Friday Update June 22, 2012

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"c19">CORRECTION:  We received
several responses regarding the above
photo used in last week's "Friday Updates".
These turtles are in fact Northern Painted
Turtles, not snapping turtles as was
indicated in the notes. Thank you again to
Fran Mandeville for providing this great
photograph!

"c19">We hope that everyone enjoys the
first official weekend of the
summer!

"c27"> "c19">PRESIDENT OBAMA TO SPEAK AT OYSTER
RIVER HIGH
SCHOOL

"c19">President Barack Obama is set to make a
campaign speech at Oyster River High School,
55 Coe Drive, Durham, on Monday, June
25th at a free event open to the public.
According to a Foster's Daily
Democrat article, the doors will open at
noon for those hoping to attend. 
T "c19">o view this article, which provides
information on how to obtain tickets for the
event, visit: "http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120621/GJNEWS_01/120629922/-1/fosnews1401"
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"c19">In addition, because this is a campaign
event rather than an official state visit by
the President, the Town has requested
that Durham be reimbursed for the community's
fire and police expenses associated with the
visit.

"c26"> "c19">CHARRETTE FOR DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT
PLAN TENTATIVELY SET FOR JULY 12TH AT 7 PM IN
MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM OF
ORHS

"c19">As part of the Town Council’s
2011-2012 goals, the Council adopted as one
of its areas of focus:

"c19">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.

"c19">To this end, Administrator Selig and
others have 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. 

"c19">The development concept is 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. 

"c19">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.

"c19">The envisioned development would
potentially include moving the UNH Bookstore
operated by Barnes and Noble downtown to a
new taxable structure, integrating the
Peoples United Bank site on Main Street 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.
 The project would also include
structured parking to support the project as
well as businesses and uses throughout the
entire downtown area.

"c19">Ground zero for the project would
essentially include the existing Main Street
People's Bank Site and the Town-owned Pettee
Brook Lane and Pettee Brook Lane parking lots
behind the bank.
 

"c19">To date, the University of New
Hampshire, Peoples 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 and the time
has come to begin to include community
members as part of this exciting
project. 

"c19">At this time, a tentative Charrette has
been set for 7 PM on July 12th to be held in
the Oyster River High School Multi-Purpose
Room.  More information will be
forthcoming regarding the charrette in the
near future.

"c27">HOUSING
CEREMONY FOR NEW TANKER
TRUCK

"c19">The Durham Fire Department has
scheduled a "housing ceremony" for the new
tanker truck which arrived last week.
 The ceremony will take place on
Wednesday, June 27th at 11 AM at the Durham
Fire Department located at 51 College Road.
 The ceremony is intended to formally
welcome the new truck into the DFD fleet.
 Please RSVP at fire@ci.durham.nh.us or
call (603) 862-1426.

"c27">RENTAL
HOUSING COMMISSION DISCUSSES DRAFT
HEALTH/SAFETY INSPECTION PROGRAM PROPOPSAL
FOR RENTAL
PROPERTIES

"c19">On Wednesday, June 27th, the Rental
Housing Commission will discuss a draft
health/safety inspection program ordinance
that is in the process of being developed for
all rental properties in Durham. 
Modifications will continue to take place but
Wednesday’s meeting provides a
continued opportunity for individuals
interested in this draft program to be
involved in the process.  The meeting is
held in the Town Council chambers located at
the Durham Town Office at 4
PM.

"c19"> 

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Boy Scout
Troop 154 Assistant Scoutmaster Fred Hochgraf
presents Director of Public Works Mike Lynch
with a plaque
during the June 18th Town Council meeting in
appreciation for his assistance and support
of Eagle Scout projects that have been
completed at Wagon Hill Farm. Courtesy
Todd
Selig

"c19"> "c26">TOWN COUNCIL SUPPORTS MODIFIED
401 WATER QUALITY
CERTIFICATE
The
Durham Town Council was provided with a
presentation on Durham’s Section 401
Water Quality Certificate by Town Engineer
David Cedarholm and Attorney Dana Bisbee at
last Monday's Town Council meeting. 
This was followed by an extensive discussion
about accepting a modified 401 Water Quality
Certificate provided by the New Department of
Environmental Services (NHDES). After the
discussion, the Council supported acceptance
of the modified 401 Certificate with an
informal vote of 6 to 3.

The
modified 401 Certificate is proposed to
replace the original 401 Certificate issued
in 2001 when the Town upgraded the Lamprey
River Pump Station and installed a new raw
water main on Mill Road to connect the pump
station directly to the UNH Water Treatment
Plant. The original 401 Certificate imposed
what has been considered by the Town and UNH
as unreasonable limitations on when and how
much water could be withdrawn from the
Lamprey River during periods of extreme
drought.

To gain
final approval from NHDES for the 2001 raw
water main project (often referred to as the
"hard pipe project"), it was necessary to
obtain a wetlands permit, and since wetland
permits are technically Federal permits and
the project was on the Lamprey River, a 401
Water Quality Certificate was also
issued. 

"c19">At the same time the hard pipe project
was getting underway, NHDES was finalizing
their Protected Instream Flow Rules for the
Lamprey and Soughegan Rivers and was
embarking on a lengthy Protected Instream
Flow Pilot Study to establish scientifically
based protected instream flows for the two
rivers.

"c19">NHDES introduced the 401 Certificate as
a component of their approval of the hard
pipe project to essentially act as interim
conditions to prevent excessive withdrawals
during droughts while the scientifically
based protective instream flows were being
developed.  Regardless of how
unreasonable the limitations of the original
401 Certificate have seemed and setting aside
all the angst they have created over the past
12 years, the Town and UNH have managed by
balancing the water storage in the Wiswall
Reservoir with the use of the Town's other
water sources during the few brief periods of
drought experienced since
2001.

The
modified 401 Certificate does not resemble
the original whatsoever and contains no
reference to protective instream flows or
withdrawal limitations. It is proposed to
come into effect after the Lamprey River
Water Management Plan is officially adopted,
which is expected to take place later this
year.

"c19">The Instream Flow Pilot Study
incorporated a scientific approach into the
management of water supply withdrawals and
dam operations with opportunity for public
input along the way.

"c19">Since the Lamprey River Water
Management Plan is not yet finalized, Durham
residents will have another opportunity at
giving their input. The original 401
Certificate inspired some very positive
attention on the part of the UNH/Durham Water
System to more responsibly manage the Town
and UNH water
resources. 

"c19">As a result, the UNH/Durham Water
System has developed a comprehensive Water
Resource Management Plan that includes a
detailed water use plan, a water conservation
plan, and a dam management plan.  These
plans are being incorporated into the Lamprey
River Water Management Plan which is the
final product of the Protective Instream Flow
Pilot Program. The Lamprey Water Management
Plan also establishes the protected instream
flows which are the minimum flows in the
Lamprey River necessary to sustain biological
integrity of the river habitat, and when
water users who have tapped the river for
water supply must start to
conserve. 

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Durham Bike
has relocated to Jenkins Court. 
Courtesy Todd Selig

"c19"> "c26">OWNERS OF CHICKENS AND DUCKS -
A REMINDER FROM THE ZONING
OFFICER
Zoning Officer Tom Johnson would like to
remind residents who own chicken and ducks to
please have them penned. Section 175-109B
"Accessory Animal Husbandry" of the Town's
Zoning Ordinance requires
that:

1. The
   lot on which the use is located shall have
   a minimum lot size of one hundred twenty
   thousand (120,000) square feet of
   area.
2. No
   area or structure for the housing,
   stabling, or feeding of animals shall be
   located within one hundred (100) feet of
   any property line.
3. No
   animals shall be pastured within
   twenty-five (25) feet of any property
   line.

"c27"> "c19">TOWN COUNCIL TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARING ON
PROPOSED AMBER ACRES CONSERVATION
EASEMENT

"c19">At the Durham Town Council meeting on
June 18, 2012, Councilors received a
presentation from Brian Hart, Executive
Director of the Southeast Land Trust of New
Hampshire(SELTNH) relative to a proposal
by SELTNH 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. After receiving the
presentation, the Council voted to
schedule a Public Hearing for its meeting on
Monday, July 2, 2012.

"c19">Notice of this Public Hearing is as
follows:

The
Durham Town Council will conduct a public
hearing at its regular meeting on Monday,
July 2, 2012 at 7:00 PM in the Council
Chambers at the Durham Town Hall relative to
a request being proposed to the Town of
Durham by members of the Durham Conservation
Commission as follows:

"c19">To execute a purchase and sale
agreement under which the Town of Durham
would provide funds in the amount of $250,000
toward the purchase by the Southeast Land
Trust of New Hampshire (SELTNH) of an
easement on a 39-acre portion of property
located along Mast Road (Route 155A) known as
Amber Acres (Tax Map 13, Lots 14-1 and
14-100) and that the Town accept legal
interest in said property in the form of
executory interest and authorize the
Administrator to sign an agreement and other
related documents with the SELTNH for said
executory interest.
 
Documents and information pertaining to this
proposed conservation easement project are
available for viewing in the Town
Administrator’s Office located on the
second floor of the Durham Town Hall, 15
Newmarket Road, Monday through Friday, 8:00
AM to 5:00 PM, or may be viewed by clicking
"http://ci.durham.nh.us/generalpdfs/amber_acres.pdf"
class="c28">HERE.

"c19">Interested citizens are encouraged
to attend the public hearing and express
their views.  Written comments will be
accepted until 5:00 PM on Friday, June 29,
2012 at the Town Administrator’s
office.  Comments may also be sent by
electronic mail to "mailto:jberry@ci.durham.nh.us" class=
"c28">jberry@ci.durham.nh.us.

"c19"> "c26">ORIENTATION FOR CHAIRS &
VICE CHAIRS OF TOWN
BOARDS
In an effort to provide chairs, vice chairs,
and other committee members with information
on the proper structure of meetings, the role
of the committee chair, vice chair,
secretary, alternates, and Council
representatives, as well as outlining the
basics of the Right-to-Know Law including
agenda preparation and posting, minutes of
meetings, and e-mail correspondence,
Administrator Todd Selig will hold an
orientation session for chairs and vice
chairs of the various Town boards,
commissions, and committees on Monday,
June 25, 2012 from 7:00-8:30 PM in the
Council chambers at Town Hall. At the
conclusion of the orientation, the
administrator will open the floor for a
question and answer session. All board and
committee members are welcome to attend this
important and informative
orientation.

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Employees of
Liberty Mutual reset headstones at the
cemetery located on Schoolhouse Lane for
the "Serve with
Liberty" program.

"c27"> "c19">VOLUNTEERS IN TOWN THIS
WEEK!

"c19">Residents may have seen many different
groups at work around Town this Thursday and
Friday morning.  The Public Works
Department coordinated with Liberty
Mutual’s “Serve with
Liberty” program which they launched
for their 100th anniversary.  We had
approximately 300 volunteers working at 29
different locations within the Town. 
The scope of work was a variety of things
such as trail maintenance, graveyard
upgrades, recreational area improvements,
painting projects such as the two crews today
who are painting the outside of the Durham
Police station and the snow plows at
DPW.  The volunteers have done a
fantastic job on all locations and we want to
offer a huge thanks to
them! 

"c27"> "c19">2012 PAVING PROJECT
UPDATE

"c19">As of this week, we completed phase I
of the paving program.  We will be back
in 4-5 weeks to do phase II where the final
wearing course or top coat is applied,
driveways are tied in, shoulders are backed
up, and landscaping is done in appropriate
areas. Thank you all for your
cooperation and
patience! 

"c26">DURHAM POLICE
DEPARTMENT SEEKING FULL-TIME POLICE
OFFICER

"c19">The Durham, New Hampshire Police
Department is seeking qualified applicants to
establish a list for the position of
full-time Police Officer.  The applicant
selected to serve as Police Officer will
provide law enforcement and
community-oriented services to this diverse
Seacoast/University community. To learn more
about this position, click "http://ci.durham.nh.us/generalpdfs/police_officer.pdf"
class="c28">HERE.

"c27"> "c19">INVITATION TO BID - 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="c28">HERE.

"c26">JULY 4TH
HOLIDAY REFUSE AND RECYCLING COLLECTION
SCHEDULE AND TRANSFER STATION
HOURS

"c19">Town offices will be
Closed on Wednesday, July 4th.  The
refuse and recycling schedule for that week
is as follows:

"c19">Monday and
Tuesday:  Normal
schedule.

"c19">Wednesday:  NO
COLLECTION. All Wednesday routes will be
picked up on Thursday, Thursday routes will
be picked up on
Friday.

"c19">This was communicated
to all residents in the annual newsletter.
Below is the Holiday collection schedule
taken from the back page of the
newsletter.

"c25"> "c33">HOLIDAY COLLECTION
SCHEDULE

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"c19"> "c26">ANNUAL JULY 4TH
CELEBRATION
The Rotary Club of Durham-Great Bay is again
proud to hold the annual July 4th Celebration
at Cowell Stadium on Wednesday evening,
July 4th, starting at 6:00 PM, with a rain
date of Thursday, July 5th. This year there
are several activities before the fireworks
that the Rotary hopes participants will take
advantage of. Come enjoy and celebrate
with us the founding of our great
nation!

"c25">USE OF
FIREWORKS

"c19">The State of New
Hampshire allows the use of
‘Permissible Fireworks’ for
individuals to possess and ignite.  The
list of ‘Permissible Fireworks’
is located on the State of New Hampshire Fire
Marshal’s web site.  Anyone who
intends to use fireworks should review this
list for compliance prior to
use. 

"c19">Additionally, the
Town of Durham requires the individual to
obtain a ‘Permissible Fireworks’
permit.  The fee is $200.00 and a
Certificate of Insurance is required. 
In the event the individual uses these
products and does not properly secure the
permit, a fine of $100 plus $200 (permit) and
$50 (failure to obtain a permit) will be
assessed for the first violation. 
Subsequent offenses are $300
each.

"c19">Consumer fireworks
contribute to thousands of injuries requiring
emergency medical treatment each year in this
country. The tip of a
‘sparkler’ has the same
temperature as the tip of a lit
match. Additionally, fireworks are
responsible for the ignition of outside
fires. In isolated cases, fireworks have
been the cause of fires inside structures as
well. 

"c19">The Durham Fire
Department would like to remind residents and
friends that the safest way to enjoy
fireworks this July 4th is to attend a public
display that is conducted by trained
pyrotechnic
professionals.

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"c19">Superintendent Peterson explaining to
participants attending the WWTF tour how
the high speed blowers operate with greater
energy efficiency.  "c19">Courtesy DPW

"c27"> "c19">WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TOUR EARLIER
THIS WEEK

"c19">On Tuesday this week, Daniel Peterson,
Superintendent of the Durham Wastewater
Treatment Facility, was invited to attend an
energy management seminar at the Great Bay
Discovery Center in Greenland.  This
seminar was hosted by the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA).  Mr. Peterson
was asked to give a presentation about the
recently completed energy improvements at the
Town’s Wastewater Treatment Facility.
Attendees present were representatives from
EPA, New Hampshire Department of
Environmental Service (NHDES), as well as
other Town officials from New Hampshire and
Maine.

"c19">Mr. Peterson’s presentation was
on the Aeration Blower upgrade and the other
recent and future energy saving projects that
the Town has undertaken. After the morning
session, attendees were invited to
Durham’s treatment facility to see
first-hand the mechanical and operational
changes completed to save on energy
costs. Approximately twenty members chose to
take the tour, and with such a nice day, the
tour was a great hit.

"c25"> "c26">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

"c25">$5 Wrap or Large Salad (add $2 for
steak or chicken on
salad)      

"c25">Located at 45 Main
St. 

"c19">Red Carpet Florist,
868-7021

"c25">$5 bouquets of flowers every
Friday
Located at 56 Main
St.   
 
Mino’s Roast Beef,
397-5261

"c25">$6.50 Chicken Kebob Salad (Regular
Size) on Friday
Located in the Mill Plaza

"c19">Domino’s Pizza,
868-6230

"c25">$5 Small Cheese Pizza every
Friday

"c25">Located in the Mill
Plaza

"c19">Uppercut Hair Salon,
868-7363

"c25">20% off all hair care products every
Friday

"c25">Located in the Mill
Plaza

"c25">Money spent locally stays local.
Support Durham business.

"c25"> 

"c25">If your business has a Friday deal to
offer please send it to
Ken Entz at "mailto:sentz@comcast.net" class=
"c28">sentz@comcast.net.

"c26">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=
"c28">HERE.

"c24"> "c25">Rental Housing
Commission -
Wednesday, June 27,
2012

"c24"> "c25">Planning
Board - Wednesday, June
27, 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=
"c28">http://ci.durham.nh.us/  by
clicking the DCAT on demand logo, or directly
at class=
"c28">http://dcat.pegcentral.com/.

"c25">Oyster River School Board meeting
schedule, please click "http://www.orcsd.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=113&Itemid=18"
class="c28">HERE. 

"c25">Durham Public Library Board of Trustees
meeting schedule, please click "http://www.durhampubliclibrary.org/durham/trustees.asp"
class="c28">HERE.

"c37">DCAT Programming Schedule, please click
"http://ci.durham.nh.us/COMMUNITY/channel_22/channel_22.asp"
class="c28">HERE.

"c26">WATER GARDEN
TOUR--THIS SUNDAY, JUNE 24TH, FROM NOON TO
FOUR PM, RAIN OR
SHINE

"c19">For the third year in a row, the
Seacoast Water Garden Club will begin its
summer tour season at Bayou New Hampshire
(246 Packers Falls Road in Durham). Over the
last forty-five years, sometimes with the
help of beavers, the owners of this property
have converted a meadow ditched and drained
in the Colonial era into a series of marshes
and ponds. Visitors can use a map to follow a
mown trail past more than a dozen spring-fed
ponds and several active beaver ponds.
Admission from noon until four is $2.50 with
all proceeds to benefit the York Center for
Wildlife, but Durham residents are also
invited to a free guided tour beginning
promptly at eleven AM. Wear comfortable
walking shoes. Dogs are welcome, but need to
be on a leash.

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"c27"> "c19">THE WAYSMEET CENTER NAMED A FINALIST IN
TOYOTA’S 2012 100 CARS FOR GOOD
PROGRAM

"c19">Toyota is donating 100 cars to 100
nonprofits in 100 days and the
public will choose the winners
on Facebook.

"c19">The Waysmeet Center has been named a
finalist and would use the new Toyota
vehicle to help build community, issues of
poverty, hunger, social injustices in Durham
and the surrounding community. Waysmeet is in
the contest to win a van (very much needed
for Cornucopia food pick ups). It all takes
place on one day, July 20th on
Facebook. "c25">To learn more, click
"http://ci.durham.nh.us/generalpdfs/waysmeet.pdf"
class="c28">HERE. To vote on Facebook,
click "https://www.facebook.com/events/309283159164192/"
class="c28">HERE.

"c19">For more information on the Waysmeet
Center and its efforts to win one of
Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good, please
visit their website at "http://www.unh.edu/campusministry/" class=
"c28">http://www.unh.edu/campusministry/.

"c19">For complete information
o "c19">n 100 Cars for Good and profiles of all
500 finalists, please visit "https://apps.facebook.com/carsforgood/"
class=
"c28">https://apps.facebook.com/carsforgood/.

"c40"> "c37">COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND
EVENTS

"c33"> "c37">Tour of the Oyster
River, Tuesday, June 19, 2012,
4:30-7:30 PM beginning at Jackson's Landing,
10 Old Piscataqua Road, Durham. The tour will
be held by the Oyster River Local Advisory
Committee. The public is welcome to
attend.

"c19"> "c19"> "c25"> "c33"> "c19"> "c19"> "c19"> "c25"> "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"> "c25"> "c33"> "c19"> "c19"> "c19"> "c25"> "c33"> "c19">NASCAR Nationwide Series Show
Car at Mill Road Plaza, Thursday,
July 12, 2012, 12:00 noon to 6:00
PM.
"c19"> "c19"> "c25"> "c33"> "c19"> "c19"> "c19"> "c25"> "c33"> "c19">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.

"c19"> "c19"> "c25"> "c33"> "c19"> "c19"> "c19"> "c25"> "c33"> "c19"> "c19"> "c19"> "c25"> "c33"> "c19"> "c19"> "c19"> "c25"> "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="c28">HERE or contact "mailto:suechase@growingplacesnh.org" class=
"c28">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=
"c28">http://www.unhmub.com/mub/PDF/MUB-Summer_2012.pdf

"c19">ECHO Thrift Shop, an
economic and environmentally-friendly thrift
shop at the Community Church of Durham, UCC.
S "c19">ummer clothes are now plentiful.
Children's clothes are at half price. Hours
are: Wednesday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to
2:00 p.m.
Private changing room; free parking right at
the front door of the
store.
 

"c27"> "c37">DURHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND
EVENTS

"c19">Invitation to Bid: 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. For more information visit our
library website at "http://www.durhampubliclibrary.org" class=
"c28">www.durhampubliclibrary.org.

"c19">“Dream Big,
Read” Week 1 of Summer
Reading!  Events for this week
are:
Tuesday, June 26, 10:30 a.m. – All ages
storytime (preschool) –
Dreams/Wishes!  Stories, fingerplays,
songs, feltboard and a craft!
Tuesday, June 26, 6:30 p.m.
(9-12 yr old group) – Star Wars
Trivia/games.  Come play some Star Wars
trivia and other games.  We will also
share what we’re reading.  Win
prizes!
Wednesday, June 27, 6:30
p.m. All ages Family night – NH
Children’s Museum “Up all
Night in NH” Owl program
visit!  Don’t miss this fun visit
from the NH Children’s Museum where we
learn about owls and make an owl craft!
Thursday, June 28, 3:00-4:00
p.m. (6-8 yr. old group) –
Dream Catchers!  Come and make a dream
catcher.  We will hear stories, play
games, do puzzles, crafts and share what we
are reading.
Thursday, June 28, 4:00-5:00
p.m. (young adult writing group
(ages 10 & up) – Local Young Adult
Author, Betsy Arnold, Author of
Tapestry:  Strands of Yellow and Blue
will visit!  Betsy will talk about her
novel and give us some writing
exercises.  We will add your writings to
the Durham Library blog “Write
Away”!  Write book reviews, movie,
play reviews, travel logs, poetry, song
lyrics, short stories and
more. 

"c19">Friday, June 29, 10:30
a.m. at the ORHS Multi-purpose
room.   – Summer Reading
kick-off celebration for all ages with the
Durham, Lee and Madbury Libraries featuring
Alex the Jester!  Alex is a talented
medieval jester.  Don’t miss this
fun event.
There’s still time to register
for summer reading.  Bring in
your reading logs once a week to collect your
prize.  Answer our trivia question of
the week and receive another prize. 
Help fill up our night sky map with all the
minutes we read!
Adult Summer Reading Fun begins this
week (ages 13 and up),
“Reading Under the Covers”. 
Read, hand in book reviews and be entered in
a raffle drawing for a Kindle!  Come in
to the library this week for review forms,
collect a sweet treat and be entered in the
raffle.  This program runs for 5 weeks
(the same as the Children’s Summer
Reading Program).

"c19">Check out the library's website at
"http://www.durhampubliclibrary.org/durham/"
class=
"c28">http://www.durhampubliclibrary.org/durham/ for
more information.

"c25"> "c24"> "c26">FROM "DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE A
HISTORY -
1900-1985"

"c19"> "c33">Communications-Durham's Post
office: “In 1984 there were
twenty-eight employees in the work force at
the Durham post office. Salaries and benefits
to employees amount to $637,000 a year.
Roughly 10 million pieces of mail were being
handled each year , $100,000 second- and
third-class, and 2,000 pieces of flat mail
were processed. As we look to the future, we
can expect to see no lessening in the demands
made on the post office and its personnel,k
and we can be grateful we have adequate
facilities staffed by devoted and competent
personnel who continue to 'send the mail
through.'  "c24">Published in 1985 by the Durham
Historic
Association.

"c43">Have a nice weekend.

"c37">Todd

"c37"> 

"c37">Todd I. Selig,
Administrator

"c37">Town of Durham, New
Hampshire

"c37">T: 
603-868-5571    F: 
603-868-5572

"c37">tselig@ci.durham.nh.us     class=
"c28">http://www.ci.durham.nh.us

"c25"> "c37">Everyone can
tackle climate change. How can you reduce
your carbon
footprint?