillian Marie, Micheal Marini, Jonathan Moehlmann, Carly
Ramsey, Jacob Schleich, Jennifer Sherman, Tyler Troy, Emily van
Gerena, Dakota West
7th
Grade
High
Honors
Taylor
Bettencourt, Hannah Halka, Alexis Kendall, Emily Lentz, Kayla Pollak,
Aiyana Rollins, Julia Sommer
7th
Grade
Honors
Natalie
Annis, Gwendolyn Bearden, Ethan Chaney, Annie Comtois, Emily
Cunningham, Sarah Doiron, Kellyn Flanagan, MaKenna Iller, Brady
Johnson, Kassandra Lavoie, Deztyni Lockard, Stephanie Messina, Scott
Norwood, Scott Spenard, Nicolas Therriault
8th
Grade
High
Honors
Alexander Gray, Caitlyn Pitre, Sarah Turmel
8th
Grade
Honors
Miranda
Adcock, Isaiah Allen, Jonathan Bachand, Cassandra Barnhart,
Elizabeth Bisson, Matthew Brown, Abigail Devaney, Sheridan Gancarz,
River Groves, Joseph Guptill, Emily Hughes, McKenzie Moehlmann,
Cassidy O’Dwyer, Jordain Pierce, Thomas Sheehan, Shawn Spenard,
Kylee West, Evan Wimsatt
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