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Volume 7 Number 31 February 12, 2010 16 Pages
$nullnull Million Returned
IceFest on Cobbetts Pond
to Windham Taxpayers
submitted by John Pallaria
More than nullnullpeople ennullyed the onulldoors and
ice skating, ice hockey, ice nullhing, ice bowling, ice
what winter has to onuller on nullw Hampshire’s lakes by
painting, ice golnull marshmallow roasting, hot chocolate,
by Barbara O’Brien year onullthe school bond benullre actnulll
attending null nullkes’ nullst nullnnulll nulleFest on nullbbetts
a live Dnull ranulle prinulls, and morenull null was a nulln day with
Displaying a large paper replica constrnulltion onullthe high school got
Pond in nullindham on Satnullday, Febrnullry null
great weather nullr all who attendednull
onulla bank check dnulling the annnulll nullderwaynull
nullhis nullmilynullnull event, hosted by null nullkes, in
School District Deliberative Session at School nullard nullairman nullnulle
cooperation with the nullbbetts Pond nullprovement
nullindham High School on Febrnullry nullderson said school administrators
nullsociation (nullnull) and the nullstleton nullnnullet
null school administrators annonullced conulldn’t retnulln the interest money
and nullnnullrence nullnter,
that they were retnullning a total onullnullnull to the general nullnd benullre this point,
nullatnulled a chili cooknullnull,
million to help onullset property tanulls this based on regnullations set nullrth by state
yearnull statnullenull
nullhe large amonullt onullmoney, which e only hanull ve this mnullh money
is being credited to the general nullnd, becanulle onullthe yearnullong delay in
is dnull to the interest earned on the constrnulltion,nullnullrmer School nullard
bond taken onull nullr the constrnulltion onull chairman and cnullrent School nullard
the new nullindham High Schoolnulla nullnull candidate nullrbara nullish addednull nullt
million nullcility that began operations will never happen again,nullshe said,
nullst this past Septembernull renullrring to the signinullant amonullt
nullcording to School nullard nullce onullmoney that was earned in bond
nullairman Mike Hatem, the nullnull interestnull nullhe delay in constrnullting
million in interest will rednulle property nullindham High School was dnull to
tanulls in nullindham this year by null cents problems in the design and engineering
per null,nullnullassessed valnulltion, or nullnull phase onullthe pronullctnull
on a home valnulld at nullnull,nullnullnullr tanull nullen resident Diane nullrpenter
pnullposesnull came to the microphone, she looked
Selectman nullger Hohenberger, at the people who were gathered in
however, was not happy abonull the the anullitorinull and asked, nullan’t we
School nullard’s annonullcementnull nullhank be happy abonull thisnull nullrpenter said
yonullvery mnullh nullr overnullanullng null that she nullderstands that the nullnull
last year,nullHohenberger said, calling million is null onenullear ginull,nullbnull the
the retnulln onullthe nullnull million nulloor nullnds still come in handy, especially in
bookkeepingnullon the part onullschool light onullthe continnullng poor state onullthe
Photo courtesy of JP Pallaria, 9, Windham
administratorsnull Hatem replied that the economynull nullhank yonullnullr retnullning it Nicholas Mueller, Joey Pallaria, Tyler Mueller, and Jack Armstrong, all of Windham, enjoy their day at IceFest while ice fishing
money being retnullned to tanullayers was to the tanullayers,nullnullrpenter told School
not the resnullt onullschool onullcials having nullard membersnull nullonullconulld have
overnullnullgeted last year, bnull as the asked that it be pnull in a capital reserve
resnullt onullinterest earned dnulling the nullst nullnd insteadnullnull
Support for the
A Tour of
Pelham School District
by Lynne Ober
nullhe Pelham School District Deliberative Session
provided snullport nullr School nullard decisionsnull nullhe
Pelham High School
room was nullled with more voters this year than in
past years, and the response to the ballots was long
and snullportivenull
nullarrant nullticle null renullests null,nullnullnullnullnullr
pnullchase onullland nullr the new high school, which is
lower than last year’s null,nullnullnullnullrenullestnull School
nullard nullce nullairman nullndy nullynullr, speaking to the
warrant, enulllained that the nullard looked at several
packets onullland and even approached owners onull
land not nullr salenull nullhis is the best place nullr the high
schoolnullnull nullynullr also enulllained that there was no
ledge and the piece was nulltnull nullhis means that site
v
an
costs are estimated to be mnullh lower than on other
packetsnull nullhis packet is high and dry and is away
nullom power linesnull
nullen the nullor was opened to nullestions and
debate, only two abnullters, nullenda and Shawn
b
y Gloria Sulli
Hobbs, spoke against the pnullchasenull nullenda Hobbs
nullestioned the evalnulltion valnull and the pnullchase
pricenull
stanull photo
Public areas
nullynullr enulllained that the pnullchase wonulld be
A nullew of a classroom with chalknullards used to delineate snullce anullrt from snullcial education areas Classroom wing
nullr two abnullting pieces onullpropertynull nullhe back
piece is landnullocked with no road nullontagenull null
by Gloria Sullivan nulled words snullh as nullw’ and nullnullky’
a resnullt, its assessed price is lower, bnull when
For the past several weeks, Pelham to describe what they sawnull DrnullMohr
pnullchased with the nullont piece, it does have
High School’s (PES) principal, Dorothy stated that the stnullents never have to
nullontage and the assessment wonulld risenull
Mohr, has been leading residents on wait in line to nulle the limited amonullt
Pelham resident Dave Hennessey, who
tonulls onullthe high schoolnull nullhe pnulllic onullbathrooms in the sinullminnulles in
manages a large real estate nullm, talked abonull
is invited to see the conditions at PES between classes, bnull the gnullsts were
how assessments are done and why this
nullsthand, which has been a topic in disbelienullthat these bathrooms were
price was well within rangenull He reminded
onullgreat interest in town these daysnull adenullate nullr nullnullstnullentsnull
voters that this is prime bnulllding land and that
nullhere is a vote on March nullon three nullhere is no denying that the
withonull the recession, the price was higher last
school warrant articles that will decide classrooms are crampednull Desks are
year and conulld be mnullh higher nenull yearnull
the nulltnulle nullr Pelham’s stnullents and arranged null against each other in seminull
Following this discnullsion was the discnullsion
tanullayersnull circle nullshion and very little room lenull
on nullarrant nullticle null, which renullests
nullhe school, bnulllt in nullnull, is cnullrently to move aronulldnull nullhis is tiny,nullsaid
nullnullnullnullnullnullnullr the constrnulltion onullthe new
on warning statnull with the state and Pelham resident nullenninullr nullenullg when
First Floor Plan School Support- continued to page 15
risks losing accreditation inullnullcilities, she tonulled an English classroomnull
space, and health and sanullty issnulls are Most onullthe classrooms lacked
not addressednull nullith a stnullent body onull windows and in many rooms, it was
nullnull the school is null stnullents shy onull hard to hear conversation over the
being at nullnullpercent nullilinulltionnull Drnull sonulld onullthe heating and ventilation
Mohr brienull enulllained how there is systemnull nulle classroom had two ceiling
House Damaged by Fire;
only a null million dinullerence in the cost nullns rnullning on high speed in an
onullrenovating the cnullrent school versnull attempt to keep air moving within the
bnulllding a new onenull roomnull
Cause Under Investigation
Many residents nullar that the loss onull null one large teaching space, which
college accreditation will make Pelham is divided into two classrooms by the submitted by Windham Fire Department
less desirable to nullmilies shopping nullr nulle onullcabinetry as a divider, stnullents null Snullday morning at appronullmately nullnull anullnull
honulles and lead to lower home valnulls entering the nullr classroom mnullt walk the nullindham Fire and Police Departments responded
in townnull nullhere is concern that many behind the teacher’s lectnulle table to to a reported bnulllding nulle on Hnullt nullad, located
colleges wonulld be impossible to get get to their side onullthe roomnull nullten, along nullckingham nullad and Seavey Pondnull
accepted to with a diploma nullom a they mnullt walk in nullont onullthe room’s First arriving nullenullhters enconulltered heavy smoke
school withonull accreditationnull pronullctor screen, thnull distnullbing the and moderate nulle in a onenulltory residential homenull
nullhe tonull began with a description onull classnull null so many instances, stnullents Fire personnel were able to make their way into
the proposed high school, as depicted are nullrced to pass thronullh another the residencenull nullhere was heavy nulle damage in the
in the site plan on display in the teaching space to access other kitchen, living room, and secondnulloor attic areanull null
school’s main hallwaynull nullhe drawing classroomsnull one was home at the time onullthe nullenullhowever, three
illnulltrates the proposed nullor plan onullthe null knew it was bad, bnull not this bad,null nullmily cats did perish in the nullenull
high school once it is converted nullr nulle said nullenullgnull She and her hnullband, nullneighbor who lived nenull door was watching the
as a middle schoolnull nullso enulllained is nulli, are parents onulla second grader home while the occnullants were away, and reported
the tanullimpacts inullall three articles passnull and a kindergarten stnullentnull nullhe nullmily that as he was leaving his residence, he noticed
nullhe gnulldance onullce was the nullst stop snullports the bnulllding onulla new school heavy, white smoke coming nullom the chimneynull He
on the tonullnull nullhe small onullce space had and is hopenulll that the town they have retnullned home a short time later and saw heavy,
three desks arranged in close pronullmity rented a home in nullr the past several black smoke coming nullom the same areanull nullile his
to one another and snullronullded by years will remain their permanent homenull winull called nullnull he went over to the residence with
bookcasesnull DrnullMohr enulllained how nullhe conullle seemed nervonull and hesitant a key and attempted to pnull the nulle onull with a nulle
Fire on nullunt nulload
there is no privacy nullr the stnullents who that inullthe newest plans are renullcted, enullingnullsher to no availnull nullhe remainder onullthe home
need to speak to a conullselornull they will have to renullhink an onuller they snullnullred severe smoke and water damagenull
coveragenull null innullries were reportednull
nullhe restrooms are dated and small, have to pnullchase a Pelham homenull Departments nullom Derry and Salem assisted at the
nullhe canulle onullthe nulle is cnullrently nullder investigation
and the residents tonulling the nullcilities PHS Tour- continued to page 15 scene while Hnullson and nullndonderry provided station
by the Departmentnull
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