Another
Great Benefit BBQ Chicken Dinner sponsored by the American Legion
Post 112, Short Falls Road, Epsom, will be held on Saturday, Sept.
20, 2008, from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Donation: Adults, $7.00; Children, 6-12, $4.00; Under 6, FREE.
Bring your appetite! The menu will consist of BBQ chicken, homemade
baked beans, potato and macaroni salads, vegetables, beverages and
homemade pies.
Door prizes and raffles.
All proceeds to benefit Post 112 Community Activities.
Join us for a great meal and bring a friend along!
The Chichester Town Library has formed a support group called the
Lovers of the Library and they will be hosting workshops for adults
and children throughout the year. Local resident and teacher, Jim
Papas, will be hosting the first workshop. It will be a Poetry
Workshop for anyone wanting to grow in their understanding of poetry
and even discover the poet lurking within all of our souls.
The poetry workshop will take place on Tuesday, September 23nd and
30th at 6:30 p.m. All are welcome.
The Story Hour hour will begin on Sept. 25th. Call or drop in to
sign up. 798-5613.
The Chichester Library will be having a Book Sale on Saturday,
September 20, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Park on Pound Road behind the
library, and you can walk right in to the basement where the sale is
held. Fresh supplies of books are constantly being donated.
Happy Birthday on September 20 to Rick Davison and Joanna McIntosh.
The Chichester Food Pantry would like to thank Chichester Grange for
their recent cash donation.
What is the Capital Improvement Program Committee (CIP)? – This
committee was adopted by Town Meeting vote to expand participation
beyond the Planning Board to assist with the task of monitoring and
updating the six year Capital Expenditures Plan. This is a required
component under a Growth Management Ordinance and a tremendous
budgeting tool for the Selectmen, Department Heads and the Advisory
Budget Committee. Does this sound like a committee you could help
with? Ask the folks at the Town Hall how to sign up.
Letter To The
Editor
Editor:
I find it hilarious how democrats are suddenly and frantically
disparaging Sarah Palin, who clearly and quickly re-exposed the raw
nerve of the Obama illusion. Here is a woman who rose to govern
Alaska from a small town and humble upbringing, and has more
leadership and executive experience than Obama and Biden combined. I
say re-exposed because it was Hillary Clinton and not Sarah Palin
who first exposed Obama.
Hillary Clinton, when critiquing Obama, said it best when she
stressed the importance of having a strong leader who doesn’t need
“on the job training” to deal with foreign dependence on oil, rising
heating and fuel costs, and falling consumer confidence.
In a further critique of Obama, it was also Hillary who said that
“Change is just a word without the strength and experience to make
it happen.”
As someone with a small-town New Hampshire upbringing who ascribes
to rural customs and values, including gun ownership, hunting,
snowmobiling and personal responsibility to name a few, I relate
exceptionally well with Sarah Palin and believe she is exactly the
breath of fresh air that this country needs. Sarah Palin will
continue her fight against government overspending and corruption in
Washington - a fight that John McCain has been engaged in for years.
Hillary Clinton knows it, Sarah Palin knows it, and the majority of
reasonable objective Americans know it. Obama, who was only in his
first senate year when he began his run for President, is the least
qualified of the four people running for office. A lot of hot air -
yes. Leadership experience - no.
J. Brandon Giuda
Chichester, NH
Letter
To The Editor
Dear Sir:
Last year, a Chichester Planning Board Public Hearing gave
conditional approval to development of 91 housing units on Pleasant
Street. The developer failed to meet the required 180 day deadline
to provide required State permits. In July 2008, without an
advertised Public Hearing, the Chichester Planning Board approved an
extension to October 1, 2008. Was this legal? How about taxpayer
concerns as to the feasibility of the project now after last year’s
promises?
Particular questions remain about funding $400,000 of required road
support which the State says “...the Town can legitimately
condition its approval of the subdivision on provision of
improvements to the off site access roads.” The developer wants to
pay for the road through buyer impact fees (not legal as impact fees
can only be levied for items in the Town’s Capital Improvement
Program) and even then has challenged the amount of the proposed
fees. And yes, open space, which was provided as a quid pro quo for
cluster development and excessive building permits - open space is
supposed to be just that - open, with no building or commercial
projects. “But the town gets development rights!” Under the open
space definition there are no development rights. And, oh yes, the
Town’s taxpayers can’t have access - after the developer got all the
good parts of the open space scenario - plenty of views for
purchasers!
This project needs another look-see from the bottom up and the
approval extension should be rescinded and a Public Hearing on the
entire project should be scheduled.
Paul L.
Adams
Chichester, NH
