“FRIDAY
UPDATES”

Friday,
October 8, 2010

 

Bryant Park West, Mast
Road

 

Durham student
housing development goes green! The recently completed Bryant Park West
development, located on Mast
Road, consists of 42 dwelling units with 1,2,3, and
4-bedroom units. Innovative,
durable construction includes the use of solar panels, green roofs (yes, there
are plants up there!), energy efficient appliances, solar thermal heat and hot
water, pervious pavement, and single stream recycling. 

 

34^TH
ANNUAL LEIF ERICSON PARADE – HEAR THE SOUND OF THE LEATHER
HORN

The 34^th annual Leif
Ericson Parade will be held early on Sunday morning, October 10, 2010 on
Main
Street in Durham. Everyone who is an admirer of Leif
Ericson is eligible to assemble at 6:30 AM at the Laundromat that Sunday
morning. The 25-foot parade to the restaurant next door begins when the leather
horn that once led Vikings into adventure is sounded.  To view the YouTube
video of the 2008 Leif Ericson Parade, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7iNyrKQN4E.

 

TOWN
OFFICES CLOSED - COLUMBUS DAY HOLIDAY

A final reminder that all Town
offices will be closed for the Columbus Day holiday on Monday, October 11, 2010,
and will reopen for business on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at 8:00 AM. Please
note that there will be NO CHANGE
to the refuse and
recycling collection. All items must be out by 7:00 AM.

 

INVITATION
TO JOHN HATCH EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS

President
Mark W. Huddleston and Emma Bricker invite members of the community to join them
for an exhibition of paintings by the late John Hatch, Saturday, Oct. 9 from 3-5
p.m. at the president’s house.

http://www.unh.edu/ucm/artinthehouse/oct9.html

 

DEPUTY
TREASURER RESIGNS

On
October 1, 2010, Morris Bowes resigned from his position as the Town’s Deputy
Treasurer. Town Treasurer Richard Lilly has appointed Karl Van Asselt to fulfill
the duties of Deputy Treasurer.

 

Campus
Safety Walk

Last week, Chief Kurz was invited to
participate in a UNH Campus Safety Walk by Vice President Mark Rubinstein. 
This annual event occurs with numerous UNH officials and student representatives
walking the campus at night to inspect the campus for any safety issues or
deficiencies.  While the group had a number of locations on campus to
inspect which were in need of additional or updated lighting, for the first time
the group wanted to discuss several off-campus locations.  As the group
walked along Garrison
Avenue, Strafford Avenue, and Madbury Road, there
was discussion about the potential of installing “Blue Light Telephones” in some
of these off campus locations. 

 

A Blue Light Phone is an emergency
telephone located inside a tower with a blue light attached to the top of the
tower. When an emergency occurs, a person need only press the button on the
tower to immediately connect to UNH dispatch services.  There is immediate
two-way communication which enables the dispatchers to quickly determine the
individual’s situation and simultaneously assign officer/s to the location of
the activated telephone. Additionally, when the button to call is pushed, the
blue light on top of the tower is immediately activated enabling anyone in
proximity to notice there is an issue at that location. The system is viewed as
one more way for individuals in the Durham community to contact the police if they
need assistance.

 

Chief Kurz will explore the
installation of these emergency telephones in areas that experience significant
student pedestrian activity.

 

Administrator Selig is looking at
this as a potential collaborative effort to benefit both Durham residents and UNH
students living on and off campus.

 

2011
BUDGET REVIEW AND DEVELOPMENT

Business Manager Gail Jablonski and
Todd Selig have met with representatives from various Town Boards and committees
as well as all department heads to review each of their proposed 2011 budget
requests. The one-on-one budget meetings are done each year in an effort to
gain a better understanding of each department/committee's priorities and needs
early on in the budget development process prior to any budgetary decisions
being made.

 

It is interesting to note that all
requests, including capital projects, result in a 17.9% increase in spending.
This increase will certainly not be recommended to the Town Council,
which means the Town Administrator and Business Manager still have much work to
do in order to bring to the Council a reasonable and fiscally-responsible budget
for its deliberation and final adoption.

 

Upon finalizing the budget
development process, the proposed 2011 budget will be submitted to the Town
Council, along with the proposed 2011-2020 Capital Improvement Program in
accordance with Section 5.2. of the Town Charter, which states: "At such time as may be requested by the
Administrator or specified by the Administrative Code, each officer or director
of a department shall submit an itemized estimate of the expenditures for the
next fiscal year for the departments or activities under his control to the
Administrator. The Administrator shall, based on these estimates and other data,
prepare a recommended budget which he shall, together with these department
estimates, submit to the Council no later than the last workday prior to
November 1 of the current year." 

 

In addition, Section 5.4. “Final
date for budget adoption” of the Durham Town Charter states that “The budget shall be adopted not later than the last
workday of the preceding fiscal year…. Failure by the Council to adopt a budget
by the deadline established in this section will establish the budget as
recommended by the Administrator as
the adopted budget.”

 

On November 1^st, copies
of the proposed budget, as well as the proposed 2011-2020 Capital Improvement
Plan (CIP), will be presented to the Town Council and made available for viewing
at the Business Manager’s office on the second floor of the Durham Town Hall
located at 15 Newmarket Road, and at the Durham Public
Library located in the Mill Plaza Shopping Center. Questions
regarding these documents may be addressed to Business Manager Gail Jablonski at 868-8043, gjablonski@ci.durham.nh.us.

 

A
Public Hearing
on the proposed FY 2011 budget will
be held at the regular Town Council meeting on Monday, November 15, 2010. This
meeting will be broadcast live on Channel 22 as well as taped for
rebroadcast.

 

 

BICYCLE
USE AT THE MAIN STREET
WEST ROUNDABOUT

The standard bicycle and roundabout
design conventions were used to develop the bike lane at the newly constructed
Main Street
West roundabout. This is the current state of
practice for roundabouts and bike lanes, and hopefully it will be intuitive for
cyclists.  

 

Bicyclists in the bike lane (shown in green on above sketch)
approaching the roundabout have two alternatives based on their biking style,
preference, and comfort level:

 

1.   Share a lane and
yield with cars awaiting entrance into and through the roundabout.  Much
like the downtown Durham standard for bikes…at speeds at less
than 20 mph a shared lane
approach is used.  The roundabout is designed and posted for 15 mph
navigation – within the shared lane standard.  It is expected that most
cyclists traveling in the bike lanes will use this method.  As always, and
in compliance with state law, cars are to give way to bikes in a shared lane.

 

2.   For those
uncomfortable sharing a lane in the roundabout there are ‘escape’ lanes (shown in pink connecting with the multi-use
bike/pedestrian path and crossings – also in pink) on both east and
west approach to the roundabout that allow the cyclists to join the
bike/pedestrian path and cross South Drive and Main Street with pedestrians –
either rejoining the bike lane or continuing on the path.

 

MAIN
STREET WEST
RECREATION PATH – RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY

On Friday, October 15, 2010 at 12:15
PM, a ribbon cutting ceremony of the new UNH and Town of Durham Main Street West
Path will be held at the entrance to the new path located
in the West Edge-Lot S parking lot. Please join representatives from UNH Energy
& Campus Development, Healthy UNH, Busby Construction, NHDOT, and Town of
Durham in celebrating the completion of his new
gateway path from UNH West Edge to downtown Durham. For more information, click HERE.

 

STATE
CANDIDATES BREAKFAST

A State Candidates Breakfast, hosted
by the Greater Dover Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee and
Federal Savings Bank, will be held on Thursday, October 28, 2010 from 7:30 –
9:30 AM at The Green Bean, McConnell Center, 30 St. Thomas Street, Dover, NH. A
continental breakfast will be served. The breakfast will feature a facilitated
discussion between:

 

Candidates for State
Senate:          State Senator
Amanda Merrill (D) and Peter Angerhofer (R)

Candidates for Executive
Council:  Executive Councilor Bev Hollingworth (D) and Chris Sununu
(R)

 

Candidates for State Representative,
County
Commissioners, and other
offices will be introduced at the beginning of the session. Following the formal
discussion between candidates, there will be time for one-on-one
conversation.

 

DPW UNH engineering intern John
Coulp-yu stands next to approx.

2,000 cubic yards of
woodchips.  (Courtesy
DPW)

 

WOODCHIPS

As a result of the wind storm last
winter there was an excess of storm debris which the DPW chipped for FEMA storm
assessment purposes. This resulted in over 2,000 cubic yards of chips. The DPW
was able to deliver around 345 cubic yards of woodchips to approximately 44
residents. While woodchips are always available at the Transfer Station, the DPW
is open to the idea of another delivery should the need arise in the future.

 

Rescinding
Water Conservation Efforts

Area rivers are approaching their
normal levels. As a result, it is no longer necessary to implement water
conservation efforts beyond the normal stage. New Hampshire Department of
Environmental Services will also be releasing water from Lake Pawtuckaway which will boost flows in the Lamprey River through the rest of the
fall. We wish to thank Durham residents for their voluntary assistance
with helping to provide adequate water supplies during the past water
conservation efforts.

 

Wiswall
Drawdown for Bridge Work

The Department of Public Works is in
the process of lowering the reservoir upstream of the Wiswall Dam on the Lamprey
River in preparation to perform final punch list items on the lower part of the
Wiswall Bridge abutments. The bridge work should be completed by mid-October.
Water system withdrawal has also been switched over from the Lamprey River
back to the Oyster
River.

 

Questions and comments should be
directed to Durham Town Engineer David Cedarholm at (603)
868-5578.

 

 DPW emergency generator
formerly located at the Fire Department

(Courtesy
DPW)

 

SuCCESSFUL
INSTALLATION OF downSHIFTED EQUPMENT AT DPW

The Department of Public Works
recently acquired the old emergency generator which was located at the Fire
Department. This generator became available when the Fire Department upgraded to
a newer generator. The DPW has never had a generator which has caused
operational problems during previous storms and power outages. This piece of
equipment will allow basic DPW facility operations to continue during any power
outages. The generator is run on natural gas and should provide clean, reliable
emergency power.

 

DURHAM
PUBLIC WORKS - Gone Green!

The Department of Public Works has
expanded its use of biodiesel to include all diesel-run vehicles in its fleet.
Previously, the Maintenance Department ran 25% of the diesel fleet on biodiesel
on a trial basis. The department found no negative impact and has expanded use
of biodiesel to include the entire fleet. All fuels are purchased through the
State Fuel Purchasing Program at a reduced cost. This allows the Department of
Public Works to utilize the NHDOT biodiesel pumps located at UNH.  Like
diesel, biodiesel prices fluctuate. Last month biodiesel prices were $0.10 lower
than diesel. This month prices are $0.03 higher than diesel. While biodiesel is
not always the cheaper option, the Department of Public Works is working to
implement environmentally-sound practices wherever possible in furtherance of
the Town’s overall goal of sustainability.

 

 

New
Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) – ROUTE 4 Paving Project

NHDOT recently met with Public Works
Director Mike Lynch, Deputy Police Chief Rene Kelly, Deputy Fire Chief
Steve McCusker, and Administrator
Todd Selig to discuss the details of a roadway improvement project on Route 4
from Lee to Durham which includes the section of Route 4 from just east of the
Lee traffic circle to near the Durham Wastewater Treatment Plant. The total
length of this project is 6.1 miles at a total project cost of $4.5 million to
be funded through the Federal Highway Administration. This project is scheduled
to take 18 months over two summer seasons starting April 2011 through October
2012.

 

The project scope includes: cold
planing, repaving of Route 4 (including the on and off ramps), guardrail
replacement, new signage, new retroreflective traffic pavement markings, and the
rehabilitation of the six bridge decks within the project limits. Cold planing
is the grinding and removal of existing pavement in order to remove the damaged
and delaminated pavement. The paving portion of the project will be night
work.

 

Durham residents will be minimally
impacted; however, the work associated with the Bagdad Road bridge
overpass near Coe
Drive may require traffic phasing or a detour. The
work for this section of the project will only take place during the summer
months while school is not in session.

 

Town representatives introduced the
NHDOT team to the 2000 Route 4 Safety Study which had been completed years ago
and also inquired whether we could jointly bid to include both Durham and NHDOT
paving work scheduled for 2011 in order to garner more competitive bids for all
parties.

 

NHDOT will be requesting bids from
contractors beginning this November.

 

Residents with questions may contact
NHDOT Bureau of Highway Design, Final Design Team Leader Robert E. Davis at
(603) 271-6504.

 

Antique cars on display during
Durham Day 2010
           

  (Courtesy
William Lenharth)

 

Car
show at Durham
Day

The car show this year was planned
to be the largest ever with the invitation of a local car club as well as
Durham car
owners.  A combination of car bad luck and poor weather kept most cars
away.  There were four attendees from Massachusetts.  Three intrepid Durham owners got their cars to the show - Dr. Kevin Dugas
had his father’s original and very low mileage 1965 Plymouth, Jim Hornbeck brought his 1939 Chevrolet Hot Rod,
and finally Stan Aviza brought his 1941 Pontiac. One other local addition and a real
crowd-pleaser was Durham’s own 1931 Seagrave Fire Truck. 
This vehicle was brought back from the junk pile by some hard work from a very
few Durham, Lee, and Barrington
residents.

 

WASTE
DISPOSAL & RECYCLING EXTENSION AGREEMENT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE

The
Town is currently in negotiations with Waste Management of New Hampshire, Inc.
to extend its Waste Disposal and Recycling Agreement for a five-year period. The
extension period would be from November 20, 2010 to November 19, 2015. Under the
terms of the draft contract, upon mutual consent of the parties, not less than
90 days prior to the expiration of the then current term, the agreement could be
extended for one additional term of five years. We hope to include an option for
single stream recycling as part of the contract
extension.

 

INTEGRATED
WASTE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE (IWMAC)

The Integrated Waste Management
Advisory Committee (IWMAC) works within the community of Durham to reduce the total
amount of solid waste generated by increasing community awareness and
participation in waste management issues. The committee meets for less
than two hours each month to develop creative and educational outreach programs
which promote sustainability. 

 

The IWMAC meets the third
Thursday of the month at 7:00 PM and is looking for enthusiastic individuals to
help with Swap Shop events, informative articles, and recycling
initiatives. Residents interested in joining the IWMAC should complete a board
appointment application form and submit it to Jen
Berry at //us.f380.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=jberry@ci.durham.nh.us" href="http://us.f380.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=jberry@ci.durham.nh.us" target="_blank">jberry@ci.durham.nh.us. Please read
details below on how to obtain an application form.

 

Vacancies
on Various Town Boards

The Durham Town Council is seeking
interested residents of the Town of Durham who have the ability, desire, and time
needed to serve on the Town boards and/or committees listed below that currently
have vacancies. Application forms may be obtained by:

 

Ø     
Going to the Town web site, www.ci.durham.nh.us, under the heading “I
WANT TO” on the right-hand side in the blue box.

Ø     
Emailing Administrative Assistant Jennie Berry at jberry@ci.durham.nh.us and requesting
an application form.

Ø     
Stopping in at the Town Clerk’s office located on the
first floor of the Town Hall, 15
Newmarket Road and completing an application
form.

 

Completed applications may be mailed
to the Town Administrator’s office, or submitted via email to jberry@ci.durham.nh.us.

 

Durham Cable Access Television
(DCAT) Governance Committee (1 regular and 1 alternate
vacancy)

Economic Development Committee (1
regular vacancy)

Integrated Waste Management Advisory
Committee (3 vacancies)

Planning Board (1 regular and 1
alternate vacancy)

Strafford Regional Planning
Commission & MPO Policy Committee (1 vacancy)

Zoning Board of Adjustment (1
regular member vacancy)

 

Sergeant
Mike Bilodeau Returns from FBI National
Academy

Sergeant Mike Bilodeau returned from
the FBI National Academy located in Quantico, Virginia last week.  The FBI National
Academy is a ten-week professional
course of study designed for U.S. and international law
enforcement leaders.  The goal of the academy is to improve the
administration of justice in police departments and agencies at home and abroad
and to raise law enforcement standards, knowledge, and cooperation worldwide.
Attendance is by invitation only and all expenses are covered by the FBI. 
Sergeant Bilodeau completed courses in Interview Strategies Through Statement
Analysis, Legal Issues for Command Level Officers, Media and Public Speaking as
well as a course entitled The Design of Organizational Ethics.  Each course
required Sergeant Bilodeau to complete a research paper and to present his
findings to his class.  Sergeant Bilodeau indicated that there were police
managers from 49 states and 26 foreign countries.  His roommate was the
Deputy Chief for the Montana State Police.  In total there were 263
students attending what was the 75^th anniversary of the National Academy.  As a footnote, Sergeant
Bilodeau was the only officer from New
Hampshire.

 

DEA
Drug Take Back Program

The
Durham Police participated in the National DEA “Prescription Drug Take Back”
event recently.  In the six New England
states, 350 law enforcement agencies participated by creating a secure
collection site.  The Durham Police were appreciative of this coordinated
effort by DEA as the program created an opportunity for citizens to dispose of
their old or unused prescriptions which they did in great numbers as the police
facility lobby was busy during the entire event.  On Monday, the disposed
drugs were delivered to DEA’s collection point at Pease where it was weighed and
later incinerated under appropriately secure and environmental conditions. 
The coordinated effort in New England collected 25,810 pounds of prescription
medication of which, Durham contributed 52 pounds and more
importantly, enabled residents to appropriately dispose of old, unwanted or
excess prescription drugs. A thank you is extended to all who participated in
working together in making Durham a safer place to
live.

 

Volunteers
Still Needed for the Master Plan Advisory Committee
(MPAC)

The Town of Durham is preparing to
update the Master Plan and we need your help.  We are looking for four (4)
more citizens to volunteer and join the Master Plan Advisory Committee and help
get the visioning process underway this fall.  The visioning process will
be the first step toward updating several chapters of the Master Plan including
the Commercial Core chapter, Land Use Regulations chapter,
Environmental/Cultural Resources chapter, Tax Stabilization (Economic
Development) chapter, and a new Energy chapter.  This effort will be led by
the MPAC in conjunction with the Planning & Community Development Department
and we will be working with the UNH Cooperative Extension.  The Town was
successful in securing a grant from the Extension and their staff will be
helping facilitate the Master Plan visioning process.  The first
organizational meeting for the MPAC is scheduled for next Tuesday, October 12,
2010 at 7 PM at the Parks & Recreation Department in the old courthouse
building.

 

To help those
interested in volunteering, it will be helpful to explain meeting/time
commitments.  We are hoping to have a kick-off meeting of the MPAC in early
to mid October.  The full MPAC will then meet once a month through the
beginning of next year, which would be around four (4) meetings.  These
meetings will most likely be around two (2) hours long.  The MPAC members
will also be asked to work on one of two subcommittees.  The first
subcommittee will be working on setting up the visioning forum.  The
visioning forum will be a public forum that will allow citizens to provide their
vision for a variety of topics that will be related to the chapters being
updated after the visioning process has been completed.  The second
subcommittee will be working on the citizen survey.  We would like to
create a user-friendly web-based survey (hard copies will also be available) to
allow for citizens to provide their opinions on a variety of topics helpful for
planning the future of Durham.  These subcommittees may meet
biweekly and will meet until about mid November.  You should estimate
another 6-8 meetings for the subcommittees and these meetings may be an hour or
two (2).  All meetings are open to the public.

 

This is going to be
a very exciting process that will eventually lead to the updating of the Master
Plan chapters and we will be hiring a consultant to help in that next phase.
 If you have any questions, would like any additional information, or would
like to volunteer, please do not hesitate to contact the Director of Planning
& Community Development, Jim Campbell, at 868-8064 or jcampbell@ci.durham.nh.us so we can
get the visioning process underway.

 

Administrator
Selig to Attend ICMA’s 96th Annual Conference in San José, California

A reminder that Administrator Selig
will be attending the International City/County Management Association (ICMA)
annual conference this year in San Jose’, California from October 16 – 20,
2010. 

 

Mr. Selig departs October
15^th and returns early in the morning on October
21^st.  During his absence, Business Manager Gail Jablonski will
serve as “Acting Administrator”.

 

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. 

 

Zoning Board of Adjustment –
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Planning Board – Wednesday, October
13, 2010

Conservation Commission – Thursday,
October 14, 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

 

Guided
Trail Tour This Saturday – 10:00am

Join the Parks & Recreation
Department for a guided nature tour at Bayou New Hampshire.  Bayou
New Hampshire,
the name Town Councilor Julian Smith has given to the property he and his wife
purchased in 1968, contains meadows, woods, marshes, spring-fed swimming holes,
beaver ponds, and a brook with a series of granite waterfalls.  On
Saturday, October 9th at 10:00am, Smith will be having an open house on his
property and invites Durham residents and visitors to join him as he
gives a guided tour of his trail system.  On the tour you will see many
ponds and the huge glacial erratics known as the Handkerchief Rocks. Those
participating should arrive at 246
Packers Falls Road by 10:00am or slightly
before.  For more information contact P&R Director Michael Mengers at
817-4074, mmengers@ci.durham.nh.us.  (Rain date is Saturday, October 16th
at 10:00am.)  For a map of Bayou New Hampshire, click HERE.

 

6-Week
Yoga Session Starts Thursday, October
28^th, 5:30pm

A new 6-week Yoga session with Abby
Gaul is being offered by Parks & Rec.  Class will take place on
Thursday nights from 5:30 to 6:30pm at the Durham Parks &
Rec Building.  Class begins on October
28^th and will meet on 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 12/2, 12/9.The class is
$30.  Contact P&R Director Michael Mengers at mmengers@ci.durham.nh.us, 817-4074 to register. 
.

 

The
Parks & Recreation Nature Note – Mill Pond
Park

Mill
Pond is recognized as one of Durham’s most scenic landmarks and home of The
Swans.  The Pond is a great place to kick back and relax with a picnic and
enjoy a view.  Get out to the pond soon before the swans fly south for the
winter.   Once the pond freezes solid it is a great place for ice
skating, cross country skiing and snowshoeing up the Oyster River.  A marked trail connects
Mill Pond Park
with Milne
Park.  You can find
Mill
Pond Park on Mill Pond Road, off of Newmarket
Road. 

 

Members of Durham’s Fire Department
read to preschoolers during

Storytime at the Durham Public Library
 (Courtesy
DPL)

 

Durham
Public Library Programs and Events

§        
Preschool Storytime Tues. Oct.
12th and Thurs. Oct. 14^th at 10:30 a.m.  This week: Me! Join us for
stories, fingerplays, songs, feltboard and a craft.

§        
A big thank-you to the Durham Fire
Department
for their visit to Storytime last week!!

§        
Granite Earth “Healthy Child,
Healthy Planet”  7 week series meets again on Tues. Oct. 12th,
7:45-9:15 pm.

§        
Lyme Disease Support
Group, Tues.
Oct. 12^th , 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

§        
CPR and AED
Certification with McGregor Memorial EMS, Weds. Oct.13^th, 6:00-8:30 p.m.

§        
Bibliotherapy Book
Group, Weds.
Oct. 13^th 7:00-8:00 p.m.  The Glassblower of Murano by
Marina Fiorato will be discussed.

§        
The patch
program, our
reading incentive program for children aged 2-12 years has started. 
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.

§        
Registration for Tales for tails
has started.  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 now at the library for 4 week sessions
beginning in October. There will be a new session in November and another one in
December.

§        
Young adults 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. Visit our website at www.durhampubliclibrary.org for
more information. 

 

COMMUNITY
EVENTS

§        
Sunday, Oct 10^th, 1:00 – 3:00 PM, Murkland
Courtyard in front of Dimond Library - UNH
STUDENT ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COALITION will host a kick-off event to
bring drying racks to dorms on campus and fight climate change in Durham. 
Worldwide, communities are gathering on October 10 to work on projects that will
reduce carbon emissions and build community. For more information, visit 350.org.

§        
Saturday, Oct 16th, 6:00 – 10:00 PM, The Barn at
Winecellar Farm, 21 Winecellar
Road, Durham –
ORYA LIVE AND SILENT AUCTION. This
adult only event will raise much needed money for programming, coach’s training,
equipment, and scholarships. For more information, contact Nick or Mike at ORYA,
868-5150.

§        
Saturday, Oct 30^th, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM and
Oct 31^st, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, Durham Community Church – FAIR TRADE
PRODUCTS SALE. You can make a
difference in the lives of families in developing countries that under extremely
harsh conditions make high quality, distinctive arts and crafts in order to
support their families.  By purchasing these handmade items, one can
support micro-economic businesses which provide income to families who have no
other means of support. Unique items will be for sale from Afghanistan, Guatemala, Honduras, Kenya, Nepal, Niger, Panama, and Uganda. 
Fair Trade coffee, tea, and chocolate will also be available. 
 

§        
Friday, October 22^nd, 8:00 – 11:00 PM,
Jessie Doe Hall, UNH Campus – HAUNTED
HOUSE. Admission is $3, or 3 canned goods, or some combination
thereof. Monetary proceeds and canned goods will go to Cornucopia Food Pantry at
Waysmeet
Center and towards the
holiday food baskets.

§        
Saturday, October 30^th, 5:00 – 7:30 PM -
DUrham Trick-or-Treating

§        
UNH PAUL CREATIVE ARTS
PROGRAMS
– Visit http://www.unh.edu/moa

 

Sat., Oct 9th	3:00 – 5:00 PM	PCAC	Open House	Wander the corridors and practice rooms and “eavesdrop” on the creative process.
Sun., Oct 10th	1:00 PM	Museum of Art, PCAC	Sunday Salon Series	The first program, Embracing the Past: The Birth of the Art Department, UNH
Tue., Oct 12th	6:30 PM	MUB, Theatre II	William Kentridge: Anything is Possible	This PBS premiere screening gives viewers an intimate look into the mind and creative process of South African artist William Kentridge.
Wed., Oct 13th	12:00 noon	Museum of Art, PCAC	Beneath the Surface	Exhibiting faculty artists Richard Fox (painting) and Maryse Searls McConnel (ceramics) from the UNH Department of Art discuss their works on view in The Artists Revealed: 2010 Studio Art Faculty Exhibition

 

Weekly
Police Arrest Report

Week –
34                                                   
18 UNH (53%)           16
Other (47%)

*2010/11 Academic Year –
182                
131 UNH (63%)         85 Other
(37%)

Calendar Year –
608                                   
380 UNH (59%)         262 Other
(41%)

 

*This data represents the 2010/11
Academic year report which began August 27th when UNH dormitories officially
opened and students begin arriving in Durham.

 

Historical data
for the same week

	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Week	52	35	27	53	18	34
Academic Year	411	261	226	231	274	216
Calendar Year	970	764	797	746	820	642

 

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

“The growth of the university has
had an obvious and continuing impact on the town. For the first eighty-five
years of the century, the university had been the town’s sole large ‘industry.’
When the college opened in Durham for the first term in the fall of 1893,
approximately 100 students were on hand; by 1920 there were 800. The college
became the University of New
Hampshire in 1923, and enrollment had reached 1,680
by 1927. Estimates projected by the trustees were that ‘within a period of fifty
years [from 1925] the University will have an enrollment of from 2000 to 2500
students’; the actual number in 1975 was 10,297. In the fall of 1984, 10,612
students were registered.” Published in
1985 by the Durham Historic
Association.

 

Have a good
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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