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Pittsfield NH News

January 26, 2011

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Those Celebrating Birthdays are: January 29, James Hetu, Bill Provencal, Andrea Riel; January 30, Wesley Ward; February 1, Donna Webber.


A Very Happy Birthday to One and All!




Tony Bryant of Highland Ranch, Colorado, spent a week recently with his parents, Jim and Martha Bryant, at their home on Loudon Road.  Also spending the long Martin Luther King holiday weekend with Jim and Martha while Tony was here was their son, Darrell and daughter Jaden, of Brocton, MA, and their granddaughter Milisha and husband Tyler Brown with their two sons, Kobe and Nathan of Oxford, MA.  A great family reunion.

 


 

School Lunch Menus
January 31-February 4, 2011


PMHS
Monday - Hot dogs, rolls, beans, cole slaw, fruit, milk.
Tuesday - Spaghetti, meat sauce, garden salad, garlic bread, fruit, milk.
Wednesday - Pizza, corn, fruit, milk.
Thursday - Nachos, cheese, meat, tomatoes, fruit, milk.
Friday - Chicken nuggets, fries, veggies, fruit, milk.

 


 

Letter To The Editor


To the good citizens of Pittsfield:


Attention: young and old residents of Pittsfield who don’t vote.


I figure the reason you don’t is the feeling that it doesn’t make a difference or there’s nothing to vote for.


Well, everything changes on March 8th, between the hours of 7 am and 7 pm at the Town Hall.  You will vote because it’s going to make a difference and you will have something to vote for.


On the ballot that you will be handed, will be the question:  “Are you in favor to repeal the Zoning Ordinance?”


I recommend you vote yes.  This will allow folks (this means us) to open any business anywhere and eliminate the hurdles that the Zoning and Planning Boards put up.  This really scares some folks (this doesn’t mean us).


What scares me is the fact that our country borrowed 3 to 4 billion dollars today, for operating expenses.  I hear $.43 out of every dollar we spend is borrowed.


When the other folks start writing to keep zoning, I hope they tell us their solutions, aside from doing the same old stuff.


If you know someone who is eligible to vote give them this letter and smack them beside the head to get his/her attention, and if you are reading this and you don’t vote, I’m begging you to start.


The way I see it is, we outnumber the folks who are scared into doing nothing by 3 to 1.


Let freedom ring.


Dan Schroth Piermarocchi

 


 

Local Student Honored at Franklin Pierce University


Sheila Vargas-Torres of Pittsfield, NH was named to the Dean’s Honors List for the fall semester at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire.


Vargas-Torres, a junior majoring in Mass Communication, earned Dean’s Honors List status by maintaining a term grade point average of at least 3.65 on a scale of four.

 


 

Circle Of Home And Family Group To Host

“Genealogy With The McGuigans”


The Pittsfield Circle of Home and Family Group will meet on Thursday, January 27 at 7 pm at the Pittsfield Community Center, lower level function room.  Our program will be “Genealogy with the McGuigans.”


The McGuigans will present a basic, general overview of how to start tracing and recording your family roots.  If you are interested in genealogy please be sure to join us for this fun (and free) program.  The public is invited and encouraged to attend.  For more information, please call Andi Riel at 435-6346.

 


 

Aubuchon Hardware Sponsors U14 Girls Softball Team


The new year is looking bright for girls softball, thanks to a generous gift from Aubuchon Hardware in Alton.  For the first time, Alton Youth League will be hosting a U14 Girls Softball team for the 2011 season. Aubuchon Hardware, already a corporate sponsor of Alton Youth League, stepped up with an additional donation of $500 to help purchase uniforms and equipment.  This donation helped fully fund the U14 softball team for the 2011 season.


The U14 softball team will be open to local girls who are aged 14 and under as of January 1, 2011.  While Alton will be the host town for this team, girls from other towns in the area are encouraged and invited to sign up, including girls from: Alton, Barnstead, New Durham, Chichester, Northwood, Pittsfield and Epsom. 


The regular season team will be a pay-and-play team (no tryouts), and games will start in late May to avoid conflict with Junior High softball team schedules.  The U14  softball team will have access to indoor practice space on weekends starting in February and will hold some indoor practices until weather permits outdoor activity.


At the end of regular season, a U14 All-Star team will be selected with a try-out and the All-Star season will commence sometime in late June.  All girls who meet age requirements are welcome to try-out for the All-Star team.


Sign-ups for the Alton U14 Softball team will be held in conjunction with the Alton Youth League sign-ups on February 5, 2011 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm at Alton Central School.  The registration fee is $55.00 and the Registration Forms are available on the Alton Youth League website  (www.AltonYouthLeague.org) or at sign-ups.     Please bring valid birth certificate to sign-ups.

 

Any questions can be directed to Rodney Taylor, Manager of the U14 softball team, at 435-7472.

 


 

 Josiah Carpenter Library News
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Josiah Carpenter Library Delivers


“Josiah Carpenter Library Delivers” is a service offered at the library, in conjunction with the Meals-On-Wheels program in town.  Pittsfield residents may obtain library membership and access the resources of the library through this program.


A letter explaining the program was delivered to each Meals-on-Wheels client who lives in Pittsfield at the end of February,”  says Judith MacLellan, Assistant Librarian Adult Services.  The program began March 7, 2010.  For more information call the library and ask for Judith MacLellan.


 If you participate in Meals-On-Wheels in Pittsfield, you may have your library books and audio/video materials delivered, once a week, with your meals.  Borrowed items will be picked up and returned for you as well. For more information call 435-8406.
Coffee Time!


It is always Coffee Time at Josiah Carpenter Library!  Suggested donation 50 cents per cup!  Special “On-The-House rates for Town Department employees and Pittsfield-based non-profit Volunteers.  Tea and Cocoa is available too, but sorry, no doughnuts.
Preschool Story Hour


Josiah Carpenter Library Preschool Story Hour, with Children’s Librarian, Carol Grainger, has resumed for the 2010/2011 school year.  Story Hour is conducted on Thursdays at 12:30 pm.  Stories, Activities, Crafts, and light refreshments await your preschooler.  Please call to preregister at 435-8406. 


There is no Story Hour when school is closed for holidays, vacation, or  snow days.


Preschool Story Hour participating parents may partake of  their favorite hot beverage “on-the-house” at the “Coffee Time” station on the main floor.

 


 

Letter
Know The Agenda


In December, 2010, Mr. Piermarocchi published a letter thanking the Free State Project for setting an example, and offered an open invitation to the Free Staters on behalf of the town of Pittsfield.  Naturally, this begs the question:  what does the Free State Project have to do with repealing Pittsfield’s entire zoning ordinance? 


I’m writing to suggest that all voters, both ‘for’ and ‘against’ the complete repeal of our zoning ordinance, at least spend time reviewing - www.freestateproject.org.  This is a nationwide, pro-liberty activist organization whose goal is to have 20,000 members move to New Hampshire.  While on the website, please use their search engine to find the following article:  Leveraging the spirit of the west.  This article will help you understand the connection between the Free State Project and the repeal of zoning laws. 


Another article to search while on the website was originally published in the Boston Globe:  Antigovernment activists putting down roots.  This article was written in 2009 and, while it does not represent all Free Staters, it certainly provides some insight as to the potential extremes.


 I personally don’t believe Pittsfield would benefit by repealing our zoning ordinance.  There is no question, however, that the content of our zoning ordinance must overcome the struggle for balance.  The Planning Board’s revised zoning ordinance is available at www.pittsfield-nh.com .  Are the revisions an improvement?  There is a meeting January 31st to discuss the revisions.


Remember: Filing period at the town hall for the four Planning Board positions: January 19- 28.


God Bless Our Troops,
Rachel Wood
Pittsfield

 


 

Mr. & Mrs. Dana Elliott of Pittsfield, NH announce the engagement of their daughter Tiffany to Jesse Malm, son of Paul Malm and Nancy Sweezey of Barnstead, NH.


Tiffany graduated from Rivier College in May 2010 with her bachelors degree in nursing. Currently she works at Havenwood Heritage Heights in Concord, NH. Jesse graduated from Prospect Mountain High School in 2007 and joined the US Navy. Currently he is deployed overseas on the USS Carl Vinson from their homeport of San Diego, California. An October 15, 2011 wedding is being planned.

 


 

Pittsfield Forms Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee


A Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee has formed to update the Town’s adopted 2007 Hazard Mitigation Plan. Its update is required to enable the Town of Pittsfield to retain eligibility for federal reimbursable disaster funding.


Natural, technological, and human hazards will be reviewed. Community leaders will identify objectives and actions for reducing the impact of these hazards to Pittsfield’s people, buildings, and land.


The Committee has rescheduled their first meeting to Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 9:00 AM at the Town Hall at 85 Main Street, Pittsfield.  Additional meetings will be scheduled at this time.  All are invited to attend and participate.


The Hazard Mitigation Plan is anticipated to be completed by summer 2011. For more information, please contact Chief Robert Wharem, Hazard Mitigation Plan Coordinator, at 435-7535.

 


 

What I Have Learned at the Pittsfield Budget Committee Work Sessions

Part 1
by Carole Richardson


In October I decided to attend Budget Committee work sessions to learn more about our town and school budgets. It has been very educational, as well as enlightening, to see how our town and school administrators and department heads function.  I would like to share some of the information I have learned during these work sessions, and would like to thank the Budget Committee members, particularly Chairman John Kidder, for always taking public input at the beginning and end of these work sessions.  Since wages and benefits for employees are the largest part of any budget, in this week’s article I will attempt to share information on contracts and benefits of our town officials and employees.  In future articles I will share information on contracts and budget numbers regarding the Pittsfield School District and SAU #51.


Pittsfield’s town employees are unionized and all but three individuals are covered by these contracts.  Our Town Clerk is eligible to receive all the same benefits if she so chooses but is not allowed to be part of either union because she is an elected official, and our Town Administrator and Fire Chief have separate contracts, which I will discuss later.  The two unions are the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local #633 of New Hampshire, which covers 12 employees of the Police Department for the years 2007-2010, and the AFT-NH Local #6214, AFT, AFL-CIO, which covers 21 other town employees from January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2010.  All part-time employees are also part of these unions.  I am told that contract negotiations are now in mediation.  It would be impossible to cover all the specifics in these contracts but if you would like to see what our employees receive for benefits you should go to the New Hampshire Public Employees Labor Relations Board’s website (nh.gov/pelrb) and all union contracts are listed by town and city.

 


 


 

 











 

 

 

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