Chichester Grange will meet on Wednesday, October 6,
at 7 p.m. upstairs in the Grange Hall.
Chichester Grange will hold a Meet the Candidates Night on
Thursday, 14 at 6:30 p.m. on the first floor of the Town/Grange
Hall. Come and meet the people whose names will be on the ballot
in the November election.
The windows in the Grange/Town Hall have been professionally
washed as a gift by Chichester Grange to themselves and to the
Town of Chichester. The next time you are in the building be
sure to admire the view.
Stop by the Chichester Town Library and look for the
following titles in the adult fiction section: Fired Up by Jayne
Ann Krentz, Of Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan, SeaviewInn by
Sherryl Woods, The Long Way Home by Robin Pilcher (Large Print),
Private Life by Jane Smiley (LP), Lowcountry Summer by Dorothea
Benton Frank, Mixed Signals by Life Curtis Higgs (LP), The
Cardturner by Louis Sachar, The Letters by Luanne Rice, The
Ghost War by Alex Berenson, Betsy’s Return by Wanda E.
Brunstetter, Roses will Bloom Again by Lori Copeland, The Hope
Within by Tracie Peterson, Sweet Water Gap by Denise Hunter,
Looking for a Love Story by Louise Shaffer (LP), Work Song by
Ivan Doig, Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner (LP), The Girl with
Braided Hair by Margaret Coel, and Operation Mincement by Ben
MacIntyre (LP).
Out Of Your Attic News
Submitted By Carol
Hendee
Fall is on the horizon, with its lower temperatures.
Therefore, the Attic has put away the summer
merchandise/clothing and put out sweaters, sweatshirts, hoodies,
jackets, warm socks and long pants for sale. We also have a few
blankets and afghans for the chilly nights. Plenty of material
for those who quilt or make fabric/crafts. Also, a good supply
of craft materials is available.
We can still use canning jars, especially the smaller sizes.
We have a wish for a food mill - the hand cranked style.
We are located on Route 28 near the Chichester/Pittsfield
line, next to Parker’s Roast Beef. We are open Tues., and
Thurs., 8-4; Wed,. 11-4; and Sat., 10-4 or call 435-9339 and we
can tell you if we have the item you are looking for (like the
apple/potato peeler, just waiting for someone!)
Chichester Grange
Chichester Grange met at the Grange Hall on Wednesday,
September 22. The meeting had been postponed a week, so
attendance was poor, but with the help of Deputy Dorothy Haskins
and four additional Grange guests it was possible to perform the
4th Degree and officially welcome new member Linda Robinson.
The charter was draped in loving memory of Marilyn Stevens.
Resolutions in her memory will be read at the next meeting.
The windows in the Grange Hall were washed on September 15,
and the bill has been paid. The improvement in visibility is
especially striking in the anteroom upstairs.
A clothesbasket has been provided to receive donations of
new linens and laundry supplies to be given to a Rape and Crisis
Center at the State Grange Annual Meeting in late October.
Members should bring these items and 2011 calendars to the
Grange meetings on October 6 and 20.
Wildlife sightings included wild turkeys, a coyote, deer,
and a fast moving woodchuck, which successfully outran traffic
coming from both directions on Main Street just beyond the
Congregational Church.
Plans were made for the Candidates Night on October 14.
Refreshments following the meeting were provided by Carolee
Davison and Hannah West. The next meeting will be October 6 at 7
p.m.
Letter To The Editor
Editor:
Well, Chichester taxpayers should realize that it
is deja-vu all over again as a local real estate developer is
again going to the Chichester Planning Board on October 7, 2010,
for another bite of the taxpayer’s apple.
Latest Census data shows fewer elderly moving to New
Hampshire being replaced by young families. Just three years
ago, the Chichester Planning Board approved the development of
91 residences in the Town’s agricultural zone under the guise of
elderly, “no load on Town services, just property tax
income.” So, it appears that approved elderly housing has “Gone
With The Wind” and Chichester will have to look elsewhere to
resolve its elderly housing needs.
Of course, it bears mentioning that this development was
championed under a so-called open space development ordinance
that the developers themselves helped write - both having served
on previous Chichester Planning Boards and both openly protested
Conservation Commission efforts to identify and protect area
wetlands. The project under review has about 20 acres of
gerrymandered open space of which more than half is wetlands
which are already protected from development. Ten of the
identified building sites cannot meet wetland requirements and
septic and well locations are questionable.
At a Chichester Planning Board meeting on October 25, 2007,
when Conditional Approval was granted to this project, a member
stated “This project is so big and changing so fast I’m afraid
we might be missing something that will come back to haunt us in
10-20 years.” Well, he was right of course and now is the time
to correct that “something missing.”
Come early (starts at 6:30 p.m.) and bring questions.
Paul L. Adams
