“FRIDAY
UPDATES”

November
6, 2009

View of the
Lamprey River during the drawdown at the McCallen dam in
Newmarket

Courtesy Neil
Niman

Hopefully, residents are settling
into the fall as the weather cools and leaves collect on lawns, riverbanks, and
local roadways.

Town
Offices Closed for Veterans Day

A final reminder that all Town
Offices will be closed on Wednesday, November 11, 2009, in observance of
Veterans Day. Offices will reopen for regular business hours on Thursday
morning, November 12, 2009. All commercial
recycling and refuse routes will continue as regularly scheduled.

Downtown
design workshop: Other ways to be heard

The show is on the road! Thursday
night marked the start of the design workshop (held at UNH's Holloway Commons)
that will focus on Durham's downtown and commercial core. The B.
Dennis Town Design team depends on residents to help them form a vision for our
future.

Some people who wish to participate
are out of town. Others may feel unwilling to speak in public. Yet others might
only be able to zip in for a few minutes or are physically unable to join the
process.

We have a solution. To provide input
to the design team, please send your comments to design_charrette@ci.durham.nh.us
and we will make sure your comments reach their
ears. 

Public
hearings SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 16^TH TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

On Monday,
November 16, 2009, the Durham Town Council will hold public hearings on the
items listed below. Click on the individual items to view more information for
each (if available).

Town
Charter Amendment to Section 5.12

Ordinance
#2009-11

Resolution
#2009-24

Resolution #2009-25

Proposed FY 2010
Budget

SPRUCE
HOLE BOG – BRONZE PLAQUE UNVEILING

On Tuesday, November 17, 2009,
beginning at 1:30 PM, members of the public are invited to an unveiling ceremony
of an official US Government bronze plaque given to the Town by The National
Parks Service (NPS) recognizing the Spruce Hole bog as a unique geological
occurrence. The bog is a kettle hole, which is a  depression left by the
melting of an ice block lodged in a deposit of till or drift. Kettles are often
found embedded in moraines and on outwash plains.

Directions:   The Spruce Hole Bog is
located off of Packers Falls
Road (the Lee end) Approximately 750 feet west of the
Mill
Road intersection. Park along the north (forest) side
of Packers Falls
Road. Signage and Police detail will be provided.
Walk through gate and follow logging road to Spruce Hole site (approximately
1375 feet). Please wear waterproof footwear.

HICKORY POND INN IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS AS
USUAL

Jane Brown
Sparks would like to thank all of those in the community who have offered their
support in this difficult time.  Jane is still living at the Inn and running it on a daily
basis--nothing has changed.  She is
still doing gatherings of any kind and would be happy to host your
event.  She is offering a 'WINTER STIMULUS DEAL"  featuring 
rooms for $73 per night, which includes the extended
continental breakfast in the morning.  So if you
have family or friends coming to town, Jane
will be glad to
have them as guests in her "Home away from
Home."

Safe
Routes to School

The Department of
Public Works, in
collaboration with the Oyster River
Middle School, has been
busy preparing a Safe Routes To School Grant which has a deadline of Monday,
November 9th.  If the grant is awarded, over $100,000 could come to
Durham to improve sidewalks,
pathways, and signage around the
Oyster
River Middle
School as well as provide funding for biking and
walking educational workshops and additional crossing guards during the morning
and afternoon rush hours.   

FALL
CLEANUP

Fall Cleanup
will begin on Monday, November 9, 2009.  All items must be out by 7:00 AM
that day and fit the criteria to guarantee their pickup.  Please follow the
below guidelines to guarantee a successful fall cleanup:

§        
Leaves should be placed in paper
leaf bags (remember, plastic bags are not recyclable).  Paper bags may be
purchased at Durham Marketplace, Home Depot or Lowes.  Loose leaves will
not be accepted but may be brought to the Transfer Station &
Recycling Center on Durham Point Road
with a permit at no additional charge on Tuesdays and Saturdays between 7:30am
and 3:15pm.

§        
Brush should be placed in one
direction, bundled, and tied with string (no wire
please).

§        
Brush and limbs must be no
greater than 5 feet in length and 5 inches in
diameter.

§        
The amount of brush and limbs is
limited to one truckload per household.

§        
Cutting off small limbs from
branches will help maximize each load.

§        
Remember, backyard composting
your leaves and brush reduces the flow of waste while at the same time producing
valuable organic matter for the soil.  It improves your soil and the plants
growing in it.

FOUND – MISSING
GLOVE

If you visited the Department of
Public Works last week and lost a Brown Leather glove with fur
trim, please stop in to
the DPW office to claim the glove. 

Depot
Road Culvert Repair

The work on the
storm water culvert under the Depot
Road parking lot began recently. 
The Department of
Public Works received a
second Brownfields grant last year totaling
$200,000 to repair the
8-foot storm water culvert that
carries
storm water from
A lot beneath Depot
Road to Pettee Brook. 

PUBLIC
INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS – BEARDS CREEK IMPOUNDMENT & DRAWDOWN OF THE MILL
POND

On Monday, November 9, 2009
beginning at 6:30 PM, a public informational meeting regarding the drawdown of
the Beards Creek impoundment will be held at the Durham Police Station on Route
108 (Dover Road) in the conference room.  Immediately following the Beards
Creek session, another public informational meeting will be held in the same
conference room beginning at approximately 7:00 PM regarding the drawdown of the
Mill Pond on the Oyster River. The Department of Public Works
plans to temporarily drain the impoundments starting on or around November 12,
2009 in order to inspect, collect samples, and perform maintenance on
infrastructure that are inaccessible when the impoundments are full.  The
water will be released slowly over a 3 to 4 day period with the refilling
starting on or before November 27, 2009.  Anyone interested in learning
about these drawdown events is encouraged to attend the November 9th meetings.
Questions and comments should be directed to Town Engineer David Cedarholm at
(603) 868-5578.

PROPERTY
TAX BILLS

Second half 2009 tax bills were
mailed today, Friday, November 6^th and will be due by Monday,
December 7^th.  A return envelope will be enclosed with the
bills.  This envelope is addressed to the Town’s lock box in Manchester. However, if
property owners prefer they can pay in person at the Town Office, or mail
payments directly to the Tax Collector at the Town Office, 15 Newmarket Road, Durham, NH 03824.

WATER
AND SEWER BILLS

Water and sewer bills were mailed in
October and are due November 13^th.  Options for payment are the
same as with tax payments explained above.

DOG
LICENSES

Civil forfeitures will be issued on
unlicensed dogs after Friday, November 13^th.  Anyone who has
received a notice that their dog(s) are unlicensed are asked to please respond
immediately to avoid the issuance of a civil forfeiture. 

Binge
Drinking Levels among Youth

The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration recently released a study that shows that binge
drinking levels across the United States remains high.
Nationally, almost 23 percent of Americans had binged on alcohol within the past
30 days. These data were derived from the 2002-2003 National Surveys on Drug Use
and Health. To view a copy of the study, visit

http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k3State/toc.htm

Did
you Know…?

Compared to teens who have frequent
family dinners (five or more per week), those who have infrequent family dinners
(fewer than three per week) are more than one and a half times likelier to use
alcohol? This is according to the  Importance of Family Dinners V, a new
report by The National Center on
Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia
University.

PUBLIC
MEETING SCHEDULE

The following public meetings are
scheduled for the coming week in the Town Council chambers at the Durham Town
Office and will begin at 7:00 PM 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. 

Closing presentation of planning
Charrette process – Monday, November 9, 2009 (6:30 PM at
Holloway Commons)

Town Council Budget Work session –
Monday, November 9, 2009 (8:30 PM
following the closing Charrette presentation)

Zoning Board of Adjustment –
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

DCAT Governance Committee –
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 (7:00 PM, PD
Community Room)

Conservation Commission – Thursday,
November 12, 2009

Economic Development Committee –
Friday, November 13, 2009 (7:30
AM)

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 PARKS & RECREATION
PROGRAMS

§        
Sunday, November 8 2009, 12:00 noon-2:00 PM, Oyster
River Middle School Athletic Field: Pickup
Ultimate Frisbee. Enjoy a relaxed, family-friendly game of pickup
ultimate Frisbee.  Bring a light and dark colored shirt.

§        
Durham Parks & Recreation Activities Room:
Tai Chi.
6-week sessions start in mid-November. Morning session: Thursdays, 10:00 AM
(begin 11/12).   Evening sessions: 6:15 PM (begin 11/16). Each 6-week
session is $50.00.

§        
Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 7:00 – 8:00 PM, Meet the Parks and Recreation Director and
members of the Parks and Recreation Committee, and tour the Durham Parks and Recreation Facility (the old
Durham Courthouse). Light refreshments will be
served. For more information, please contact Sara Badger at badgernh@comcast.net.

§        
Saturday, November 14, 2009, 1:00 PM, Centennial
Celebration of Doe Farm. Meet at the Doe Farm parking area on
Bennett
Road for an informative walk of the Doe
property.

§        
Tuesday, November 17, 2009, Durham Parks &
Recreation Activities Room:  On The Ball: Basic Stability Ball
Training. Bounce your way to better health.  6-week
sessions start in November.  One class meets at 2:00 PM and another meets
at 5:30 PM. 

§        
Zumba – Pilates –
Bootcamp: Parks & Recreation Department is now offering
classes taught by Kathy Kerrigan. 

You can sign up for P&R classes
at the P&R office, 2 Dover
Road, or at the Town Clerk’s Office located in Town
Hall. Contact Michael Mengers at
817-4074, mmengers@ci.durham.nh.us, for more
information or to register. Follow the Town of Durham Parks & Recreation Department on
Facebook.  Search “Town of Durham Parks”. 

COMMUNITY EVENTS

§        
Saturday, November 7, 2009: Scouting For Food Service Project.
The
Durham Boy Scout Troop 154 will collect non-perishable food items for local
pantries. Boy Scouts will place flyers on the front door of Durham residents describing
the project and requesting a food donation.  On the morning of the
following Saturday, November 14th, Scouts will collect the donations that are
left on the front porch or another visible location between 10:00 AM and 12:00
noon.

§        
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 6:30 PM, Huddleston Hall,
UNH: Growing Places Fall
Auction, with a special
performance by the band “Bliss”. For more information, contact
Sue
Chase, 868-1335, suechase@growingplacesnh.org.

§        
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 7:00 PM,
Stone
Church, 5 Granite Street, Newmarket, On Belay event: Hypnotist
Paul Ramsay and “When I Say the Word”. For more information or to make a
reservation contact Sasha Eisele, Executive Director of On Belay, sasha@on-belay.org, or visit On Belay’s
website www.on-belay.org.

§        
November 8, 2009

§        
Sunday, November 8, 2009, 3:00 PM, Museum of Art,
Paul
Creative Arts Center:  UNH Chamber Orchestra performs Haydn's Symphony No.
83, La Poule (The Hen), and Peggy Vagts, professor of Music, UNH,
performs Mozart's Flute Concerto in G Major. Music director Christopher Hill
conducts. Free to the public. For more information, call (603) 862-3712,
www.unh.edu/moa, museum.of.art@unh.edu.

§        
Thursday, November 12, 2009, 7:00 – 8:30 PM; Friday,
November 13, 2009, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM; and Saturday, November 14, 2009, 10:00 AM
– 2:00 PM, Durham Public Library, 7 Mill Plaza: Friends of DPL Fabulous Fall Used Book Sale. For more
information, contact the Library at (603) 868-6699.

Weekly
Police Arrest Report

*Commenced September 1, 2009 

Historical data
for the same week

This data represents the 2009/10
Academic year report which begins anew each August

when UNH students begin arriving in
Durham.

FROM
HISTORY IN AN OYSTERSHELL – 1600 – 1976

“1960 – Each fall mayoralty
campaigns were a campus tradition. Two weeks prior to Home Coming ambitious
candidates vied with each other with fantastic promises and public exhibitions.
The only official duty was to host the half-time of the game with high jinks and
hilarity.”

Have a nice
weekend.

Todd

Todd I. Selig, Administrator

Town of Durham
15 Newmarket Road
Durham, New Hampshire 03824
Tel
(603) 868-5571
Fax (603) 868-5572
tselig@ci.durham.nh.us
www.ci.durham.nh.us

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