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Children scramble to find eggs during
last year's annual Egg Hunt held at the Town
Landing. This year's event starts at 11:00 AM
at the bridge. Be sure to bring your baskets!
Courtesy Sara Badger
Wilson
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If anyone has some good, high
resolution photographs of Wagon Hill
Farm, please send them over to us. We are in
the process of reimplementing the Town's web
site and are seeking photographs
of Wagon Hill Farm for this
purpose. Photographs should be attached
as jpeg files and can be sent to jberryt@ci.durham.nh.us.
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COUNCIL
BEGINS PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING 2012/13
GOALS
At the April 2, 2012 Town Council
meeting, Councilors began discussing
suggested goals for the upcoming three to
five years. Councilors and
Administrator Selig each provided suggestions
which have been consolidated into a single
document. This will be discussed and
refined substantially at the upcoming Council
meeting on April 16th. To view the
draft consolidated list, click HERE.
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COUNCIL ACTS
ON PROPOSED AGREEMENT BETWEEN DURHAM AND
TIMOTHY ELLIOTT, MANAGER, DURHAM DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATES, LLC CONCERNING:
1)
PETTEE BROOK LANE PARKING LOT (PARCEL
2-15-1); 2) PETTEE BROOK LANE PARKING LOT
(PARCEL 2-15-0); AND 3) THE PORTION OF PETTEE
BROOK LANE STREET BED BETWEEN THESE PARCELS
INTO A POSSIBLE DOWNTOWN DURHAM REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT TO POTENTIALLY INCLUDE THE UNH
BOOKSTORE, PEOPLE’S UNITED BANK, UNH
COMMERCIALIZATION SPACE, OFFICE/RETAIL, AND
OTHER NON-RESIDENTIAL
USES
As part of the Town Council’s
2011-2012 goals, the Council adopted as one
of its areas of focus:
Revitalize the
Central Business District and downtown
commercial core while maintaining our small
Town character and sense of history through
the encouragement of thoughtful new
development or reinvestment that serves the
year-round population, better integrates the
presence of the University, and is
potentially inclusive of workforce housing
opportunities, all intended to foster
residential, commercial, and retail activity
to revitalize Durham’s
downtown.
Administrator Selig has been working
with various stakeholders and investors for
over a year to bring a possible substantial
redevelopment to downtown Durham along Main
Street to fruition. The development
concept is fully consistent with Council
goals in finding ways to productively
intertwine the presence of the University of
New Hampshire in Durham with the broader
community for the mutual benefit of both
entities. In addition, the project is
intended to better service the year-round
Durham population, create quality jobs,
expand the tax base, further enhance an
already attractive Main Street, and create
potential new retail opportunities for
existing and possible new downtown
businesses.
The envisioned development would
include moving the UNH Bookstore operated by
Barnes and Noble downtown to a new taxable
structure, integrating the People’s
United Bank site into the new development
such that the project would include a bank
branch, hosting UNH commercialization space
housed in a new facility, and the potential
of office, retail, and other non-residential
uses.
To date, the University of New
Hampshire, People’s United Bank, and
the Town of Durham have worked with Mr.
Timothy S. Elliott, Manager of Durham
Development Associates, LLC, over many months
to broadly define the redevelopment
project.
The Town of Durham is the owner of
three parcels of property located on Pettee
Brook Lane further identified as (1) Pettee
Brook Lane Parking Lot, Parcel Number 02-15-1
consisting of .296 acres of land, more or
less; (2) Pettee Brook Lane Parking Lot,
Parcel Number 02-15-0 consisting of .482
acres of land, more or less; and (3) the
portion of Pettee Brook Lane street bed
between these parcels, which street bed is
currently burdened by a public easement for
road purposes and developed as a Class V
road.
Mr. Elliott seeks an the opportunity to
present a development and price proposal to
the Town to purchase and develop the premises
upon the terms and conditions negotiated by
Administrator Selig on behalf of the Town as
follows:
- Premises Subject to Agreement:
The Premises consist of the land,
buildings, fixtures, and other improvements
identified above. If the Agreement
results in a purchase proposal, it will be
to purchase the Premises in “as
is” condition.
- Payment: The consideration for
this Agreement shall be One Dollar ($1.00),
payable upon its
execution.
- Term: The term of this
Agreement shall be six (6) months from the
date of the execution of this
Agreement. The Administrator may, at
his sole discretion, extend this term by
three (3) months if, in his best judgment,
the negotiations between the Owner and
Buyer cannot be concluded in good faith
within the original six month term.
During this period, Durham shall not sell,
market, lease or allow occupancy of the
Premises in order to allow the Buyer an
opportunity to develop and present a
proposal.
On Monday evening, April 2nd, the
Council unanimously authorized Administrator
Selig to sign the proposed
Agreement.
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Pettee Brook Metered Lot
kWh usage 2011-2012
L.E.D. (LIGHT
EMITTING DIODE) STREET LIGHTING PROJECT SHOWS
SIGNIFICANT
SAVINGS
In 2010 the Office of Energy &
Planning approved the Town of Durham’s
application for an Energy Efficiency and
Conservation Block Grant (EECBG). This grant
is funded through the American Recover &
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The purpose
of the EECBG is to help towns implement
energy efficiency and conservation
strategies.
This Federally-funded grant covered
100% of the cost to purchase and install 253
LED Retro-fit kits in existing metal halide
and high pressure sodium streetlights. You
can see these newly installed kits along the
Main Street Corridor, Pettee Brook Lane &
Metered Lot, Emerson Road, and Jackson's
Landing Rink parking lot.
The Town has monitored the energy usage
of these lights for over a year and is
already seeing a noticeable reduction in
energy usage. The above graph shows the
savings from the Pettee Brook Metered Lot
starting in November when this phase of the
project was completed.
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FOSTER'S
ARTICLE CLARIFICTION || DURHAM PASSES ON
LAWSUIT OVER WATER QUALITY STANDARDS:
WORKING TOWARD DEVELOPMING AN
INDEPENDENT PLAN WITH UNH TO REACH
COMPLIANCE
On Wednesday April 4th,
the Foster’s Daily
Democrat published an article
entitled “Durham passes on lawsuit over
water quality standards: Developing an
independent plan to reach compliance”
which made an inadvertent omission. The
article stated that the Town is
“partnering with the Environmental
Protection Agency to develop a
comprehensive plan to lower its nitrogen
output” instead of challenging the new
water quality standards. Although the
Town is clearly looking to cooperate with the
EPA, its partner in this endeavor is
actually the University of New Hampshire. The
Town has contacted Foster's about making no
mention of the partnership between UNH and
the Town of Durham in its article and
our apologies go out to the UNH community for
this omission.
To read a recent Foster’s article
on the topic, go to
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120404/GJNEWS_01/704049947
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DURHAM EVALUATES CHANGING HEALTH CARE
PROVIDER TO REDUCE
COSTS
As part of
our Kaizen efforts to ensure quality as well
as efficiency/competitive pricing, Town has
been reviewing various Health Insurance
options. It appears that SchoolCare has a
very comparable plan to what is currently
offered at a savings to the Town. To explore
this possibility further, we hosted a meeting
this afternoon for all non-union employees,
as well as interested unionized personnel, to
come and listen to a presentation from
SchoolCare, which offers the Cigna plan.
Employee input will be important as we
evaluate whether or not to make this
change.
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SPRING
CLEANUP
The annual bulky waste pickup
BEGINS MONDAY, APRIL 3O, 2012. Please
place materials curbside NO EARLIER than
April 28th and NO LATER than 7AM on April
30th. Remember that items that require
an electronics sticker still do during
curbside collection, they can be purchased at
the Public Works office for $10. This
is not the time of year that we collect brush
and leaves, that is during Fall pick
up. If you put out brush and leaves,
they WILL NOT BE PICKED UP.
The newsletter that should have been
received by all residents this week with
details on the collection. To view the
newsletter, click HERE.
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HOUSEHOLD
HAZARDOUS WASTE
DAY
The 2012 Household Hazardous Waste Day
will be held at the Department of Public
Works facility located at 100 Stone Quarry
Drive. As in the past, all hazardous
waste will be collected by appointment
only. To register, you must call the
Department of Public Works at 868-5578 or
e-mail publicworks@ci.durham.nh.us.
Remember, the maximum collected per
household is five gallons. LATEX AND
OIL BASED PAINTS , MOTOR OIL, AND ANTI-FREEZE
ARE NOT ACCEPTED AT HAZARDOUS WASTE
DAY! These items can be brought up to
the Transfer Station with your permit
throughout the year. Latex paints must
be dried out first, motor oil, anti-freeze
and oil based paints can go up as is.
Typically, hazardous waste is categorized as
toxic, ignitable, corrosive, reactive, or
otherwise hazardous. Please check the
manufacturer’s label. Please see
Spring Newsletter for
details.
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MEMORIAL DAY
HOLIDAY
SCHEDULE
The Transfer Station and Recycling
Center will be closed on Saturday, May 26th,
for the Memorial Day Holiday. The
regular Town offices will be closed on
Monday, May 28th for the holiday. There
will be NO COLLECTION OF TRASH AND
RECYCLABLES ON MONDAY, MAY 28TH. All
routes will be pushed ahead one day for
example if you are normally collected on
Monday, you will put your items out by 7am on
Tuesday, if you normally are on Tuesday, you
will put out on Wednesday, etc. There
will be no commercial collection on Friday,
June 1st.
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UPDATE ON DAVIS/GARRISON AVENUE SEWER
REPAIR
PROJECT
The Town’s contractor JTI Site
Development, Inc. of Lebanon Maine will
resume work next week on the Davis/Garrison
Sewer Repair Project. JTI and their
subcontractor Green Mountain Pipeline
Services will be lining the sewer main along
Davis Avenue on Wednesday April 11th and
Thursday April 12th. This work is not
expected to cause major interruptions to
sewer services of Davis Avenue residents.
Pipelining provides a new, jointless sewer
pipe that minimizes root and water
infiltration problems, improves flow, and
provides a structurally sound pipe without
the need for excavation. Individual
residents who may be affected will be
notified within 24 hours prior to starting
the project. Questions can be directed
to Town Engineer Dave Cedarholm or Assistant
Town Engineer April Talon at
603-868-5578.
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FISH COUNT VOLUNTEERS
NEEDED!
The
Department of Public Works is preparing to
open the newly constructed Wiswall Fish
Ladder on the Lamprey River and is looking
for volunteers to help the Town and NH Fish
& Game conduct its first EVER fish count
at the Wiswall Dam. With the new fish
ladder in place, this will be the first time
in almost 250 years that anadromous fish such
as River Herring, Alewife, and American Shad
will be able to migrate beyond the Wiswall
Dam and access more than 30 miles of
river. Anadromous fish live most of
their lives in saltwater, but migrate up
freshwater rivers to spawn. Please call
DPW at 868-5578 or email publicworks@ci.durham.nh.us if you
are interested helping out with this historic
and fishy event.
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MORE TELEPHONE SCAMS IN
DURHAM
Police Chief David Kurz advises that a Durham
resident was swindled out of approximately
$6,000 last week in a very sophisticated
telephone scam. Unfortunately there are
criminals who make a living preying upon the
kindness of good people. While we all
think this type of thing will not happen to
us, the stories are compelling and place
loving and caring people in a quandary as
they truly believe they are assisting their
family members or other loved
ones.
Late in
the evening a young female calls and says,
“Hi grandpa…guess who this
is?” Our normal reaction is to
say the name of one of our grandchildren
giving the person on the other end a foothold
into the rest of the scenario. In
this situation, the
“granddaughter” had been
mistakenly jailed in Canada and money was
needed to access bail, later to pay for the
hotel she was now staying in and of course,
the next day a lawyer was needed to handle
her criminal case. While no story will
be the same each time, criminals will make
dozens of these telephone calls until someone
responds in the way they need them to that
will further their ability to leverage
funds. And they will keep leveraging
these funds until it becomes clear that the
scam has been detected. By then, it is
simply too late!
The Durham Police urge all residents to
be very aware that if something seems
slightly odd, it probably is. If a
vehicle is seen lingering where a vehicle
should not be, call the police! If a
telephone inquiry seems odd, it probably is!
Call the police! Whatever the
situation, if you do not feel quite right
about what you are seeing, hearing or
sensing, please call the police! NEVER
provide financial information over the
telephone to ANYONE who calls you!
Banks and other reputable business simply do
not operate in this manner. If this
occurs, hang up and call Durham Police at
868-2324!
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LETTER
RECEIVED FROM NH JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REGARDING
DURHAM/UNH WATER SYSTEM REQUESTING RECESSION
OF “401
CERTIFICATE”
As
noted in the past, the Durham/UNH Water
System remains concerned about the
continuation of a §401 Certification that was
of questionable authority when it was issued
in 2001, and that has been the subject of a
significant debate in Durham about the System
being unfairly subject to §401 requirements
on top of the efforts being required under
the State’s ongoing Instream Flow Pilot
Program for the Lamprey River. The Town has
received a response dated March 19, 2012,
from Senior Assistant Attorney General for
Environmental Protection Allen Brooks of the
NH Justice Department concerning this matter.
To view this correspondence, click HERE.
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ORHS POWER OF
ONE PROJECT - BIKE
DRIVE
As his Power of One project, Oyster
River High School ninth grade student Will
Pollard is organizing a bike drive on
Saturday, April 7, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 2:00
PM at the Community Church of Durham. This
event will be supporting the charity Bikes
Not Bombs http://bikesnotbombs.org/ who
collect the bikes and send them to countries
of need in Africa. The bikes give
children an opportunity to go to school
if it is too far of a walk. Giving
anyone the chance for an education can
change their lives. Donations of any size or
aged bike will be accepted. All
donations are tax deductable, and there is a
$10 recommended donation per bike to help
cover shipping costs.
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BOOST DURHAM'S ENERGY PROFILE: REGISTER
YOUR PV
PROJECT
The National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL) has released a handsome,
easy-to-use online tool to develop a
comprehensive registry of all solar
photovoltaic (PV) installations in the United
States. Called the Open PV Project, the
website has over 130,000 PV systems in its
database.
To date, Durham residents have
registered 10 systems. New Hampshire ranks
below Vermont and Maine on both the total
number of installs registered and the power
produced. However, we believe that many more
systems were commissioned in New
Hampshire—including in
Durham—during the recent rebate
period.
Help to improve the rankings of our
state and region by registering on the site
and entering your own data (a two-minute
process). To learn more, go to the Energy
Committee’s blog at http://www.sustainable-durham.info.
Also check out http://openpv.nrel.gov/.
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VACANCY ON TRUSTEES OF TRUST
FUNDS
The Durham Town
Council is seeking interested residents of
the Town of Durham who have the ability,
desire, and time needed to fill a vacancy on
the Trustees of the Trust Funds. This is an
elected position and the Town Council will
make the appointment to be filled until
the March 2013 Town Election. The
position will then be placed on the
election ballot to be filled until the end of
the term (March
2015).
Citizens interested in board appointments
should contact the Town Administrator’s
office at 868-5571 and ask for a board
application form, or stop in at the Town
Clerk’s office located on the first
floor of the Town Hall, 15 Newmarket Road,
and complete an application.
Applications are also available on the home
page of the Town’s web
site: http://ci.durham.nh.us/ in
the blue box located at the
right. Completed applications may be mailed to
the Town Administrator’s office, or
submitted via email to jberry@ci.durham.nh.us.
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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 agendas for the meetings
listed below, please click HERE.
Zoning
Board of
Adjustment - Tuesday,
April
10, 2012.
Durham
Energy Committee - Tuesday,
April 10, 2012 (Durham PD
Community Room, 7:00
PM)
Planning
Board - Wednesday, April
11, 2012
Conservation Commission -
Thursday, April 12,
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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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
Bring your baskets for this
Saturday’s Egg Hunt! Starts at 11am
Durham Town Landing by the bridge. See you
there!
2012 Memorial Day Parade
Announced
The 2012 Memorial Day Parade will take
place on Monday, May 28th at 10:00am,
beginning at the Town Landing on Old Landing
Road. Town committees, commissions and
civic organizations, as well as all service
men and women, past and present, are
encouraged to march. Those groups
interested in marching should contact Parks
& Recreation Committee member Michael
Mengers at michaelwmengers@yahoo.com,
969-8973.
New Recreation Activities are
forming! Spring has sprung with new
energy and fun social activities planned. If
you are interested in joining a Tennis
Ladder, Pick-Up Volleyball, Tai Chi for
Balance, or Learn to Run please contact Sandy
Devins, Parks & Recreation Director at
recreation@ci.durham.nh.us or
call (603) 817-4074.
Learn to Run beginning
Thursdays April 26th from
9:30-10:30AM at the Durham Town Hall Lot.
Cost is $40/8wks. Learn to run with
Instructor Sheila Harding. This class begins
with walking for exercise and will build your
stamina to prepare you to run a 3 mile
race. Also a great way to kick off a
weight loss program and socialize!
Learn to Meditate In just a
few weeks, you can experience the benefits of
meditation in your life—inner peace,
health, and spiritual awakening. Classes
start April 5th, Thursdays 7-7:30pm at Durham
Recreation Bldg. Cost is $25/5wks.
New Beginners Tai Chi for Seniors
– Moving for Better Balance
– Recommended by Geriatric Society and
promoted by the Center for Disease Control
this Tai Chi program is aimed to improve
flexibility, balance and strength. It is
highly recommended that participants take
this class twice a week so they may feel the
benefits and develop a daily routine. Classes
begin April 10th, Tues and Thurs from 11:30am
- 12:30 at the Durham Recreation Building.
The cost is $100 for 8 weeks of classes
meeting twice a week, which works out to be
$6.25 per class. For those who may only
attend once a week the cost is $50/8
wks.For more information
about any of our Recreation Programs or to
register please contact Sandy Devins, Parks
& Recreation Director at sdevins@ci.durham.nh.us or
817-4074.
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On April 10th
Cathy Felton will join Durham Garden Club
members to talk about Color in the
Garden.
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COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND
EVENTS
Community Church of
Durham, UCC, Holy Week
Services. For more
information: 603-868-1230, office@durhamcommunitychruch.org,
or visit http://www.durhamcommunitychurch.org/.
Good Friday Meditation,
Friday, April 6, 2012, 7:00
pm.
Easter Celebration,
Sunday, April 8, 2012, 8:30 and 10:30
am, with refreshments and fellowship time at
9:30 am, Durham Community
Church.
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/.
13th Annual Moharimet Pancake
Breakfast, Saturday, April 14,
8:00-11:00 AM. Immediately
following, head to the Durham Egg Hunt
at Jackson's Landing! To volunteer as
a pancake-flipper or sausage-server, go
to http://www.mohpto.org/volunteer-form.html (18
years or older only,
please). For
more information, go to http://www.mohpto.org/. All
the fixin's are included for $2.00 per Child,
$3.00 per Adult – $10.00 Family
Maximum.
Durham Garden Club
Meeting, Tuesday, April 10,
2012, 6:30 PM, St. George’s
Episcopal Church. For more information, click
HERE.
Parents' Night Out Fund-Raiser
for the New Hampshire Notables,
Friday, April 13, 2012, 6:30-9:00 PM, UNH
Memorial Union Building, Room 334. For more
information, click HERE.
QuackFest, Saturday
April 28, 2012, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM, Durham
Landing. Proceeds from the event will benefit
Growing
Places.
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.
Oyster River High School
Presents Chicago, May 10, 11, 12
(Thu, Fri, Sat), 7:00 PM. Tickets: $9;
students and seniors,
$6.
Bobcat Bolt, Saturday,
May 12, 2012, 9:00 AM, Oyster River High
School. The
Bobcat Bolt will once again be featuring a
Kids Fun Run right after the 5k and 10k,
which will again lead right into the
festivities at the Oyster River
Festival. Details are up on the Bobcat
Bolt web page, so if you haven’t signed
up already, hop on-line and sign-up now at
http://bobcatbolt.com/wp/?page_id=63.
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DURHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND
EVENTS
New Library Building Design
Open Forum
With the voter’s approval of the
bond for a new library now in place, the
design process is moving into its final
phase. At this point in the process
there is a focus on the building systems,
components, and design details to ensure a
well functioning facility. Working with the
design/build team, the Building Committee is
in the process of evaluating specific
elements for all aspects of the building and
the grounds.
The Building Committee for the new Durham
Public Library invites you to attend an open
forum at the Durham Public Library on April
12 between 6:30-8pm to share any final ideas
and thoughts about building details and
components for any aspect of the
library’s design and
construction.
You do not need
to attend the entire forum, but can come and
share your thoughts during any portion of
it. For those who cannot attend we
encourage you to email any ideas to dplbuilding@gmail.com. You are
welcome to invite others to offer ideas and
suggestions as well. Once design is
completed we expect to begin construction in
mid-July.
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Storytime Tues. April
10th at 10:30 a.m. – This week:
Rain and Rainbows! Join us for stories,
fingerplays, feltboard, songs and a
craft. All are welcome!
Special Storytime with Local Children’s
Author and Literacy Expert, Layne Case on
Thurs. April 12th at 10:30 a.m. - "Layne Case
tells the story of CHARLIE, using visual
aids, to show how she turned her story of a
dog with a three foot tail into a published
book. She also uses “Let’s Make
Faces!” by Gerard E. Langeler, a book
that helps children understand different
emotions and how they play an important part
in our decision making. Children become
“illustrators” in this
program." We will make a special
craft. Copies of Layne's books will be
available for sale.
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.
Pajama Storytime, Tues.
April 17th at 6:30 p.m. This
month: The Circus. Join ORPP -
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 the circus! Snacks
provided by ORPP.
Bookeaters, Middle School
Book Group, Weds. April 18th at 2:45-4:00
p.m. - Join us for this Middle School Book
Group. This month’s book is
“Catching Fire” by Suzanne
Collins. Ruth Wharton McDonald is the
facilitator. Pizza is served!
ORHS Poetry Night, Weds.
April 18th, 7:00 p.m. - Join us for this ORHS
Poetry night. Come and hear the ORHS
Poet Laureate and Poetry Out Loud winner read
their poems as well as other ORHS
students. Refreshments will be
served.
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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WEEKLY ARREST
REPORT
*Academic
year commences the third week of August
through graduation at UNH in May.
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FROM "DURHAM,
NEW HAMPSHIRE A HISTORY -
1900-1985"
Communications-Durham's Post
office: "For over 100 years, from the
time mail was first delivered to Durham in
1976 as terminus of a route from Portsmouth,
the Durham post office moved between homes
and stores at the whim of the postmaster.
Durham that period it traveled the length of
Main Street, from George Ffrost's store at
the Falls to the far western end of town,
occupying fourteen locations in between. When
George Stevens, a Republican, became
postmaster in 1897, the post office occupied
the west parlor of what is known today as
Runlett House, which is on the south side of
Main Street. Letters cost 2 cents to mail and
a postcard 1 cent." Published in 1985 by the Durham
Historic
Association.
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Have a very nice weekend and Happy
Passover and Easter.
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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