Anthony
Toscano of Northwood, a freshman, was named to the Dean’s List for
the fall 2013 semester by maintaining a grade term point average of
at least 3.50 on a scale of four at Franklin Pierce University in
Rindge, NH.
Congratulations, Anthony!
REMINDER
Northwood Community World Day Of Prayer
This
year’s service will be on March 7 at 1 p.m at Northwood Advent
Christian Church at 113 School Street (Route 107) “handicap
accessible” to join the women of Egypt in prayer and song to support
ecumenical efforts toward justice, peace, healing and wholeness.
The annual offering supports the work of World Day of Prayer USA
and helps meet the needs of families in Egypt and around the world
who are victims of many forms of poverty, violence, and justice.
Besides
the above mentioned church, other participants are the Northwood
Congregational Church UCC and the St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Town Reports Are In!
The
annual town report for the Town of Northwood and the Northwood
School District is available during regular business hours. We ask
that you take only one per family or household. The annual report
is also available on the town website under Forms and Documents.
REMINDER
Northwood Softball & Baseball Registration
Registration is underway for the 2014 season of Northwood Softball &
Baseball. The Northwood Softball Baseball Association continues to
offer online registration. Look to the upper right corner of the
website for the links. Baseball & Softball each have there own form.
You can pay online with credit, debit or PayPal. Multiple
registrations can be done per division before you checkout and pay.
Registrations are due by March 31, 2014. Spring clinics will begin
March 15, 2014 for softball & March 16, 2014 for baseball. Clinics
are free and available for registered players.
We are
now accepting coaching applications. Deadline for coaching
applications is March 8, 2014.
Please
visit our website at
nsbanh.org for more information.
MAS
Offering Virtual Dementia Tour
At The Inn At Deerfield Tuesday,
March 18, 2014
There
are approximately 35 million Americans age 65 and older and more
than 5.4 million suffer from Alzheimer’s disease.
The
Virtual Dementia Tour is a proven method designed to build
sensitivity and awareness about Dementia. The Virtual Dementia Tour
is for anyone seeking to understand the physical and mental
challenges of those with Dementia and create a community of
acceptance and support for dementia. MAS is the only certified
agency in the state of New Hampshire to offer this program.
This is
an opportunity for you to experience dementia first hand and be part
of increasing the level of care and commitment to this shifting
societal issue. This experience takes approximately 15 minutes per
group but will change your view of dementia forever.
Tours
start at 3:00 pm and run throughout the afternoon. Please call
Kelly at The Inn at Deerfield (463-7002) to set up a time slot.
There is no cost associated with the tour. The purpose is to
promote awareness within our community.
Northwood Recreation Update
By
Kathy Boudreau, Recreation Director
Saturday, February 22nd was a perfect day for ice fishing. Many
members of the community participated in the Ice Fishing Derby. The
derby was held on Harvey Lake from 8AM to noon. 29 children
competed to win prizes in 4 categories in the following age
brackets: 6 years & under, 7 – 10 years old, and 11 – 15 years old.
The
early birds caught the first fish of the day. The winner of the
first fish was Sam Lauze, 4, at 8:36. The winners of the longest
fish were Skylar Nelson, 6, fish length 12 3/4”; Carson Hodgdon, 7,
fish size 12”; and Dylan DeTrude, 13, fish size 15 1/2”.
Participants then competed for the 2nd longest fish. The winners of
the 2nd longest fish were Spencer Conway, 6, fish length 11 3/4” and
John Difeo, 11, fish length 13”. The winner of the last fish caught
was Zacharia Nelson, 3, at 11:36.
Congratulations to all who participated. Don’t forget to check out
the web site for information about upcoming programs at
www.northwoodnh.org or
contact the Recreation Department at 942-5586 x209.
Letter
To The Editor
On
Tuesday March 11th from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm voters will have an
opportunity to reduce unnecessary increases to our school and town
spending requests by about $827,000 without having any adverse
impact to services.
Mark
your calendar now to make an effort to vote. Maybe you can afford
these tax increases but there is a strong likelihood that your
neighbors or our senior citizens living on a fixed income cannot.
Although the number of residents voting has increased since the town
went from the traditional town and school district meetings to SB-2,
there is still much room for improvement. It’s always easy to
complain about your property taxes going up, so here is your one
opportunity to do something about it.
Most of
the unnecessary spending requests come from the school side -
$622,000 versus $205,000 for the town. A vote for the school default
budget will save $262,000. Since teachers have presented another
‘pie in the sky’ proposal for their contract, voters should vote no
and will save an additional $188,000 by doing so. There are four
other warrant articles that create surplus accounts for so-called
emergencies. A no vote will save taxpayers $127,000.
Based
on research and as we saw in a recent letter in the Suncook Sun,
establishing an all-day kindergarten program would be a lose-lose
situation for our children and taxpayers. Voting no would save
another $45,000.
On the
town-side the proposal to build another highway building for
$145,000 has not been very well thought out. Until a cost/benefit
plan is positive, this project should be postponed. There are
several other warrant articles (#4, 9, 10 & 13) that would add to
our reserves but are not necessary at this time that would save
$60,000.
Your
vote can make a difference on March 11th.
Sincerely,
Jim
Hadley
Kayla
Pollak (8th grade) defeated Derek Capo (7th grade) in the Northwood
School annual spelling bee in late January. Kayla correctly spelled
the word “sapphire” in the 13th round of spelling. Kayla
represented the school at the state spelling bee on March 1st.
Northwood Garage Supports Dover Children’s Home
We’re
very grateful for Northwood Garage’s generous gift to Bill Stevens
with the Dover Police Charities bowling team. These funds actively
support our commitment to improving the lives of the children placed
in our care. We offer a wide array of experiences, services, and
opportunities that celebrate individual strengths and address
personal needs. As other residential treatment programs close their
doors across NH, it’s become more important than ever for Dover
Children’s Home to provide a safe haven where children can learn to
reclaim their lives, recover their dreams, and achieve their
potential.
Thousands of NH’s most vulnerable children have received exceptional
care at Dover Children’s Home for the past 121 years. Many of these
young people have endured incredible hardship such as sexual and
physical abuse, depression, abandonment, homelessness, mental
illness, and poverty. While in our care, many children gain
self-confidence and experience significant improvement in family
relationships, decision-making skills, and school performance.
Your
gift through the 6th Annual Dover Children’s Home Bowl-a-thon is an
important piece of our mission. If you would like more information
about our mission or upcoming events, please contact Pamela Schmuhl
at
[email protected] or (603) 742-4289 x 22.
Your
support will make a difference
To
learn more about Dover Children’s Home visit
doverchildrenshome.org
Your
Vote Is Important!
Northwood Election Day is Tuesday, March 11 at the Parish Center of
St. Joseph’s Church, located next to the Town Hall. Polls will be
open from 7 am to 7 pm. Voters in Northwood will consider ALL
warrant items as ballot votes under SB2 for both the town and school
district. This is the time for citizens to make their voice heard on
the election of town and school officials, and warrant articles,
including the proposed operating budgets for both town and school
for the coming year and several petition warrant articles. There
are several contested races including planning board and police
commission.
If you
have not already received one, be sure to pick up a copy of the
voter’s guide, available at the Northwood Town Hall during regular
business hours: M-F 8-4, or the guide may be viewed on the town
website: www.northwoodnh.org
If you were unable to attend any of the following: town or school
deliberative sessions, or Candidate’s Night, copies of the DVD are
able at the Chesley Memorial Library. The videos may be taken out
and watched at home at your convenience; they are also shown
randomly on the local cable channel.
Letter
To The Editor
Penny
Wise
I’m not
a numbers person, but I did a little numbers crunching on the
Northwood Town and School Warrants. Here’s what I found: if we vote
“yes” or for the higher number in every single warrant article, we
will be spending over $1,600,000 more than if we vote “no” or for
the lower number.
That
1.6 million dollars includes items saying “No tax impact.” “No tax
impact” means that an expenditure will be funded by fees or from the
surplus in last year’s budget. Although the expense will not cause
an increase over previous taxes, in some cases not spending this
money would reduce taxes. All expenditures have tax impact.
Other
items say things like “tax impact $.01.” These no-impact and penny
increases end up rising to a cost of more than one and a half
million dollars in Northwood property taxes.
Voting
is March 11 from 7 AM to 7 PM at St. Joseph’s Church.
Michael
Faiella
Northwood
Letter
To The Editor
To the
Editor,
It’s
here. Time to vote. Tuesday, March 11 at the Church right next to
the Town Hall from 7am to 7pm. There are somewhere around 2800 of
you that are eligible to vote in Northwood, and should. Most won’t.
I would like to give you one more reason to, that is to show
appreciating to the many, many folks who volunteer their time, gas
money and much more to make sure that you and your families have
what you need. Very little would get done in this town without their
incredible dedication to you and yours. No one gets paid on the many
committees and sub committees. The education of our children would
go downhill and cost more without our volunteers wonderful help. Get
out on Tuesday, it won’t take more than 15 minutes of your busy day
to show that support. Whether it is a volunteer for the town or the
school, they will work harder for you if a little support comes
their way. Voting is just one way to show it.
Please,
just consider me, I gave you several hundred hours of my time
absolutely for free and I enjoyed doing it. Get out and vote. Need a
ride, call me (942-5463) and I’ll get you one.
Tim
Jandebeur
Northwood
Letter
To the
Voters of Northwood:
I’m
Joseph McCaffrey, running for the volunteer, unpaid positions of
both Planning Board and Budget Committee in Northwood. ( I know, I
know, the sanity of anyone volunteering for grief and hassle is up
for consideration...). I don’t consider them fun positions either,
interesting, but not fun.
I don’t
like telling other people how to lead there own lives. Some do.
Furthermore I think free citizens should be left alone to live
their own lives with minimum government interference. Reasonable
law for a reasonable people. Believe it or not this kind of
thinking, you know, this liberty stuff, begins at the local level.
So being involved, granted in just a in a small way, has given me a
chance to see how things work, or not work.
I
figure as long as I’m paying taxes, I’d like to see how the money
gets spent while remaining constantly mindful that when called on to
vote town budget items, it’s other peoples’ money. Maximizing
effectiveness, at the least possible cost. Your money is part of
your liberty - to act, say, and do.
Regarding the planning board, I believe all applicants should be
treated fairly and equally - the same rules for all - with the
spirit of encouraging prosperity in Northwood.
So I
ask for your vote for both the Northwood Planning Board and Budget
Committee. Thanks for your vote and please do make the effort to
come out, I’ll be at the polling place, probably all day if you have
any questions.
Sincerely,
Joseph
McCaffrey
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