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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. 28 WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014 LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE TELEPHONE: 603-788-4939 TWENTY-SIX PAGES 75¢ Scott Brown campaigns in Coös for Republican Senate nomination BY EDITH TUCKER Shaheen, a Democrat, a.m. Saturday morning doors of seven homes “meet-and-greet” break- as now proposed with [email protected] on Election Day, Nov. 4, interview. where his yard signs fast meeting in the Shel- its large above-ground said he knows his cam- Brown campaign were on display. “I want- burne Room and had a towers, would harm the SHELBURNE — For- paign is going well. signs are already out on ed to thank my support- chance to talk with vot- state’s aesthetics and mer Massachusetts Sen- “I have the endorse- lawns, he pointed out. On ers,” Brown said. “Five ers. natural beauty, hurting ator Scott Brown, who is ment of Mitt Romney, his drive north on July 4, people were home, and, The top issues at that tourism and people’s seeking the Republican Gene Chandler, the Brown said that he had although very surprised, event and at the houses livelihoods. If the proj- nomination on Primary Sununus, Chuck Morse, been ahead of schedule they all recognized and where he’d stopped on ect is to go forward, the Day, Sept. 9, so he can go many county chairs, because the parade in welcomed me.” the Fourth and across lines must be dropped head-to-head against in- and hundreds of people,” Laconia was cancelled, That morning at the the state, Brown ex- and buried, Brown said. cumbent Senator Jeanne Brown explained in a 9 and he’d knocked on the T & C he’d had a small plained, are energy, He recently met with Obamacare, and veter- President-COO Bill ans’ issues. Quinlan of Public Ser- “Everyone’s paying vice of New Hampshire more at the pump; oil (PSNH), whom he de- and gas rates are going scribed as “a very nice up; and we’re all paying man,” and he believes more money to drive and that it’s important that to heat our homes,” he stakeholders have a said. “We need the Key- chance to sit down at the stone XL (crude oil pipe- same table and talk with line) project; we need a one another in an effort balanced approach to to reach acceptable solu- energy; and we need to tions. upgrade our natural gas Brown also said that it pipeline system.” This is “paramount” that the “a pivotal opportunity” state’s Site Evaluation to get more resources Committee, designed to onto the grid, Brown fast-track energy proj- said. ects, includes citizen Nonetheless, he said participation. he understands people’s ObamaCare remains opposition to the North- a disaster, the candidate ern Pass electric trans- Brown, PAGE A13 mission project that, PHOTO BY JONATHAN BENTON Rain didn’t deter the Lancaster Fourth of July Parade. (See more area Independence Day photos on pages A8-A9) L.F.D. seeks $426,000 NBRC grant for Phase II communications upgrades BY EDITH TUCKER tion to the Northern Bor- with one another and on a daily basis commu- [email protected] der Regional Commis- NHDOT Dispatch: local nicating with NHDOT sion (NBRC) for a Phase fire, police and EMS de- dispatch, making their LANCASTER — As- II regional upgrade of partments, State Police, work a lot riskier than sistant Chief Steven the telecommunications Sheriff’s Department it needs to be, Jones ex- Jones of the Lancast- system designed to im- and state Fish and Game. plained. er Fire Department prove First Responders’ Groveton and Strat- Phase I of this and EMS has written a and law enforcement’s ford Police Departments much-needed regional $426,000 grant applica- ability to communicate have a very hard time communications up- grade has already been funded. PHOTO BY EDITH TUCKER At their May 5 meet- Building materials shed for DIY-ers Former Bay State Senator Scott Brown, who is seeking the ing, the Lancaster se- Republican nomination for the U. S. Senate on Primary opens at Lancaster Hardware lectmen voted to accept Day, Sept. 9, so he can challenge incumbent Senator Jeanne $354,392 in Phase I grant Shaheen on Nov. 4, took a campaign swing through Coös BY EDITH TUCKER operated overhead doors campgrounds plus tour- monies from the U.S. De- County over the weekend, spending Friday night, July 4, at the [email protected] make it easy to open up, ists who depend on a partment of Homeland Town & Country Inn in Shelburne, where he greeted voters close, and lock the new ready supply of replace- Security for emergency at breakfast and had a one-on-one interview before heading LANCASTER — The facility. ment equipment when services communica- north. Lancaster Hardware and Lancaster Hardware something goes awry tions equipment to im- Home Center, owned by caters successfully to a while traveling through prove radio coverage the Discenzo family, has number of other niche the region. and interoperability for The Exchange on the moved swiftly to fill a markets, including RV It is also a Radio Shack First Responders in and niche opened up by the and camper parts since and carries a variety of around Lancaster by us- Road tomorrow evening recent shuttering of the the area is dotted with workplace clothing. ing existing towers on Kilkenny Building Cen- Mt. Orne in Lancaster ter on Middle Street. and Morse Mountain in at Colonial Theatre Darren Discenzo man- Northumberland. BETHLEHEM — Lau- audio will be made avail- ages the Lancaster store, If the NBRC grant is ra Knoy will be on stage able online and through and his parents, White- awarded, it would also at the Colonial Theatre social media. field Hardware. allow needed equipment with four local panel- Ticket information, “We’ve built this shed to be placed on the new ists at 6:30 tomorrow including the list of on the front of our Main soon-to-be-constructed evening, July 10, giving those who have already Street building to hold cell tower in Whitefield North Country residents secured seats, is avail- ready-to-use dimension- off Route 3, north of a chance to see The Ex- able online at the NHPR al lumber — no more town. change on the Road. website (nhpr.org). than 10 feet long — and Emergency services The panelists — Ben The program is sup- other building materi- communications would Oleson, town planner ported in part by The als — sheets of plywood, be improved from Strat- for Lancaster, Mari- Neil and Louise Tillot- sheetrock, masonry sup- ford to Stark, plus Lan- linne Cooper, executive son Fund. plies, cement blocks, caster, Jefferson, White- director of WREN, Char- concrete mix and metal field and Dalton, Jones lie Jordan, editor of the roofing,” the younger said. Colebrook Chronicle, INDEX Discenzo explained on The specifications for and Edith Tucker, re- Wednesday afternoon. the equipment needed porter for the Coös Coun- Business Directory ......... B6 “We’re going after the under the already-fund- ty Democrat and Berlin Calendar ........................... B5 Do-It-Yourself (DIY) ed Phase I are being Reporter — will discuss Classified .......................B7-9 market, so that our local worked on by Langone Main Street economies Editorials & Letters ....A4-5 customers won’t have & Associates of Tewks- throughout the North to travel very far to get bury, Mass., the small Country: the challenges Obituaries ....................... A2 what they need to do consulting firm that and the successes. Knoy Real Estate ..................... A14 weekend projects and earlier did a study to see will moderate audience Sports .............................B1-4 the like.” how best to improve the questions posed from PHOTO BY EDITH TUCKER About two-thirds Darren Discenzo, manager of the family-owned Lancaster area’s communications the floor; there will be of the new shed holds Hardware and Home Center, paused from his work on coverage. no phone call-ins. lumber racks, and the Wednesday to pose for a photo in front of the new lumber The NBRC was creat- A reception begins at remaining third other racks in the new building materials shed at the 200 Main ed as federal-state part- 5:30 p.m. home-project materials. Street store, designed to serve the needs of Do-It-Yourself The event will not be A set of electrically (DIY) customers. Upgrades, PAGE A13 broadcast on air, but the A2 COÖS COUNTY DEMOCRAT WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014 ••• Wayne C. Shosa Jason Brown WHITEFIELD— San Miguel DAllande, ries to remember. How WEBSTER—Jason four children Cody, and Wayne C. Shosa, 92, Mexico, Donald L. Sho- does one cover a man’s A Brown of Webster, Jaake Brown and Me- passed away on Sunday, sa of Littleton, Peter P. life lived for 92 years in passed away November gen and Kade Bartlett. June 22, 2014 in White- Shosa of Mt. Vernon, an obituary. 9, 2013 at the age of 41 Numerous Cousins, field. Wayne was born Washington; one daugh- A Graveside Service after a long illness. He Aunts and Uncles. Dec. 15, 1921 in Auburn, ter, Jayne S. Wynters was held on Monday, was born on Febuary Jason was prede- Maine, a son to Royal of Bloomsburg, PA; and June 30, 2014 in the St. 19, 1972 in Lancaster to ceased by his farther and Jane (Perry) Sho- many grandchildren. Rose Cemetery with Daniel George Brown Daniel Brown, and a sa. He was a long-time He was preceded in Rev. Fr. Mark Dollard and Cleona A Harts- brother Daniel Brown resident of Littleton, death by his wife, Ge- as Celebrant.