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 NEWS AND HAPPENINGS ...
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A beautiful
view from Durham's Wagon Hill Farm property
looking across Little Bay to Durham
Point.
Courtesy
Dea Brickner-Wood
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In last week's Friday Updates we
welcomed a new Council member and also
thanked outgoing Councilor Neil Niman for
his years of service on the Town
Council. It was noted in error that Neil had
served six years when in fact he had
served on the Town Council
for nine years. We apologize for
the oversight and take this opportunity to
once again thank Neil for his devoted
service to the Durham community while serving
as a Council member for nine years,
four of which he served as its
Chair.
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DURHAM FEATURED IN BUSINESS NH MAGAZINE
ARTICLE,
EDU-NOMICS
The
March issue of Business NH Magazine devotes a
full spread to the impact of public and
private colleges on host communities such as
Durham, Hanover, Plymouth, etc. in an article
titled, Edu-Nomics. To view the
article, click HERE.
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AUDITORS SCHEDULED FOR WEEK OF
MARCH 26TH
The
Town's auditors, Plodzik and Sanderson
Professional Association, will be here on
Tuesday, 3/27 and will remain on site for the
remainder of the week. They will be
based during daytime hours in the Town
Council chambers. All employees that
were asked to complete a Risk Assessment form
helping the auditors to identify any
potential problems.
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LEARN ABOUT
DURHAM ROADS TO RECEIVE TREATMENT THIS SUMMER
- THE 2012 ROAD
PROGRAM
This week the Department of Public
Works sent notifications to residents
regarding the 2012 Road Program. The
Durham Town Council recently approved the
2012 Road Resurfacing Program which includes
Oyster River Road, Bagdad Road, Wiswall Road,
Willey Road, Sunnyside Drive, Valentine Hill
Road and Magrath Road. There will be
several steps to the road resurfacing
process, which will initially include
drainage improvements. Following those
improvements will possibly be some tree
trimming of branches that are in conflict
with the paving equipment. The following
details the work that will be done on each
road:
Wiswall Road, Magrath Road,
Sunnyside Drive, and Willey Road. These
roads will receive a full depth reclamation,
grading, compaction, 2” base and
1” wearing course. The final
steps include applying gravel to the areas
which have shoulders or loaming/seeding the
existing lawns where
appropriate.
Bagdad Road,Oyster River Road,
and Valentine Hill Road. These
roads will receive a ½ inch asphalt shim will
be followed by utility frame adjustments such
as manhole covers, water gate boxes and
stormwater grates. The final steps
include a 1-inch wearing course of asphalt,
matching asphalt into driveways and applying
gravel to the areas which have shoulders or
loaming/seeding the existing lawns where
appropriate.
In
addition to the Towns work, the NH Department
of Transportation will also be repairing the
deck to the bridge on Bagdad Road which
crosses over Route 4.
As communicated in the letters that
went out this week, residents of these roads
are encouraged to contact the DPW regarding
any drainage related issues that they would
like us to look at prior to the work
beginning. If you have any questions or
drainage concerns, please call Mike Lynch
at 603-868-5578 or
e-mail publicworks@ci.durham.nh.us.
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THANK YOU
FROM DURHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF
TRUSTEES
With more than 74% of voters supporting
the passage of the library bond, the Library
Board of Trustees would like to thank
everyone who voted to support the bond,
donated to the fund-raising effort and the
dozens of people who worked tirelessly on the
community Get Out the Vote effort. They
also acknowledge the support and input from
the Town Council and the help and dedication
of the DPL library staff.
With the bond passage secured, the Library
Trustees have formed a building team to
finalize the design with the expectation of
breaking ground this July. The Trustees
and the building team are committed to
constructing a library that is energy
efficient, cost effective and durable.
This facility will be inviting to all members
of the community and provide the resources,
materials and programming that the public has
requested.
The Trustees will ensure the success of this
project by:
- communicating regularly through
community forums and electronic
updates.
- conducting a transparent building
process with all meetings open to the
public, allowing opportunity for community
input.
- partnering with Town Council, the
Energy Committee, the Planning Board and
other community stakeholder
groups.
- working with the Public Works
Department in hiring an expert Clerk of the
Works to oversee the day to day
construction.
- ensuring that the process will be
fully commissioned with inspections
throughout the process and after
completion.
We expect the new library will open in
the fall of 2013. Again, we thank the
citizens of Durham for their support and
enthusiasm for this exciting
project.
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CONSERVATION
CORNER
What’s the issue with nutrients
and the Great Bay estuary? Many
residents have probably read articles in the
newspaper about the fact that too much
nutrient pollution is harming Great Bay. To
learn more about this issue and what
residents and the Town of Durham can do about
it, please read this informational sheet from
the Piscataqua Region Estuaries
Partnership:
http://www.prep.unh.edu/resources/temp/NitrogenFactSheetSpring2012.pdf
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Pictured (l-r) are Diana Marzinzik,
ECHO; Alice Belfiore, Oyster
River
Womenaid, and Jane Pollard, Co-Chair,
Home & World Mission
Board.
Courtesy Will
Pollard.
ECHO COMMUNITY THRIFT SHOP PRESENTS
FIRST DONATION TO OYSTER RIVER
WOMENAID
The newly opened ECHO Community Thrift
Shop at The Community Church of Durham, UCC
was pleased to distribute its first quarterly
community donation of $500 to the Oyster
River Womenaid who will help local
individuals with their needs. An additional
$500 was also donated to The Community Church
Minister’s Discretionary Fund which
provides additional assistance to local
families or individuals in need. The
volunteers of the thrift shop recommend where
25% of the proceeds earned will be
distributed.
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PUBLIC
MEETINGS: SCHEDULE AND VIDEO ON
DEMAND
The following public
meetings are scheduled for the coming
week All meetings begin at 7:00 PM and
are held in the Council chambers at the
Durham Town Hall unless otherwise indicated
below. To view the agenda for the meetings
listed below, please click HERE.
Economic
Development
Committee - Monday,
March 26, 2012.
Planning
Board - Wednesday, March
28, 2012
Integrated Waste Management
Advisory Committee - Thursday,
March 29, 2012
All meetings recorded
on DCAT are available on DVD at the
Durham Public Library for checkout and
viewing.
VIDEO ON
DEMAND: Meetings can also be viewed via
Video on Demand. Interested viewers can
access the streaming site from the
Town’s website at http://ci.durham.nh.us/ by
clicking the DCAT on demand logo, or directly
at http://dcat.pegcentral.com/.
Oyster River School Board meeting
schedule, please click HERE.
Durham Public Library Board of Trustees
meeting schedule, please click HERE.
DCAT Programming Schedule, please click
HERE.
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PUBLIC MEETING ON THE WAGON
HILL
GARDENS
On
Sunday March 25, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm there will
be an informational meeting about the
community gardens at Wagon Hill. The meeting
will be in the Board Room immediately inside
the front door on the first floor of Thompson
Hall on the UNH campus.
Information will be provided about the
2012 gardening season and hand out
application forms for those who decide to
join. Twenty more raised beds will be
built for this season, so there should be
room for everyone who wishes to have a
plot. The meeting will offer useful
information to everyone. For more
information, contact Dennis Meadows
E-mail:LATAILLEDE@AOL.COM.
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UNH WIND TUNNEL SCHEDULED TO
OPERATE
SATURDAY
The UNH
Flow Physics facility (the wind tunnel)
located on the UNH campus on Water Works Road
is scheduled to operate for about two hours
at a high speed around midday Saturday,
3/24/12.
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SELLING EGGS
AT THE ANNUAL DURHAM PARKS & REC. EGG
HUNT
The Durham Agricultural Commission is
seeking residents interested in selling eggs
from their chickens at the upcoming Egg Hunt
on Saturday, April 7th at 11am at Town
Landing. Residents who would
like to sell eggs and/or have their
name and contact information on a list
of sources for local eggs, please contact
Theresa Walker at theresawalker@comcast.net or
659-7226.
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DURHAM PARKS & RECREATION
PROGRAMS AND
EVENTS
An opportunity awaits
for many to become involved in the Durham
community! For more information, click
HERE.
On Saturday, April
7th the Durham Parks & Recreation
Committee and Oyster River Parents of
Preschoolers will hold the 18th annual Easter
Egg Hunt at the picturesque Durham Town
Landing on Old Landing Road at 11:00
AM. For more information, click
HERE.
Learn to run with trainer Sheila
Harding on Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:30 AM
beginning in April. For more information,
click HERE.
For more information contact Parks
& Recreation Director Sandy Devins at
recreation@ci.durham.nh.us,
817-4074.
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COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND
EVENTS
Community Yard Sale to Benefit
the ORHS Russian Exchange Program ,
Saturday, March 24, 2012, 8:00 AM-2:00 PM, OR
High School.This is the 25th year that Oyster
River has had an exchange with school in
Russia. This year, 10 students and 2 teachers
will travel to Severodvinsk, Russia, a
city of 250,000 located on the White Sea.
Come and shop or purchase a table for
$25 and sell your own items. Donations of
items are also welcomed for the exchange
to sell. For more information, click HERE.
Museum of Art,
UNH Exhibitions
Through April 4, 2012 (closed March 9
–
18)
Chris Jordan: Running the
Numbers features 14 large-scale digital
images that explore contemporary mass culture
from a variety of photographic and conceptual
perspectives. Free. Paul Creative Arts
Center,
UNH.
What's New: Recent Additions to the
Collection showcases 20 recently acquired
drawings, paintings, prints, and sculpture by
renowned regional and national artists. Free.
Paul Creative Arts Center,
UNH.
For
more information call (603)862-3712, or
visit http://www.unh.edu/moa/.
Community Gardens at Wagon Hill
Farm Informational Meeting, Sunday,
March 25, 2012, 3:00-5:00
PM,Board Room
immediately inside the front door on the
first floor of Thompson Hall on the UNH
campus. For more information, contact Dennis
Meadows at LATAILLEDE@AOL.COM
2nd Annual Durham Police
Officers Union Pancake Breakfast,
Saturday, March 31, 2010, 8:00 - 11:00 AM,
Durham Evangelical Church. Proceeds to
benefit the Chief Ray Burrows Scholarship
Fund.
9th Annual Todd's Trot 5K Road
Race/Walk, Saturday, April 7, 2012,
10:00 AM, Oyster River High School. Race day
registration begins at 8:30 AM at the ORHS.
For more information, http://toddstrot.org/.
Criterium Bike Race,
Sunday, April 29, 2012, for children age 4-6
and 6-9, UNH Campus in the B Lot area.
Registration
is 9am
– 11 am, race will begin about 11:45
depending on other races. This event is
hosted by the UNH Cycling team for the
Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference. For
more information, click HERE or visit http://www.unh.edu/unhtoday/2012/02/unh-cycling-brings-championship-durham.
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DURHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND
EVENTS
Celebrate the Patch Club and
Meet UNH Women’s Ice Hockey Team
Members, Sat. March 24th at 10:30 am
- Members of the UNH Women's Hockey team will
read stories as well as meet and greet all of
you. We will also make a craft and have a
cake.
Storytimes, Tues.
March 27th and Thurs. March 29th at 10:30
a.m. – This week: Trains!! Join
us for stories, fingerplays, feltboard, songs
and a craft. All are welcome!
Pajama Storytime, Tues.
March 26th at 6:30 p.m. the Oyster
River Parents and Preschoolers group - for
the library's monthly night-time
storytime. Come wearing your
pajamas! This month we invite you to
come and learn about Trains! We will
read stories about Trains, take a pretend
train ride and make a train craft. This
is a fun time for kids and for networking
parents and all are welcome. Snacks
provided by ORPP.
DPL Communications Committee
Meeting, Tues., March 27th
at 8:30 a.m. at the library. The public
is welcome.
DPL Building Committee
Meeting, Tues., March 27th at 1:30
p.m. and Fri., March 30th at 9:30 a.m. in the
Durham Police Department Meeting Room. The
public is welcome.
Lego Club meets this
Thursday March 29th from 3:45-4:45
p.m.!
New High School Book
Group, Weds. April 11th from
1:00-2:00 p.m. at the library. This
month’s book is “Poison
Study” by Maria Snyder and is available
now at the library. Ruth
Wharton-MacDonald will be the
facilitator. All are welcome.
Registration for Tales for
Tails. Have a young reader who could
use some non-judgmental encouragement for
reading aloud? A Delta Therapy dog is waiting
for your child. Sign up at the library.
Join the Patch Program, our
reading incentive program for children aged
2-12 years. Children earn patches for minutes
read or being read to as well as a Durham
Library book bag. If new to the program, stop
by and register. Thanks to the Friends
of the Durham Public Library for their
continued support of this
program.
Check out the library's website at
http://www.durhampubliclibrary.org/durham/ for
more information.
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FROM "DURHAM,
NEW HAMPSHIRE A HISTORY -
1900-1985"
Business (1960-1985): "Gasoline
Alley is no longer only service stations in
1985. An auto supply store occupies one of
the abandoned gas stations, and a convenience
store hides behind two gas pumps in the lot
next door. Changes on Newmarket Road included
the opening of the Parsonage Gallery and
Frame Shop in 1975; the removal of the
Robinson-Rudd Building to the rear of that
property to become an apartment complex; and
construction of another bank, on the former
site of the Robinson-Rudd Oil Company, in
1984. The Seacoast Savings Bank designed this
branch of their Dover bank to match the
spirit and character of the Durham Historic
District, adding interest to the Newmarket
Road approach to town. Farther south, on
Newmarket Road, the Mill Pond Center has,
since 1980, presented a multiarts program in
the old barn of what had been the Chamberlin
home. Located well off the road, it is
typical of a number of businesses that are
somewhat hidden from view in Durham. The
Northeast Egg Marketing Association is one of
these along with a number of private
consulting and counseling services."
Published in 1985 by
the Durham Historic
Association.
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Have a very nice
weekend.
Todd
Todd I. Selig,
Administrator
Town of Durham, New
Hampshire
T:
603-868-5571 F:
603-868-5572
tselig@ci.durham.nh.us http://www.ci.durham.nh.us
Everyone can
tackle climate change. How can you reduce
your carbon
footprint?
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