Friday Update July 23, 2010

“ADMINISTRATIVE
NOTES”

Friday,
July 23, 2010

Panoramic view of the roundabout at
Main
Street and North Drive

Courtesy
Department of Public Works

Durham’s very
first roundabout was constructed this week just west of the UNH tennis courts at
the intersection of Main
Street and North Drive.  Construction crews are
diligently working to complete the roundabout and the other associated
improvement before UNH students return late next month.  In addition
to being a traffic calming measure, the roundabout should help alleviate traffic
congestion associated with large UNH events. The roundabout is just one element
of the larger Main
Street improvements project, which includes the
installation of a lighted multi-use path and the repaving of a section of
Main
Street with 4-foot wide shoulders/bike paths. 
Initially there will only be 3 legs of roadway entering the roundabout, but UNH
has future plans to extend a 4^th leg out around the UNH footfall
field and eventually connect up with the relatively new southern underpass near
Gregg Hall.

Morgan
Way/Route 4 Intersection Improvements - Project Informational
Meeting

The Department of Public Works will
be holding an informational meeting for the Morgan Way/Route 4 intersection
improvements at the Durham Town
Hall on Thursday, July 29, 2010 starting at 7:00
PM.  The Town’s consultant CMA Engineers, Inc. will discuss the preliminary
plans to widen the section of Route 4 near Morgan Way to make room for an eastbound
left turn lane, enabling a safer turning motion into Morgan Way for
eastbound traffic.  Town staff and the consultants will be available at the
meeting to receive comments and answer questions.  Please contact Town
Engineer Dave Cedarholm at 603-868-5578 for more
information.

Cedar
Point Road
Drainage Improvements – In-House Engineering and Construction
Project

The Department of Public Works began
work on the Cedar Point
Road drainage Improvement project this week. This
project involves the addition of drainage culverts and a vegetative swale along
the northern shoulder of the west end of the gravel portion of the road. 
This will hopefully dry out this portion of road by providing a stormwater
outlet.  Because it is a rather flat section of gravel roadway with little
to no outlet for stormwater, this section of road has had a history of turning
into a muddy mess during late winter/early spring. A 25-foot section of the
gravel roadway will be paved at the intersection with the paved section of the
Cedar Point
Road where Public Works plans to have a stop
sign permanently installed for west bound traffic. This phase of the
project is scheduled to be completed by the end of next week. A second
phase of drainage improvements focusing on the east end of the gravel portion
will hopefully be implemented later in the fall. 

Campus
Emergency Notification System to Be Tested Monday, July
26

Regular testing of UNH’s outdoor
notification system will occur on Monday, July 26, 2010, at noon. The test will
include the siren, a “canned” message, and a recording signaling the end of the
test. The entire exercise will take less than 10
minutes.

The system is designed to not only
alert the campus community when there is imminent danger but also follows up
with voice instructions. This two-step approach, called Alert and Inform, helps
reduce confusion and restore order.

Sirens are located on the roof of
the MUB, the roof of Morse Hall, A-Lot, and the dirt parking lot near the
equestrian facility. The system reaches a distance of nearly a mile in all
directions.

In addition, the university will
also simultaneously send test messages through its alert system to registered
cell phones, pagers, BlackBerrys, PDAs and/or e-mail accounts, and a directed
communication to all UNH faculty, staff, and
students.

Contact Paul Dean, UNH's
director of emergency management, at 862-1427 for more
information or with any questions.

A
dream fulfilled: Ride of a lifetime provided for Durham Spruce Wood
resident

Long-time Durham resident, Sheldon
(Shelley) Prescott, who recently turned 89, and his wife Phyllis enjoyed the
ride of a lifetime thanks to the efforts of staff, volunteers, consultants, and
the Ageless Dreamer organization. To read the article published in the Foster’s
Daily Democrat, go to:  http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100719/GJNEWS_01/707199917&template=GreatBayRegion

UNH
OUTDOOR POOL EVENTS AND INFORMATION

Thank you to everyone who
participated in Night Under the Lights last week.

§        
Swim under the lights at the UNH Outdoor Pool and
enjoy some BBQ on Wednesday, August 11^th from 7:00 – 9:00 PM. 
Membership or day pass required.  Hamburgers, chips, and soda will be
available for purchase.

§        
Come and cool off in the UNH Outdoor Pool this
summer!  New family memberships available! Pool hours are Noon to 7:00 PM,
7 days a week.

§        
Ice Cream Social August 4^th at 2:00
PM.

PUBLIC
MEETING SCHEDULE

The following public meetings are
scheduled for the coming week in the Town Council chambers at the Durham Town
Office. All meetings begin at 7:00 PM and are held in the Council chambers at
the Town Hall unless otherwise indicated below. To view the agenda for the
meetings listed below, please click HERE. 
All meetings recorded on DCAT are available on DVD at the Durham Public Library
for checkout and viewing. 

Economic Development Committee –
Monday, July 26, 2010 (6:30 PM at the former
Courthouse building)

Town Council – Monday, July 26,
2010. To view the complete Council packet for this meeting, please click HERE

Rental Housing Commission –
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 (4:00
PM)

Planning Board – Wednesday, July 28,
2010

Morgan Way/Route 4 Intersection
Improvements Project Informational Meeting – Thursday, July 29,
2010

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

           
     
Durham Day
2007                                               
  Courtesy Mary
Salvati

DURHAM DAY
2010

The
date for Durham Day 2010 has been set for Sunday, September 26^th from
12:30 – 4:00 PM at Wagon Hill Farm. All Durham based Committees, Commissions or
non-profit groups are encouraged to setup their own individual table display at
the event.  If you are interested in securing a table display area or are a
resident interested in volunteering at Durham Day please contact P&R
Director Michael Mengers at mmengers@ci.durham.nh.us,
817-4074.

COMMUNITY
EVENTS

§        
Sat., July 24, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Durham Evangelical Church:  PC Clinic. Bring in your “sick” PC and the
DEC tech team will run basic diagnostics tests for FREE. For more information,
contact Tech.Team@durhamE.org.

§        
Aug. 2-6 and Aug. 9-13, Museum of Art, UNH Paul
Creative Arts Center:  Summer
Art Camp. For complete description of
classes or to register on-line, visit www.unh.edu/moa or contact Catherine A. Mazur
at Catherine.mazur@unh.edu,
862-3713.

§        
MUB Summer Series 2010 begins July 7^th.
Everything is FREE and OPEN to all! For more information and to view schedule of
events, go to www.unhmub.com or call Dave at
862-1586.

Durham
Public Library Programs and Events

Visit our website at www.durhampubliclibrary.org for
more information.

§        
Tue., July 27 – Summer Reading Program “Make a
Splash, Read.  Make Waves At Your Library” in its fun fifth and final week
for children and teens which runs through July 29th. 

§        
Tue., July 27, 10:30 AM – Pre-school Storytime – Bubbles and Silly
Stories

§        
Tue., July 27, 6:30 PM – 9-12 year old program
– Game Night, play Wii or board
games

§        
Wed., July 28, 6:30 PM – All ages – Family Game Night!  Come and have a
water balloon toss (weather permitting!) and play group games such as: 
Pictionary, Bingo, trivia and others

§        
Thu., July 29, 11:00 AM – All ages Finale Celebration
with Vic’ n Sticks Rhythm and Recycling Band with the Durham and Madbury
Libraries at the ORHS multi-purpose room. Join us in celebrating your summer
reading accomplishments.  Vic ‘n Sticks is “musical comedy for the whole
family with a great medley of songs, humor, clowning and audience
participation.”  Vic ‘n Sticks performance is generously sponsored by the
Byrne Foundation, CHILIS, the Cogswell and Benevolent Trust, the NH Library
Association and the NH State Library.  A special thank-you to the Friends
of the Durham Public Library for all their support.  Prize books, reading
certificates and Bagelry Prize will be handed out.  Cake will also be
served.  A big thank-you to the Durham Market, The Bagelry and The Sea Dogs
for their prize donations.

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Thu., July 29, 4:00-5:00 PM  – Young adult program – Teens working on the
dplteenblog will meet.  Interested in writing a review of a book, play,
movie, event?  Email the children’s librarian at ekleinmann@ci.durham.nh.us  or
stop by the circulation desk and we’ll put you in contact with our partner, YA
author Megan Frazer, who is helping us with this blog.

Eagle
Scout ProjectS – Car Wash FundraiserS

Kyle
Mullaney of
Boy Scout Troop 154 will be holding a car wash at Durham Marketplace
(7 Mill Road,
Durham, NH) on Saturday, July 24, 2010 from 3:00 –
6:00 PM. The car wash is being held to raise money for Kyle’s Eagle Scout
leadership service project which involves leading the construction of an
observation deck for the Town of Durham at
Jackson's
Landing. 

Ryan
Horton, also
of Boy Scout Troop 154, will be holding a car wash at the Community Church of
Durham, lower parking lot, on Sunday, July 25, 2010 from 10:00 AM to noon. The
car wash is being held to raise money for Ryan’s Eagle Scout leadership service
project which consists of mapping trails on the Merrick property as well as putting in some raised
walkways.

FROM
“DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE A HISTORY –
1900-1985”

“The telegraph was an important part
of the town’s communication with the rest of the world, and the clacking of the
set in Station Master Charles Wentworth’s office was a familiar sound to
railroad patrons in the first half of the twentieth century.” Published in 1985
by the Durham
Historic Association.

Have a good
weekend.

Todd