Police Chief Mario Audit Resigns, Effective May 31
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www.newhampshirelakesandmountains.com Publishing news & views of Lancaster, Groveton, Whitefield, Lunenburg & other towns of the upper Connecticut River valley of New Hampshire & Vermont [email protected] VOL. CXLVII, NO. 18 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2014 LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE TELEPHONE: 603-788-4939 TWENTY-SIX PAGES 75¢ Brian Carroll appointed as WMRSD Athletic Director BY EDITH TUCKER ed about it. I liked what I scription includes super- WMRHS principal Mike [email protected] saw and heard at my first vision of the middle school Berry; WMRHS assistant interview, and I’ve had a athletic program and both principal Mike Curtis, CTE WHITEFIELD — Bri- wonderful day here today salary and benefits will be Director Lisa Perras, LES an Carroll of Winchester, with administrators, stu- allocated to WMRHS, LES, principal Todd Lamarque; Mass., a 1989 graduate dents, teachers, parents and WES. LES assistant principal of Colgate University in and coaches.” Carroll will also serve Mike Whaland; WES prin- Hamilton, N.Y., was hired This past year he has on the District Leadership cipal Mike Cronin; WES on Monday night by the served as the volunteer Team (DLT), explained assistant principal Sharal WMRSD school board on Wide-Receivers football SAU #36 Interim Superin- Plumley; JES principal a unanimous vote, 7 to 0, coach at the American In- tendent Dr. Harry Fensom. Sherri Gregory; and North to fill the new position of ternational College (AIC) The DLT also includes as- County CLASS program District Athletic Director, in Springfield, Mass. sistant superintendent Dr. Director Beth Fowler; starting on July 1 at an an- Earlier in his career, Melissa Keenan; Special plus either Buildings and nual salary of $60,000. Fif- Carroll had worked AIC as Education Director Brent Grounds Director Rick ty-five candidates applied a specialty football coach in Holt; Patricia McLean, Spe- Vashaw or Food Services for the position. 1994 and 1995, and then as cial Assistance; District IT Director Melodie Stevens. Carroll served as AD at the offensive -recruiting co- Manager Jeremy Noyes; Winchester High School ordinator from 1996 to 1999. from August 2008 to July 15, He was a special teams 2013. During the five years coordinator-defensive end Senate tables Griffin’s he held the post, he was football coach from 2001 to responsible for all student 2004 at Tufts University in athletes on 33 teams, athlet- Medford, Mass. Law, Rep. Rideout to ic coaching staff, and athlet- He then worked at two ic budget. His resume notes Bay State private schools: reintroduce in 2015 that he created the Win- as a defensive football chester Field Development PHOTO BY EDITH TUCKER coach at Buckingham, BY EDITH TUCKER out, a Republican of Lan- Council and raised over $1 Brian Carroll Browne & Nichols in Cam- [email protected] caster, and members of his million for a new synthetic Nordic, and Snowboard. a way to “give back.” He bridge, from 2004 to 2006; family, including his wife multi-purpose field and a When asked by board found, however, that work- and head football coach, CONCORD — The Sen- and both his adult daugh- new track. Carroll created member Mollie White why ing at a 1,300-student high U. S. history teacher, and ate failed on Thursday to ters — observed the action and implemented an eval- he had sought the District school meant that he had dorm supervisor from 2006 pass a fetal homicide bill from the Chamber’s small uation system for the WHS position, Carroll replied little time in real interac- to 2008at Lawrence Acad- and finally tabled it on a balcony in the State House. coaches and added a ski that he had taken the Win- tions with students. Carroll emy, a boarding school in 21 to 2 vote after nearly an Rideout introduced HB program with three teams chester post both as a grad- said, “This is a great oppor- Groton. hour of debate while prime 1503 — “Griffin’s Law — and 75 participants: Alpine, uate and town resident as tunity, and I’m very excit- The District’s job de- sponsor, Rep. Leon Ride- after his daughter Ashlyn lost her already-named un- born son that she’d carried for some seven-and-a-half months following a car accident last summer in Stratford. A motion to table the bill was made before debate began, but it was defeated, 10 to 13, on a roll call vote. Senator Andrew Hosmer, a Democrat of Laconia, was absent that day and listed as excused. Then a motion was made to pass the bill as the Senate Judiciary Com- mittee had recommended that it be worded, on a 3 to 2 vote, essentially restor- ing Rideout’s original lan- guage that had been sub- PHOTO BY EDITH TUCKER stantially changed in the Members of the Carroll Board of Selectmen — Paul Bussiere, left, David Scalley, and chairman Bonnie Moroney — chatted for a moment just before their April 21 meeting House. That, too, failed on began. Secretary Maryclare Quigley, right, prepared herself to take minutes. a 10 to 13 roll call vote. Majority Leader Jeb Bradley of Wolfeboro Selectmen to look at changing amended the bill so that it would only apply when the fetus was “viable” — able Transfer Station operations on May 5 to live outside the womb — and not after eight weeks BY EDITH TUCKER bility that “zero-stream” or had approved equipment burning, however, one se- facility. of pregnancy as specified [email protected] “single-stream” recycling purchases for the town’s lectman noted. The board expects to in Rideout’s original lan- could be outsourced to Transfer Station, believing Bussiere thanked both discuss the pros and cons guage. Although Brad- CARROLL — The se- Casella, potentially saving they were making sound employees for their efforts of maintaining the status ley, who had become a lectmen received a single taxpayers money. long-term investments and to keep the Transfer Sta- quo of having all work at first-time grandfather to a page of information from Without prior notice, that this was a factor the se- tion operating smoothly the Transfer Station done granddaughter — Amelia Michael Wark of Casel- Dowling turned in his keys lectmen should remember. during such an uncertain by town employees versus Bradley of Denver, Colo. — la Waste Management of to the facility on New Straw The town’s two Transfer time. one in which the recycling over the Easter weekend, Montpelier, Vt., too late to Road that is named for him Station employees, John In reply to a question would be outsourced. Mo- spoke passionately about discuss at its meeting on on Tuesday, April 1, appar- Warren and Eric Schloss, posed by Evan Karpf, the roney said that it’s an issue what the loss of a “viable” April 21. Casella sent the ently saying he was “all pointed out that an em- selectmen denied that there of fairness to taxpayers that baby would have meant information in order to as- done.” ployee must be on hand for was any truth to the rumor the selectmen should study to him and his family, he sist the board in deciding A one-term incumbent, many hours when brush is that the board would re- the possibility of making forgot to mention that the whether or not it would Dowling lost his bid for being burned, and that this move Dowling’s name from changes. wording of his amendment be cost-effective to make March 11 re-election to activity should also be con- the Station that was named The issue is bound to be tracked that of then-Sen- changes in how the town challenger Scalley. sidered when considering for him in admiration of a hot-button one on the se- ator Matthew Houde, a goes about operating its Leslie Bergum noted possible changes. Chipping his efforts to run a well-de- lect board’s Monday, May Democrat of Plainfield, in Transfer Station, including that over the years voters could be done instead of signed, clean and efficient 5, agenda. disposing of its trash and Griffin’s Law, PAGE A13 recycling materials from townspeople and business- es, large — like the Omni Police Chief Mario Audit resigns, Mount Washington Hotel INDEX and AMC Highland Center Business Directory ................B6 — and small. effective May 31 Calendar ..................................B5 At their previous meet- Classified ..............................B7-9 ing both selectmen Paul BY EDITH TUCKER had submitted a written employment, almost cer- tains a single cruiser, Editorials & Letters ...........A4-5 Bussiere and David Scal- [email protected] letter of resignation. Audit tainly in law enforcement. which now has wracked ley had agreed with chair- became the town’s police The Dalton police force up some 112,000 miles over Obituaries .............................. A2 man Bonnie Moroney that DALTON — The board chief on Aug. 30, 2011. now consists of a part-time the town’s rough roads. Real Estate .......................A14-15 the sudden resignation of of selectmen voted unani- Reached by phone on chief and five part-time offi- “This cruiser will have to Sports ....................................B1-4 Transfer Station chief and mously, 3 to 0, at its March Saturday morning at his cers, all only paid for their replaced,” he said. former selectman William 31 meeting to accept the home in Groveton, Audit on-duty hours. Sometimes “I appreciate the support “Bill” Dowling had present- resignation of Police Chief said he anticipates remain- on Friday and Saturday I’ve gotten from townspeo- ed an unexpected — and Mario Audit, effective May ing a part-time officer in the nights, two officers are on ple,” Audit said. “Policing unsought — opportunity 31. Northumberland Police De- duty, but ordinarily only is policing, and you have to for them to review its oper- Chairman Nancy McVet- partment and would likely one is on duty, Audit said.