Pelham - Windham News
December 18, 2009 - 13
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“Thumbs up. I am writing in response to the “Thumbs down to the Windham group asking anyone reading this truly not
thumbs up regarding the sanctity of traditional for donations to the ‘needy’ family whose wish list know that this unemployment
marriage. Reality and facts state that 50% of includes thousands of dollars of toys, electronics, has been directly caused by
spouses will be involved in infidelity and 60% of clothes and gift cards to expensive stores. We grew the policy of the Democrats
TRAINING
marriages will end in divorce. I applaud anyone up poor, worked hard and have done well. But controlling our economy? They
who can stay happily married but also applaud our kids don’t even have the items requested. Nor threaten business with new
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those who choose not to be part of those statistics. do we shop at those expensive mall stores. The government restrictions and DRIVING
I also believe that I have no right to choose for kids in that family are being done a big disservice a takeover of health care and
others who they marry. To each his or her, his/his by not being taught the difference between wants they still try to blame Bush. At
SCHOOL
2010
or her/her own.” and needs. We’ll be donating to the Nashua what point will America give NE
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teen group home whose requests are much more Obama credit where credit
in
“Thumbs up to Rob and Andy for stepping up
modest and reasonable. “ is due? Will it be 11 percent
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for the voters and children of
unemployment? 12 percent? Or
Pelham by running for the PSB.
will we wait for mortgage rates
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These men are committed to their
to start rising back to 6 or more
community and want to ensure
percent? maybe 10?”
individual who stole the Christmas plant from my
Pelham makes the best long term
dad’s grave at Gibson’s cemetery. You are a coward
and economical decision for all “Thumbs down to anyone who uses this
and what goes around comes around and I hope
the voters. Thank you from a community newspaper as their political soap
yours will be sooner than later.”
concerned Voter.” box. No one really cares if you like the President’s
policies or not. It’s great that you live in a country
“Thumbs up to the senior center in Salem. What
“Thumbs up for a new fire
that allows you to have your own political
a great job those people do! The holidays are a
station for the town of Pelham. I
views, but to belittle those who have opposing
sad time for some people. 99% of them are very
for one hated seeing the doors
views behind the veil of this newspaper is pure
friendly and whoever wrote about them not being
closed after the accident this
cowardice. Show some respect to your neighbors
friendly must have got the one or two unfriendly
summer. If there is ever an
and express your views in the voting booth, not in
people who was in a bad mood that day. Don’t
emergency I don’t want my house
a community newspaper. And to the despicable
judge us on that come on back and see us.”
to burn down because it’s going to
person who reminded us what our state’s motto is;
take longer for the firemen to get out the back door.
“Thumbs up to Climate Change Summits. SHAME ON YOU for perverting
The firemen and the town deserve better. Please
President Obama is finally going to do something the motto to highlight your own
put a new fire station in this town.”
about your bad behavior. For 25 years I’ve lived prejudice. The only thing worse
on lake and I’ve kept track of when the January than that is your timing; you
“Thumbs down to the Windham police officer
skating and snowmobiling would start. For these did during the holiday season
SNOW PLOWING
last week who allowed the kid overdosing to
past 3 years the season has entered December. I’m when we should be expressing
receive his bag in the ambulance. I am a police
talking about pre-xmas skating. This is clearly a good-will towards others...REAL
officer from a surrounding town and I think you
problem that has been caused by your over use of CLASSY.”
Driveways
had all the probable cause you needed. When
fossil fuels. When Barack places the proper taxes
I read that I was totally blown away by the
on all forms of energy you will finally stop your
“Thumbs down. It is very
unprofessional behavior of the officer in Windham.
Pelham & Windham
wasteful lifestyle and the seasons will go back to
disheartening to know that
You had every probable cause (just so you know
normal. I know Barack will do the right thing and
someone would use the paper
buddy) to search that bag. When people are
send all this extra money that we were wasting on
to try to humiliate his or her
whacked out on drugs you never know what they
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fossil fuels to foreign nations that need it more than
neighbor. When we moved here
will do. You really ought to get back into the law
we do. We must pay these retributions for our past
a year ago, this home had been
books and start reading about the technical things
atrocities to mankind. When these other nations
vacant for years. This home had
“Thumbs down to the nasty person who wrote
you need to know to become a police officer.
build themselves bigger and better than America
plywood on the doors and windows, plus twenty
the ‘thumbs down’ about the new neighbors on
‘Thumbs down’ to the town of Windham.”
we will no longer be look down upon by the rest
years of overgrowth in the yard. For the safety of
Melody Lane. Shame on you. That property was
of the world as wasting all the worlds resources.
us and our neighbors, we had to have thirty pine
“Thumbs up to everyone who has decorated
vacant for 6 years before they bought it. It needed
Instead we can look toward all the other nations
trees removed from our yard. We knew it was
their homes this Christmas. Your effort is
major repairs. I have seen them working hard
that are more powerful to help us recover from this
not going to be a pretty sight, but the trees had
appreciated and enjoyed. Driving around at
every day on that property. Progress takes time.
worst economy since the Great Depression.”
to go. You have some nerve to say that we are
night is actually a fun family event and makes me
The 80-foot pine trees in their backyard were dead
procrastinators. That is simply contrary to the fact!
forget a bad commute or trip to the mall. Merry
from the inside, they had to cut them down. You
“Thumbs down to the Pelham-Windham We have been working tirelessly inside and outside
Christmas to everyone who decorated their house
are just upset because your privacy is gone, well
paper for publishing the hateful entry against this home. When you are doing the work yourself,
- and thank you!”
guess what theirs is too. People like you do not
homosexuals. ‘Go crawl back into your closet and (have you heard? we are in a recession) it takes
belong in a nice neighborhood.”
hibernate for the rest of your life?’ This bigot had time! The brush is all picked up the stumps are all
nothing of pertinence to add ground so what mess are you tired of looking at?
to the debate on gay marriage. All that is there is Dirt! To say we are decreasing
And ‘thumbs down’ to ‘Our state your property value is simply insulting and untrue.
Thank you for your submissions. All comments, thumbs
motto is Live free or die, not Live Thank you to the many, many neighbors who have
up or down, are anonymous and not written by the
free or bi.’ Good job, buddy, you stopped bye to say that we are doing a great job!”
Pelham~Windham News staff. Thumbs comments can
just contradicted yourself. I think
be sent via telephone, 880-1516 or emailed to us at
you got caught up in trying to be
“Thumbs down to the Pelham school board and
thumbs@areanewsgroup.com. When submitting a Thumbs
clever. We should all have the
their appointed high school building committee
comment, please specify that you would like it printed in
freedom to access the legal rights
for telling us that a new high school on new land
the Pelham~Windham News. No names are necessary.
that marriage offers.”
is the best solution. As a taxpayer in the town of
Please keep negative comments to the issue. Comments
Pelham I am 50 years old and
should be kept to 100 words or less.
“Thumbs down to Hope and my problem is I don’t have a
Change. So Obama gave us job. Keeping my own high
cash for clunkers and we paid schoolers warm and fed is my
MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS
20+K. per car to save a few top priority. I don’t even have
TO ALL OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS!
select people some future gas payments while the time to think about spending
“Thumbs up to Santa Claus! We met you at
depriving the lower class workers of all these used 50 million dollars on new land
Thank You For Your Continued Patronage!
the Windham Tree Lighting ceremony and had
vehicles. He claimed this was creating many jobs. and a new high school. And
pictures taken at the cable access studio. You were
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Windham Police Log
a.m. Traffic hazard, Meetinghouse Road. 11:00 vehicle complaint, Indian Rock Road. 4:22 a.m. Indian Rock Road. 12:48 p.m. Assist citizen,
Wednesday, December 9: 6:49 a.m. Disabled
a.m. Abandoned motor vehicle, Rockingham Alarms, Lowell Road. 6:51 a.m. Motor vehicle Fellows Road. 1:22 p.m. Harassment, Collins
motor vehicle, Haverhill Road. 7:26 a.m. Motor
Road. 11:50 a.m. Motor vehicle accident, lockout, Indian Rock Road. 7:13 a.m. Fire Brook Road. 1:57 p.m. Motor vehicle stop,
vehicle accident, Range Road and Marblehead
Range Road and Hawley Road. 11:57 a.m. Fire department response, Londonderry Road. 10:15 Hardwood Road and Haverhill Road, arrested
Road. 7:26 a.m. Disabled motor vehicle,
department response, North Lowell Road. 12:41 a.m. Traffic hazard, Meetinghouse Road and Easy Nicholas Lombari, 17, Salem, Possession of
Haverhill Road and Mammoth Road. 7:50 a.m.
p.m. Motor vehicle accident, Rockingham Road. Street. 10:33 a.m. Blasting information, Route Drugs, Possession of Controlled/Narcotic Drugs.
Motor vehicle accident, Indian Rock Road and
12:47 p.m. Alarms, Ryan Farm Road. 1:00 p.m. 93 South. 10:59 a.m. Traffic hazard, Kendall 4:04 p.m. Alarms, Mammoth Road. 5:41 p.m.
Fellows Road. 7:53 a.m. Traffic hazard, Indian
Motor vehicle accident, Lowell Road. 1:20 p.m. Pond Road. 11:32 a.m. Alarms, Ironwood Road. Motor vehicle complaint, Haverhill Road. 5:52
Rock Road. 7:54 a.m. Motor vehicle accident,
Motor vehicle lockout, Indian Rock Road. 1:29 12:59 p.m. Theft, Timberlane Road. 2:02 p.m. p.m. Theft, Rockingham Road. 5:58 p.m. Motor
Marblehead Road. 8:25 a.m. Motor vehicle
p.m. Traffic hazard, Rockingham Road. 1:35 p.m. Suspicious vehicle, Edinburgh Road. 2:11 p.m. vehicle stop, Rockingham Road, arrested Gail
accident, Searles Road. 8:27 a.m. Motor vehicle
Assist citizen, Indian Rock Road. 1:54 p.m. Assist Traffic hazard, Ministerial Road. 2:32 p.m. Fire Stoltz, 38, Derry, Driving After Revocation or
accident, Range Road and Cobbetts Pond Road.
citizen, Range Road. 1:58 p.m. Assist citizen, department response, Range Road. 4:18 p.m. Suspension. 6:46 p.m. Assault, Depot Road.
8:33 a.m. Assist citizen, Indian Rock Road. 8:51
Indian Rock Road. 2:04 p.m. Traffic hazard, Assist other agency, Rockingham Road. 4:23 p.m. 7:17 p.m. Unwanted guest, Londonderry Road.
a.m. Motor vehicle accident, Highland Road.
Hardwood Road. 2:06 p.m. Alarms, Northland Paper service, Fellows Road. 7:51 p.m. Untimely 7:39 p.m. Disabled motor vehicle, Londonbridge
9:14 a.m. Disabled motor vehicle, Indian Rock
Road. 2:28 p.m. 911 hang-up, Briar Road. 2:28 death. 9:21 p.m. Disabled motor vehicle, Road.
Road. 9:18 a.m. Juvenile offenses, Fellows Road.
p.m. Fire department response, Lowell Road. Route 93 North. 10:03 p.m. Suspicious activity, Saturday, December 12: 12:20 a.m. Pedestrian
9:19 a.m. Bad check, Fellows Road. 9:21 a.m.
2:50 p.m. Paper service, Park Street. 2:55 p.m. Blueberry Road. 10:11 p.m. Suspicious activity, check, Indian Rock Road. 3:05 a.m. Alarms,
Bad check, Fellows Road. 9:34 a.m. OHRV
Assist citizen, Cobbetts Pond Road and Range Range Road. Rockingham Road. 8:55 a.m. Alarms,
complaint, Ministerial Road. 9:47 a.m. Assist
Road. 3:07 p.m. Motor vehicle accident, North Friday, December 11: 6:34 a.m. Assist citizen, Londonderry Road. 9:33 a.m. Disabled motor
citizen, Colchester Road. 10:46 a.m. Motor
Lowell Road and Pine Hill Road. 3:41 p.m. Indian Rock Road. 8:33 a.m. Wanted person, vehicle, Indian Rock Road. 9:49 a.m. Alarms,
vehicle accident, Meetinghouse Road and
Disabled motor vehicle, Indian Rock Road. 5:33 Woodland Road, arrested Anthony J. Grace, 17, Cristy Road. 9:57 a.m. Parking complaint,
Haverhill
p.m. Disabled motor vehicle, Indian Rock Road. Windham, Theft, All Other. 8:35 a.m. Motor Londonbridge Road. 11:25 a.m. Alarms, Harvest
Road. 10:48
5:46 p.m. Domestic. 6:00 p.m. Motor vehicle vehicle complaint, Cobbetts Pond Road. 10:28 Road. 11:57 a.m. Assist citizen, Wynridge
Christopher
a.m. Fire
accident, Wall Street. 7:47 p.m. 911 hang-up, a.m. Motor vehicle accident, Range Road. 11:54 Road. 1:00 p.m. Motor vehicle complaint,
Scala’s
department
North Lowell Road. 8:35 p.m. Theft, Fellows a.m. Assist other agency, Ministerial Road. 12:27 Route 93 South. 1:23 p.m. Motor vehicle
response,
Antiques
Road. 9:20 p.m. Alarms, Lexington Road. 9:25 p.m. Criminal mischief, Lowell Road. 12:33 p.m. complaint, Heritage Hill Road. 1:36 p.m. Fire
Route 93
p.m. Suspicious vehicle, Range Road. 911 hang-up, Sunridge Road. 12:40 p.m. Civil department response, Lowell Road. 1:55 p.m.
South. 10:58
Thursday, December 10: 12:30 a.m. Motor problem, Indian Rock Road. 12:47 p.m. Theft, Theft, Faith Road. 3:59 p.m. Motor vehicle
accident, Rockingham Road.
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