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New 30-mile Coös Loop leg would be boon to City, mayor says

BY EDITH TUCKER

[email protected]

WHITEFIELD — Mayor Paul Grenier detailed some of the reasons why the City Council voted unani-mously on Dec. 7, 2015, to support the pro-posed Northern Pass project in his testimo-ny before the state Site Evaluation Committee (SEC)-sponsored in-formation session on Wednesday, Jan. 20, held at the Mountain View Grand.

“The City of Berlin potentially stands to lose a lot of proper-ty tax revenue if the Northern Pass Trans-mission (NPT) project and the Coös Loop up-grade is not built,” Gre-nier explained. “The City and Berlin Station

LLC (Burgess BioPow-er) signed a Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) agreement in Aug. 2011, in which Burgess is required to pay the City 15 percent of gross revenue of all RECs (Renewable Energy Credits) that are pro-duced over the 400,000 REC threshold that Eversource is required to purchase.

“Since the (wood-chip-burning) plant has the ability to produce upwards of 100,000 ad-ditional unsold RECs … on the open market, the City’s lost revenue is estimated to be in the $9.7 million range (over 14 years).

“But the plant has to operate at capacity — or near capacity — for that to occur,” the

mayor said. “Burgess Biopower has already faced some production curtailments because the Coös Loop can-not handle the export load.”

The NPT project with its ancillary project — the replace-

ment of poles and wires on the north-ern 30.19-mile-long Coös Loop from Dum-mer through Stark, Groveton, and Lan-caster to Whitefield — would not only address today’s curtailments but would also allow

for more renewable energy production to be built here in the fu-ture, he explained. Un-der the NPT proposal, Eversource would pay for this costly upgrade, rather than requiring the “green” alternative fuel power developers.

The southern leg from Berlin to White-field is not on the dock-et to be upgraded.

The mayor, who also serves as a Coös county commissioner, spoke to the overall impor-tance of lowering the cost of electricity in the county. NPT would reduce the cost of pow-er by five percent, Eversource NH presi-dent Bill Quinlan said in his testimony.

“Future economic development here in Coös County will de-pend on availability of less expensive and dependable electrici-ty,” Grenier testified. “With thousands of megawatts of fossil-fu-eled and nuclear power

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Mayor Paul Grenier of Berlin, wearing his Notre Dame Arena and New England Patriots vest, testified in favor of the Northern Pass Transmission project at the Jan. 20 information session at the Mountain View Grand in Whitefield.

coming off production, northern New England faces still greater ob-stacles if this problem is not solved soon. I personally have been very active in business development recruit-ment in Berlin and the high cost of electricity is difficult to mitigate. Left unchecked, still higher cost of electric-ity will be Coös Coun-ty’s Alamo,” a battle in 1836 in which all Texas defenders were killed by Mexican troops.

Grenier also submit-ted a Dec. 7, 2015, letter signed by all members of the City Council: “Northern Pass is a utility project that will provide much-needed tax revenue to Coös County and the com-munities through which it passes. In ad-dition, it will provide an economic stimulus through the construc-tion jobs required to build the project.

Meet the RiverdriversA personal look at three more players

BY JODY HOULE

Contributing Writer

BERLIN – Last time, we took a look at a coach/captain, a defen-seman and a brawler. This week, we look at a center, a defenseman and a forward.

Brantley Sherwood is 24, and learned to skate on the ice at two years old in his hometown of Rochester, New York. His older sister was a fig-ure skater and initially inspired him to take to the ice.

He formally played for AJHL Drayton Valley Thunder out of Alberta, Canada. He then moved on to Division 3 College for the SUNY (Southern University of New York) Cortland Red Dragons.

As a center on the Riv-erdrivers, he has earned

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Three Riverdrivers pose after interviews of their personal lives. (From left to right) Brantley Sherwood, a center, Pavel Kubena, a forward, and David Brancik, a defenseman.

one goal, eight assists and five penalty min-utes.

He played his first game around Christmas to a packed house at the

arena.“It was the largest

crowd I have played in front of. I love the sup-port we get,” he said.

Off the ice, Sherwood

is taking online courses for a degree in anthro-pology and business ap-plications.

“After I finish my degree, I would like to move on the range in the hockey world – small steps,” he said.

The living quarters of teammates are split up into three different hous-es in Berlin. Sherwood shares a house a Goeble Street with four other players where he studies for his degree.

“We get along and share all the duties,” said Sherwood.

Video games seem to be a popular past time for the teammates. On Goeble, Sherwood said they enjoy competing against each other while they play NHL 16 and Halo.

The team enjoys eat-ing at Mr. Pizza’s restau-rant in Gorham. Every Wednesday, Sherwood and other Riverdrivers offer a “Meet and Greet” to the public.

“We sign autographs, have conversations and we sometimes serve the food,” he said.

Next, we take a look

courtEsy

Rep. Leon Rideout, a Republican of Lancaster who represents Coös County’s 10-town flote-rial Distict 7 and a candidate for state Senate, rode the “Cruzin' to Victory” Campaign Bus Tour from Plymouth north to Whitefield on Monday evening, Jan. 18, with Republican pres-idential candidate Senator Ted Cruz on Texas. A crowd of some 200 was on hand for Cruz’s town hall-style meeting at White Mountains Regional High School.

Planning Board conditionally approves Glen House site plan

BY EDITH TUCKER

[email protected]

GORHAM — A brand-new Glen House hotel near the base of the Mount Washington Auto Road won unanimous conditional approv-al on Jan. 18 from the Planning Board for the Unincorporated Places for its site plan for a 67-room, 60,737-square-foot hotel to be built on the west side of Route 16 in Green’s Grant. In a rou-tine procedure, the con-ditions imposed require that a number of state permits be secured.

The proposed project had been presented and

discussed as a concep-tual plan on Dec. 9, and the Board quickly voted unanimously that the 300-page application was complete.

Engineer Josh McAl-lister of HEB Engineer-ing of North Conway presented the plan for the 8.61-acre site owned by the Mt. Washington Summit Road Company (MWSRC), as is all the surrounding land, ex-cept the two-lane high-way itself.

The proposed build-ing is a three-story hotel

Balsams developers receive green light to begin permittingBY EDITH TUCKER

[email protected]

GORHAM — The Coös Planning Board for the Unincorporated Places voted “yes” unanimous-ly on Jan. 18 at Gorham Town Hall to approve the two remaining legal doc-uments required before Dixville Capital LLC’s development team could begin the permit consul-tation process on two specific Phase I projects at the Balsams Resort.

The Board approved the final wording of the Planned Unit Develop-ment (PUD) Conditional Use permit and the PUD Development Agree-ment, including the cri-teria for vesting.

The developers and the Planning Board’s at-torney had met about a week-and-a-half before the meeting to “word-smith” the documents as agreed at the Board’s Dec. 9 meeting in Lan-caster. A substantive word change was adopt-ed. The Board’s original

wording that referenced its retaining a “safety valve” was changed to a paragraph describing the Board’s ability to prevent or mitigate a specifically-identified adverse impact upon public health or public safety, should facts or information now un-available come to ligh, or based on PUD crite-ria listed in the county’s zoning ordinance.

The subject of the developer paying for studies or reviews that the Board believes are necessary was also clar-ified: The developer has the right to review the scope and cost of any study or peer review the Board calls for and then to either accept or reject them, provided, howev-er, that such rejection would not affect the Board’s “otherwise law-ful authority to deem an application incomplete, or to disapprove an ap-plication due to lack of

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Signs up at historic Steel Truss Bridge over Dead River

BY EDITH TUCKER

[email protected]

BERLIN — The signs went up at the histor-ic Steel Truss Bridge over the Dead River on Monday, Jan. 18. The bridge, which was com-pletely rehabbed and put in place on Aug. 22, 2014 by hard-working White Mountain Ridge Runners (WMRR) snowmobile club vol-unteers, is open to snowmobile and foot traffic, providing rec-reational access to the rear of the Notre Dame Arena and other local businesses.

The WMRR spent four days in the spring of 2014 restoring the historic Paris Road truss bridge. The steel bridge, stamped with the name Carnegie (Steel Company of Pittsburgh, Pa.) that produced steel from 1892 to 1901 under that name, was used for many years in Stark, and Harley Mason bought it after the state installed a new Paris Road bridge. The snow-mobile club bought it from him in 2013 to use as a replacement for the no-longer-useable bridge in back of the Arena.

Smith & Town print-ers donated a hand-some sign that details the bridge’s history.

The Parallel Chord Pratt Truss bridge is 45 feet, and 6 inches in length and 13 feet, 8 inches wide.

The bridge, likely first installed in Con-cord, was moved to the southern end of Paris Road in Stark during the 1970s and then re-moved in 2000 by the state.

The financial con-tributions of both Ste-ven and Penny Binette and their children, Rylie and Dalton, are warmly acknowledged. Other donors are also thanked: Ray’s Elec-tric of Berlin, for use of its front-end loader and backhoe for build-ing ramps, plus truck-ing cement blocks for new abutments; MG Excavation of Berlin, use of two excavators and dump truck for site preparation, plus abutment and bridge installation; Mason En-terprises of Milan for excavator and front-end loader; Chapman Steel & Demolition of Gorham for transport-ing the bridge from Stark to Berlin; Berlin Water Works for en-trance ramp fill and excavator for bridge installation; Berlin Spring of Berlin, weld-ing repairs and steel bracing needed for transport; Pro Quip of

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Penny & Steven Binette of the Valley Creek Eatery at 4 Hillside Avenue in Berlin presented Larry Gomes, right, Assistant Trail Master of the White Mountain Ridge Runners (WMRR) snowmobile club, with a $1,000 check on Jan. 18, bringing their total donation to $3,000 for the installation of the historic Steel Bridge over the Dead River, behind the Notre Dame Arena, designed to help all Berlin businesses. Both their children, Dalton, a student at UMaine-Orono majoring in electri-cal engineering, and Rylie, a BHS student, came to the site the previous day for a family photo.

BERLIN FIRST CIRCUIT COURT LOG

BY JODY HOULE

Contributing Writer

Brian Bishop, 24, of Berlin, was found guilty of driving after revocation or suspen-sion and was fined $620. An additional charge of contempt was nolle-prossed.

Russell Mckenney, 57, of Shelvin, Minne-sota, was found guilty

of operating without a valid license and was fined $62.

Michelle Brown, 44, of Berlin, was found guilty of D.W.I. and was fined $620. She was referred to the Impaired Driver Care Management Program (IDCMP) and her li-cense was revoked for 9 months.

Berlin for discounting cost of sand blasting equipment; Sanel of Berlin for discounting cost of blasting me-dia; ad S & L Logging of Berlin for trucking away old steel beams from bridge site.

The Berlin Public Library at 270 Main St. received a $17,000 grant on Dec. 27, 1902, from the Carnegie Corpo-ration of New York to help pay for the hand-some building still in use for its original pur-pose. Andrew Carnegie sold the Carnegie Steel Company to U.S. Steel in 1901 and then turned his attention and aston-ishingly large fortune to philanthropy.

Opportunity to comment on Northern Pass brings out politicians

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District 1 Sen. Jeff Woodburn, a Democrat of Dalton, was the last to speak during the public comment period of the Site Evaluation Committee-sponsored information session on the proposed Northern Pass Transmission (NPT) project, held on Wednesday, Jan. 20, at the Mountain View Grand.

BY EDITH TUCKER

[email protected]

WHITEFIELD — “The current North-ern Pass Transmission proposal falls short — seriously short — and must be changed to meet the needs of the North Country — par-ticularly Coös County,” testified Senator Jeff Woodburn of Dalton at the public comment period of the five-hour-long Site Evaluation Committee-sponsored information session on Wednesday night, Jan. 20, at the Mountain View Grand.

“I’ve long said that Northern Pass needs to provide ‘tangible, local benefits,’” he contin-ued.

“While progress has been made since the original announce-ment back in 2010 and last year (in 2015) by (the proposal to) bury the line (along 52 miles of roadways) through much of the White Mountains, to estab-lish a large mitigation fund to expand eco-nomic opportunity and to compensate commu-nities impacted by this

project, an imbalance still exists.

“We cannot divide our region into win-ners and losers.

“I remain concerned about the impact of the project in Coös Coun-ty, especially in my hometown of White-field – where four out of the five entry points to the town would be

impacted by overhead lines.

Woodburn conclud-ed, “Quite frankly, more needs to be done to target and define benefits for this region and fix this imbalance — this could be addi-tional burial or more mitigation money or some combination of the two.”

Both candidates — Dolly McPhaul of Sug-ar Hill and Rep. Leon Rideout of Lancaster — who are vying in the Sept. 13 state Re-publican Primary for their Party’s nomi-nation to run against incumbent Senator Woodburn on Nov. 8 oppose the NPT project as proposed. McPhaul

accused Eversource of using low-down busi-ness practices, point-ing out that the Federal Communications Com-mission (FCC) reached a $540,000 settlement with the former owner of a New Hampshire country radio station —Cumulus Media, former owner of Do-ver-based WOKQ, 97.5 FM — that broadcast 178 commercial an-nouncements support-ing the Northern Pass project without, as re-quired, identifying the payer’s identity. She also refuted Eversource NH president Bill Quin-lan’ claim that NPT’s current proposal rep-resents a balance.

Rideout noted that he has been steadfast-ly opposed to the NPT project, which he and the vast majority of his constituents believe should be buried in its entirety if it is to go for-ward.

Rep. Brad Bailey, a Republican of Mon-roe who represents Grafton 14, a floterial district, also spoke in opposition to the proj-ect, as now proposed. Others also spoke in opposition, but about a third spoke in favor of the project, including Mike Sterling, gener-al manager for (Bob) Chapman Scrap Metal & Demolition of Milan, Gorham and Berlin, which owns the mill site in Groveton and industrial buildings in Berlin.

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P.D. cooperation leads to arrest of alleged armed Rite-Aid robbery

BY EDITH TUCKER

[email protected]

LANCASTER — Mi-chael Davenport, 37, of Berlin was arrested and charged with armed robbery and criminal threatening with a knife for actions allegedly committed at the Rite-Aid Pharmacy at 177 Main Street on at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan.

14, reports Lancaster Po-lice Chief Bill Colborn. Unable to post $10,000 cash bail, Davenport awaits further court ac-tion at the county jail in West Stewartstown. The suspect may also be charged with possession of narcotics.

Pharmacist Ryan Ros-sito of Colebrook called the LPD after a robber,

armed with a knife, vaulted over the counter at the back of the store, demanded specific drugs and departed after being given them.

The LPD immediately looked at the store’s sur-veillance tapes and iso-lated some good photos and put them out on the internal SPOTs network that can be viewed by

law enforcement agen-cies outfitted with termi-nals.

Within half-an-hour of receiving the photos, the Berlin Police Depart-ment was able to identi-fy the suspect by com-paring a Rite-Aid photo to one taken by a BPD officer wearing a body cam.

An identification also

came in from a sheriff’s department in Florida.

The BPD kept on eye on the suspect’s resi-dence overnight, and the Lancaster P.D. secured a warrant for Davenport’s arrest.

When the BPD ob-served the suspect driv-ing away from his home, Davenport was stopped on a motor vehicle vio-

lation.The Lancaster P.D.

then also secured a search warrant to allow police to enter his resi-dence, and the narcotic drugs that Davenport allegedly stole were re-covered.

Colborn said grate-fully, “The Berlin Police were right on top of it — great partners.”

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Lauren Bradley is running for the Randolph select board. The daughter-in-law of former Coös Rep. Paula Bradley, she taught middle school earth science for 15 years in Alaska where she and her husband Dwight raised 2 now-adult children — Alice, 26, & Dan, 24 — while living in Chugiak, 25 miles from Anchorage. With 2 B.S. degrees in chemistry & geology, plus 2 Master’s degrees in geology & teaching, Bradley also worked for 10 years as a gold explorer.

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Two-term incumbent Randolph select board member Ted Wier announced in Oct. 2015 that he would step down from the post, after serving all six years as chairman. Wier also served five years on the ConCom, three each on the Town Hall and Public Library Building Committees. “I’m aware of Lauren’s decision to run, and I support her candidacy,” Wier said. “For me, it’s time to retire!” Filing continues until 5 p.m. on Friday.

Gallagher of Berlin named to the University of Hartford Dean's ListWEST HARTFORD,

Conn.-- The University of Hartford is pleased to announce Thomas Gal-lagher of Berlin has been named to its Dean's List for Fall 2015.

The University of Hartford, centrally lo-cated in Connecticut, provides a distinctive educational experience across seven schools and colleges for one of the most diverse stu-dent bodies in New En-gland. Hartford's faculty

is attracted by the op-portunity to challenge and support students as they pursue degrees in more than 84 programs in the arts, humanities, science, business, engi-neering and technology, education, and health professions. Chartered in 1957, Hartford has more than 5,000 under-graduates, 1,600 gradu-ate students and 75,000 alumni worldwide. Visit www.hartford.edu for more information.

Blais named to Springfield College St. Johnsbury

Fall 2015 Dean's ListS P R I N G F I E L D ,

Mass.--Springfield Col-lege St. Johnsbury has named Sarah Blais of Berlin to the Dean's List for academic excellence for the fall 2015 term.

Blais is studying Hu-man Services (UG).

Criteria for selection to the dean's list are as follows: The student must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours of graded course-work for the semester, exclusive of "P" grades; the student must not have any incompletes, missing grades or "CPs" in the designated semes-ter; the student must have a minimum semes-ter grade point average of 3.500 for the semester; and the student must not have been barred from the dean's list due to a disciplinary action.

Founded in 1885, Springfield College is known worldwide for the guiding principles of its Humanics philoso-phy educating students in spirit, mind and body for leadership in ser-vice to others. With its foundation of academic excellence and rich ath-letic heritage, Spring-field College prepares students with real-world leadership skills for ca-reers that transform lives and communities. The college offers a range of undergradu-ate and graduate degree programs in the fields of health sciences, hu-man and social services, sport management and movement studies, edu-cation, business, and the

arts and sciences. It also offers doctoral programs in physical education, physical therapy, and counseling psychology.

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The Gorham Ed Fenn Kindergarteners posed with a couple Riverdrivers and project organizers during skating lessons at the Notre Dame Arena last Friday. The program is offered to k through 2 students every Friday from 12:30 to 1:30. This week, second graders will attend.

Airport needs new funding stream

After multiple meetings with Littleton offi-cials, the Mt. Washington Regional Airport will have an appropriation in the town's budget that voters will review later this winter. Although the amount is $2,500 less than the airport originally asked for, the funding from Littleton means the airport, which is located about three miles east of downtown Whitefield, will likely have an operat-ing budget this year. If Littleton stayed with the original decision to not fund the airport at all, it would have delivered a major blow to the facility; Littleton is the largest of the five member towns that historically fund the airport.

Clearly, the volunteers who run the airport do a lot of good work. Their commitment to help the region by offering general aviation ser-vices to hundreds of flights per year is a benefit to many people in the North Country. Good ar-guments have been made as to why the airport should exist. The managers of the facility are commendable stewards of taxpayer dollars, and they continuously ponder ways the airport can be upgraded. This includes the potential for the National Guard to build substantial infrastruc-ture at the site, possibly meaning the taxpayers of five towns would no longer be asked to fund the airport.

Unfortunately, the direct benefits a given town receives from the airport are far harder to docu-ment. That is why Littleton originally balked at providing the airport any funding in 2016. Many other sources of revenue for the airport exist be-side local property taxpayers. Based on details provided by airport leadership, the Mt. Washing-ton Hotel and large companies in the region, such as Lowes and Home Depot, are the primary ben-eficiaries of business generated from those who use the airport. These entities benefiting most from the airport do not contribute directly to the facility's operating budget. George Soros, one of the richest people in the world and a customer of the Mt. Washington Regional Airport, could like-ly pay for the operating budget with the change he carries in his pocket. Let the very wealthy people landing and taking off in Whitefield pony up for the $25,000 or so the airport needs for op-erating expenses each year. They can certainly afford to do so far better than the average taxpay-er in the airport's five member towns (Littleton, Whitefield, Sugar Hill, Dalton, and Lancaster).

Airport management seems to be struggling with another way to reduce the cost of the fa-cility's operating budget to any given member town: Sign up more communities to help foot the bill. This is not surprising. Why should other towns fund the airport when billionaires using the site seem uninterested in paying for the facil-ity's operations? If only money for every town in the region flowed as easily as maple sap in early March. Our beautiful fall foliage and the splen-did scenery any time of year that draw people here do not surround towns rolling in wealth.

Four other towns have decisions to make about the airport in this year's budget process and at town meeting. Continued reliance on taxpayers for the operating budget seems worse than zero funding from the airport's five member towns. Even if the airport had no operating budget, that problem would be solved rather quickly if peo-ple as well off as George Soros decided to use a microscopic portion of their net worth to fund the airport so convenient for trips to their White Mountains playground.

Commissioner's ColumnBY RICK SAMSON

Coös County Commissioner

District 3

There are several is-sues that need report-ing or updating, so I will touch on a couple now and the rest in fu-ture columns.

They are as follows:#1: The Morse Moun-

tain Cell in Groveton, NCIC and the Groveton mill site.

#2: The Coös Wind Park.

#3: Northern Pass.#4: The Coös Loop.The Morse Moun-

tain cell tower is owned by NCIC and managed by Eversource. I have been asked by numer-ous constituents why the tower is not ful-ly operational. Some

of the answers that I have heard are: Ever-source is punishing Groveton for voting against Northern Pass, it is a way for NCIC (THE SO NAMED North Country Invest-ment Cooperation, a non-profit organiza-tion located in Lancast-er and St. Johnsbury, Vt.) to start business-es or locate them in Berlin or Vermont. It seems that Groveton and northern Coos County do not matter. A call to the president of NCIC, Jon Freeman or the vice-president Cathy Conway (788-1610) might get you an answer. They are both full time employees of this non-profit organi-

zation. The St. Johns-bury number is 1-802-748-5101.

As far as the Groveton mill site is concerned, a number of investors have vis-ited the site and have walked away as soon as they turn on their cell phones and find they have no reception. As

Groveton’s county commissioner I find it unacceptable and un-necessary that NCIC has not given Groveton priority for economic help and coverage.

Eversource is once again trying to get Groveton’s select board to support a supposed-ly $5 million bribe to Bob Chapman for the mill site. Eversource

is saying that they will bury the NP line in Groveton if the board supports the bribe. Is this another false agreement that NP will not live up to? Is this not putting Bob Chap-man who has done a great job cleaning up the Groveton mill site in the middle of an un-necessary situation?

It is time for NP to realize that upper Northern Coös County is not for sale. As an elected official and a public servant, not a politician, I represent a large majority of my constituents, and am doing what they re-quest and what is in the best interest of my district.

Dr. Ben Carson for President in 2016To the Editor:

Many people know Ben Carson as a successful pediatric neurosurgeon; some know of his rise from poverty in a drug-infested ghetto through “Gifted Hands,” the book and movie about his life.

Unfortunately, not many people know him as a serious presidential candidate. Throughout the recent debates, he's been viewed as the quiet one - thoughtfully answering questions when they were put to him. No glitzy persona coming from him.

Early in his candidacy, he rose steadily in the polls as people learned about his plans for fixing a broken, divided America. Then came the ridic-ulous, unjust and often false attacks by a biased news media and a few competing candidates. Did Dr. Carson retaliate with like behavior? No, he gave calm, rational and truthful responses that stopped the attacks in their tracks.

If you are looking for a true statesman as your presidential candidate, you need to get to know

Dr. Ben Carson. Review his well-defined, com-mon sense plans for our country’s future at his Web site, www.BenCarson.com. There you will find policy proposals from a strong and skillful leader, including a foreign policy that is just right for these dangerous and uncertain times.

Only by doing this can a person make a thought-ful, educated, decision, not one based solely on personality, celebrity or oratory skills. No, Ben Carson is not the favorite of billionaire-backed super PACs, big corporations or Wall Street pow-er brokers, because he does not serve them. He serves "We the People." That's why he enjoys grass-roots financial and volunteer support from millions of people like me, people of modest means who be-lieve in him and his vision for our country.

His campaign slogan is to Heal, Inspire and Re-vive these great United States. I stand with him in this goal and urge you to do the same.

Sharon HealyShelburne

Are we tough enough on climate change?To the Editor:

Many of the world’s leading industrial nations have ignored the negative impact caused by air pollution. As a consequence, New Hampshire’s environment is being dramatically affected. Have you noticed how our state’s weather has be-come increasingly unpredictable these past few years? 2015 was the warmest year ever. Some-one, who is respected by other world leaders is needed in the White House. An individual who can deal with foreign powers and is committed to addressing the problems facing our planet. In my opinion, there is only one candidate whose prov-en record reflects a passionate push to be respon-sible. That candidate is Senator Bernie Sanders.

The U.S. can ill afford elected officials who wholeheartedly support projects like the Key-stone XL. It also dishonest to have candidates who merely pass on any decision until politi-

cal views swing their way. Senator Sanders has led on these issues by immediately coming out against pipelines and supporting the clean jobs act. Bernie realizes other countries look to the U.S. for guidance when it comes to environmen-tal regulations and innovations. With Bernie at the helm, we can continue the momentum the world has gained from the Paris agreement.

No other state understands and appreciates nature as much as we do here in New Hampshire. Our state depends on tourism and recreation-al activities, hence a clean environment. Let us show the rest of the nation we support the candi-date who will continue fighting on its behalf. Cast your vote, Tuesday, Feb. 9 for the highly honor-able and respected Senator Bernie Sanders.

Rep. Robert L. ThébergeCoös, District 3



Point of LawWhat is a Collaborative Law Divorce?

In a Collaborative Law Divorce, each spouse has their own attorney, but the attorneys and clients agree to settle out of court. If they cannot settle the case and need to litigate, the two Collaborative Law attorneys cannot represent them and they each have to retain new litigation counsel.

Jody Houle

“Six Sevens,” a Berlin Middle School Destination Imagination team, will be presenting their service learning project on Wednesday, February 3 at the Berlin Middle School from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Destination Imagination Project Outreach Program is 100 percent student driven and there are state and national championships every year in all grade levels.These seventh graders came up with a large list of low-cost activities that are available for kids and families in the area. The project is aimed at deterring youth from participating in drugs and alcohol. A common mentality, said team manager Amy Welch, is that people turn to drugs and alcohol because they claim that there is nothing to do here. The students have something to say about that and have compiled enough evidence that there are plenty of fun things to do here. (Left to right) Braylynn Alvarado, 12, Kya Doucette, 13, Emmelia Letendre,13, Connor Welch, 12, Elijah Pinnette, 13, and team manager Amy Welch. Missing from the photo is Elijah Gilcris. 13.

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The Destination Imagination team brainstorms and organizes inspirational memes.

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The memes are directed at youths and suggest activities that are available to in the area at low costs. The focus is to offer fun things that replace getting high and the message is a strong one considering the rising drug issues the community is currently facing in the schools.

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Senate President Chuck Morse of Salem appointed Dolly McPhaul of Sugar Hill last fall to the Department of Health and Human Services Child, Youth and Family Services Advisory Board. McPhaul, shown here speaking against the Northern Pass Transmission project at the Jan. 20 SEC-sponsored public information session at the Mountain View Grand in Whitefield, is running against Rep. Leon Rideout of Lancaster for the Republican nomina-tion for the District 1 state Senate seat on state Primary Day, Sept. 13. She pointed out in an e-mail exchange that she has been on the front lines of the five-plus-year fight against NPT but that the heroin and opioid crisis is also of great concern. “This appointment,” McPhaul said, “will give me a better understanding of all aspects of the problem, services available, services needed and potential solutions.”



– Obituaries –

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.

Daily Mass Schedule Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 8:00a.m.Holydays Vigil 6:00p.m., Feast 8:00a.m. & 12:05p.m.,

Confessions 3:00p.m. or by appointment

Bread of Life ChurchApostolic Pentecostal • 603-869-3127 • 35A Mill St., LittletonSunday Worship: 3:30 p.m. • Thursday Bible Study: 7:00 p.m.

Pastor: James F. SullivanHarvest Christian Fellowship A Foursquare Church

219 Willow St., Berlin • 752-5374 • Pastor: Bill DonahueSunday Morning celebration begins at 10:30 am

with children’s church and nursery provided • Wednesday Bible Study 6:30p.m.Christian Science Society

Main St., Lancaster, NH • Sunday 10:00 am Service & Sunday SchoolReading Room in Church 2nd & 4th Wednesdays • 10-2 p.m. (June - August)

West Milan United Methodist ChurchBible Study every Thursday at 7 p.m. at Andrew Mullins, 449-2159

Pastor William Simpson

Milan Community Methodist ChurchMain St., Milan • Parsonage-3344 • Church- 449-2026

Rev. William Simpson • Sunday School and Sunday Worship10:30a.m.Gorham Congregational Church, UCC

143 Main St., Gorham • 466-2136 • Rev. William B. Jones, Pastorwww.gorhamnhucc.org • Sunday Worship 10 am • Bible Study Wed. 4:30-5:30 pm

Holy Communion is celebrated the first Sunday of each month.Welcoming all people who seek a relationship with God through Jesus Christ.

Men’s breakfast at 7:00am 2nd Friday from Sept. – June

Heritage Baptist Church Independent-Fundamental207 Jericho Rd., Berlin • 752-4523 • Rev. Dana C. Hoyt, Pastor

Sunday School 9:30, Worship 10:30, Evening 6:00 • Thursday Bible Study 7:00

Word of God Christian ChurchServices at corner Hill & E. Side River Road, Dummer

449-6628 or 449-6765 • www.wordofgodchristianchurch.comSunday Worship & Sunday School 9:30 am

Bible Study after service and Wednesday at 7 pm

Lamb’s Chapel Christian Center214 School Street, Berlin • 752-5773 • www.lambschapelberlin.com

Monday Worship & Prayer 7:00 pm; Monday Men’s Fellowship 6:00 amSunday Worship 10:00 am; Thursday Bible Study & Worship 7:00 pm

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 10:30 am. 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 • Monday Night Bible Study 6:30 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

Its been a year Eric and we all miss you so much.

Love youMom, your Brothers,

Sister, Nieces, Children

Alta Campbell, 92B E R L I N - - F u n e r -

al services for Alta (Gould) Campbell, 92, of Milan, were held on Monday Jan. 18, 2016, at the Milan Method-ist Church. Reverend Steve McLeod and Rev. Dean A. Stiles officiat-

ed. The music was pro-vided by Debbie Ber-nd and Jeannie Bosa. Patricia Shute, Leslie Howe, Emilie Stiles and Samuel Stiles sang special music. Pallbear-ers were: Craig Camp-bell; Gary Campbell;

Chad Campbell; Kevin Belanger; Russell Be-langer and Randy Be-langer. Many friends and family attended the service. Arrangements were under the direc-tion of the Bryant Fu-neral Home, Berlin.

Eveline Theriault, 85BERLIN--A Mass of

Christian Burial for Eveline Theriault, 85, of Berlin, was celebrat-ed on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016, at St. Anne Church, following prayers at the Bryant Funeral Home in Ber-

lin. Reverend Andrew Nelson officiated. The pall was placed by her children: Michael Theri-ault; Joanne Bruce; Lin-da Billings; Raymond Theriault; Anne Marie Theriault; Louise Blake and Lisa McCarthy. The

crucifix was placed by Michael Theriault. In-terment followed in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Keith Blake; Roger Bruce; Robby Bruce; Daniel Guay; Jerry Chabot and Wendy Lettre.

Florence Vashaw, 85B E R L I N - - F u n e r a l

services for Florence Vashaw, 85, of Berlin, were held on Tuesday,

Jan. 19, 2016, at the Bryant Funeral Home in Berlin. Reverend David Rollert officiat-

ed. Many relatives and friends attended the service.

Gerard J. Lessard, 82HOOKSETT--Gerard

J. Lessard, formerly of Second Avenue, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016 at Catholic Medical Center in Man-chester. He was 82.

Born and raised in Berlin he was the son of Wilfred and Bertha (Bis-son) Lessard.

Gerard served in the U.S. Air Force from 1952 to 1956.

He was married to Irene Beaudoin and to-gether they raised two children.

He was employed as a U.S. Postal Carrier and retired after 34 years of service, prior to that he also worked at Brown Company.

Gerard loved all sports, he played four years of Varsity Base-ball for Norte Dame and four years as a goalie for Notre Dame. He en-joyed playing pool and

horseshoes. He and his wife, Irene, enjoyed trav-eling to Foxwoods and dining out and most of all spending time with their grandchildren. He was an active member of the Eagles Club, the VFW and the American Legion.

Besides his parents and his wife, Irene, Ge-rard is predeceased by his four brothers: Aime; Norman; Edward and Robert Lessard and one sister, Jeannette Lemire.

He leaves behind

his son, Richard Les-sard and wife, Mary, from Hooksett and his daughter, Carol Stinch-comb of Glenn; four grandchildren: Jill Bowden; Krystal McK-enzie; Ryan Lessard and Matthew Lessard; one great-grandchild, Lyla Rodriguez; three sisters: Pauline Lemire of Saco, Maine; Olive Caron of Berlin and Lucille Lessard of Ber-lin; several nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Mon-day, Jan. 25 at St. Anne Church of Good She-phard Parish, Berlin. Interment followed at St. Kieran’s Cemetery, Berlin.

Arrangements are under the care of Fleu-ry-Patry Funeral Home, 72 High Street, Berlin. Online guestbook at www.fleury-patry.com.

Nicholas Dalphonse, 93C A S C A D E – G O R -

HAM--Nicholas Dal-phonse, 93, of Cas-cade-Gorham, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, at the Andro-scoggin Valley Hospital in Berlin. He was born on Sept. 20, 1922, the son of Camille and Mary (Di-mattio) Dalphonse and was a lifelong resident. After High School, he served with the U.S. Ma-rine Corps during World War II and had been at the Battles of Iwo Jima, Tinian and Saipan. Nick loved hunting and was a caring and compassion-ate hunter. He was an excellent fisherman and taught many how to fish and he enjoyed going to the family camp in Dum-

mer. He had been em-ployed by James River Corp and was a member of Holy Family Church, the White Mountain Post #2520 VFW, The Amer-ican Legion Post #82 in Gorham and the Fourth Marine Division Associ-ation.

Family includes his wife, Margaret (Marcou) Dalphonse of Gorham; daughter, Diane White and husband, Gery, of Raymond; sons: Dan-iel Dalphonse and wife, Jane, of Concord and Da-vid Dalphonse of Colum-bia, Ky.; grandchildren: Brenda Lee Fells; Joshua White; Danielle White; Zachary White and Ben Dalphonse; great-grand-children: Austin Fells

and Maxwell Fells; niec-es, nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by his first wife, Elizabeth Marcou Dalponse, in 1968; sisters: Elsie Mar-cou and Anna DePaolo and brothers: Joseph; Luigi; Lawrence; Sylvio and Sam.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016 at 10 a.m. at Holy Family Church. Interment will be in the Holy Family Cemetery in the spring. Relatives and friends may call at the Bryant Funeral Home, 1 Prom-enade St., Gorham on Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Online guest-book at www.bryantfu-neralhome.net.

Beverly Desilets, 83B E R L I N - - B e v e r l y

(Haynes) Desilets of Highland Park Avenue passed away peace-fully at her home on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016 after a six-year courageous battle with cancer. She was 83.

Born on May 28, 1932, she was the daughter of Robert and Helena (Connery) Haynes. She was born and raised in Lincoln. She attend-ed Lincoln Grammer School and was a grad-uate of Lincoln High School in 1950. She con-tinued her education

and graduated from St. Louis Hospital in 1953 as a registered nurse.

On Nov. 20, 1954, she married Robert O. Desilets and together they raised three chil-dren.

Beverly was em-ployed by Beatrice Me-morial Hospital and St.

Louis Hospital where she was the head nurse of the Pediatric Ward.

Her greatest love was her family. She was a loving wife, moth-er, grandmother and g r e a t - g r a n d m o t h e r . She dedicated her life to supporting her chil-dren, grandchildren and great-grandchil-dren in their sports and life endeavors. She enjoyed spending sum-mers at their camp on Dodge Pond and she also loved to read and knit. She will be re-membered for her spe-cial knitted Christmas stockings, slippers and mittens.

She is predeceased by her parents.

Beverly leaves be-hind her husband, Robert, of 61 years; a son, Robert I. De-silets of Gorham; two daughters: Cheryl-Ann Croteau of Milan and Stacy Poirier and hus-band, David, of Ber-lin; a daughter-in-law, Donna Desilets; six grandchildren: San-dy Lafferty and hus-band, Ryan; Robbie Desilets; Jesse Croteau and companion, April-Mae Eastman; Jodie Croteau; Ryan Poirier and fiancée, Jennifer Bertsen and Kara Poir-ier and companion, Adam Young and two great-grandchildren, Marissa and Adam Laf-ferty.

There will be no ser-vices. Arrangements are under the care of Fleury-Patry Funeral Home, Berlin.

Condolences and messages maybe left on our online guestbook at www.fleury-patry.com.

Charles T. MacDonald, 79BERLIN--Charles T.

“Chick” MacDonald, 79, of Berlin, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center with his family by his side. He was born in Rumford, Maine on Dec. 17, 1936, the son of the late James and Elizabeth (Eldridge) MacDonald and grad-uated from Stephen’s High School. He moved to Berlin in 1970 and had been employed by Brown Company, James River Corp and Crown Vantage, retiring in 1998. Chick was a member of Good Shepherd Parish,

was a former member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, liked to travel, walk and enjoyed chat-ting. Family was very important to him.

Family included his wife of nearly 46 years, Doris (Sanschagrin) MacDonald of Berlin; sisters: Frances Breau of Rumford, Maine; Ellen Fecteau and husband, Raymond of Berlin and Dorothy Sanschagrin and husband, Henry, of Gorham; nieces, neph-ews, grandnieces, grand-nephews and cousins. He was predeceased by a brother, James MacDon-

ald. A Mass of Christian

Burial will be celebrated on Friday, Jan. 29, 2016 at 10 a.m. at St. Anne Church of Good Shep-herd Parish. Interment will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Relatives and friends may call at the Bryant Funeral Home, 180 Hillside Ave, Berlin on Thursday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. Dona-tions in his memory may be made to Berlin Senior Meals, 610 Sullivan St., Berlin, NH, 03570, ATTN: Leila Villeneave. Online guestbook at www.bry-antfuneralhome.net.

Gloria E. Sweatt, 83ERROL--Gloria E.

(Porter) Sweatt, 83, of Errol, passed away on Friday, Jan. 22, 2016, at the Country Village Healthcare in Lan-caster. She was born in Colebrook on May 18, 1932, the daughter of Alton and Arvilla (Sweatt) Porter and lived in Errol most of her life. She liked to travel with her sis-ters and her brother; enjoyed knitting; do-ing puzzles; reading; ceramics and liked dancing. Gloria grad-uated from the Errol Consolidated School and assisted Agnes

Sweatt with the first phone switchboard in Errol, along with being a cook at the Errol Con-solidated School, a Jan-itor at the Errol Town Hall before she was a secretary/bookkeeper for R. Sweatt & Sons, Inc. She was a member of the Errol Congrega-tional Church.

Family includes her husband, Ralph Swe-att; her sons: Bradford L. Sweatt and wife, Di-ane, of Errol and Barry

Sweatt of Errol; grand-children: Russell Swe-att and wife, Anna, of California; Sean Swe-att of Berlin; Tiffany L. Sweatt and husband, Kevin Follis, of Errol; Stephanie Barney and husband, Justin, of Groveton and Nathan Fortier of Errol; six great-grandchildren; siblings include: Mer-ton Porter and wife, Pearl, of Colebrook; Alda Barnett and hus-band, Malcolm, of Er-rol; Eva Byard and husband, Terry, of Clarksville, Tenn.; Lois Smith of Newport, Vt. and Mildred Pel-letier of Swanzey; step-sister, Sheila Beauche-min and husband, Keith; many nieces, nephews and cousins. And let's not forget the love of her life "Joey," her Shitzu dog.

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Weekly

CALENDAR of Events


Ongoing Events:

LEGO Monday, 3:30-4:30 p.m. A variety of LEGO bricks and Suplos invites chil-dren to explore cre-ativity while building sensory-motor skills in a cooperative environ-ment. Gorham Public Library.

Plug-in to the Li-brary, Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m. An electricity program for school-age kids that enhances ac-ademic skills through school-subject relevant toys and crafts. Gor-ham Public Library.

Who-Who is Read-ing?, Wednesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m. School cur-riculum and routines introduced as funda-mental components in the 1000 Books before Kindergarten literacy program for children ages newborn to 5 years of age.

Weeks Diabetes Sup-port Group - The group meets the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Weeks Hos-pital Board Room. The hospital is located at 173 Middle Street Lan-caster, NH. The group is for diabetes patients, as well as friends and family of people with diabetes. Please con-tact Casey Dowland at 788-5294 for more infor-mation. The Diabetes Support Group News-letter can be found at weeksmedical.org.

Chronic Disease S e l f - M a n a g e m e n t Workshops “Bet-ter Choices, Better Health” is a free 2-hour 6 week peer supported workshop held each week for people living with chronic illness or caring for someone with a chronic illness. Connect with others who understand. Top-ics covered include nutrition, stress-man-agement, exercise, and communication. Offered in Littleton, Haverhill, Berlin, North Conway and Plymouth. Contact Becky at 259-3700 or [email protected] for dates and loca-tions of classes.

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets Thursday eve-nings at the Lancast-er Emergency Medi-cal Services (LEMS) Building, 19 Mechan-ic Street, Lancaster. Weigh - in is 5-6 p.m., followed by a meeting at 6:15 p.m. Parking and entrance at rear of building. Call Bonnie at 802-892-6614 for more information.

Lancaster AA Meet-

ings - Sundays 9:30 a.m. 3rd and 11th Step meet-ing at Weeks Hospital, 3rd floor conference room. Wednesday's 7 p.m. - 12 & 12 discus-sion group, Weeks Hos-pital 3rd Floor confer-ence room; Thursday's 8 p.m. open discussion, at All Saints Catho-lic Church, Main St.,

Lancaster. Saturday's 7 p.m. Big Book discus-sion group, Weeks Hos-pital, 3rd floor confer-ence room. Ongoing.

Groveton Weight Watchers meets Mon-days at the United Methodist Church in Groveton at 6:30 p.m.

Weight Watchers meets Thursdays at the Christ United Method-ist Church in Lancast-er at 6:30 p.m.

The Presidential Gem and Mineral So-ciety meets the 2nd Thursday of the month. There is a program, raffle and refresh-ments. 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.

Randolph Public Li-brary-Open Monday and Wednesday from 3- 8 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. - noon.

Jefferson Christian Church Sunday Ser-vices, 8:30 a.m. at the IOOF Hall, across from the Town Hall. Sunday School offered during these services. Every-one welcome.

Coös County Re-publicans meet on the third Thursday of each month at the Water Wheel in Jefferson at 7 p.m. For more info regarding topic and speakers: contact Eric, 348-1140.

Stark Heritage Cen-

ter, Now Open Satur-days and Sundays from noon-3 p.m. through October, Call Dennis Wayne Lunn at 636-1881 for other open-ings.

Addiction Recovery Program - LDS Family Services of The Church of Jesus Christ of Lat-ter-day Saints spon-sors weekly Addiction Recovery Meetings. Addictions can include tobacco, alcohol, cof-fee, tea, drugs (both prescription and ille-gal), gambling, code-pendency, self-destruc-tive eating patterns and compulsive spend-ing. The program is based upon the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Re-covery meetings are confidential, free and ongoing, and all dis-cussion is held in strict confidence. Dress is in-formal and anyone is welcome. Group Lead-ers: Elder and Sister Putnam, 435-720-2856, g r e g p u t @ l i v e . c o m . Colebrook: Wednes-day, 6:30 p.m., United Methodist Church, 26 Bridge Street, Cole-brook. Starts Wednes-day March 11, 2015

Randolph: Tuesday, 6:30 p.m, Randolph Hill #5, US Route 2, Ran-dolph.

The First Baptist Church of North Strat-ford will again host monthly potluck sup-pers on the second Sat-

urday of each month starting March 14. A variety of casseroles, salads, baked beans and pies will be served. Suppers are at 5:30 p.m. The price is $7 adult.

North Country Toastmasters now meets at Bailiwicks Restaurant, 106 Main Street in Littleton. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Practice your communication and leadership skills in an easygoing, no pressure, supportive atmosphere. Meet ev-ery 2nd and 4th Thurs-day at Littleton. Open to the public, ages 18 or older. Please contact [email protected] or call Elaine at 802-473-0120 to go to north-countrynh.toastmas-tersclub.org for more information.

Narcotics Anony-mous - Trinity Unity Methodist Church, Lancaster Road, White-field. Wed. 7- 8 p.m.

Groveton Farm-er's Market at Caron's Gateway Real Estate on Fridays from Noon

to 6 p.m.

Robots Arrive to Plug-in to the Library!- Every Tuesday from 3:30-4:30pm, the Gor-ham Public Library runs an electricity pro-gram (Plug-in to the Li-brary!) that is designed to teach school-age kids about the different types of energy. In ad-dition to snap circuits; squishy circuits made with home-made play dough; LED lights; and other amazing elec-tronic devices...the li-brary now has two ro-bots available during this program. Recon 6.0 Programmable Rov-er robots may be pro-grammed to get a snack and come back, patrol and protect one’s sur-roundings, perform spy missions, etc. What a super opportunity for kids to get electrified, through playing with age-specific learning toys and inventing, while advancing core subject knowledge and skills (i.e. science, math, English, histo-ry-social studies). Con-tact Sue @ 466-2525 for

more details.Nessa Platt will be

offering beginner's yoga classes at RizFit on Depot Street in Lan-caster every Saturday at 9 a.m. The cost will be $10 per class. Call ahead 603-631-4144 to pre-register and save your spot!

Connecticut Valley Sno-Riders Snowmo-bile Club meets month-ly

at the Guildhall, Vt. town building on the third Saturday of each month

at 7 p.m. Meetings will be held February 20, March 19 and April 16, 2016.

New members and guests are welcome. For information, con-tact John at 802-328-2182.

Save the Date!

Buffet Supper, Sat-urday, Feb. 6, 5 p.m. Kimball Hall. Stratford Hollow

$7 Adults $3.50 Chil-dren Sponsored by the Old Home Day Com-mittee

This Week’s Calendar of Events:

Thursday, January 28

"BYOP–Bring Your Own Poetry, Painting, Performance, Presenta-tion…” Medallion Opera House, 20 Park Street, Gorham. Hosted by the Arts Alliance of North-ern New Hampshire, this is an informal celebra-tion and showcase of the region's talent and ar-tistic enterprise. Those interested in performing or bringing artwork, and organizations that wish to give a brief presenta-tion should pre-register at www.aannh.org. An-nual meeting at 6 p.m. followed by a dessert potluck at 6:30 p.m., and the program of presenta-tions at 7 p.m. Info: (603) 323-7302.

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North Country Notebook

Selling firewood, Big Apple style: The meaning of a ‘Manhattan cord’

By John HarriganColumnist

Anything in the print-ed world containing the word “firewood” instant-ly catches my eye. I can’t help it. I’m possessed.

Thus I sat straight up from a slouch in my read-ing chair when, in my recent issue of The New Yorker, I came upon the headline “Fire Starter.” It turned out to be a piece by Eric Lach about the source and delivery of firewood in, of all places, Manhattan.

Forbes March had a life, sort of, before he got into the firewood busi-ness, having played Nash Brennan, a character in ABC’s soap opera “One Life to Live.” In 2009, he quit acting, moved to a small town on the Dela-ware River, and founded the New York Firewood Company. Now, with helper Ronald Stick-le (described as “bur-ly,” which is Manhat-tan-speak for “rugged”), he provides kiln-dried bundles of split (and some round) firewood for 75 or so restaurants and hundreds of private customers all over New York City and its sub-urbs. Some of the round wood (unsplit sections of logs) goes to a communi-ty of axe-aficionados in Brooklyn who, he says, like to “practice their axe-swinging prowess.”

This little aside gave me pause. If these en-thusiasts are using their axes to chop the logs into smaller sections, they’re wasting a lot wood (in the form of flying chips),

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The sky above the Bob and Kay Soucy place on East Columbia’s Marshall Hill says it all: Button up (their house is already majorly buttoned up), there’s still plenty of winter to come.

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Firewood on the porch and the Bunnell Mountain range beyond, obscured a bit by a fine misting snow.

and if it’s authentici-ty they’re seeking they should go to bucksaws. Or maybe even better, two-man crosscuts.

But it was the answers to how much wood and how much money that really caught my eye. March measures his wood, he said, in “Man-hattan cords,” such a “cord” being described by the author as “some forty cubic feet of wood.”

Now, a cord of wood as described in ancient times and even unto to-day measures eight feet long, four feet wide, and four feet high, for a vol-ume of 128 cubic feet. Where in the land of Goshen this entertain-ingly titled “Manhattan cord” of 40 cubic feet is coming from is beyond me. Maybe they mean “facing cord,” which typ-ically is a pile of 16-inch wood eight feet long and four feet high---or a third of a full cord. That would be just a kindling-piece shy of 43 cubic feet, not 40, but as they say, close enough for government work.

Whatever the case, March and his burly sidekick get anywhere from $250 to $425 per “Manhattan cord,” which translates (prob-ably, the dimensions of a “Manhattan cord” still being somewhat ethere-al) to $750 to $1,275 per full cord, which makes me wonder if these guys travel with an armed se-curity guard. And March

says he sells 3,000 or so of these mysterious cords per year, so do the math and it’s easy to see how he might spend his winters in a Caribbean beach bungalow.

Oddly enough, a ref-erence to firewood cord-age once caused me to have an entertaining exchange of letters with John McPhee, to me the greatest living American writer, about an article he wrote for the New Yorker. It was about fol-lowing in Thoreau’s foot-steps, or paddle strokes, on a journey up the Mer-rimack River, which I too have done, albeit down-river, not up. In it he de-scribed a barge carrying an impossible number of cords, enough firewood to sink the Titanic, some-thing the magazine’s fact-checkers missed. Who among fact-check-

ers would know what a cord is anyway? It would be like me knowing any-thing about subways.

So I wrote him about it, and lo and behold he wrote back (McPhee is famous for not answer-ing letters).

And in my initial let-ter to him (oh, the shame of it) I’d made a mistake in my math, and McPhee being McPhee, he glee-fully picked me up on it. But finger-wagging and all, his letter is on my wall, a badge of honor.

(This column runs

in weekly newspapers covering two-thirds of New Hampshire from Concord to Lower Que-bec and parts of western Maine and northeastern Vermont. Write to [email protected] or Box 39, Colebrook, NH 03576.)



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In the junior division, Brancik played on the top Czech league for the NOEN Extraliga HC Olo-mouc when he was 16. He then came to the USA and played for South Lake Tahoe Blue in Cal-ifornia before he played for the El Paso Rhino’s in Texas.

“I want to stay in America as long as pos-sible. I want to bring my girlfriend here,” he said.

Brancik lives on Pros-pect Street with 13 other players. When he is not cleaning and sharing the duties at the house, he said that he enjoys work-ing out and talking with his parents and his girl-friend who is residing in Great Britain. Of course, video games are another one of his past times.

Restaurants he en-joys dining at include Mr. Pizza’s and Gorham Dynasty Buffett.

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The team first lived at the Town and Country Inn. Brancik said he still enjoys going there to use the spa and steam room. The owners are spon-sors for the team.

“All the people here are trying to help us. People are very friendly here. I appreciate it,” he said.

His hopes for the River Drivers are to make the playoffs and to “make the fans proud” he said.

“The most important thing is to get everybody on the same page,” he added.

The third interview was with Pavel Kubena, 27, who is also from the Czech Republic. This is his first visit to Amer-ica. He has played 19 games on the Riverdriv-ers as a forward and has made 6 goals, 13 assists and earned 4 penalty minutes.

“Of course, we want to make it to the play-offs,” he said. “It’s most important for the city and the fans.”

He played juniors and seniors for HC Kar-lovy Vary, seniors for Slovakia HC Kosice, 2cd league for Czech HC Most and 3rd league for HC Sokolov.

“It’s a little colder here. But people are more friendly. We have a lot of fans here. Ev-erybody loves the River-drivers,” he said.

His goal is to play hockey in the USA at “as great of a level” as he can.

Kubena lives in the third house located on Fourth Avenue with his longtime girlfriend and with another teammate and his wife. He said the four of them love to cook.

“It’s a big experience for me and my girl-friend. She loves it here. She supports me every-where I play,” he said.

The couple does ev-erything together – from cooking, to taking walks and going to the gym. They dine at Mr. Pizza and the Town and Coun-try Inn as well.

Kubena also hopes to improve his English speaking skills. Brancik helped Kubena with the interview to interpret some of the questions for him.

Brancik said he of-ten visits the couple at Fourth Avenue and that he enjoys the cooking of Kubena’s girlfriend.

“She makes amazing cakes,” said Brancik.

that would be located on the gravel parking lot where once the Great Glen Trails timber-frame base lodge stood. It burned down on March 23, 2001.

The driveway access off Route 16 would be relocated 95 feet to the south of its current lo-cation, a detail that con-cerned several planning board members.

The existing tunnel under the highway from the Auto Road base lodge to the area of the hotel and onto the trail system would remain in full use, so pedestrians and skiers would not need to cross the roadway.

A 75-space parking lot would be paved without curbs, making it easy to pile up snow, plus 13 gravel overflow spaces. A dozen of the paved spaces would be installed over “stabilized engineered media” on the east end of the striped lot.

Innovative solutions are also proposed to pro-tect the water quality of Peabody River: two bio-retention ponds and stone under-patio-water storage area. Space is has been labeled poten-tially for solar panels.

An existing hydro-electric system will be ex-panded, likely under the aegis of the Auto Road . These features, plus the hotel being heated and cooled by a geo-thermal system, could make it nearly energy indepen-dent plus “carbon neu-tral.”

The existing septic area built for the earli-er Trails base lodge has failed and will be re-placed. A planned waste-water pre-treatment area is designed to allow the new leach field to be

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Josh McAllister of HEB Engineering of North Conway on Jan. 18 presented the site plan for a new Glen House hotel on an 8.61-acre site owned by the Mt. Washington Summit Road Company (MWSRC) the Coös County Planning Board for its review.

smaller than originally drawn. A secondary well would be added to back up an existing well.

State fire marshal Ron Antsy was on hand at the meeting, and he and Gorham Fire Chief Rick Eichler will work together to ensure that access, water supply storage, dry hydrant systems and the build-ing’s sprinkler system meets today’s fire codes. All four previous Glen Houses located on the east side of the highway burned to the ground.

The height to the peak of the roof is 51.6 feet, which is over the allowed 35 feet specified in the UP’s zoning ordi-nance, reminded board member Tom McCue, an attorney of Berlin. How-ever, Antsy said that in-stalling scuttles — hatch-es to provide access to the roof from inside the building — would solve the problem, since fire-fighters would not have to go up on the roof. This solution is available by exception, eliminating the need to seek a waiv-er.

Auto Road general manager Howie Wemy-ss thinks that construc-tion of the hotel, esti-mated to cost some $11 million, could begin in May and be completed by Memorial Day a year

later.Hotel management

companies are already being interviewed.

“We know how to run the Auto Road, but are smart enough to know we don't know how to run a hotel,” Wemyss explained in an e-mail exchange.

The hotel will have an indoor pool and a meeting room but will not try to compete with other area hotels and facilities for conference clients.

Sam Appleton, the great-great-grandson of Elihu Libby of the fam-ily patriarch of the cur-rent four-family owner-ship, is the president of the board of the Mount Washington Summit Road Company. Old-tim-ers in the Androscoggin Valley remember his father, Dr. Francis Ap-pleton, a general practi-tioner.

First opened in 1861 as the Mount Washing-ton Carriage Road, Lib-by bought the privately owned gravel road in 1906.

The Auto Road, now mostly paved, climbs some 7.2 miles from its entrance off Route 16 in Green’s Grant to a sum-mit parking lot, offering spectacular views of the White Mountain Nation-al Forest.

“The City is home to electricity generation from wind, biomass and hydro facilities. The City is in support of bringing hydro-generated elec-tricity into New England from Canada, in turn,

off-setting power genera-tion that may otherwise occur through fossil-fuel consumption and carbon emissions that negative-ly affect us locally and globally.”

The letter also noted that NPT and its staff have been working dil-igently to address con-

cerns regarding aes-thetic issues created by overhead power lines, seeking to come up with “a final product that re-sults in the anticipated economic and environ-mental benefits while minimizing negative effects on the land-scape.”

sufficient information.” The developers will

present the Planning Board with a compen-dium or Handbook of all the documents that apply to this PUD in the future.

Dixville Capital team members did try to make a couple of last minute word changes, but no Board member supported that idea.

Immediately after these two “green light” documents were ap-proved, two of the five Dixville Capital team members on hand — Ed Brisson and Burt Mills — described two Phase 1 projects: the Dix-Hamp-shire House adjacent to Lake Gloriette; and the first new Ski Area proj-ect on Bayroot land — 3

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The Coös County Planning Board — chairman John Scarinza, center, clerk Sue Collins, left, and members Jennifer Fish, Mark Frank, vice chair Fred King, Tom McCue, Ed Mellett, Rick Tillotson and Mike Waddell — voted unanimously on Jan. 18 to approve two key legal documents, allowing Dixville Capital LLC or its successors to revive and substantially expand the Balsams Resort on both sides of Route 26 in Dixville. Both Cmmr. Tom Brady and Rep. Leon Rideout were absent.

lifts and a dozen new trails on 100 acres of ter-rain, including Hodge Valley. The developers said that they expect that the existing Wilderness Ski Area and the new ski area would open in late fall 2017.

When asked the time-frame for when Dixville Capital, LLC would pur-chase Balsams View, LLC from Dan Dagesse and Dan Hebert, com-pany spokesman Scott Tranchemontagne re-plied that the details of the financing package would be put together within the next 90 days (mid-April).

Team member Dave Norden said that the Phase 1 applications are now being written. Dix House–Hampshire House is one hotel, not two, he explained. The renovations to the Dix-Hampshire House willbe a single site plan application, and the ski area expansion, a second application.

The scope of the Dix/Hampshire House reno-vations will be smaller than the Balsams View application of a few years ago and include

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a new water line from existing well fields and a new 80,000-gallon tank will be installed. The pen-stock from Lake Abenaki will be replaced. NHDES permits are already in place. The NHDES per-mit for the Waste Water Treatment Plant will be renewed. All Phase I im-pacts are incorporated into the NHDES Wet-lands Permit.

The old kitchen and Ballot Room area will be demolished, as well as the remainder of the par-tially demolished struc-ture. The “connector” will also be demolished and Dix House will be re-modeled.

The seven-story Hampshire House will air conditioned and insu-lated, with new windows installed plus an exterior finish.

Brisson said the ex-isting theater would be remodeled, major fire safety updates made, and what was the en-trance lobby, the site of a new indoor swimming pool. The new main lob-by-guest entrance will be up one floor up, putting it on the same level as the former dining room.

Each building will be heated with wood pellets.

A new dining room, open to the general pub-lic including area resi-dents, will be located in the old billiards room area.

The west side of the upper floors will become the Century Club and residential hotel rooms. Fractional ownerships for hotel rooms will be for sale as part of the fi-nancing package. Each room will be sold three times as 100-day fraction-al blocks. The developers expect that most owners will only use their rooms for less than 20 days, avoiding maintenance and Homeowners Asso-ciation (HOA) fees. To the average guest, it will look the same as a regu-lar high-end hotel. Plans are for 141 rooms. There has been a lot of interest in this program.

The state Attorney General must approve all the contract language before ownerships can be sold.

Plans include a new Ballot Restaurant and “speakeasy.” The glove factory site will become a parking lot and tunnels

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will be built to provide access for deliveries and hauling trash keeping these functions out of guests’ sight. The tun-nel will also connect to the new Lake Gloriette House and conference center, although that will not part of this appli-cation.

The design of the Nor-dic Spa, marketplace and Lake Gloriette House is slated for the spring, with a site plan to be sub-mitted in late spring or early summer.

Fire Marshal Ron Anstey reported that he has had a conceptual dis-cussion with the devel-opers and awaits draw-ings with more detail.

The hotel would be managed in-house, Bris-son said. Dixville Capital does not plan to retain a hotel management firm.

Burt Mills then pre-sented pre-application materials for the Ski Area Concept Plan, in-cluding Map K-3. The ski area will cover 3,200 acres at build-out.

The plan includes an access gondola with base station located at the Lake Gloriette Village, a level lift to the base of the Wilderness Ski Area, an-other lift to the top, a ser-vice road, a wooden ski-back bridge that spans Route 26, the existing ski area entrance from Route 26 to the Wilder-ness Ski Area and later on in the development, an access road from the Millsfield town line, Mills said.

The state Trails Bu-reau has already signed a contract with Winter-set Inc. of Lyndonville, Vt. to construct an un-derpass under Route 26, wide enough for groom-ers.

Some 2,000 skiable acres are planned for development: 1,065 acres of open trails; 800 acres of glade terrain and the original 135-acre Wil-derness Ski Area, Mills pointed out.

Power to the facili-ty will come from the

south in Errol where Eversource will upgrade the line to 3-phase. The N. H. Electric Coopera-tive line from Colebrook will be rebuilt and the interconnection will be located over the ridge through the ski terrain and not through the sce-nic Notch. Mills noted that the 401 Water Cer-tification Permit allows Dixville Capital to bring water from the Andro-scoggin from Errol and Millsfield for snowmak-ing, fire suppression and, if needed, fire pre-vention. That project will be done in Year 1 project, Mills said.

The 401 Permit has a series of conditions, including pre-construc-tion, actual construction process and post-con-struction requirements. Runoff from water origi-nating in the Androscog-gin cannot flow into the Connecticut River.

The ski area site plan will not include lodges, restrooms, and the like. Those site plan applica-tions will only come in as necessary. The process will include requests for three lot line adjust-ments plus four subdivi-sions.

The existing Wilder-ness triple-chair lift and a smaller lift will have to be rehabbed, and wa-ter bar restoration and brushing work is need-ed, Mills reported.

Mills said that the team hopes that loggers will be able to begin work this spring.

Scarinza said the Board will ask Attorney Bernie Waugh and North Country Council senior planner Tara Bamford to assist it in the review process.

The next Planning Board meeting will be held in Colebrook. Vice chairman Fred King sug-gested to the developers that they put on a public presentation Upper Con-necticut River residents can learn their plans and have a chance to ask questions.

Arts Alliance brings acclaimed professional

musical theater to Gorham GORHAM--In the

mood for musical hi-larity? Don’t miss Not Your Mom’s Musical Theater’s production of the off-Broadway hit The Musical of Musicals: The Musical! coming to Gor-ham on Friday, Feb. 12, as part of a New England tour. The only northern New Hampshire per-formance is presented by the Arts Alliance of Northern New Hamp-shire as part of its com-munity series.

The rib tickling satire by Joanne Bogart and Eric Rockwell, called “A Gift from the Musi-cal Theatre Gods!” by TalkingBroadway.com, takes a simple plot: June, the ingenue, can’t pay the rent and is threat-ened by her evil landlord and creates five different and delightful musicals from the same story, each written in the dis-tinctive style of one of musical theater’s most popular composers.

The laughs are non-stop as the performers tackle Rodgers & Ham-merstein (complete with a dream ballet!), Stephen Sondheim (where the landlord is a tortured, artistic genius who slashes the throats of his tenants), Jerry Herman (a splashy star vehicle), Andrew Lloyd Webber (a rock musical that bor-rows from Puccini) and Kander & Ebb (set in a speakeasy in Chicago).

Not Your Mom’s Mu-sical Theater (NYMMT), based in Derry, N.H., vis-ited Gorham for the first time last May, with a solo show by Jocelyn Duford.

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Not Your Mom’s Musical Theater brings its acclaimed produc-tion of the off-Broadway show “The Musical of Musicals: The Musical!” to North Country audiences for one night only as a part of the Arts Alliance’s community series at the Medallion Opera House in Gorham. This hilarious show is for ages 13 and older.

Jocelyn returns in a cast that also includes Mario Arruda, Ally Holmes and Joey T., directed and accompanied by Fran-conia’s Jamie Feinberg. NYMMT’s mission is to present innovative, lesser-known musicals to New Hampshire audi-ences, and their touring company brings their best performers to ven-ues across New England. NYMMT is no stranger to northern New Hamp-shire audiences and has performed several times in Littleton and Plym-outh.

The show is recom-mended for teens and adults. “There’s humor for everyone here,” not-ed Feinberg, “whether you’re a musical theater fan or just remember seeing the movie of “The Sound of Music” when you were a kid. This will be a great way to cele-brate Valentine’s week-end!”

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Advance tickets are discounted and available online at http://www.aannh.org and at the Gorham Town Hall and White Mountain Cafe. Ticket prices are $15/Adult, $5/Student in ad-vance or $20/Adult, $10/Student at the door, with additional savings for Arts Alliance members. No one will be turned away. If the ticket price is a hardship, individ-uals are invited to pay what they can or come as a guest of the Arts Al-liance.

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Service Credit Union partners with Androscoggin Valley Chamber of Commerce

P O R T S M O U T H - - - Service Credit Union is proud to announce a unique partnership with Androscoggin Valley Chamber of Commerce, which will feature the sponsor-ship of Heritage Park in Berlin.

Located in the An-

droscoggin River Val-ley in the heart of New Hampshire's Great North Woods, Heri-tage Park upholds and interprets the histo-ry of the working for-est and celebrates the multi-cultural heri-tage of the Great North Woods Region. Estab-

lished in 1994, the park features three acres of waterfront access and walkways, an outdoor amphitheater and log-ging cabins.

“Service Credit Union's generous spon-sorship of the Heritage Park will help to pre-

serve this important community asset and assure that the Andro-scoggin Valley Cham-ber of Commerce and other organizations can continue to hold successful events that generate commerce in the community and

instill a great sense of community pride,” said Mark Belanger President of the Andro-scoggin Valley Cham-ber of Commerce. “Without this critical sponsorship, the future of Heritage Park was unknown and put the

operating model of the Androscoggin Valley Chamber at risk.”

Sponsorship will be used exclusively to cov-er core expenses such as utilities, perform basic maintenance and make capital improve-ments as funds allow.

2016 ‘Moose Plate’ grant round opensCONCORD--The De-

partment of Cultural Resources’ three Con-servation License Plate Grant Programs are now accepting letters of intent to apply for the 2016 grant round. Cultural Resources’ “Moose Plate” grants support the resto-ration, preservation and/or conservation of publicly owned items significant to New Hampshire’s cultural heritage.

The first step in the process is to submit a letter of intent to apply, providing a brief de-scription of the project, 250 words or fewer and acknowledging that the resource seeking fund-ing is publicly owned. Letters of intent are due Feb. 26; complete applications are due April 25, 2016.

Cultural Resources receives a percentage of funds raised from the sales of Conservation

License Plates each year and sends those funds directly back into communities through grant programs facil-itated by the Depart-ment’s three divisions: the Division of Histori-cal Resources, the State Council on the Arts and the State Library. Each division’s program has specific requirements and applicants may only apply to one grant program in a given year.

Department of Cul-tural Resources Con-servation License Plate Grant Programs sup-port a wide variety of projects. Projects re-ceiving grant funding in 2015 included con-serving rare Megaletho-scope photograph print slides, microfilming 19th-century voter checklists and sever-al window restoration projects, among others.

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Berlin’s Isaac Blake goes for the rebound during a game at White Mountains on Jan. 20.

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Berlin’s Roger Belanger and Isaac Blake race for the ball during a battle with the Spartans on Jan. 20.

Unified Mountaineers take care of business in Whitefield

BY TARA GILES

[email protected]

WHITEFIELD — It was a great day in Sparta on Jan. 20 when the Spartans hosted the Berlin Mountain-eers for a great game of unified basketball. Both teams brought a tremendous amount of school spirit onto the court.

The entire staff and student body, including the Spartan pep band and cheerleaders were at the game, making for one solid welcome for the Mountaineers.

The game was a close one after the first quar-ter, with Berlin outscor-ing the Spartans 10-8. Roger Belanger led Ber-lin with six points and Julia Gray added two. For the Spartans Ava Crompton put up two baskets and Belle Brucu-gio along with Nick Hat-field added two.

The Mountaineers were on fire during the second quarter, adding 12 to their score. Be-langer pulled through for his team, adding six more. Barry Green-wood played smart adding four and Au-tumn Johnson put up two. For the Spartans Crompton led White Mountains in the sec-ond quarter with four more points. Nick Hat-field wowed the crowd with a three-pointer and Cameron Cantin put up two. The score was 22-17 at halftime. It was still anyone’s game.

Berlin started to put a comfortable gap be-tween them and the Spartans, scoring 10 in the third quarter. Isaac Blake put up six points and Jerry Healy and Gray each added two.

The score was 32-23 heading into the final quarter. Gray contin-ued to play great, add-ing four more points for the Mountaineers as did Belanger. Austin White put up two. Hatfield was the only Spartan to

score in the last quar-ter, adding two to the board. The final score was 42-25 for Berlin.

White Mountains Athletic Director and coach Kerry Brady said,

“It wasn’t just about the game of basketball. It was an amazing expe-rience for our unified team and for the whole school. The players loved having the whole

student body, pep band and cheerleaders there to support them. All the athletes had a great game.”

Brady said, “Ava Crompton led the way

scoring the most points. We look forward to our next home game tonight at 4 p.m. against Little-ton.”

Assistant coaches Robin Mauro and Ken

Mayer could be heard cheering from the side-lines. Mayer pumped up his athletes by call-ing them mostly by number, “Hey number four to the hoop.”

Alpine Huskies compete with Division II squads

Photo by Joshua sPauldinG

Sam Sjostrom means business on the slopes during a race at Cranmore Mountain in North Conway on Jan. 15.

BY TARA GILES

[email protected]

NORTH CONWAY — The Gorham High School ski team ven-tured out of its division on Friday, Jan. 15, as the only small-school representative in a D-II meet held at Cranmore Mountain, hosted by Kennett High School. The Gorham girls gave the Kennett girls some good competition, while the young boys’ team had a solid day and some standout individual re-sults.

The Kennett girls had a perfect score in the morning giant slalom, taking the first four plac-es to score 394 points. Gorham came in second place with 367 points.

While the dominant Kennett girls were able to put six in the top 10, the Gorham girls add-ed another three with Natalie Harmon in sixth (57.12), Karyssa LaChance in eighth (57.45) and Ava Jackson in 10th (57.80). Danielle Cotnoir was Gorham's fourth counter, placing 26th (1:04) with Riley Fitzmorris right behind in 28th (1:04.97). Emily York was 37th (1:07.73) and Olivia Halle was 42nd (1:15).

The girls’ afternoon slalom saw similar results with Kennett earning top honors (388 points), followed by Gor-ham (369.5).

Jackson broke up a Kennett sweep by fin- Photo by Joshua sPauldinG

Sam Sjostrom means business on the slopes during a race at Cranmore Mountain in North Conway on Jan. 15. see ALPINE, page B8

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Mountaineer Riley Binnett pops one into the net with a backhanded shot during a home game against Concord High School on Jan. 17.

(berlinGirlhockey2) Photo by Guy Stever

Berlin’s Jenna Arguin takes a shot on goal during a faceoff with Concord High on Jan. 17.

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On Jan. 17 Berlin’s Riley Binnett (6) and Chelsey Caron (8) work together to score a goal against Concord High School on their home ice.

Berlin girls’ hockey beats Concord to remain undefeated

By Tara Giles [email protected]

BERLIN — On Jan. 16 the Berlin hockey girls hosted the Crimson Tide from Concord, where the Mountaineers went on to add another victo-ry to their undefeated record.

Only one goal was scored during the first period at 8:52 and that was a joint effort by Berlin’s Jenna Arguin, who sent a pass along the boards to the front, where Shaeleigh Val-liere and Rylie Binnett used teamwork to get the puck in the net.

Concord’s Delana Erikson answered back at 4:16, assisted by Mor-gan Sisson and Emi-ly Forward, tying the game.

The Mountaineers quickly took their lead back after Binett snuck one by the goalie after a breakaway at 3:49, as-sisted by Meagan Accar-di and Valliere.

The score was close at the start of the third period, with the Moun-taineers up by just one.

Berlin put a little fire on the ice in the last pe-riod, scoring two more goals to clinch the win. At 10:40 Binett sent a perfect pass over to Jen-syn Dandeneau, who popped it in. Within one minute Binnett and Val-liere assisted Arguin in the last goal of the game.

Mountaineer goal-keeper Chelsey Caron had 11 saves for the game while Concord keeper Amandaline Tib-bets banked 25 saves.

The final score was 4-1 Berlin.

Coach Tanya Rosen-berg said, “We played really good. We knew they would come out hard against us.

“They are always a physical team but we didn’t let them break us down,” the Berlin coach continued. “We all played as a team and that is huge when you face top teams, to have everyone on the same page.”

Berlin will host Man-chester Central on Jan. 30 at 4 p.m.

Berlin hoop girls fall to Newfound in overtimeBY TARA GILES

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BERLIN — The Ber-lin hoop girls had a tough game against the Newfound Bears on Friday Jan. 22, losing the game by a mere two points, 49-47.

Myra Arsenault was the high scorer for the Mountaineers with 20

points while Joslyn Lanteigne was close be-hind her with 13.

Coach Don Picard had a lot to say about this exciting game.

“This was another difficult loss to swal-low,” Picard said. “We played an outstanding first half and held a high scoring team to three-second quarter points and 13 for the half. However, it is crit-ical to play two solid halves of basketball.

“The third quarter really hurt us,” the Ber-lin coach added. “We turned the ball over eight times in that quar-ter, as compared to nine turnovers in the first

half. Newfound pres-sures you to make good basketball plays and was able to attack some of our weaknesses.”

Picard explained, “In practice and prior to the game I had told the girls that there were two aspects that would determine the outcome: defensive rebounding - limit them to one and done, and finishing around the basket. We were 12 for 30 on layups, which was not good enough to beat the bet-ter teams.

“A third aspect that is showing to be a weak-ness for us is free throw shooting,” Picard add-ed. “We went seven for

13 while Newfound shot 70 percent from the line and came from behind by making their free throws.”

The Berlin coach was pleased that progress is being made, however.

“Overall we played hard and progress is being made,” he said. “I saw a few girls play with the passion, hun-ger and desire that are required to win games against tough teams. That needs to spread quickly, so that all five, regardless of the group-ing are playing with that same desire.”

Picard highlight-ed Arsenault, saying, “Myra played tonight like the player I know she can be. She is ath-letically gifted, but her determination and grit was clear to see. That determination is where the bar is set. She is working on her weak-nesses, she boxed out well tonight against taller players and her defense continues to im-prove.”

Berlin’s Jenna Arguin takes a shot on goal during a faceoff with Concord High on Jan. 17. Photo by Guy Stever

Photo by Guy Stever

On Jan. 17 Berlin’s Riley Binnett (6) and Chelsey Caron (8) work together to score a goal against Concord High School on their home ice.


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Gorham girls fall to Groveton BY TARA GILES

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GORHAM — On Jan. 12 the Groveton Eagles headed to Gorham where they ran away with the win, 52-21.

Groveton’s Abbey Pelletier scored seven in the first quarter, giving her team a nice boost right from the start. Ki-ana Martin and Danielle Bilodeau each added four points. The Huskies were trailing after the first quarter, only put-ting up four points. Lau-ren Gralensky and Jana Oelofse each added two.

Bilodeau and Mar-tin led Groveton during

the second quarter each adding four points. Pel-letier along with Cas-sady Brown put up two. For Gorham, Felicia Voisine started a rally after sinking a smooth three-pointer. Gralens-ki and Abbie Bernier each added two on free throws. Oelofse contrib-uted two. The score was 27-13 at the end of the first half.

The Eagles continued to dominate the court during the third quar-ter, adding 14 points while the Huskies add-ed five. Pelletier added eight points, two from

free throws. Bilodeau, Brooke Routhier and Martin each added two. Gorham’s Voisine added three and Oelofse added two.

Groveton contin-ued to play tough even though they knew they had the win. They scored 11 more points. Brown, Bilodeau, Isabel McCar-thy and Mary King each scored two and Pelleti-er added three. Husky Delaney Holmes added two and Lillian Cou-ture added one on a free throw to end the game with the final score 52-21, Groveton.

High scorer for the Eagles was Pelletier with 20 points. Voisine led the Huskies with six.

Gorham coach Joe Cassady also works and coaches soccer for Groveton, knowing the athletes and the coach well, he said, “Groveton is very-well coached and always a tough matchup for any team. I was proud of the effort our team dis-played throughout the game's entirety regard-less of a large margin in the final minutes of the game.”

Cassady went on to say, “Groveton's pres-

sure proved to be too much for us in the back-court, and we weren't able to defend the paint as well as we had hoped against Pelletier and Bi-lodeau. Foul trouble has been an issue for us this year, and while we are looking to be aggressive, we need to do so without committing silly fouls.

“Many of these fouls are a result of poor tran-sition defense off of our turnovers. Every game is an opportunity for us to get better, and I think this game in particular showed a lot of promise for future match ups,”

he added.Longtime Groveton

coach Tim Haskins said, “Gorham was a good game for us 52-21. We took a 15-4 lead after the first quarter and even though we let our guard down in the second quar-ter we had a 27-13 lead at the half.”

Haskins added, “In the second half we played well defensively and kept extending the lead. We only allowed them seven baskets for the game. Abbey Pelleti-er had 20 for us, Danielle Bilodeau 12 and Kiana Martin 10.”

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DIRECTOR OF THE WHITE MOUNTAINS REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOLARTHUR T. PARADICE

CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER School Administrative Unit 36

White Mountains Regional School DistrictWhitefield, New HampshireWebsite: www.sau36.org

The CTE Director administers all aspects of the CTE programs offered through the Arthur T. Paradice CTE Center. The CTE Director is responsible for assigned administrative duties concerning the planning, coordination, vision, promotion, and evaluation of the CTE at the local, state and federal levels. The Director is also responsible for curricu-lum development, supervision and evaluation of CTE staff, coordination of enrollments, transportation, and scheduling of all schools within the region who participate in the Arthur T. Paradice CTE program.Successful budget development as well as exceptional federal, local, and state grant writing skills are mandatory for candidacy of this position. The CTE Director collaborates with the SAU 84 Hugh J Gallen Career and Technical Center Director and principals of participating regional schools. The CTE Director will be a member of and collaborate with the District Leadership Team which consists of District Principals, Assistant Super-intendent, Superintendent, Student Services Director, Buildings and Grounds Director, Technology Director and District-Wide Behavioral Specialist.

Starting Date: July 1, 2016 230 day contract

The White Mountains Regional School District serving the communities of Carroll, Dal-ton, Jefferson, Lancaster and Whitefield. The communities are located in Northern New Hampshire, located above the Notch in the heart of the beautiful White Mountains, and closely bordering the State of Vermont. We have two Grand Hotels located in our dis-trict – Mt. Washington Hotel & Resort and the Mountain View Grand. These quiet, rural New England communities value education, offer year-round recreational possibilities, and look to our schools as the center of educational activities and the new director will become an active part of our community. We welcome someone who will become part of the White Mountains Regional District community and continue to lead the district toward the goal of high achievement for all students.

All applicants must apply on Schoolspring.com by February 15, 2016Paper applications will not be accepted.

For further information, contact:Roxanne Hartlen, Adm. Assistant to the Superintendent of Schools

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DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES School Administrative Unit 36

White Mountains Regional School DistrictWhitefield, New HampshireWebsite: www.sau36.org

The Director of Student Services is the district-wide leader who facilitates the vision of learning, advocates for all students, and provides leadership in developing and maintaining supports and programs for students with disabilities. The Director is responsible for the budgeting, personnel management, professional development, polices, and the implementation and compliance of special education/504 rules and regulations. In addition to special education and 504 leadership responsibilities, the Director oversees the district-wide student services specialists, collaborates with local and state agencies, homeless services, ESLO services, wellness, early childhood and mental health initiatives. The Student Services Director will be a member of and collaborate with the District Leadership Team which consists of District Principals, Assistant Superintendent, Superintendent, CTE Director, Buildings and Grounds Director, Technology Director and District-Wide Behavioral Specialist.

A complete job description is available on the WMRSD website.

Starting Date: July 1, 2016 with a 5-10 day training period with the current Director in May and/or June 2016

The White Mountains Regional School District serves the communities of Carroll, Dalton, Jefferson, Lancaster and Whitefield. The communities are located in Northern New Hampshire, located above the Notch in the heart of the beautiful White Mountains, and closely bordering the State of Vermont. We have two Grand Hotels located in our district – Mt. Washington Hotel & Resort and the Mountain View Grand. These quiet, rural New England communities value education, offer year-round recreational possibilities, and look to our schools as the center of educational activities and the new director will become an active part of our community. We welcome someone who will become part of the White Mountains Regional District community and continue to lead the district toward the goal of high achievement for all students.

All applicants must apply on Schoolspring.com by February 15, 2016Paper applications will not be accepted.

For further information, contact:Roxanne Hartlen, Adm. Assistant to the Superintendent of Schools

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Child Impact Program PresentersThe Mental Health Center in Groveton, NH is seeking co-presenter for the Coos County Child Impact Program as part of a two member team. Presenters are responsible for delivery of structured 4 hour (at $25/hour) curriculum to groups of parents of children going through legal process of divorce and / or child custody changes. The goal of program is to minimize impact of these changes on children. Classes are currently scheduled on one Tuesday a month, 4:30- 9:00 PM at Groveton Mental Health Center office. The Child Impact Program is a statewide court mandated program administered by Helms and Company and we are the contracted provider of classes within our service area. The candidate should have excellent communication skills and related experience. Requirements for presenters include;

• MA degree in mental health field although a bachelor’s degree may be considered with a waiver.• Experience in child development, family life education, and/or related fields• Ability to discuss legal and dispute resolution options (does not give legal advice)• Program requirements specify one male and one female presenter (waiver for gender requirement may be considered).

Interested candidates should send resume and letter of interest (email acceptable) to;

Steven Arnold, Director of Behavioral Health55 Colby Street

Colebrook, NH [email protected]

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Ava Jackson is hungry for a top 10 finish during her run at Cranmore Mountain on Jan. 15.

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Natalie Harmon was the fastest Husky, finishing in sixth place during a race at Cranmore Mountain on Jan. 15.

ishing second (1:20.83) behind winner Madelyn Glavin (Kennett, 1:19.73) despite losing a ski pole early in her second run. Other Gorham finish-ers were LaChance in eighth (1:27.46), Harmon in 12th (1:30.73), Cotnoir in 25th, Fitzmorris in 26th, York in 30th, and Halle in 37th.

Juniors Bronson LeClerc and Sam Sjos-trom led the Gorham boys, both finishing in the top 20 in the slalom and giant slalom events.

LeClerc finished the GS in 11th place (57.25) while Sjostrom was 19th (59.96).

In slalom, LeClerc moved into the top 10, placing ninth (1:29.65) and Sjostrom climbed into 12th (1:31.57). Other Gorham finishers were Max Mayerson (32nd in both GS and slalom), Ben Harmon (31st GS, 42nd slalom), Melvin Olson (36th GS, 35th slalom), Bryce Gauthier (34th sla-lom, 39th GS), and Jor-

dan Lukaszewski (51st GS).

Gorham scored 351 points in the giant slalom placing fourth and in the slalom race the Huskies placed fourth with 357 points.

Coach Sherrill Tra-cy said, “Our girls are showing they can be competitive wherever we go. It is fun to gain

that perspective by ski-ing against schools in other divisions.” For the boys’ team Tracy said, “Each race is an opportu-nity for the boys to gain experience. It was nice to see Bronson LeClerc and Sam Sjostrom lead-ing the way for several younger skiers who we will be hearing much more from.”

Gorham boys pick up win in Lisbon

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Gorham’s Bryson Raymond stuffs Lisbon’s Zach Smith during an away game in Lisbon on Jan. 22.

BY TARA GILES

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LISBON — The Gor-ham boys’ basketball team added another win to its record after a battle with the Lis-bon Panthers on Jan. 22. Currently the Hus-kies are ranked in the middle of the D-IV pack with five wins and three losses.

The Huskies ended the first quarter trail-ing by two points, only putting up six total while Lisbon put up eight to take the small lead. Bryson Raymond added four of the six points while Matt Ruel took care of the other two.

The second quarter was bleak for Gorham as not one Husky point was added to the board. The defense played well, only allowing for five Panther points. The score at the end of the half was 13-6 with the Huskies preparing to catch up.

During the third quarter Gorham ap-proached the court with a plan. They scored 17 points while the Panthers backed down, putting up just 11. Jeff Leighton scored seven points including one three-pointer. Ruel and Raymond teamed up to each add four and Jared Stewart added two. Gaige Pequeno hit three three-pointers for the Panthers. The game was much closer heading into the final quarter, with Lisbon up by just one point, 24-23.

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Husky Lance Legere plays some aggressive hoop while trying to yank the ball from a Panther on Jan. 22 in Lisbon.

The Huskies over-came the Panthers in the final quarter, put-ting up an impressive 25 points while their opponents lagged be-hind with 17. Leighton put up 10 points, three from free throws. Ray-mond was close behind with seven. Ruel added four and Stewart added one and the Huskies celebrated.

On Feb. 1 the Hus-kies will travel to Pitts-burg-Canaan for a face off with the Yellow Jackets.

Gorham hoop girls fall on the road in Lisbon

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Gorham’s Katelyn Delafontaine moves the ball down the court during an away game against Lisbon on Jan. 22.

BY TARA GILES

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LISBON — On Jan. 22 the Gorham girls’ basketball team head-ed to Lisbon where the Huskies suffered anoth-er loss. Lisbon bested the Huskies 56-26.

After the first quar-ter the score was still close enough to go ei-ther way, with Gor-ham trailing by just six points. Felicia Voisine and Alexis Kruskie each scored two points.

The game changer happened in the second quarter when the Pan-thers went on a small scoring rally, adding 12 points while Gor-ham put up just two. The lone scorer in the second quarter was Lauren Gralensky. The score was 22-6 at half-time. During quarter three,

the Huskies found some pep and added 11 points to the board. Gralensky put up two from two free throws. Voisine

and Kruskie each added two and Lillian Couture added five. Lisbon had their way on the court, scoring 24 points to wid-en the gap in the score.

Both teams were close for points in the final quarter with Lis-bon scoring 10 and Gor-ham scoring nine. Gral-ensky including one

three-pointer scored all nine of the Husky points.

Currently Gorham has three wins and six losses for the season.