Friday Update June 15,2012

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"41" />NEWS AND HAPPENINGS ...
   

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"c19">CONGESTION ON THE MILL POND!
 While watching the swans on Durham's
historic Mill Pond this week, resident Fran
Mandeville photographed this interesting
scene of snapping turtles on a log in
the middle of the
pond. Courtesy,
Fran Mandeville

"c19">"Summer Thunder" has arrived in the
Lakes Region and across New Hampshire with
the celebration of Motorcycle Week.  The
event concludes on Sunday which is
incidentally Father's Day.

"c24">THE HEALTH OF
THE GREAT BAY ESTUARY: DURHAM ENDEAVORS TO
RESPOND

"c19">There is consensus among the
communities surrounding the Great Bay,
including the Great Bay Municipal Coalition
communities, that environmental signs
indicate a decline in the Great Bay’s
water quality and excess nutrients are a
contributing factor. It is also apparent that
there is agreement among the Great Bay
communities, New Hampshire Department of
Environmental Services (DES), and the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that
the science performed to date contains
inherent uncertainty and that refinement is
needed to better understand the true nature
of the water quality problems and identify
the actual sources of nutrient
pollution.

"c19">As an alternative to challenging the
uncertainty, Durham has chosen to build on
areas of agreement to find common ground and
work within the existing regulatory framework
to develop an integrated watershed management
approach to the
problem. 

"c19">To view the full piece in
yesterday’s Foster’s Daily
Democrat, go to "http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120614/GJOPINION_0102/706149853/-1/FOSOPINION"
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"c19">A customer purchasing baked goods from
one of many vendors at the

"c19">Durham Farmers' Market.
Courtesy, Craig
Stevens

"c19"> "c24">DURHAM FARMERS' MARKET OPEN WEEKLY ON
MONDAYS THRU OCTOBER 1ST @ Durham Town Office
Parking
Lot
"c24">The Durham Farmers' Market
opened on Monday, June 4th at a new location
in the Durham Town Offices parking lot at 15
Newmarket Road.
 
"With construction going on in the Pettee
Brook Lane area, we moved the market," Durham
Market Manager Davyanne Moriarty explains.
The new space increases available parking for
market customers, and offers room for new
vendors. 

"c19">The Durham Market will be open on
Mondays until October 1st, rain or shine,
between 2:15-5:30pm.
 
The Durham Farmers' Market is sponsored by
the Seacoast Growers Association, celebrating
its 35th anniversary this summer. For more
details on the markets, what's in season, and
which vendors participate, visit "http://www.seacoastgrowers.org/" class=
"c26">http://www.seacoastgrowers.org/.

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"c19">New Garden Beds at
the Wagon Hill Community
Garden.

"c21"> "c29">Courtesy Dennis
Meadows

"c24">COMMUNITY
GARDENS PROGRESS
REPORT

"c19">Fifty people, mainly Durham residents,
will be gardening at the Wagon Hill Farm this
summer. 

"c19">Timberland Corporation’s generous
support has helped in building about 85
plots. A grant from the New England
Grassroots Foundation will allow the
hiring of a part-time food bank
coordinator to design and run a program that
distributes fresh vegetables through
Durham’s two food banks. Anyone
interested in the job can get more
information from Dennis Meadows ( "mailto:lataillede@aol.com" class=
"c26">lataillede@aol.com).

"c19">Everyone is welcome to the community
garden programs. There will be a group work
session at the gardens Sunday, June 17,
12:00-3:00 pm. Lauren Chase-Rowell will offer
a seminar related to permaculture at the
Farm, Monday, June 18, 5:00-6:30
pm.

"c19">Gardeners pay an annual registration
fee of $25/person. You may contact our
Membership Coordinator, Kay Morgan ( "mailto:morgan.katherin@comcast.net" class=
"c26">morgan.katherin@comcast.net) for
more information about joining the gardens
next summer.

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The Fire
Department has taken delivery of the
community's

new
beautiful, shiny tanker truck.
 Courtesy, Will
Lenharth

"c25"> "c19">NEW DFD TANKER
ARRIVES 

"c19">The Fire Department’s new tanker
truck, manufactured just outside of
Milwaukee, WI, will be on display at the Town
Office parking lot Monday evening, June 18,
2012, for public viewing from 6:30 –
7:00 PM before the scheduled Council
meeting.

"c19">In addition, the Durham Police
Department will bring over one of the
community's three new smaller-style, fuel
efficient 6 cylinder front line police
cruisers for the public to
see.

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"c19">Members of Durham's Fire Department and
ORMS Fifth graders during

"c19">"Faster Program" on June 7th.
Courtesy,
DFD

"c19"> "c24">DURHAM PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTER
ASSOCIATION AND MIDDLE SCHOOL COLLABORATE ON
“Faster Program”
 (Firefighters and Students Together
Educational Recreation
Program)
 

June 7th was a big day for the Fifth graders
at Oyster River Middle School as well as our
firefighters who worked together to complete
a fun filled year, made up of twice monthly
meetings where the students ultimately on
Friday got to try out their skills on such
activities as the dummy drag, the ax carry,
setting up a ladder, and putting out
“pretend fire” using a garden
hose.  All activities are modified
versions of the challenges from the
Firefighter “CPAT Course” that is
required to become a
firefighter.

"c19"> 

"c19">A tremendous thanks is extended to
Firefighter Dave Blatchford who introduced
this program to our community during the
Durham Day festivities held annually during
the fall.  Firefighter Blatchford and
many other firefighters volunteered on their
own time to make this all happen and we hope
it continues for years to
come. 

"c19">A thank you is also extended to the
Oyster River Middle School for their
invaluable partnership as part of the
program.

"c24">LAST WEEK
OYSTER RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVED TWO
“ED”ies AWARDS; THIS WEEK IT
RECEIVED A TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM THE
GREATER DOVER CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE

"c19">For the first time since the program
began in 2001, the Greater Dover Chamber of
Commerce awarded a member of the Oyster River
Cooperative School District's teaching staff
with its Educator of The Year
award.



"c19">On Wednesday, biology and environmental
science teacher Jon Bromley, was presented
with a $1,000 check to use as he sees fit as
he continues the education of students at the
high school, an award presented to him for
"putting knowledge into
action."



"c19">Out of seven candidates, the award was
presented to Bromley for having daily contact
with students, using innovative strategies to
enhance their learning, and fostering
community contributions including finding
ways to engage students in his environmental
science class through partnerships with the
Town of Durham.

"c19">Mr. Bromley’s class was very
instrumental in the development of the new
rain garden at ORHS along with the Department
of Public Works.

"c19">To view an article in Foster’s on
this topic, go to "http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120614/GJNEWS_01/706149640"
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"c19">Demolition of former Don Thompson Real
Estate Offices on Pettee

"c19">Brook Lane. "c21">Courtesy, Dave
Howland

"c19"> "c24">DEMOLITION OF DON THOMPSON REAL ESTATE
OFFICE SITE.  GOING, GOING,
...
Summer has
kicked off with the start of a major
construction project along Pettee Brook Lane,
the site of the former Don Thompson Real
Estate Office, where a mixed-use facility
will be built to provide additional
retail/office/commercial space, parking, and
a residential component.

"c19">To learn more about the project, read
about it in Foster’s Daily Democrat at
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"c25"> "c19">UPDATE ON 401 CERTIFICATE AND NHDES
INSTREAM FLOW REGULATIONS FROM TOWN ENGINEER
AND TOWN
ATTORNEY

"c19">On Monday evening, June 18th, Town
Engineer David Cedarholm and Attorney Dana
Bisbee of Devine Millimet will give a
presentation to update the Town Council on
the Town’s Section 401 Water Quality
Certification (�401) and the Lamprey River
Water Management
plan. 

"c19">The following is a chronology of events
that led up to Durham’s �401 and the
progression of activities that produced the
most recent modified
document:

• "c19">1965 - NH Legislation (Chapter 332)
  allowed the Town of Durham and the UNH to
  withdraw water from the Lamprey
  River.
• "c19">1965 - Town Purchased the Wiswall Dam
  from Carl Spang Sr. to secure the Wiswall
  impoundment (a.k.a. Wiswall Reservoir) for
  water supply and
  storage.
• "c19">1970 - University of New Hampshire
  constructed the Lamprey pump station and
  transmission pipeline which discharged at a
  location on the Oyster River upstream of
  UNH Water Treatment
  Plant.
• "c19">1982 - US National Park Service study
  identified the Lamprey River as potential
  Wild and Scenic River.
• "c19">1983 - Control of the Lamprey River
  as a water supply source for Durham was
  threatened by a Federal Energy Regulatory
  Commission (FERC) permit application from
  Southern NH Hydro (John Webster) at the
  Wiswall Dam.  Soon after the Town
  filed a competing application for
  hydroelectric power generation rights at
  the Wiswall Dam.
• "c19">November 1986 - Carl F. Spang, Jr.
  files an intervention law suit against John
  Webster’s FERC
  application.  
• "c19">June 1989 - FERC granted a
  “Minor” hydro license to John
  Webster and denied the Town of
  Durham’s
  application.
• "c19">July 1989 - Town of Durham filed a
  motion for “late intervention”
  with FERC to protect the “unique
  interests” with respect to the
  Town’s flowage rights and public
  water supply and delay the final approval
  of the Hydro Plant.
• "c19">1990 - NH established the NH Rivers
  Management and Protection Act (RSA 483) and
  t Lamprey River was one of the first rivers
  to be designated as a “rural”
  river.  Both the Lee and Durham Boards
  of Selectmen and Conservation Commissions
  voted to support the
  designation.
• "c19">1990 - RSA 483 provided the enabling
  legislation to establish protected instream
  flows and adopt governing Protected
  Instream Rules. 
• "c19">1991 - The NPS officially designated
  the Lamprey as a Recreational River under
  the Wild and Scenic River
  Act.
• "c19">1991 to 2001 – NHDES drafts
  Instream Flow Rules (Env-Ws 1900)
  specifically for the Lamprey and Souhegan
  Rivers.
• "c19">1999 - The “Hard Pipe”
  was conceived to improve water source
  reliability and water quality with an
  understanding that there might be limited
  use during times of low river
  flow.
• "c19">2000 - The State establishes a New
  Hampshire River Restoration Task Force to
  restore rivers and eliminate public safety
  hazards through the selective removal of
  dams.  The Task Force was a
  multi-partner, multi-agency, public-private
  initiative that brought attention to dam
  removals to meet the goal of reconnecting
  migratory and residential fishes to a
  substantial portion of the Lamprey River
  system.  The subject of removing
  Wiswall Dam was considered in the effort,
  but rejected because of the lack of
  alternative water storage in Durham to
  replace the Wiswall impoundment if the dam
  was removed. 
• "c19">August 2000 – The Wetlands
  Permit was approved by NHDES for the
  Lamprey River Transmission Main Project
  which was estimated to impact “a
  total of 5,650 sq. ft of forested wetland
  and the banks of the Oyster River for the
  extension of the water transmission pipe to
  the Town of Durham Water Treatment
  Plant”. 
• "c19">Fall 2000 – Lamprey River
  Transmission Main Project Construction
  Plans are finalized, the project is bid,
  and a contractor is selected to perform the
  work.
• "c19">December 2000 – NHDES and the
  National Park Service raises concerns about
  the possibility of the Lamprey River
  Transmission Main impacting the Lamprey
  River as a result of more regular water
  withdrawals.  The effect on the
  project by the nearly final Instream Flow
  Rules was also identified as an
  issue.
• "c19">April 2001 - Section 401 Water
  Quality Certification #20001-001 was issued
  after multiple meetings on the issue
  between NHDES, National Park Service,
  Durham Town Councilors and Town Staff, UNH
  Staff, and consultants.  Conditions
  included withdrawal rate and drawdown
  limitations during times of low river flow
  and a flow monitoring
  plan.
• "c19">2001 to 2002 - Lamprey River
  Transmission Main Project was constructed
  which included upgrades to the UNH Pump
  Station on the Lamprey River and
  installation of 8,600 feet of 12-inch
  diameter water main from the intersection
  of Packers Falls Road and Mill Road to the
  UNH Water Treatment
  Plant.
• "c19">2002 - NHDES adopts Instream Flow
  Rules (Env-Ws 1900) and begins the Lamprey
  River Instream Flow Pilot
  Study.
• "c19">Summer-Fall 2002 – Withdrawal
  trials performed on completed Lamprey River
  Transmission Main to develop treatment
  strategies for the new water source and
  start developing a flow monitoring
  plan.
• "c19">2002 to 2006 – The Town is
  challenged to develop a workable flow
  monitoring plan and realizes the difficulty
  in operating within the conditions of the
  �401.  Request letters are sent to
  NHDES asking to modify the conditions by
  increasing minimum drawdown
  depth.
• "c19">2006 - At the request of the Town
  Councilors, the Town Attorney (Mitchell
  & Bates) provided a legal opinion of
  the �401 and saw “no legal objection
  to the condition imposed by the Water
  Quality Certificate" and nor do they see
  "any legal basis upon which to
  challenge".  Mitchell & Bates
  encouraged the Town to pursue modifying the
  conditions.
• "c19">March 2009 - Instream Flow Pilot
  Study Final Report is issued and
  Environmental Attorney Dana Bisbee of
  Peirce Attwood was hired to represent the
  Town and the UNH/Durham Water System and
  assist in preparing review comments; many
  of which related to the �401.  The
  final task of the Protected Instream Flow
  Program followed which was to develop a
  Lamprey River Water Management
  Plan.
• "c19">September 2009 - Environmental
  Attorney Dana Bisbee (now of Devine
  Millimet) engaged to provide legal
  assistance/legal advice to the Town and
  representation  relative to the �401
  and Lamprey River Water Management
  Plan. 
• "c19">August 2010 - NHDES approves a Flow
  Monitoring Plan allowing the UNH/Durham
  Water System to drawdown the Wiswall
  Reservoir by 18 inches at a rate of 1 inch
  per day as opposed to original �401
  conditions of 6 inches and 1/2 inch per
  day.
• "c19">October 2010 – Paul Currier of
  NHDES meets with the Durham Town Council
  and confirms the Town’s understanding
  that the  �401 will be
  “replaced” by the Lamprey River
  Water Management Plan.
• "c19">July 2011 –Paul Currier’s
  retires and NHDES informs the Town that the
  �401 is a federal permit and NHDES has no
  legal authority to rescind a �401.  As
  a compromise, NHDES offers to modify it to
  simply refer to the conditions of the
  Lamprey River Water Management Plan which
  would contain withdraw limitations based on
  minimum designated instream flows and
  maximum reservoir
  drawdown.
• "c19">March 2012 – On behalf of the
  Town and the UNH/Durham Water System,
  Attorney Bisbee sends letter to NHDES
  suggesting that the lack of explicit
  authority to rescind a �401 does not
  present a legal barrier to DES’s
  rescinding a �401.   And, NHDES
  is informed that the UNH/Durham Water
  System’s attention to the Lamprey
  River Water Management Plan is on hold
  while the issues with the �401 remain
  unresolved.”  The New Hampshire
  Attorney General responded by explaining
  that nationwide no �401 had ever been
  rescinded and it was not a precedence they
  were interested in
  setting.
• "c19">April 2012 - In response to Attorney
  Bisbee's letter, NHDES provides a draft
  modified draft �401 (included in Council
  packet) containing no reference to minimum
  instream flow or drawdown requirement and
  only contains conditions that refer to the
  Wetlands Permit issued in 2000 for the Hard
  Pipe Project.  It is recommended by
  the Department of Public Works that the
  included modified �401 be accepted which
  would completely replace the original �401
  after the Lamprey River Water Management
  Plan is finalized and
  adopted. 

"c19">The Administrator concurs with the
recommendation of the Department of Public
Works described above and unless otherwise
requested by the Council to the contrary on
June 18th will advise NHDES that the draft
permit is acceptable to the Town of
Durham.

"c24">TOWN COUNCIL
TO DISCUSS AMBER ACRES CONSERVATION PROPOSAL
MONDAY, JUNE
18TH

"c19">The Southeast Land Trust (SELTNH) has
reached an agreement with landowner Amber
Acres, LLC (principal: Vi B. McNeill) to
purchase a Conservation Easement that would
encumber two parcels, approximately 39+/-
acres located along Mast Road (Route 155A)
shown as Map 13, Lots 14-1 and 14-100 on the
Durham tax maps (“Amber Acres”).
SELTNH has secured a signed option with the
landowner to purchase the easement,
contingent upon due diligence and
approvals.

"c19">Following a public hearing on May 10,
2012, the Durham Conservation Commission
deliberated and voted unanimously to
recommend that the Town of Durham accept an
executory interest in the Amber Acres
Conservation Easement, contingent upon
conditions to be met which include a buffer
area to protect the Oyster River and a public
access component.

"c19">Brian Hart, Executive Director of the
Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire, will
be present at Monday night’s meeting to
provide additional information to Councilors
and to answer questions relative to this
proposal. If the Council desires to move
forward with the Conservation
Commission’s recommendation for the
Town of Durham to accept an executory
interest in the Amber Acres Conservation
Easement, then a Public Hearing should be
scheduled for the Council’s next
meeting on July 2,
2012. 

"c19">To view the supplemental material
concerning this project, click "http://ci.durham.nh.us/generalpdfs/amber_acres.pdf"
class="c26">HERE.

"c19"> "c24">IMPORTANT UNH CAMPUS MASTER
PLAN UPDATE
On June 10th, Douglas Bencks, University
Architect and Director of Campus Planning,
issued an update to the community relative to
the draft Campus Master
Plan. 

The
update is included in its entirety as
follows:
 

"c22">Thank you for your
communication to the Campus Master Plan team
over the past two months. We greatly value
the participation in our April forums which
attracted over 700 attendees as well as the
hundreds of follow up inquiries and
subscribers to our email list. Unfortunately,
the volume of responses, comments and
inquiries has made individual replies
infeasible. For those that have not yet
received a reply to your inquiry, please
accept this update on key proposals and
initiatives and the status of the general
Campus Master Plan
process.
 

"c22">Agriculture,
the Equine Program and Public Private
Ventures
The master planning group has met with
members of the College of Life Sciences and
Agriculture to discuss animal and open land
needs. The planning team continues to
evaluate the competing interests for land
use. However, based on the input they have
received and the information they have
gathered, it appears the current and
projected facility requirements of theequine
program can be accommodated in the general
area where the equine facilities are
presently located. Based on these and other
considerations, the master plan steering
committee has concluded that the equine
facilities should remain in their current
locations, rather than being displaced by
other land uses, as had been contemplated in
a previous master
plan.

There
is also no plan to curtail or eliminate any
of the agriculture programs. In fact, the
University has taken a number of recent steps
to support its programs serving the
land-grant mission, including protecting
Cooperative Extension from a full share of
the cut in our state appropriation,
sustaining the veterinary lab despite
catastrophic losses instate funding, and
investing in a cluster hire of eight faculty
with interests in sustainable agriculture and
ecosystems.

The
response of the community to the master plan
itself has made it clear once again that both
the agricultural mission of the University,
and the environmental ethic of the community,
are very much seen as core values of the
institution. As a result, the draft master
plan will no longer show any planned
development in the area north of Main Street
bounded by Mast, Spinney and O’Kane
Roads and Route 4. The draft also will
include language that limits any
unanticipated changes in this area to those
that sustain and when possible enhance the
educational, agricultural and aesthetic value
of the land.

The
area where the Leavitt Center and West Edge
parking lot are currently located; as well as
the north of Main Street areaeast of North
Drive (towards A-Lot), would be available for
potential public-private partnerships. These
developments would be linked to UNH’s
mission and values, phased based on market
demand and developed in collaboration and
zoning compliance with the town of
Durham.

"c19">Outdoor Pool and UNH Recreation
Facility Needs
The university values the outdoor pool as a
wonderful and unique feature of summertime in
Durham that is of significant value to both
the university and town community. We remain
concerned, as stewards of the facility,
regarding how much longer it can be
operationally sustained. We believe it is
only a matter of time before the renovations
required are so great that we will be forced
to bring the pool up to current standards.
When that day comes we will be faced with
decisions about the size and configuration
for a replacement that meets the
community’s needs, addresses pool
regulations, and which can be
funded.

"c19">Simultaneously, the University student
community has identified, and the
administration agrees, an acute need for
additional indoor recreation facility space.
While other locations are possible, and we
can continue to explore those, the best
option is to expand the Hamel Recreation
Center that is directly adjacent to the
outdoor pool.

We
believe there is a possibility to address
both of these needs with a combined project
that would include a new smaller pool (but
still larger than any other pool in the
region). The University would like to use the
Plan as a catalyst to encourage that process.
We have agreed to work with the Town to more
clearly identify the functional upgrade and
replacement costs for the pool while we
continue to evaluate options for recreational
space expansion
Center for the Arts and Downtown
Collaboration.

There
was general support and enthusiasm for the
proposed location of a new Center for the
Arts along Quad Way. The community felt this
location was a good fit and that it enhanced
the university’s commitment to
enhancing downtown
development.

UNH
faces many challenges going forward, and
testing innovative ideas will need to be a
continuing part of our response. Good
planning allows for change when it meets
agreed upon goals and improves
theUniversity's ability to serve faculty,
students and the larger world. The final plan
continues to evolve, and will reflect a
strong adherence to the university mission
– which can never be confused with the
status quo in an environment as dynamic as a
university campus in the 21st
century.

The
master planning team will continue to
evaluate and make changes that strengthen the
plan for the good of the University and our
community. We project a final draft will be
made available for public comment in the
fall. In the meantime, we’ve uploaded
significant new material to the project
website class=
"c26">http://www.unh.edu/cmp/ in the
past few weeks including a new May 31 draft
of the plan. As always, additional comments
are welcome at "mailto:cmp.ideas@unh.edu" class=
"c26">cmp.ideas@unh.edu.

"c19">To view updated map images of the UNH
Master Plan draft, go to "http://www.unh.edu/cmp/" class=
"c26">http://www.unh.edu/cmp/

"c19"> "c24">DURHAM RECEIVES $750,000 STATE
REVOLVING LOAN FUND (SRF)
AWARD
On Monday
evening, the Council will be asked to approve
a request authorizing Administrator Selig to
submit an SRF loan application in the amount
of $750,000 to fund necessary upgrades to the
Old Concord Road Wastewater Pump
Station.

"c19">The Old Concord Road Pump Station is an
above ground self-priming duplex pump station
with associated wetwell that was originally
constructed in 1963 and subsequently upgraded
in 1985.

"c19">The original structure included a
pre-cast concrete wetwell, slab on grade
foundation, two self-priming centrifugal
pumps prefabricated enclosure and
approximately 700 linear feet of forcemain.
The 1985 upgrade involved wetwell
modifications, new piping, pumps
instrumentation concrete footing/slab
placement, and CMU block building constructed
with cedar wall shingles. No modifications to
the station have been made since 1985.
Current peak flows to the station are 185
gallons per minute (gpm).

"c19">The Old Concord Road station pumps
wastewater from the west end of Durham into
the College Road and College Brook
Interceptors. The interior upgrades will
include new pumps, new electrical equipment
and service which will provide standby power
via a new generator system. Additionally, the
site will be regraded and additional fill
placed to promote better site
drainage.

"c19">The SRF grant to Durham provides needed
supplemental funding to support the needs of
both Durham and UNH.

"c19"> "c24">WATER METER UPGRADE
PROJECT
The Department of Public Works held a public
informational meeting on Tuesday, June 5,
2012 to provide details about the Water Meter
Upgrade Project and to answer any questions
from residents or businesses on the water
system. The Town has hired EJ Prescott as the
contractor for this project.
 
This work will include mandatory inspections
of all existing water meters and, if
necessary, replacement of older and
incompatible water meters in addition to
installing externally mounted radio modules
to transmit water meter data to a secure Town
operated radio system. Customers that do not
need their water meters replaced will be
retrofitted with a new radio module
only.
 
EJ Prescott and their installation
subcontractor USI Services will be
responsible for scheduling appointments and
performing the necessary work to upgrade all
water meter services. Residents will receive
letters in the mail with information on how
to schedule appointments with USI Services.
This work is scheduled to begin in July 2012
and is anticipated to be completed by October
2012. The program, once completed will
improve the efficiency and accuracy of water
meter reading and billing operations and
significantly reduce unaccounted for water
use. We request the cooperation of residents
and businesses connected to the water system
as we implement this important program for
the Town.
 
Questions may be directed to the Public Works
Department at 603-868-5578.

"c24">GARRISON
AVENUE TEMPORARY TRAFFIC PATTERN
CHANGE

"c19">Now and continuing through Friday,
August 17th, vehicle travel on Garrison
Avenue will be one-way from Main Street
toward Madbury Road. All traffic coming from
Madbury Road will be detoured onto Rosemary
Lane.

"c25"> "c19">INVITATION TO BID - NEW DURHAM PUBLIC
LIBRARY
PROJECT

"c19">On behalf of the Town of Durham, Bauen
Corporation and SMP Architecture invite
interested suppliers and subcontractors to
provide bids on requested parts of the new
public library project to be located at 49
Madbury Road.  To view the invitation to
bid, click "http://ci.durham.nh.us/generalpdfs/DPL_bid.pdf"
class="c26">HERE.

"c22"> "c24">DURHAM’S FRIDAY
DEALS
This program is intended to give local
merchants an opportunity to encourage
residents to shop
locally. 

"c19">Wildcat
Fitness, 397-3200

"c19">Use the gym 4 Free on Fridays
(Expires 8-31)
Located at the far end of the Mill
Plaza   
 

"c19">Village Pizza,
868-5300

"c22">$5 Wrap or Large Salad (add $2 for
steak or chicken on
salad)      

"c22">Located at 45 Main
St. 

"c19">Red Carpet Florist,
868-7021

"c22">$5 bouquets of flowers every
Friday
Located at 56 Main
St.   
 
Mino’s Roast Beef,
397-5261

"c22">$6.50 Chicken Kebob Salad (Regular
Size) on Friday
Located in the Mill Plaza

"c19">Domino’s Pizza,
868-6230

"c22">$5 Small Cheese Pizza every
Friday

"c22">Located in the Mill
Plaza

"c19">Uppercut Hair Salon,
868-7363

"c22">20% off all hair care products every
Friday

"c22">Located in the Mill
Plaza

"c22">Money spent locally stays local.
Support Durham business.

"c22"> 

"c22">If your business has a Friday deal to
offer please send it to
Ken Entz at "mailto:sentz@comcast.net" class=
"c26">sentz@comcast.net.

"c24">CURBSIDE
COMPOSTING PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO DURHAM
RESIDENTS FROM PRIVATE
SECTOR

"c19">One of the Town Council’s goals
for 2012 is sustainability and to this end we
are endeavoring to make residents aware of
sustainable opportunities that may be of
interest. 

"c19">Portsmouth-based EcoMovement has begun
a curbside food waste composting program and
also works with customers to help them strive
to achieve zero
waste. 

"c19">Specifically, the
company:

• "c19">Designs and implements a custom Zero
  Waste program for
  customers.
• "c19">Hauls compost and recyclable
  goods.
• "c19">Provides containers and compostable
  goods.
• "c19">Trains clients on the concept and
  methods of Zero Waste.

"c19">The website for EcoMovement is "http://zerowastenow.com/" class=
"c26">http://zerowastenow.com/.

"c24">PUBLIC
MEETINGS: SCHEDULE AND VIDEO ON
DEMAND

"c19">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 "http://ci.durham.nh.us/generalpdfs/agendas.pdf"
class=
"c26">HERE.

"c20"> "c22">Town
Council - Monday, June 18,
2012. To view the entire packet of
information for this packet, click "http://ci.durham.nh.us/GOVERNMENT/council/council_packets/2012_June_18_Council_Packet.pdf"
class=
"c26">HERE.

"c20"> "c22">Economic Development
Committee - Wednesday, June 20,
2012

"c20"> "c22">Integrated Waste Management
Advisory Committee - Thursday,
June 21, 2012

"c19">All meetings recorded
on DCAT are available on DVD at the
Durham Public Library for checkout and
viewing.

"c19"> "c33"> 

"c19">VIDEO ON
DEMAND "c33">: "c33"> 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/" class=
"c26">http://ci.durham.nh.us/  by
clicking the DCAT on demand logo, or directly
at class=
"c26">http://dcat.pegcentral.com/.

"c22">Oyster River School Board meeting
schedule, please click "http://www.orcsd.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=113&Itemid=18"
class="c26">HERE. 

"c22">Durham Public Library Board of Trustees
meeting schedule, please click "http://www.durhampubliclibrary.org/durham/trustees.asp"
class="c26">HERE.

"c32">DCAT Programming Schedule, please click
"http://ci.durham.nh.us/COMMUNITY/channel_22/channel_22.asp"
class="c26">HERE.

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"c25"> "c19">NASCAR NATIONWIDE SERIES SHOW CAR AT
MILL ROAD PLAZA - THURSDAY, JULY
12TH

"c19">As part of its sponsorship of the
NASCAR Nationwide Series, Nationwide
Insurance is bringing the high-speed action
to its local agents. Area Nationwide
Insurance agent Maritza Bagnall of The
Bagnall Insurance Agency, Durham NH will host
the NASCAR Nationwide Series show car in
Durham at the Mill Road Plaza on Thursday,
July 12, 2012 from 12:00 noon to 6:00 PM,
providing customers and race fans the
opportunity to see the excitement of NASCAR
first-hand. "c22">Guests will have the
opportunity to see a real NASCAR stock car.
Guests can take a spin around the track in
the Nationwide racing simulator and spin the
prize wheel for a chance to win great NASCAR
prizes.

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"c19">The band Bliss performing on Thursday
evening this week at Wagon Hill
Farm

"c19">as part of the Durham P&R Summer
Concert Series. Left to right are Kathy
O'Brien on fiddle, and Kristan Bishop and
Karen Larson on guitar. There was
a great crowd and lovely weather for the
event. Courtesy, Dave
Howland

"c22"> "c24">DURHAM PARKS & RECREATION
PROGRAMS AND
EVENTS

"c19">Kayak Sunset Tours on the Oyster
River.  For more information, click
"http://ci.durham.nh.us/generalpdfs/sunset_tour.pdf"
class="c26">HERE.

"c19">Register now for summer classes. To
view list of classes, click "http://ci.durham.nh.us/generalpdfs/summer_classes.pdf"
class="c26">HERE.

"c19">For more information about any of our
Recreation Programs or to register please
contact Sandy Devins, Parks & Recreation
Director at "mailto:sdevins@ci.durham.nh.us" class=
"c26">sdevins@ci.durham.nh.us or
817-4074.

"c36"> "c32">COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND
EVENTS

"c19"> "c19"> "c22"> "c33"> "c19"> "c19"> "c19"> "c22"> "c33"> "c19">Growing Places Ground Breaking
Party to kick off construction of
1200 square foot addition -Saturday, June 23,
2012, between 3:00-6:00 PM, 56 Pinkham Road,
Lee.

"c19"> "c19"> "c22"> "c33"> "c19"> "c19"> "c19"> "c22"> "c33"> "c19"> "c19"> "c19"> "c22"> "c33"> "c19"> "c19"> "c19"> "c22"> "c33"> "c19">Going Paces Second Annual
Race, Sunday, October 21, 2012
(Newburyport Half Marathon and Relay) to
raise funds for Growing Places. Training for
run in Newburyport, MA on October 12, 2012.
For more information click "http://gallery.mailchimp.com/deba17da4e719ecc58b7f7f59/files/running_letter_2.2012.pdf"
class="c26">HERE or contact "mailto:suechase@growingplacesnh.org" class=
"c26">suechase@growingplacesnh.org.

"c19">UNH Memorial Union Building
Summer Series -
T "c19">he MUB Building at the University of
New Hampshire is proud to bring back the
Summer Series with movies (including one in
3-D!), a mini-carnival, an outdoor movie, and
more.  This week’s movie feature
is Disney’s John Carter (PG-13). 
For the full printable schedule go to
class=
"c26">http://www.unhmub.com/mub/PDF/MUB-Summer_2012.pdf

"c25"> "c32">DURHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND
EVENTS

"c19">Summer Reading Registration has
started and will continue this
week.  Come in to the library
and register for our fun 5 week summer
reading program! The theme this year is
“Dream Big, Read”.  Our
program runs from June 26th through July
27th.  When you register you will
receive a packet including your reading logs,
calendars, some gifts and a fun bag! 
Keep track of your reading minutes and have
them checked once a week to earn a prize of
the week.  You will receive a new book,
and prizes at the end, as well as a reading
certificate!  Also add to our visual
display in the library. Some fun visitors
planned, Alex the Jester, NH Children’s
Museum, UNH Astronomers, Center for Wildlife,
Shawn the Storyteller, Wild Center &
Zoological Park of N.E., Norman Ng, Magician,
storytimes, teen writing/blog group, 6-8 yr
old group, 9-12 yr old group, legos, acting
workshop, wii nights, game nights, Nascar and
more!  Join the fun!

"c19">Adult Summer Reading Fun this
year (ages 13 and up),
“Reading Under the Covers”. 
Read, hand in book reviews and be entered in
a raffle drawing for a fabulous prize! 
This program will run alongside the
children’s 5 week program from June
26th  through July
27th.

"c19">Special horse storytime at the
University Museum, Dimond Library,
level one on Monday, June 18th at 10:30 a.m.
hosted by Nancy Miner, Assistant Director of
the Durham Public Library - All are invited
to visit the UNH Museum to hear stories in
conjunction with the exhibition “The
Literary Horse: When Legends Come to
Life…”

"c19">Durham Public Library Building
Committee Meeting, Fri. June 22nd,
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., at the Durham Police
Department Meeting Room - The DPL Building
Committee will meet with representatives from
SMP Architecture and Bauen Corporation to
discuss plans for the new library building.
The public is welcome
 

"c19">Check out the library's website at
"http://www.durhampubliclibrary.org/durham/"
class=
"c26">http://www.durhampubliclibrary.org/durham/ for
more information.

"c22"> "c20"> "c24">FROM "DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE A
HISTORY -
1900-1985"

"c19"> "c33">Communications-Durham's Post
office: “On July 18, 1959, the new
Federal Building, which housed the post
office on the ground floor and various
government agencies on the second, was
dedicated. The day was bright and warm, and a
large crowd attended the impressive
ceremonies. The Reverend Dr. Daniel Novotny
gave the invocation, and the Girls Choral
Group sang. The post office mural pained by
Bernard Chapman, a New Hampshire artist, and
donated by the Woman's Club of Durham and
Friends, was then presented by Charlotte
Chase with these words: 'This mural project
is dedicated as a tribute to those earlier
inhabitants of Durham whose faith and
devotion to God and the country have merged a
rich historical past into an ever-expanding
future'.” Published
in 1985 by the Durham Historic
Association.

"c39">With the Oyster River school year
coming to an end, we will all see more K-12
students out and about.  Please drive
carefully!

"c32">Todd

"c32"> 

"c32">Todd I. Selig,
Administrator

"c32">Town of Durham, New
Hampshire

"c32">T: 
603-868-5571    F: 
603-868-5572

"c32">tselig@ci.durham.nh.us     class=
"c26">http://www.ci.durham.nh.us

"c22"> "c32">Everyone can
tackle climate change. How can you reduce
your carbon
footprint?